Offley Place
📍 Great Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Historic Hertfordshire country-house venue for Asian and multicultural weddings, with dry hire, own-caterer routes and ballroom dining capacity for up to 250 guests.
About
Offley Place is a 17th-century country-house hotel in Great Offley near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, set within 27 acres of parkland. It explicitly promotes Asian weddings, has experience of Mandap setups and celebrates a range of cultural backgrounds. The Hester Ballroom seats up to 250 for a wedding breakfast and is licensed for civil ceremonies; dry hire enables approved or client-selected caterers, with no corkage fee. Exclusive use of the Manor House, Hester Ballroom, grounds and 16 bedrooms is available.
Traditions
- Multicultural
Events supported
- Wedding
- Reception
- Civil Ceremony
- Outdoor Ceremony
- Mandap Ceremony
- Private Event
- Corporate Event
Guest capacity
Up to 250 guests
At a glance
- Dining capacity
- 250 guests
- Ceremony licence
- Available
- Exclusive use
- Available
- Disabled access
- Available
- Usual access
- 08:00
- Usual finish
- 00:00
Catering and drinks
- External catering
- Permitted
- Asian catering
- Available
- Corkage policy
- Dry-hire package includes corkage; no corkage fee, with chosen caterer able to provide drinks.
Facilities and spaces
- Parking
- Available
- Outdoor ceremony
- Available
- Outdoor reception space
- Available
- Dancefloor
- Available
- Bridal changing facilities
- Available
Plenty of free parking is available for the wedding party; cars are left at the owner’s risk.
Venue features
- 17th-century manor house
- 27-acre parkland
- Hester Ballroom
- Conservatory
- Rose Garden
- patio
- Gabriel Bar
- Oriental Bar
- stage space
- dancefloor area
- 16 bedrooms
- Rose View Suite
- wheelchair access to main venue spaces
- free parking
Packages and pricing
- Package price
- £15,550–£20,050
Package inclusions
- All wedding hire: parkland and Rose Garden access
- Dry-hire: 20 round banqueting tables
- Standard furniture: tables and chairs including Chiavari chairs with green velvet pads
- Exclusive hire: Hester Ballroom
- Manor House
- 16 bedrooms
Cultural specialisms
- South Asian wedding venue
- Hindu wedding venue
- Mandap ceremony venue
- Greek wedding venue
- Jewish wedding venue
- Caribbean wedding venue
- Multicultural wedding venue