Lympstone Manor is a hotel destination wedding venue in Exmouth, United Kingdom, hosting up to 100 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £44,000 (our estimate), reached from Exeter (EXT), About 15 minutes by car.
Lympstone Manor
Michael Caines spent two years turning a Grade II listed Georgian house above the Exe estuary into the hotel he had wanted to run since he left Gidleigh Park, and Lympstone Manor opened in 2017 with a Michelin star inside its first year.
About Lympstone Manor
Michael Caines spent two years turning a Grade II listed Georgian house above the Exe estuary into the hotel he had wanted to run since he left Gidleigh Park, and Lympstone Manor opened in 2017 with a Michelin star inside its first year.
There are 21 rooms and suites, six shepherd’s huts along the treeline, 28 acres of grounds and a vineyard of around 17,500 vines planted on the slope down to the water.
Weddings work on exclusive use: from three in the afternoon on arrival day to eleven the next morning, the whole property is yours, all three dining rooms, the bar, the pool house and the gardens.
Ceremonies are held in the bay window of the Berry Head room for up to 60 guests, or in Mamhead for up to 25 looking over the estuary.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Staying over
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
The ceremony
- Outdoor ceremony
- Yes
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £44,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- £40,000 to £60,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- EXT, 15 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- Vineyard, historic, elegantAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Michelin-starred Georgian manor above the Exe estuary, opened 2017
- 21 rooms and suites, six shepherd’s huts, 28 acres and a vineyard
- Ceremonies for 60 in Berry Head, 25 in Mamhead
- Exclusive use from 15:00 to 11:00 the next day
A sample wedding weekend
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- 15:00Exclusive use begins, drinks on the terrace over the estuary
- 14:00Ceremony in the bay window of the Berry Head room
- 15:30Reception in the gardens and a walk through the vineyard
- 19:00Wedding breakfast across the three dining rooms
- 09:30Breakfast in the Pool House before the 11:00 handover
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- EXT · about 15 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Exeter.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Lympstone Manor hold?+
Up to 60 for the ceremony and wedding breakfast indoors and 100 for the evening reception. A marquee on the grounds takes up to 300 guests, and any marquee celebration requires exclusive use of the hotel.
What does exclusive use include?+
From 15:00 on the day you check in until 11:00 the following morning you have all 21 rooms and suites, the six shepherd’s huts, three dining rooms, bar, lounge, terrace, pool, the Pool House restaurant and the gardens.
Where is the ceremony held?+
The hotel is licensed for civil ceremonies. Couples marry in the bay window of the Berry Head dining room with up to 60 guests, or in the Mamhead room for up to 25, both looking out across the Exe estuary.
Is there a vineyard?+
Yes. Around 17,500 vines were planted on the slope below the manor, producing the estate’s own sparkling wine, and the vineyard walk is where most couples take their photographs at the end of the afternoon.
How do guests get there?+
Exeter airport is about fifteen minutes by car and Exeter St Davids station roughly twenty, with direct trains from London Paddington in a little over two hours. Bristol is an hour and a half up the M5.
What does a wedding cost?+
Lympstone Manor quotes exclusive use individually rather than publishing a package price, and the figure moves with the season and the night count. Our cost panel is an estimate for a Michelin-starred country hotel, not a quote.
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Sources and booking notes
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Sources for individual venue facts
Whole property to yourselves: Yes
“From small and intimate wedding breakfasts with close friends and family to full Exclusive Use, Lympstone Manor can be the ideal venue for the perfect and truly exceptional wedding celebration.”
Read the source for whole property to yourselvesOutdoor ceremony: Yes
“In warmer months, always trusting in the British summer time weather, our terrace makes for the most picturesque backdrop for your al fresco ceremony.”
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