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Last update: April 2025
The Moat House Hotel is a picturesque wedding venue and four-star hotel in the heart of Staffordshire. Nestled within the village of Acton Trussell, this waterside location and historic Grade II listed farmhouse makes the perfect setting for your country wedding. From the16th century Farmhouse and iconic horse chestnut tree, quaint canal bridges to the snowdrop and bluebell carpeted woodland, The Moat House serves as the perfect backdrop for your wedding day.
Whether you’re looking for rustic charm, boho chic or modern elegance, our beautiful wedding spaces suit different seasons and styles.
Colin Lewis Suite
Perfect for smaller ceremonies (under 70 guests) and more intimate weddings receptions (under 50 guests), the Colin Lewis Suite is situated within the Grade II listed farmhouse and boasts stunning oak beams and rustic charm.
Acton Suite
With views over the canal and lush Staffordshire countryside from its private terrace, the Acton Suite is the ideal blank canvas for larger weddings, holding up 130 guests for ceremonies and wedding receptions.
The Orangery
Flooded with natural light, decadent chandeliers and oak floors, the Orangery is usually home to the award-winning restaurant, but you can choose to make it the setting for an unforgettably romantic ceremony.
Lakeside Pergola
If your heart is set on an outdoor wedding, you can make the most of the verdant grounds by saying your vows against the backdrop of the charming Lakeside Pergola. Nestled in the trees on the outskirts of the farmhouse lawn, this stunning spot is the ideal choice for your summer wedding.
Bedrooms
Choose from 41 individually-styled and spacious rooms including doubles, twins, luxury suites and family rooms, with contemporary or more traditional design. Most importantly, all our rooms are super comfortable - offering you a peaceful night's sleep.
Cuisine
The head chef and kitchen team behind The Moat House's 2 AA Rosette restaurant will deliver exquisite fine dining and feasting for you and your guests. Their carefully developed menus provide exceptional choice, focusing on classically cooked British cuisine that uses fantastic local produce. The talented culinary experts will gladly cater to different tastes, styles, and dietary requirements. They will work with you to design a bespoke menu for your wedding day.
Service
The service you receive at The Moat House Hotel is second to none. The friendly, experienced, professional team will ensure that your wedding dreams become a reality. From designing your menu to managing the flow of the day, these seasoned coordinators will guide you through the entire process, ensuring everything runs smoothly and plan your day your way.
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Reviews for The Moat House Hotel
Amazing wedding at an amazing venue
The location, food, service and weather was perfect and we were able to relax during the day after the hard work of planning.
We had great service from all the staff during the meal and the quality of the accommodation was second to none.
This was a beautiful simple wedding that we'll remember for the rest of our lives.
A perfect day
The other big selling point was our wedding co-ordinator Vicki, from the initial meeting she was way more organised and easy to deal with than anyone from the other venues we went to, and once we booked the venue she took incredible care of us every step of the way. She was there on the day and made sure everything went off flawlessly. You often hear stories of weddings being incredibly stressful to organise but that was never the case for us, and I think Vicki had a large part to play in that.
The venue itself is stunning, and there are plenty of options for where you can hold your ceremony, wedding breakfast and reception. The team are really accomodating in allowing you to use the venue in a way that works for you.
The other big draw for us was the food - we intially wanted to view the Moat House after seeing that the restaurant has two AA rosettes. It was absolutely incredible, and several of our guests told us that it was the best wedding food they'd ever had. I may be biased in this respect but I fully share that sentiment.
Lastly but far from least, I should shout out to how well all of the staff treated us on the day. Such a professional and friendly operation - there's nothing they wouldn't do to ensure we were happy and everything was running smoothly. We didn't get a chance to speak to a lot of the various servers, cooks and bar staff who were involved but we could definitely see what a thorough job they were doing.
I wouldn't change a thing about our experience that day, and it's something my wife and I will remember and treasure for the rest of our lives. If you're thinking about getting married here then take the plunge, it doesn't get better than this.
A magical wedding day
Thank you for making our special day truly memorable.
Christmas Wedding
We chose to have a celebrant - Tracy Munday - to conduct our wedding ceremony, which took place in the intimate Colin Lewis Suite, located upstairs above the restaurant. We chose Little Events to organise our wedding styling.
Emily Hewitt helped to liaise with our chosen wedding team to ensure that our day ran beautifully. The downstairs venue looked fabulous and the canapés were delicious.
Despite an unforeseen power cut, there were no other hitches. The Moat House provided candles - which only added to the romantic mood. With lighting sorted, speeches done and drinks in hand, the food was perfectly prepared for our BBQ style wedding breakfast. The whole occasion was fabulous, from start to finish and the overnight stay in the honeymoon suite was memorable!
Thank you to all of the Moat House team.
Stunning Venue with Exceptional Service
They helped us to personalise our wedding meal catering for people with specific needs and allergens, helped us to organise specific rooms ( people needing ground floor rooms or cots etc).
On the wedding morning itself I felt treated like royalty enjoying a beautiful breakfast buffet in the private library where we were able to get ready.
When my husband and I returned after our church ceremony Emily greeted us at the car door with glasses of prosecco and announcing our arrival to our guests!
She was on hand with whatever we needed all day and even had a pizza from our evening food saved and sent to our room with a suprise bottle of prosecco for us at the end of the night making us feel truly spoilt.
We cannot recommend The Moat House enough and are extremely excited to return on our 1 year anniversary.
Short Notice December Wedding
The venue offered many different photo opportunities and being a dog friendly hotel meant we were allowed our dog with us on our special day!
I cannot recommend The Moat House Hotel enough for everything they did for us!
Fantastic Wedding (5th July 2024)
Would absolutely recommend this venue to anyone.
Mr & Mrs Toth
Nothing was too much trouble for the team, and everything I asked for or wanted was fulfilled with a smile. Vicky in particular was just amazing both leading up to and on the day of the wedding, she made everything just perfect and we can’t thank her enough. We had the best day and want to do it all over again!
Our perfect wedding 19/10/24
Absolutely Amazing Wedding Day
Nothing is to much trouble for the staff they are so accommodating.
Emily was our coordinator and she kept the events going to perfection from start to finish.
The food was amazing. Plenty of rooms for guests.
We had alot of complements off our guests about the venue and the food being brilliant.
Get married at The Moat House and you will not be disappointed.
Absolutely no doubt in recommending The Moat House
From day one Vicky and the wedding team made us feel special and could not do enough for us.
Emails returned within hours every time and invariably the answer was 'yes' to anything we asked. Every time we visited we were welcomed with smiles and drinks.
As for the actual day..... everything was perfect, care and consideration not just for us but extended to every guest we had.
I can't stop smiling thinking of our day, it was everything we wanted it to be from arriving the night before to leaving the day afterwards. I don't regret a single penny!
Thank you to the Moat House and to Vicky our wedding co-ordinator in particular.
Mr & Mrs Dixon Wedding
The moat house Acton Trussell
Well done to all ❤️
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