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Down Hall Hotel & Spa

Hatfield Heath, Essex5.0 · 315 reviewsWebsite

Down Hall Hotel and Spa is a historic hotel wedding venue located in Essex, England. Steep in history and character, this hotel offers a stunning selection of rooms and suites perfect for hosting an exclusive wedding ceremony. Each space offers its own charm, with most areas boasting spectacular panoramic views of their exquisite manicured gardens. The staff at Down Hall Hotel are dedicated to pro

Venue type
Historic
Capacity
2–180 guests (180 seated)
Ceremony licence
Celebration only

About Down Hall Hotel & Spa

Down Hall Hotel and Spa is a historic hotel wedding venue located in Essex, England. Steep in history and character, this hotel offers a stunning selection of rooms and suites perfect for hosting an exclusive wedding ceremony. Each space offers its own charm, with most areas boasting spectacular panoramic views of their exquisite manicured gardens. The staff at Down Hall Hotel are dedicated to providing you with an outstanding service at a venue that exceeds your expectations. Facilities and Capacities Whether you wish to host your wedding indoors in one of the hotel's lavish suites or outdoors on their beautiful grounds, Down Hall Hotel is more than happy to accommodate you. For your privacy and convenience, this venue offers exclusive use of its spaces for the duration of your celebration. They provide many beautifully furnished suites with their largest capacity maxing at 150 guests and their more intimate rooms hosting up to 32 attendees. Their rooms are equipped with large windows offering stunning views of their gardens, creating a beautiful backdrop for wedding photos and live music performances. Down Hall Hotel prides itself on its all-inclusive wedding services and can host civil ceremonies in its licensed Oxford Suite. If you and your guests wish to retire to the hotel after a day of festivities, there are 98 charming rooms available for you and your attendees to enjoy. They can also prepare an exclusive suite for the newlyweds to spend their first night of married life together. Services Offered Down Hall Hotel offers a range of comprehensive wedding packages to help plan your wedding day seamlessly. Their professional and experienced wedding coordinator will assist you with each detail of your special day. If you wish to host a special wedding breakfast, their talented chef and his team will carefully design a selection of delicious menus for your meal. All ingredients used are freshly sourced, with some coming from their on-site vegetable garden. Down Hall Hotel also offer a range of additional services, including a spa, DJ equipment, a car park, and accessibility facilities.

Facilities, accommodation and access

  • Entertainment licence
  • Outdoor fireworks permitted
  • Wedding coordinator
  • Accessible facilities
  • DJ facilities
  • Live band facilities
  • Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
  • Helipad
  • Master of ceremonies/toastmaster
  • Changing room for wedding guests
  • Evening reception facilities
  • Alcohol licence

The venue in photographs

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Finding us

Down Hall Hotel & Spa, Hatfield Heath, Essex, CM22 7AS, England

Reviews

5.0 average from 315 reviews

Imported

Right from the start we was not even sure if we could have this fantastic venue, due to our small and intimate wedding. But to our delight, Down Hall tailored and accommodated our needs every step of the way. We must say all of the staff were brilliant in every way possible. The food was perfect,…

Billie · 2019-10-06

Imported

Perfect! Perfect! Perfect! Couldn’t have asked for anything better.... the venue is beautiful and still going through renovations to keep it looking so. The staff were amazing, very welcoming, very attentive to detail, very accommodating. Everyone contributed to making our day the best day ever! My…

Michelle · 2019-06-03

Imported

No review I write could truly do enough justice for how amazing our wedding was at Down Hall but I’ll give it a go! From the very beginning, the Wedding Team were nothing short of amazing. Their planning process was seamless, organised, and incredibly thorough. Every query was answered promptly and…

Elisha · 2025-08-07

Imported

We got married here on Friday 4th July. The whole experience from when we first viewed the venue back in January 2023 to when we checked out the day after our wedding was 10/10 service. The whole day ran smoothly, everyone was 100% on it so my husband and I could be fully present in the day without…

Deanna · 2025-07-18

Imported

Down Hall was our chosen venue for our wedding day in August - we had a wonderful day and the team did a great job looking after us and our guests. We worked with Zoe as our wedding coordinator who was fantastic and responsive to our requests and communication as we planned the wedding in a short…

Rasha · 2024-09-08

Imported

Down hall were amazing for mine & my new husbands wedding day! The whole day went so well and it was so so organised I couldn’t of felt in safer hands! Our wedding was cancelled twice due to the pandemic, and down hall were so accommodating in moving us we couldn’t complain! The only thing that…

Freya · 2022-04-22

Imported

My husband and I got married at Down Hall in December 21. Covid cases just started to get bad again and even though Stu and I were a panicked mess in the days leading up to it, Becky, Imran and their dedicated team calmed every concern and we had the most incredible day. They are flexible,…

Elizabeth · 2022-02-26

Imported

We got engaged in January then went to down hall on valentine a day I had been there before to stay and just knew I’d love to get married there so booked a meeting with a Julie and booked straight away the whole experience was perfect so professional and easy Julie was the reason for that she made…

Lindsey · 2019-11-10

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