Your Kent Wedding - Sep/Oct 2019 (Issue 76)

20 BATTEL HALL AT LEEDS CASTLE 01622 767 877 | battelhall.leeds-castle.com Battel Hall is a restored 14 th -century manor house situated on the edge of Leeds Castle’s estate, surrounded by 500 acres of parkland and luscious gardens. A beautiful 100-year-old wisteria smothers the exterior walls, with perfumed blooms and doors from the library leading into charming extensive gardens and woodland. Using only the best of British, the venue has been refurbished with textiles and furnishings from reputable names such as Lewis & Wood, Blithfield, Colefax and Fowler, Lindsay Alker, De Gournay, Susie Hetherington and Clare Langdon. SPACE TO CELEBRATE ❤ The Dining Room features rich oak-panelling, an impressive location for your ceremony and reception (24 dining guests, 40 reception guests). ❤ The Gardens offer a stunning spot for “I dos” underneath the ancient timber-framed garden bower (100 ceremony guests). ❤ Marquee . Situated on the terrace, it’s ideal for celebrations accommodating a bigger guest list (100 reception guests). WE LOVE… The accommodation available here and at the castle. There are five luxurious en-suite bedrooms with stunning views at the Hall, and there’s a free night on offer in the Stable Courtyard Bed and Breakfast for couples booking their wedding at Leeds Castle within two weeks of a show round. THE MANOR GARDENS, BIRLING 01634 240 257 | themanorgardens.co.uk The Manor Gardens is a romantic woodland wedding venue hidden within 14 acres of the wider Birling Estate. Owned by the same family since 1435, it’s nestled within a secluded part of the Kent Downs AONB. Tucked away within the woods and surrounded by glorious rhododendrons, which flower in the spring, the gardens only reveal themselves as you enter through the charming stone gates. Glimpse views of the distant countryside as you exchange vows and watch the sun set over the downs as you celebrate. The gardens are a blank canvas, allowing you to create the day of your dreams, and the former manor’s tennis court provides an ideal flat surface on which to pitch a marquee or tipi. GUEST LIST LIMIT ❤ Wedding breakfast 150 ❤ Reception 150 WE LOVE… The newly replanted rose garden makes for a stunning celebrant-led ceremony spot. rebeccadouglas.co.uk rebeccadouglas.co.uk