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The Old Parish Rooms

Rayleigh, Essex5.0 · 21 reviewsWebsite

Located in Rayleigh, Essex, The Old Parish Rooms provide the ideal setting for your wedding celebrations. Originally built in 1863 as a parish hall and schoolhouse, the venue is now a bright and modern space, ideal for intimate wedding events. The venue is licensed to perform civil ceremonies, making it a wonderful setting for your wedding, naming ceremony or vow renewal. Facilities and Capacity T

Venue type
Unusual weddings
Capacity
30–100 guests (100 seated)
Ceremony licence
Celebration only

About The Old Parish Rooms

Located in Rayleigh, Essex, The Old Parish Rooms provide the ideal setting for your wedding celebrations. Originally built in 1863 as a parish hall and schoolhouse, the venue is now a bright and modern space, ideal for intimate wedding events. The venue is licensed to perform civil ceremonies, making it a wonderful setting for your wedding, naming ceremony or vow renewal. Facilities and Capacity The Old Parish Rooms are set over two floors. The venue can cater for up to 80 guests for a seated wedding breakfast. For larger events and standing occasions, the space can be transformed into a dance floor to accommodate up to 100 guests. The beautiful old schoolhouse provides a truly unique and unusual wedding venue. Although the venue embraces the character and charm of the grade II listed exteriors, the building's delightful interiors are light and stylish. The versatile venue suits both sleek, modern weddings and traditional, vintage-themed celebrations. While set within the grounds of the Holy Trinity Church, the Old Parish Rooms are also accessible from local Registry Offices and civil ceremony premises in Southend and Essex. Services Offered Upon booking your wedding at The Old Parish Rooms, a dedicated coordinator will work closely with you to ensure that everything looks and runs smoothly. They will listen to your visions and make sure that they are implemented during your wedding celebrations. Whether it's a traditional ceremony or something more unique, you can host it at this venue.

Facilities, accommodation and access

  • DJ facilities
  • Live band facilities
  • Exclusive use
  • Evening reception facilities
  • Alcohol licence
  • In-house catering
  • Seated meal facilities
  • Dance floor
  • Buffet meal facilities
  • Pet-friendly
  • Entertainment licence
  • Wedding coordinator

The venue in photographs

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Finding us

The Old Parish Rooms, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8BA, England

Reviews

5.0 average from 21 reviews

Imported

I always wanted a simple, elegant and classy wedding and this venue made it exactly what I wanted it to be. It was (no pun intended) the icing on the cake. The fact it is a town-based venue meant that it was easy for our guests, and it's picturesque so photo opportunities are aplenty! The venue…

Anne · 2015-03-10

Imported

Thank you all so much for a truly amazing wedding last week. All our guests have comm

Hannah · 2014-12-30

Imported

Booked our wedding here in March 2015, such an enchanting place. Its a lovely, intimat

Lisa · 2014-11-02

Imported

From start to finish we were astounded by the level of service from everyone associated with The Old Parish Rooms. Organising our event was an absolute joy and our guests still comment on the bespoke venue and quality of food. We hired the venue to celebrate our daughters birthday and our menu was…

Jade · 2014-10-18

Imported

Our daughter's wedding reception was held at the Old Parish Roo

Mary · 2015-03-16

Imported

I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone at the Old Parish Rooms for making my sons wedding such a wonderful event. It exceeded all expectations, the attention to detail was fantastic and the food was out of this world. The staff were all so attentive and helpful, we couldn't have asked…

Mrs. · 2016-08-10

Imported

We got married on 2nd September 2018 and the whole day was just amazing thank you to Stefan and his team. This is a fantastic venue for a small to medium wedding with an option to have ceremony in the same place, up in a beautiful mezzanine. Venue itself is designed boho/romantic so doesn't require…

Diana · 2019-01-29

Imported

After lockdowns we wanted a more intimate space for a wedding party with our closest friends and family. We visited one of the open days and booked our date right away. Laura was so responsive, always answering any questions we had over email. The space was bright and easy to decorate with help of…

Alisa · 2022-01-29

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