Three hundred years
in the making.
A Grade I listed house, a lake with a ceremony temple at its edge, and thirty bedrooms behind one front door. Yours entirely, for two full nights.
One wedding. One house. One weekend.
Ashbourne Park has never been a hotel and never will be. From the moment you arrive on the Friday until the last car leaves on the Sunday, there is no other party, no other guests, and no reception desk. The house, the lake, the gardens and every one of the thirty bedrooms belong to you and the people you love.
Built in 1723. Restored, not modernised.
The Palladian front, the stone staircase and the plasterwork in the saloon are all original. What has changed is everything you cannot see — the heating, the lighting, the sound, the kitchens capable of serving a hundred and fifty covers at once.
The result is a house that photographs like a period drama and works like a modern venue. Nothing has been carpeted over, and nothing rattles.
Marry at the water. Or under the glass, if the sky disagrees.
The lake temple seats a hundred and fifty with the water behind you. The walled garden does the same with roses instead. And the orangery, warm and lit by candles, is held in reserve every single day — so the forecast never gets a vote on how your morning feels.
Two proper dressing rooms. Not a spare bedroom each.
The Long Room runs the width of the south front: six lit dressing stations, salon basins and chairs, a hairdresser and make-up team on site from breakfast, and enough daylight that nobody has to fight for the window.
The Gun Room does the same job downstairs — a barber's chair, mirrors, pressed shirts hung ready, and a decanter that stays corked until the photographs are done.
Everything under one roof
Ceremony
Three licensed spaces — the lake temple, the walled garden and the orangery. You choose on the morning, not eleven months in advance.
Celebration
Dinner for a hundred and fifty beneath the saloon ceiling, then two hundred and fifty for the evening, with the doors open onto the terrace.
Stay
Thirty bedrooms, the bridal suite among them, all included in the hire. Nobody drives home. Breakfast is at eleven and nobody minds.
Leave from the lawn, not the car park.
The south lawn is a licensed landing site. We can have a helicopter waiting on the Sunday to fly you to Manchester or Birmingham for the honeymoon flight — luggage loaded while you say your goodbyes, guests on the steps, and a last low pass over the lake.
It is the most photographed forty seconds of the whole weekend, and it costs less than most couples expect.
“We had the house from Friday lunchtime. By Saturday morning it did not feel like a venue any more — it felt like ours.”Illustrative — concept brand
Is your date still free?
Type in a date and find out now, rather than filling in a form and waiting until Tuesday. If it is taken, we will tell you which weekends either side are not.
- Two full nights of exclusive use, Friday to Sunday
- All thirty bedrooms, the bridal suite included
- Three licensed ceremony spaces, chosen on the day
- One wedding at a time — there is no second party here
Concept website — the date check is illustrative and nothing is sent or stored.
Viewings, most Wednesdays
Ashbourne Park, Mapleton Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2AA. Allow two hours — the lake walk is the part that sells it.