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Top 10 Big Capacity 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 a whole host of big capacity wedding venues, and we’ve picked an ideal selection for you here. But why stop there? You’ll find lots of other beautiful and stylish big capacity wedding venues in Dorset and beyond in the pages of our Venue Finder.

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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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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...
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
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Sopley Lake
From £3,995

Based on a weekend wedding in August. Includes accommodation.

Sopley Lake spans 25 acres on the edge of the New Forest, offering an exclusive and private space for marquee wedding receptions. This Dorset venue is...
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
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Boutique Marquees
From £6,500

Based on a weekend wedding in July.

Boutique Marquees are the Sperry Tent specialists, licensed to provide the only authentic Sailcloth Tent to the wedding and events industry across the...
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
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Hooe's Yurts
From £2,000
Hooe’s Yurts provide beautiful yurts with stunning decor, textiles and furnishings. With an extensive range of sizes available, you can have one...
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Wedding Venues Allowing an Outdoor Ceremony
Sant Ffraed House
Monmouthshire
The Croquet Lawn at Fanhams Hall
Hertfordshire
Hobbit Hill
Lancashire
Delamere Manor
Cheshire, North West
The Cornish Place
Cornwall, South West
Ripple Court Estate
Kent, South East
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Dorset, South West
The Gardens
Kent, South East
Findon Place
West Sussex, South East
Pennyhill Park
Surrey, South East
Ryedale Folk Museum
North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & Humberside
Manor Hill House
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Salt House
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Thicket Priory
North Yorkshire
Colshaw Hall
Cheshire, North West
Hampton Manor
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Chaucer Barn
Norfolk, East of England
Kingston Estate
Devon, South West
Rowton Castle
Shropshire, West Midlands
Tythe
Oxfordshire, South East
Marleybrook House
Kent, South East
Pennard House
Somerset, South West
Dewsall Court
Herefordshire, West Midlands
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.
Inspired Structures
Inspired Structures
Inspired Structures
Inspired Structures
Inspired Structures
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Inspired Structures
From £4,000

Based on a weekend wedding in May. Includes 3-night venue hire.

Based in Yorkshire but available across the UK, Inspired Structures specialises in hiring luxury and elegant Aurora sailcloth marquees, creating the...
Coastal Tents
Coastal Tents
Coastal Tents
Coastal Tents
Coastal Tents
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Coastal Tents
From £3,000

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

Coastal Tents offers beautiful, design-led tipis and sailcloth tents paired with exceptional service, allowing couples to create an outdoor wedding...
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...
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...
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