Orchardleigh Estate

Outstanding venue & service for our daughter & son in laws Wedding this week. We knew C & T had faith in Rachel, their Wedding planner, from their meetings before the big day but guiding us through the rapid changes of plan on the day due to the rain was so re-assuring, the whole day was faultless. As Mum of the bride I so appreciated the kindness and attention to keeping C calm and her dress spotless for the ceremony. We had so many guests also comment on how beautiful the venue was and the amazing food. The whole day was a wonderful experience largely due to the care & attention we received from the team at Elmhay.

Recent stay at Orchardleigh house. On arrival first room had broken mattress and bed slats missing. Requested change of room, second room had curtains hanging off the rail, dirty toilet, dirty towels. For the cost of the room the standard of cleaning was disgusting. Such a shame as other areas of hotel are stunning. I would never ever pay for a room again.

Well… what a place! We had our wedding here last weekend and from the offset everything was spot on. Annamarie our wedding coordinator went above and beyond for us in every aspect. Staff were unreal and so friendly! 100% recommend!! Thank you!

We held the wedding of our son at Orchardleigh House. I have worked in and around the hospitality industry for over 30 years and it is fair to say that the service provided at the venue was truly excellent. Suzy and her great team in the front of house operation worked like a well oiled machine and did not appear to put a foot wrong the whole (very long) day. Nothing was too much trouble for them. Thank you! Karl and Clair (Hope I remembered and spelt the names correctly!) produced some absolutely fantastic food ...and plenty of it; all was well cooked and served hot. Thank you! All in all a fantastic service that made it a great celebration for all that attended - I honestly cant thank you enough. Finally a note to the management of the business - your team did you proud! Well done everyone!

David and I got married on the 18th February 2025 and our venue was the Elmhay Park. We had the most incredible and perfect day and would like to leave a review of our experience that will hopefully provide people reading this with the confidence to go ahead and book their wedding at this venue. We would firstly like to comment on how welcoming kind and professional the team were at Elmhay Park. From the moment we read about the venue, we were put in touch with Heather who owns the venue and she met with myself and David and gave us a personal tour of the venue. Heather took the time to go through all of the possible options we could have and we were so impressed by the range of possibilities that would ensure our wedding day was perfectly matched to what we wanted. We knew as soon as we were shown around on the beautiful estate that this was the perfect place to hold our wedding. It is clear that so much love and attention goes into the running and maintenance of the venue and its grounds and as we walked around the estate and took in the beauty we were always greeted by the friendly staff. It makes such a difference to feel so welcomed and we were delighted that we had come across this venue and went ahead without hesitation and booked it. After we had made the booking, the communication was absolutely fantastic from beginning to the end of our stay. We were informed of timelines and when to expect to speak to our wedding co-ordinator who would help guide us through the planning. We were also invited along to the open day which was great for inspiration and speaking to suppliers and we were also given a food and wine tasting day which was excellent as it allowed us to try the delicious food from the wide range available. Everything is catered for, we had guests who were vegan and vegetarian and some had allergies but that was no problem at all, it was all taken care of. We met Rachel Penny at the food and wine tasting day and after that, we then had an initial planning chat about the day. Rachel is one of the most kind and professional people we have ever met and it is largely because of Rachel that our day was the most perfect day of our lives. From the very start of our planning meeting Rachel went through everything with us to make sure we had exactly what we wanted on the day. Rachel was always there if we had any questions, her communication was exceptional, and it never felt like anything that I had asked was too much trouble. She was so accommodating whenever we had a query, and I had complete trust in her and any advice or recommendations she had. This makes such a difference planning a wedding as it can be a stressful experience, but this was not the case as we knew our wedding day would be everything we wanted it to be. As we were bringing our own decorations and setting up the venue (which was our choice) a few days before the wedding Rachel kindly let us have a run through set up just so we could see how we would want to lay the ta

Our fairytale wedding at Elmhay Park was perfect. We Booked a day to be shown around, and upon arrival the owner took us round the entire venue to see all parts, we then had complimentary coffee in the club house and were given details to take away. Whilst we were there we asked about a few dates in June/September 2024 (only 12 months in advance) and he told us there and then which dates were free, we knew from enquiring with other venues that to get a wedding the following year wasn’t common, so we decided there and then to pay the deposit and reserve 30th June 2024. From Booking this in April 2023 there wasn’t much need for communication between us and the venue, we had an email in October with a 9 month countdown, and we started the process of sorting out accommodation for guests. Accommodation – This was probably our biggest let down in us having to organise it ourselves, we wished the venue would have took over and sorted this out for us. It added extra stress for us organising who would fit in the rooms without really knowing the floor plans of the rooms, for example one cottages is marked as a double and twin rooms both with ensuites, however the double rooms bathroom is separate and out on the landing and we had put two couples who were strangers in this cottage being unaware of this. The village states it sleeps x amount of people but a lot of the rooms are 3 beds when most of our family were in couples in meant we couldn’t actually offer all the beds out. After a lot of stress, moving people round, chasing money we figured it out, however this took 3+ months. For a 5* venue we wished they’d of sorted this for us. We then had an email for our 6 month countdown, we contacted the club house to book the peacock and stag lounge for the night before, this again was difficult, we couldn’t be given food options or price lists, but we needed to contact our guests to offer them the option with costs etc. We managed to book the evening, but that was it. 5 months out we drove down to the venue for food tasting, this once again wasn’t exactly the special moment it would be, you were called up table by table to be served at the front, and the chef would run through each course with what could be offered as vegan, gluten free etc. My fault for not taking a pen so I missed the majority. We had already a rough idea of what we wanted to eat and didn’t get to try the main or the pudding that we wanted, so we felt we have done a 5 hour round trip to try a starter. Whilst we were there we had our itinerary meeting to make the most of the appointment, once again was a bit pointless, they ran through the form which we could have done ourselves. We asked heather if we could opt for pimms and beer for our reception drink as she said it would be roughly £5 per bottle of beer, so for each man to have roughly 3 bottles during the 2 hour reception was going to cost us £600! During the food tasting a lady came round asking if everyone had had their itinerary meetin