Chewton Glen
Chewton Glen sits in 130 acres on the southern edge of the New Forest, a mile from the sea at Barton on Sea and about twenty-five minutes from Bournemouth airport.
Chewton Glen is a hotel destination wedding venue in New Milton, United Kingdom, hosting up to 200 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £38,000 (our estimate), reached from Bournemouth (BOH), About 25 minutes by car.
About Chewton Glen
Chewton Glen sits in 130 acres on the southern edge of the New Forest, a mile from the sea at Barton on Sea and about twenty-five minutes from Bournemouth airport.
It is a country house hotel of the old English kind, which means tennis courts, a spa, a kitchen garden and a cookery school rather than a ballroom, and it has spent fifty years being the place couples in the south of England book when they want the whole thing handled.
There are 58 rooms in the main hotel and twelve treehouse suites on stilts in a wooded valley behind it, reached by walkways, which are the reason half the guests will want to stay two nights.
Weddings run to 140 for the wedding banquet and 200 for the evening reception, with exclusive use available against a minimum spend.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £38,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- £195 to £295 per headAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- BOH, 25 min by carAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- 130 acres on the edge of the New Forest, a mile from the sea
- 58 hotel rooms plus twelve treehouse suites in a wooded valley
- 140 guests for the wedding banquet, 200 for the evening
- Marryat Suite weddings for 20, treehouse ceremonies for eight
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:00Arrival drinks on the croquet lawn, dinner in the Dining Room
- 10:00Spa mornings and a cookery school session in the Kitchen
- 14:30Ceremony in the licensed room or the gardens
- 19:00Wedding banquet, then the evening party to 200
- 10:30Breakfast at the treehouses, then the clifftop path to the sea
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- BOH · about 25 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Bournemouth.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Chewton Glen hold?+
Up to 140 for a wedding banquet and 200 for an evening reception. Smaller packages run in the Marryat Suite for up to 20 guests and in a Treehouse Hideaway for up to eight, so the hotel covers both ends properly.
Is exclusive use available?+
Yes, with a minimum spend. The hotel quotes exclusive hire on request rather than publishing a rate, and service charge and VAT are added, so ask for the full figure early rather than the headline one.
What are the treehouse suites?+
Twelve suites raised on stilts in a wooded valley behind the hotel, reached by walkways, each with a hot tub and a private deck. Breakfast arrives through a hatch, which is why couples book them for the wedding night.
How far is the sea?+
About a mile. A path runs from the grounds to the clifftop at Barton on Sea, with the Isle of Wight and the Needles across the water, and the New Forest itself starts at the other side of the estate.
What is the nearest airport?+
Bournemouth is roughly 25 minutes by car and Southampton about 35. London Heathrow is an hour and three quarters, and New Milton station is five minutes away with direct trains from London Waterloo in under two hours.
What does a wedding at Chewton Glen cost?+
The hotel publishes wedding packages but prices them on application, with exclusive use quoted against a minimum spend. The figures in our cost panel are estimates for a five-star country house hotel rather than quotes.
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