Your Herts & Beds Wedding - Dec/Jan 2019 (Issue 77)

WOBURN ABBEY ESTATE, MK17 9WA The Woburn Estate offers a choice of three special venues for your big day. The Woburn Safari Park’s Safari Lodge seats 160 guests for your wedding breakfast and 220 for the evening reception. The Sculpture Gallery accommodates 250 guests for your ceremony and reception, and its terrace and private gardens, overlooking the Camellia Lake, provide the perfect backdrop for your photos. The Woburn Hotel’s a truly elegant setting that caters for 60 loved ones for the ceremony and 80 for the wedding breakfast. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact: 01525 292 172 woburnweddings.co.uk We love… the endless opportunities for truly breathtaking photos all year round. LUTON HOO HOTEL, GOLF AND SPA, LU1 3TQ The Grade I listed house at Luton Hoo boasts beautiful period rooms, ornate marble interiors and a stunning converted Russian Orthodox Chapel. Its surroundings include over 1,000 acres of Capability Brown landscaped gardens, woodland trails and a 50-acre lake. Having played host to royalty over the centuries, there’s an array of suites for couples to choose from that each exude tradition and splendour. Warren Weir, an exclusive events venue set at the foot of the lake within the grounds of Luton Hoo, has a number of options that cater for up to 290 guests as well as providing 84 bedrooms and its own leisure facilities and swimming pool. Nuptials of up to 120 guests are accommodated within the mansion itself. The Spa at Luton Hoo, located in the Country Club, has recently been awarded a Five Bubbles rating by the Good Spa Guide and is the perfect place to relax before you tie the knot. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact : 01582 698 889 lutonhoo.co.uk We love… that couples can enjoy champagne and chocolate-dipped strawberries on arrival and dine in one of the award-winning restaurants. HANBURY MANOR MARRIOTT HOTEL AND COUNTRY CLUB, SG12 0SD Accessed by an impressive sweeping driveway and surrounded by 200 acres of parkland, this Jacobean manor house boasts grand interiors of wood-panelled libraries, open fireplaces and vaulted ceilings and its 161 bedrooms each feature state-of-the- art amenities. There are 14 individually designed event spaces that can host up to 200 guests for your big day, each with glorious views of the manicured lawns and stunning 19 th -century rose garden. Part of the original Jacobean manor house, the elegant Poles Hall is timeless with sparkling chandeliers, a vaulted ceiling and minstrel’s gallery and the Garden Court, Summer House and Conservatory have a Grade II listed Walled Garden that creates the perfect backdrop for photos. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact: 01920 487 722 marriotthanburymanor.co.uk We love… the range of treatments on offer in the spa – from relaxing massages through to facials and gel nails, the choice is yours. 26