The Idle Rocks is a hotel destination wedding venue in St Mawes, United Kingdom. Best months: June, July, August, September.
The Idle Rocks
St MawesEngland, United Kingdom
The Idle Rocks is a 19-room hotel on the water in St Mawes, Cornwall, with direct beach access and sea-view rooms across several categories.
The Idle Rocks
- Rooms
- 19 rooms
- Season
- Best weather Jun–SepAisle estimate
- Getting there
- NQY
About the venue
The Idle Rocks is a 19-room hotel on the water in St Mawes, Cornwall, with direct beach access and sea-view rooms across several categories.
The historic building holds a meeting and banquet space for indoor receptions, plus outdoor reception options, and catering is handled in-house by the hotel.
An on-site coordinator works with couples, full buyout is available for exclusive use, and the venue is reachable in 40 minutes from Newquay Airport (NQY) with a shuttle on offer.
Children and pets are both welcome, and additional accommodation is available nearby for larger guest lists.
- 19 rooms, including Deluxe Suites and Double Rooms with sea views
- Direct beach access in St Mawes
- Indoor meeting and banquet space plus outdoor reception options
- Full venue buyout and on-site coordinator available
Ask about your month
Tell the venue your year and month, your guest count and your budget. They reply with the dates they have free and what a wedding with them costs.
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- You do not need a fixed date
Capacity, rooms and facilities
Staying over
- Rooms
- 19 rooms
- Room types
- 7 listed
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
- Rooms for the party nearby
- Yes
House rules
- Pets
- Yes
- Children
- Yes
Services
- Coordinator on the day
- Yes
The place
- Sea view
- Yes
- Beach on foot
- Yes
- Historic building
- Yes
The spaces
- Event spaces
- Banquet room
- Reception indoors
- Yes
- Reception outdoors
- Yes
Food and drink
- In-house catering
- Yes
Best weather to marry
- January: out of season
- February: out of season
- March: out of season
- April: out of season
- May: good
- June: best
- July: best
- August: best
- September: best
- October: out of season
- November: out of season
- December: out of season
Getting there
- NQY, 40 min by car
- Yes
Questions about the venue
Where a number is our estimate, we say so.
Can we book the whole hotel for our wedding?
Yes, buyout is available for exclusive use of the venue, which has 19 rooms.
How do guests get here from the airport?
The nearest airport is Newquay (NQY), about a 40-minute transfer, and a shuttle is available.
Can we hold the reception outside?
Yes. The venue offers both indoor receptions in its meeting and banquet space and outdoor reception options.
Are children and pets welcome?
Yes, both children and pets are allowed at the hotel.
What if we have more guests than the hotel can sleep?
The hotel has 19 rooms, each sleeping up to two guests, and there is additional accommodation nearby.
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Could this be your venue?
Ask about prices and free dates for the month you have in mind. You do not need a fixed date.