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Top 10 Wedding Venues Allowing External Caterers 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 lots of wedding venues allowing external caterers, and we’ve picked a perfect selection for you here. But why stop there? You’ll find plenty of other beautiful and stylish wedding venues allowing external caterers 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...
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...
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...
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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Multi-day / Weekend Wedding Venues
Langley Park
Wiltshire
Benham Park
Berkshire
Penicuik Estate
Midlothian, Scotland
The Lost Music Hall
Devon/South West
Gulliver's Hall
Gloucestershire/South West
Owlpen Manor
Gloucestershire, South West
Pennsylvania Castle Estate
Dorset, South West
The Walled Gardens at Woodhall Estate
Hertfordshire, East of England
Stockton House
Shropshire, West Midlands
Wootton Park
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Mas Torroella
Spain, International
Salt House
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Thicket Priory
North Yorkshire
Newhall Estate
Midlothian, Scotland
Pauntley Court
Gloucestershire, South West
Chaucer Barn
Norfolk, East of England
Elmley Nature Reserve
Kent, South East
Kingston Estate
Devon, South West
Homme House
Herefordshire, West Midlands
Pynes House
Devon, South West
Tythe
Oxfordshire, South East
Caswell House
Oxfordshire, South East
Pennard House
Somerset, South West
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...
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...
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,...
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
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Sopley Mill
From £2,695

Based on a weekday wedding in November.

The Mill offers privacy and flexibility, allowing couples to create their own unique wedding. Sopley Mill is a blank canvas for designing the perfect...
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