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Top 10 Historical Wedding Venues in Dorset

Coco Wedding Venues is the first place to kickstart your wedding planning. We strip back the noise and overwhelm in those first steps of planning your wedding, focusing on the most important and time-consuming one of all – finding your perfect wedding venue.

Dorset has oodles of historical wedding venues, and we’ve picked a perfect selection for you here. But why stop there? You’ll find lots of other beautiful and stylish historical wedding venues in Dorset and beyond in the pages of our Venue Finder.

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Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
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Mapperton House & Gardens
From £11,450

Based on a weekend wedding in July. Includes 2-night venue hire and accommodation.

Undiscovered, exclusive and wildly romantic. Nestled in the rolling hills of West Dorset stands Mapperton, voted the UK's finest manor house by...
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Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
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Deans Court
From £5,500

Based on a weekday wedding in June.

Deans Court is an elegant historic house set in ancient gardens, a stone's throw from the centre of Wimborne Minster in Dorset. Weddings at Deans...
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St Audries Park
St Audries Park
St Audries Park
St Audries Park
St Audries Park
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St Audries Park
From £6,500

Based on a weekday wedding in February.

Situated within 100 acres of tranquil deer park, overlooking the rolling Quantock Hills and the Bristol Channel beyond, St Audries Park provides the...
Pylewell Park
Pylewell Park
Pylewell Park
Pylewell Park
Pylewell Park
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Pylewell Park
From £18,500

Based on a weekend wedding in October. Includes 2-night venue hire and accommodation.

Pylewell Park is a newly launched wedding venue close to the sailing town of Lymington in the New Forest. A unique setting offering complete...
Came House
Came House
Came House
Came House
Came House
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Came House
From £26,000

Based on a weekend wedding in August. Includes 2-night venue hire and accommodation.

Came House is an enchanting Palladian Country House and private estate in the heart of Thomas Hardy's Dorset, ten minutes from the Jurassic coast.
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Castle Wedding Venues
Peralada Castle
Spain
Rowallan Castle Estate
East Ayrshire
Thornbury Castle
Gloucestershire, South West
Finca Morneta
Spain, International
Thirlestane Castle
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Butley Priory
Suffolk, East of England
Birtsmorton Court
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Dorset, South West
Dunwood Hall Estate
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Shortflatt Tower
Northumberland, North East
The Castle Westenhanger
Kent, South East
Neidpath Castle
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Highcliffe Castle
Dorset, South West
Logie Country House
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ashridge House
Hertfordshire, East of England
Hampton Court House
Surrey, South East
Newhall Estate
Midlothian, Scotland
Sudeley Castle
Gloucestershire, South West
Grittleton House
Wiltshire, South West
Eastnor Castle
Herefordshire, West Midlands
Berkeley Castle
Gloucestershire, South West
Rowton Castle
Shropshire, West Midlands
Farnham Castle
Surrey, South East
Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville
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Newton Surmaville
From £24,000

Based on a weekend wedding in May. Includes 2-night venue hire.

Newton Surmaville is a nine-bedroom, eight-bathroom Jacobean Manor House situated on 63 acres of sprawling landscape, featuring original walled...
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
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Hale Park
From £6,700

Based on a weekend wedding in July.

Hale Park is a dry-hire venue offering a wide choice of ceremony, dining and party options-cofE church in the gardens, several civil locations,...
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
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Minterne House
From £6,500

Based on a weekend wedding in November. Includes 2-night venue hire.

Minterne House is grand and inviting, ideal for intimate and large weddings. Whether you seek the elegance of a stately home or wish to design your...
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
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Pennsylvania Castle Estate
From £16,837

Based on a weekday wedding in June. Includes 2-night venue hire and accommodation.

Set on the cliffs of Dorset's dramatic coastline, complete with stunning sea views, manicured grounds and unique accommodation options, The Penn...
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
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The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
From £5,000

Based on a weekend wedding in April.

A hidden gem, The Tithe Barn at Hinton St Mary sits in the grounds of Hinton Manor. Exclusively yours for the weekend, on a dry hire basis so you can...
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