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Last update: July 2024

Welcome to Shendish Manor Hotel and Golf Club

Congratulations on your engagement.

By selecting Shendish Manor as your possible wedding venue, you have made a fantastic choice and you can rest assured that you and your guests are in safe hands.

Your dedicated wedding team will be on hand to assist with all aspects of your planning and preparation, offering a professional and personal service.

Shendish Manor is within easy reach of major motorways and airports, offering free on-site parking for 200 cars and with 70 beautifully designed bedrooms for your guests.

Being located within 160 acres of idyllic Hertfordshire countryside, having your own private gardens and complete with having the option to say ‘I do’ al fresco in one of our beautiful stunning outside gazebos, Shendish Manor is the perfect location for your special day.

At Shendish Manor we offer several options for your big day:

  • Small intimate weddings in our Manor House from 15 to 96 day guests (160 evening) or
  • Larger weddings in our modern wing in the Apsley Suite from 50 to 320 day guests
  • Licensed for civil ceremonies inside & outside
  • Bespoke packages available
  • Discounted accommodation rates for your guests
  • Complimentary parking (including coach space)
  • 18 Hole Golf Course

The Manor building dates back to 1853 and exudes charm and timeless elegance. The Manor has its own entrance, spacious and refined lounge area and private bar. With many original features including high ornate ceilings, oak paneling, Jacobean fireplace and sweeping staircase, there are a wealth of picture perfect opportunities to enjoy.

The Longman suite is our largest suite within the Manor House, and is suitable for 96 guests for a wedding breakfast including the all important top table. The maximum capacity including evening guests in the Manor House is 160.

Both the Manor House and Longman suite open out onto the grounds of the estate and the Dutch gardens - perfect for enjoying your drinks reception with family and friends and provides the perfect romantic backdrop for having those cherished pictures taken, before leading your guests through to your ‘Wedding Breakfast’.

Can’t wait another day?

We have the perfect package for you. Our “forever starts today “ package includes the key items you need for you and your guests: exclusive use of the manor house ground floor, stunning grounds, welcome drinks, 3-course wedding breakfast, toast drink and evening buffet!!

MANOR HOUSE WEDDING - FOR ONLY £4,700

  • ~ Exclusive Use Of Ground Floor Manor House Until 00:00
  • ~Outside Ceremony Option Available
  • ~ Sparkling Wine Or Shendish Punch Mocktail Served On Trays
  • ~ Three Course Wedding Breakfast Including Tea/Coffee & Mints
  • ~ Sparkling Wine To Toast
  • ~ Evening Bacon/Sausage/ Egg Baps
  • ~ Red Carpet Arrival
  • ~ White Table Linen & White Napkins
  • ~ Crockery, Cutlery & Glassware
  • ~ Easel For Table Plan
  • ~ Table Numbers & Holders
  • ~ Cake Stand & Knife
  • ~ Sound System & Microphone For Speeches
  • ~ Dance Floor
  • ~ 4 Poster Bedroom with Breakfast (subject to availability)
  • ~ Discounted Accommodation For You and Your Guests
  • ~ Dedicated Wedding Coordinator To Help Plan Your Day
  • ~ Dedicated Event Manager & Team To Run Your Day

PACKAGE BASED ON 50 GUESTS, ADDITIONAL GUESTS £94 PER PERSON

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MULTI CULTURAL WEDDINGS

Your day should be perfect and reflect you.

If you have a cuisine in mind that we cannot offer internally then our dry hire package of the Apsley Suite is perfect for your day. The Apsley Suite is situated in the Contemporary Wing of the Hotel and offers space for 320 guests to dine or 280 with a dance floor, large private kitchens, private bar which we can clear down for your caterers to serve your own drinks from and your own private walled landscaped gardens. The Apsley Suite can be partitioned into four sections making the Suite perfectly versatile for your requirements or turn arounds.

You are welcome to choose a caterer of your choice for your day, if they haven’t worked with us before then we will need a venue recommendation for them to work onsite. We have a long lasting relationship with a number of the well known caterers within the industry and would be happy to provide you with their contact details.

Corkage is included within our dry hire package and if you would like Shendish Manor can provide bar staff to serve our drinks if required. A manned cloakroom can be hired for your guests and our beautiful Apsley suite can be used up until 00:00

We offer 3 dry hire package options as below:

AMBER

  • For Under 150 Guests or Only one set up
  • Exclusive use of the Apsley Suite & Bar until 00:00
  • Exclusive use of the Apsley landscaped walled gardens (Between 9am and 9pm or until the DJ or Band start playing)
  • Outside ceremony option available
  • Corkage included
  • Apsley bar cleared down for your caterers
  • Catering kitchens for your chosen caterers
  • Tables & Shendish Manor Banquet Chairs (20 round tables & 150 banqueting chairs)
  • White dance floor
  • Complimentary parking (Over 200 spaces)
  • Up to 15 Discounted bedrooms for your guests (Subject to availability at time of booking)
  • Four Poster bedroom for the night of the Wedding - check in 15:00 day of

RUBY

  • Exclusive use of the Apsley Suite & Bar until 00:00
  • Exclusive use of the Apsley landscaped walled gardens (Between 9am and 9pm or until the DJ or Band start playing)
  • Apsley ceremony option available
  • Award Winning Toastmaster to coordinate your day – Includes pre wedding meeting
  • Corkage included
  • Apsley bar cleared down for the caterers
  • Catering kitchens for your chosen caterers
  • Tables & Shendish Manor Banqueting Chairs (30 round tables, 8 Long tables & 280 banqueting chairs)
  • White Dance floor
  • Exclusive use of the Manor House from 9am to 9pm
  • Exclusive use of the Manor House landscaped gardens ( From 9am to 9pm)
  • Manor Garden ceremony option available
  • Shendish Manor Tables & Banqueting Chairs (10 round tables & 100 banqueting chairs)
  • Complimentary parking (Over 200 spaces)
  • Up to 20 Discounted bedrooms for your guests (Subject to availability at time of booking)
  • Four Poster bedroom for the night of the Wedding (Check in 15:00 day of)
  • Complimentary two day storage (Night Prior and Night of your wedding)

SAPPHIRE

  • Exclusive use of the Apsley Suite & Bar until 00:00
  • Exclusive use of the Apsley landscaped walled gardens (Between 9am and 9pm or untill the Dj or Band start playing)
  • Apsley ceremony option available
  • Award Winning Toastmaster to coordinate your day. – Includes pre wedding meeting
  • Corkage included
  • Apsley bar cleared down for the caterers. Catering kitchens for your chosen caterers
  • 30 Round Tables & 8 Long Tables
  • Choice of 280 Shendish Manor Banquet Chairs or Chiavari Chairs
  • White dance floor Exclusive use of the Manor House from 9am to 9pm
  • Exclusive use of the Manor House landscaped gardens (From 9am to 9pm)
  • Manor Garden ceremony option available
  • Shendish Manor Tables & Banqueting Chairs (10 round tables & 100 banqueting chairs) (Chiavari chairs can be provided for the Manor House at a additional cost)
  • Complimentary parking(Over 200 space)
  • Up to 30 Discounted bedrooms for your guests (Subject to avalibility at time of booking)
  • Four Poster bedroom for the night of the Wedding- (Check in 15:00 day of)
  • Two-day storage room (Night Prior and Night of your wedding)
  • Bedroom the night prior to your wedding (Standard room, upgrade fees Apply)
  • 40 Complimentary white linen tablecloths
  • 280 Complimentary White Linen Napkins
  • Use of the hotels ice machine

We look forward to hopefully planning your special day!

Kind regards,

The Wedding Team

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Asian wedding
Stately home
Historic
Marquees and tents
Woodland and festival
Large hotel
Outdoor license
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Fire ceremony
Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Private catering allowed
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Master of ceremonies/toastmaster
Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Health suite

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Helipad
Confetti permitted
Changing room for wedding guests
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Reviews for Shendish Manor

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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
34 reviews
98% recommend it
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Teresa Sent on 07/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Made our day perfect

From start to finish our experience with Shendish Manor and the team has been exceptional. Grace and the rest of the events team helped us every step of the way and made sure our big day went perfectly. Grace was so lovely, efficient and proactive. Sorting out bits we had not even thought of so the process and day went so smoothly. I highly recommend this venue. We had a 300 strong wedding and everything from cost to accommodation, food, and cleaning to overseeing and execution of the day was spot on.
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Bsz Sent on 31/08/2022
1.4 out of 5 rating

Shambolic new staff team

The team appears to have had significant turnover.
This is unfortunate as it meant on the day many important details were missed, forgotten or simply not bothered with.

For example serving the bridesmaid and bride allergens, cutting up the entire cake, not setting a room up for the bride and groom, not giving the bride or groom drinks or canapes, the mother of the bride twisting her ankle on uneven flooring...

The list just goes on and on, best to just avoid this place for your wedding.
J
Jolene A. Sent on 11/04/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Best Day ever

I honestly have no words we have been floating literally since Saturday. We wanted to say thank you for everything you did for us we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. We have had so many compliments on everything and in all honesty I want to do it all over again. Thank you all for everything and for our magical day.
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Meera G. Sent on 04/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

COVID Fairytale Indian Wedding

Due to the lockdown we had to reschedule both our Civil and Hindu Wedding ceremonies and Bryher and the team at Shendish Manor made this process stress free and were very flexible. We managed to have our Civil Ceremony in August which was truly magical and will be having the Hindu wedding in a few weeks time and I have no worries as I know Bryher and the team will make sure that I have the best day possible.
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Maria S. Sent on 13/09/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Maria & Tim's Tiny Covid Wedding

We had a wonderful day, despite the Covid restrictions and limitations. The staff worked above and beyond our expectations, nothing was too much to ask for.
Together we spent a lot of time planning, revising plans and re-planning, right up to the last minute. We constantly reviewed the government regulations to ensure everything was compliant and that both staff and our guests were safe. It was difficult all round navigating through the ever-changing circumstances, but together we worked to achieve a fantastic Wedding Day to remember. My thanks to all the Shendish staff.
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R Sent on 17/09/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Thank you for providing a wonderful experience

We just wanted to say what a great day we had. All the facilities were beautiful including the grounds, the Aspley suite and the Orangery, and your Operations team worked most professionally and efficiently to ensure that all the areas needed for the ceremony and the reception were ready on time and looked magnificent.

We would also like to thank you for helping us to plan the layout of the Aspley suite and for being accommodating in terms of where to leave things before the ceremony and after the reception. We felt the day went very smoothly and both we and our guests enjoyed the whole occasion immensely.

Thank you again for providing such a wonderful experience.
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A Sent on 17/09/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Everything went perfectly!

Just wanted to say thank you again for all your help in organising our wedding. Everything went perfectly and we were so happy with how the whole day went. Everyone at the venue was brilliant and so helpful on the day.
F
Frances Sent on 06/08/2008
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding

A beautiful setting, rooms excellent & staff nice, but the hotel is very unorganised, the food was nothing like the tasting, more like a cavery on the day, I could not even eat my potatoes and I was the bride, the front of house manager left a week before & no one bothered to tell me till i rang 2 days before my wedding, I asked for no shots/doubles to be served on the free bar, which they were, so therefore we ran out, it was very very unorganised, be very wary brides & grooms
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Margaret Sent on 22/11/2007
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent Service

The Service at Shendish Manor is great. Each staff member worked really hard to get our daughters wedding perfect. This was a perfect day and evening, and all enjoyed themselves. We would recommend this hotel to anyone
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Ruth Sent on 14/11/2007
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Accommodation

We went to our friends wedding at the weekend and the hotel was outstanding, bedrooms all clean, fresh and new. I am now holding a date for my wedding in 2009. I can't wait!
M
Mrs Sent on 26/10/2007
5 out of 5 rating

Super Venue for all occasions

Shendish Manor has splendid facilities to cater for all occasions. They can cater for up to 350 for your wedding. I found this venue by looking on hitched and have had a showround already for my sons wedding. I am holding a date already waiting for my son to see it, this would suit all couples down to the ground.
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Sarah Sent on 23/10/2007
5 out of 5 rating

October Wedding

Our large wedding for 250 people went without a hitch. I was thinking what can go wrong, but nothing did. The day was perfect and the attention to detail from the organisers, chef and staff were fantastic. Definately worth having your wedding at Shendish Manor. My husband to be also played golf before getting married to me, and he really enjoyed his bonding with his male friends and family
M
Mrs Sent on 23/10/2007
5 out of 5 rating

A splendid Affair

My daughter had her wedding a few weeks ago at Shendish Manor. She picked the venue before she saw the final finishing touches of the new hotel, so ofcourse, mothers panic. All was great, better than I imagined. The service, food and organisation of the hotel was outstanding
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Greg Sent on 15/10/2007
5 out of 5 rating

Small Occassion

We had a small wedding for only 20 people but for Shendish Manor nothing was too much trouble. We had the best time and it was a wonderful affair. The Manor and bedrooms are fantastic. My new wife was over the moon.
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Amanda Sent on 11/10/2007
5 out of 5 rating

Great Showround, worth visiting

Our showround to the hotel was professional and we were looked after very well. We were not rushed. The grounds are amazing and so is the rest of the new hotel. A real eye opener. We went onto Hitched to obtain a brochure with a few venues, but Shendish Manor was the quickest in their response. We have since been back and paid our deposit. 5* to the Sales and the friendly team.
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Shendish Manor Real Weddings

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