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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022

Last update: May 2025

Sopwell House is a wedding venue in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Situated amidst 12 acres of peaceful, picturesque countryside, this charming Georgian country house, formerly the residence of Lord Mountbatten, is the perfect setting for a day of romance and splendour.

Facilities and Capacity

Sopwell House is a licensed venue and hosts weddings of all sizes and styles, from relaxed, intimate gatherings to large, extravagant celebrations for parties of up to 500 guests. The newly refurbished function suites can accommodate parties of up to 380 people and feature a large dance floor, stage, and state-of-the-art mood lighting. The stylishly decorated St Alban Suite provides the perfect blank canvas, and the ground floor function rooms open onto the terrace, where you and your guests can enjoy sweeping views of the grounds. The venue has 126 well-appointed, stylishly decorated rooms and suites for you and your guests. Other facilities include a brasserie, a pan-asian restaurant, fantastic spa facilities, and more.

Services Offered

Sopwell House is available for exclusive use. The venue's experienced and dedicated wedding team will work closely with you to ensure you get the most out of your time at Sopwell House. They will help you navigate the various wedding packages, and they're more than happy to answer any questions you may have. They offer the flexibility you need to celebrate your day your way, and they can't wait to help you design a unique and wonderful wedding experience that you and your loved ones will never forget. Contact the Sopwell House team today for further information and to schedule a visit. They look forward to meeting you and showing you around.

Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Stately home
Historic
Large hotel
Outdoor license

Ceremony options:

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
Outdoor fireworks permitted

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Swimming pool
Health suite
Beautician
Fitness centre

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Helipad
Confetti permitted
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Reviews for Sopwell House

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Jignesh Sent on 29/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing throughout our wedding journey!

Sopwell House was a wonderful setting for our wedding in April 2025. All of the staff we interacted with were friendly, welcoming and supportive throughout our time at the venue.

Special thanks to our Wedding Co-ordinator Chloe for her dedication and support throughout our wedding journey from preparations through to the wedding day itself. For her prompt responses to any questions that we had, her professionalism, patience, proactiveness with accommodating various amendments prior to and on the wedding day itself with a good example being arranging brunch for the Make Up Artists at the last minute on the wedding day itself.

Chloe answered all of our questions and gave us the reassurance ahead of our big day. Thank you for liaising with our selected suppliers where required to ensure all parties were aligned for specific segments during the wedding day.

A big thank you also to Alina and the ops team including Chefs, Waiters and Bar staff for their contributions during the wedding day.

For any couples interested in incorporating a fireworks display on their special day, Sopwell House are happy to accommodate this!

We are glad that the weather on the day was perfect for an outdoor wedding to show off an amazing venue in all its glory.

Kind regards,

Maddie & Jignesh
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Becca Sent on 22/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The BEST day - highly recommend!

We cannot recommend Sopwell House highly enough!

Planning a wedding can be so stressful but Chloe in the Events team was wonderful from the initial enquiry right up until the day itself. She was extremely friendly, always on hand for a chat and to answer any questions, and extremely professional throughout. A real joy to communicate with! She made the process so seamless for us and was incredibly organised. We cannot thank her enough.

The team on the day itself were equally as wonderful. They were so attentive and helpful and was always on hand for anything we needed. All our guests were complimenting how beautiful the venue was, how delicious the food was and how incredible the service was.

We really had the perfect day and cannot fault Sopwell House at all.

We highly recommend booking your special day here - you won't regret it!
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Adam Sent on 07/01/2025
4.8 out of 5 rating

Amazing, 10/10!

Fion and her colleagues were a dream team - I recommend them to anyone looking for first class service!
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Kirsty Sent on 08/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

01.08.24 Markscheffel Wedding ❤️

We cannot thank Sopwell House enough for our beautiful day! It was everything we wanted and more. The staff were incredible and put us at ease throughout the process. Can’t recommend enough!
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Ajay Sent on 18/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Exceptionally personal

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to the whole team at Sopwell House for our wedding in July 2024. Our wedding co-ordinator Fion was exceptional from start to finish. She ensured the whole experience was personal from the day we went to view the venue right through all our wedding planning and until the end, she made us feel like we were the only couple she looked after even though we know there were many more! This never ever came across as her responses were always timely, something that is really important when you look for a venue. Fion's approach is calm, collected and extremely dedicated. She works brilliantly with her team and co-ordinates everything with the utmost attention to detail. Her manner is warm and her approach organised, she will wherever possible go out of her way to make your day the one you dreamed of and more. Alongside Fion is an incredible team. Emilia our room booking co-coordinator has the patience of a saint. We ended up booking almost three times our initial room allocation, but each time we spoke to Emilia, nothing was ever too much and she ensured all our guests were well placed in the hotel, whether it be to cater for those with access needs or young children, all our guests left having had a very comfortable stay at Sopwell House. Teddy was our wedding day co-ordinator. Goodness Teddy another human being on the planet with such amazing patience and the most warmest smile. WHATEVER needed to be done Teddy ensured that he moved mountains to ensure it was done. We had appointed one or two of our cousins to help coordinate things on the day and their feedback on Teddy was 7 star if that existed! Everything that we briefed was carried out and even until the day after our wedding Teddy ensured we left with the biggest smiles on our faces even with some happy tears, you definitely helped to make our day, thank you Teddy so much!! In summary Sopwell House is a bespoke, personal and dedicated team. The venue is stunning, from the rooms to the actual St Alban suite where we had our wedding. We think its the world's best kept secret! We wish the team well and all those about to get wedded there, you will have the day of your lives! We can't thank you enough!
Errington
Errington Sent on 03/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic nothing too much trouble

They were amazing from the very start 2yrs ago until 11:59pm when our special day had to come to an end, nothing was to much trouble, all staff involved went far n beyond
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Bobby Sent on 13/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Kelly & Bobby wedding

Once we decided on having our special day at Sopwell house, we organised a meeting with Chloe Mills who was extremely helpful throughout the planning stage right up to our wedding day and came to see us on the day and congratulate us both.

Also we would like to thank Teddy and Vanessa and the operations team who were great help on our wedding day.

Thank you Sopwell house for hosting our wedding, we had the best day.

We recommend Sopwell house to those who are going to get married.

Regards.

Kelly & Bobby.

Gavin
Gavin Sent on 28/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Day!


We thought the whole process from initial enquiries, meetings, including food tasting, was relatively straightforward and pain free.
Fion and her team were attentive throughout, keeping in constant communication during the planning process.

My wife and I would like to say a huge thank you to Emily, Reevens and the whole team who supported us on our wedding day in August.

Due to poor weather we had to move the ceremony inside, however this was well handled and the room was well dressed and ceremony was amazing.

The whole team on our wedding day all catered to our needs, taking the stress out of the day and making it the very best of days.
Emily and Reevens worked so well together with great communication so that everything went very smooth.

All the staff were amazing, delivering excellent service from start to finish. All our guests had a great time.
MOLLY
Molly Sent on 13/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Ms Fion Sopwell house St Alban's 3rd May 3024

Me and Walter worked with Fion , from start of the journey to finish . She was very professional and arranged regular meetings towards the wedding date. She worked very with the rest of my team involved in the planning . Ensured bills were paid on time . She was flexible when we needed to change things and accommodated our needs . We are very happy with service wie received on the day of the wedding it was worth our money . The staff were so polite to our guests .
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Andrew Sent on 09/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect day

We got married two weeks ago at sopwell House. Words can't really describe how fantastic the whole day was from my initial tel call to sopwell we spoke to chloe and spent a year organising everything chloe was fantastic always replying to our emails and nothing was to much trouble for her. On the day her team worked equally as hard to make the day as great as it was. From day one we were told not to worry and they were right as they had a everything covered. They really could not of done anything better. I hope the management team read this and acknowledge them for there hard work. Thanks again and well done. Andrew and anita. Xx
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Cindy Sent on 02/12/2022
4.8 out of 5 rating

Lovely venue with lots of history and character

We had our wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast at Sopwell House. their small wedding package covers a great menu, wine and canape selection. Their event planning and staff on ground are all very friendly and helpful, going extra mile to help us with last minute touches in the table stationery and setup. we had a fabulous day and can't thank them enough.
Ines
Ines Sent on 29/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing experience

We love Sopwell house; so it was an easy choice to decide to get married there! Sam, the events manager so amazing! Super helpful, accommodating and responsive
We did a dry hire; so that’s all I can say!
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Corinne Sent on 07/09/2022
4.6 out of 5 rating

Country wedding venue

Sopwell House is a fantastic venue especially for an outside wedding. The grounds are well kept and they have a lovely ornate pond with a bridge over it which makes a fab backdrop for photos. The staff were all very friendly, welcoming and helpful from the check in desk to the dining experience. The events team are very professional and do everything possible to make your dream wedding day. They are very accommodating and are more than happy to spend time showing you round the grounds and venues in the lead up to your big day so that you are very familiar with everything. They hand over to the Operations Manager for your wedding day who ensures everything you want is ready for you and your outside suppliers. They can recommend suppliers too if needed. The venue lends itself really well to weddings and has a country, refined air to it though not far from London at all and accessed from main motorways. It was a truly special, magical day and we have wonderful memories.
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Natasha Sent on 12/11/2022
4.8 out of 5 rating

The perfect day!

Sopwell house is the perfect luxury wedding venue. Fantastic food & drink, beautiful grounds, great service & a stunning hotel for guests to stay at and enjoy.

Samantha was professional and helpful the entire process - from signing our contract to helping with suppliers and organisation. Bobby was also amazing. The day run so smoothly despite a very last minute handover and did everything in his power to make the day perfect. All our guests have commented on what a fantastic it was. The food and drink was great and all the staff were friendly.
Thank you for a great day!
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Kristy Sent on 06/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating

A truly special day!!!

Ellie and all of the team were fantastic from start to finish and made the planning process so easy and stress free, especially when we only had 10 weeks to plan the wedding. The food was the best wedding food we have ever tasted no one went away hungry! We truly had a very special day and this couldn't have been made possible without the great staff at the hotel.
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