The Old Parish Rooms
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About this venue
On Hitched.co.uk since 2022
Last update: May 2026
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.
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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.
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The venue was ideal for our 60 guests, had a great atmosphere and wasn't crowded at all. The food was exceptional, again all our guests were telling us how much they enjoyed it. The evening was brilliant, staff worked so hard and were excellent, our DJs Fox and Braces gave us such an amazing party.
We just can't thank everyone enough, five stars hands down
The best day of our lives
Perfect venue for our small wedding
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