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The Waveney House Hotel offers a ‘picture postcard’ riverside location, which make this historic hotel an ideal and unique setting for your very special wedding day. The 16th century hotel, garden and riverside location provide a wonderfully romantic backdrop for your wedding photographs.

We pride ourselves on our impeccable service. From your initial enquiry to your special day, our dedicated, friendly wedding coordinator will guide and assist you every step of the way.

Licensed for Civil Marriage Ceremonies, you can choose to have your ceremony as well as your reception at the hotel. There is a choice of two self-contained banqueting suites to accommodate from 10 to 130 guests for your sit down meal, and up to 200 for your evening reception.

Our weddings are all bespoke to ensure your day is tailored to you.

You only pay for what you would like and not a package that costs more per person.

  • 16th Century hotel set on the beautiful Waveney river.
  • Licensed for Civil Ceremonies from 2 - 80 guests.
  • Two banqueting suites to accommodate up to 60 and 130 for you sit down meal.
  • Bespoke quotes available.
  • Friendly and knowledgeable wedding coordinator to guide you every step of the way.
  • Full access to the gardens, grounds and terrace to the river Waveney.
  • Exclusive wedding venue- only one wedding a day
  • White linen clothed tables, chairs, linen napkins, cutlrey, crockery & glassware incldued in the price.
  • Ceremony isle runner.
  • Private bar adjonied to the Waveney Suite.
  • 12 en-suite bedrooms, with 2 river facing bridal suites for you to choose from.
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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Small hotel
Historic

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

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

Other features:

Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
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Reviews for Waveney House Hotel

Vanessa
Vanessa Sent on 23/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding supplier

As a wedding supplier this has to be one of our Favorite venues , always so accommodating for us to set up always welcomed with a friendly smile very accommodating and just 5Star service
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Donna Sent on 23/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing place!

Kim and Georgia makes the Dream Team at The Waveney House Hotel.

Having our wedding there last year, no request was too much, so much so we are heading back there for our 1st anniversary.
Emma
Emma Sent on 23/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Gallagher March 2025 wedding!

What we can we say about our perfect day! Nothing was any trouble for all the staff for our wedding, from waking up having breakfast to getting reasy and exploring the grounds with our photographer, we had the most perfect smooth running day, everything we asked for we got and it all went withiut a hitch! The grounds and hotel are beautifully kept and it was the most perfect place for our relaxed ceremony and more than enough space and allowances to party the night away. We had the best time, Georgia especially could not have done anymore! We thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for the most perfect day ❤️ Xxx
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Ellen Sent on 23/04/2025
4.8 out of 5 rating

Fantastic day!

Our wedding was 9 years ago now, but I remember it like yesterday! We had a fantastic day from start to finish. The help we received was truly the best. We had a large family meal the night before, got ready in separate rooms, had our ceremony in the small room overlooking the river then had our photos done and came back to our guests really enjoying the day. We had our sit down meal and then danced the night away in the main hall. The set up was amazing and a great day, night and morning was had by all. Easy going, friendly service. I'm sure it's the same even 9 years on. Love the Waveney House Hotel, Beccles. Always will hold a special place in our hearts. A fabulous place to have a wedding.
Molly
Molly Sent on 23/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best day of our lives!

We cannot thank the Waveney House Hotel enough for making our wedding day so special. Leading up to the big day, Georgia was amazing in helping us plan our day, we met with Georgia a couple of times to go through our visions for the day and she was fantastic. If I needed to talk something through with her she was only an email away to answer any questions or worries I may have had about the day, no matter how small my question may have been!

What we loved about the venue was the beautiful scenery (getting married with the view of the broads was so special!) and how we were able to book all the rooms out for the wedding night. All rooms were booked by our wedding party and our guests and we were able to have a breakfast all together the day after the wedding, which was a lovely touch. The night before the wedding, I stayed in a beautiful room with my bridesmaid and my husband stayed in another beautiful room with his best man, meaning the next day we could wake up and get ready for our special day in the rooms.

Our wedding day was truly the best day of our lives, everything was perfect, down to the ceremony, the wedding breakfast and the wedding reception. One of my favourite moments was after the wedding breakfast where our wedding guests all ‘mingled’ outside by the sunny broads. The pictures our photographer were able to take by the water were fantastic!

Thank you so much to the Waveney House Hotel again for making our wedding day so special, we highly recommend this amazing wedding venue.
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Anonymous Sent on 07/05/2015
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Special Day

Many thanks for making our wedding day so special. The food and service from everyone was wonderful. All of our guests have said how lovely everything was.
Special thanks to Abbey for all her help and making everything run so smoothly.
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Mrs Sent on 05/02/2015
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful and Special Wedding Day

Thank you so much for everyone's hard work that made, my daughters wedding day so beautiful and special.
All the staff did an incredible job - polite, friendly and so professional. Your hotel as a wedding venue is exceptional. The rooms are beautiful, spotlessly clean and the food was gorgeous. A special thank you to Abbey the wedding coordinator, who worked so hard - nothing was ever too much trouble, and she helped so much when the guest list and table plan changed on the day.
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Elizabeth Sent on 24/06/2014
5 out of 5 rating

An Amazing Wedding Venue

We recently had our wedding in Feb 2014 and the Waveney house hotel was amazing. Abbey the wedding co-ordinator was very friendly and done everything we asked of her. She really was one of the main reasons we booked our wedding here. She removed all of the stress of planning a wedding. I was even worried that snow would cause us a problem however Abbey had already considered this and was ready with a plan so this wouldn't cause us any issues. The general staff were very friendly. The venue was immaculate. They let us take over the entire venue and never rushed us. I recommend staying at the hotel, as the rooms are lovely.

We had an amazing day and I believe that was due to the venue. We didn't want a traditional wedding package and found the hotel very accommodating. We managed to change a lot to suit us.

I would recommend the Waveney to anyone.
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