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This thread contains suggestions made over the last few years by Forum users as to places you can use for your Wedding. It is in date order and more recent posts are nearer the end of the thread. Other threads do run about specific venues, if you can't find the venue of your choice then feel free to start a new thread but please do search for it first.

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Classic Rock

Tankersley Manor, but I can't advise on their prices.

you could try some of these places....
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/business-economy/conference-bureau/conference-venues

I too am getting married and we have just booked the Sitwell Arms Renishaw. We are getting married on a Friday and, though they do not advertise this, my boyfriend called them up and managed to get £500 off the quote straight away. We went ot see it a week or so ago and they are refurbishing the room that we have booked. It really looks very grand and impressive with chandeliers and such from the ceilings. They are having a wedding fair this Sunday I think where the room will be completely finished so we're going for a nosey. The quote that we got was for 60 people for hte sit down meal at £21.75 and then 120 for the buffet at £8.75. We have also asked for a drinks package at £7.50 which, for 60 guests. The total was £2805 but with £500 off that you get the job lot done for £2305. Then all you've got to do is sort the ceremony. I suggest that you get a brochure from them as I'm getting married in the church and so won't have this extra cost. They do do civil ceremonies I think and don't be afraid to try and negotiate with them, in the end you are going to be putting a lot of money behind their bar at the night do and they will have to take this into account. If you want anymore help on how to do weddings on a budget PM me and I'll see if I can help any further. We have managed to get our entire wedding done (including attire, flowers etc) for £5500. Then inevitably sometimes parents will kick in for some of the cost of that. Good luck and congratulations - it doesn't have to be as stressful as you think. We are doing ours on Friday 19th May and I have managed to sort everything out (admittely by cramming 4 things in on everyweekend!!) in about 4 weeks - without compromising really!

Hello have you tryed Stars in town (where the casino and ice rink are) thsy have 2 rooms a large and small and very reasonable in price

Whirlow Brook Hall is a classy venue set in fantastic grounds which look out of this world in your photographs, the staff look after you as if you were royalty and the food is a m a z i n g.

www.hitched.co.uk (I think) features their contact details.

Oh yeah, and congratulations!

Have you tried the marriott hotel at netheredge. It is a stunning place!

Someone once suggested the Botanical gardens as a venue in a previous thread like this. There was also other suggestions on the thread and if you do a general search you might be able to locate it.

try the grange park golf club

someone I know who is getting married at Ranmmor church are having their "do" at Tapton Masonic Hall - I've never been there before but I know they're using that as it's just around the corner from the church.

I myself am a fan of Sheffield United's facilities - yes it may look like I'm biased as I'm a Blade myself, but I've been to several functions there and the service is excellent, clean, tidy - someone always there if you need something. Again, not sure how many people they ask for or pricing. Try www.sheffieldconference.com

How about booking a reception on one of the canal boats - maximum 34 people?

I've been on one and can recommend it as something different (and the food's pretty good as well).

We had our civil wedding, reception and eveing do at The Garrison Hotel in Hillsborough. We only had a small party, and not many more guests at night. They arranged everything. It was really nice.

We had our wedding reception at the HaHa bar in the city centre.

They did a lovely finger buffet, and you are in a prime location for some wonderful photos, and access to the bars and clubs should you wish to continue partying inot the night

Aston Hall is beautfiful one of my friends got married and had her reception there last month, its really lovely and she only had a small wedding too, Good Luck whatever you both choose,:thumbsup:

The Sheffield Park Hotel

i know its in wakefield but waterton park hotel is excellent and can house all your guests too so you are all together , they have varying price packages .

we had trouble with a lot of venues, but eventually
we found Ringwood Hall Hotel on the way to Chesterfield.
good variety of room sizes
flexible with menu options
reserve plenty of rooms for guests with wedding discount (£25 per room, i think) with access to pool, sauna and gym
good access from junctions 29 and 30 of M1
plenty of parking spaces
and cheaper registry fees, even when including transfer fee from Sheffield to Chesterfield
very friendly and helpful staff

am getting married there on easter sunday

if its still there .... the executive suite at hilsbrough football ground
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How about Whitley Hall or Staindrop Lodge?

Both do civil ceremonies now and they can cater for your guests

Jim:thumbsup:

ringwood hall are doing september to march packages with everyting in for less than £4k.
ceremony,breakfast,reception,buffet,disco & hotel stay for B&G.think it was for 100 people. my nephew has booked for 2008 and he takes some impressing.(hes having to pay full cost though)

Hello...
I really want to get married outside next to the canal in the city centre in 2008 what do i need to do? is this impossible? the sheffield registry office web site says it needs to be an approved premise's, can you get an out door area approved? it would only be for an hour :love: ?

Thank you xx

Since 1st April 1995, civil marriages can take place in building other than a register office that have been approved by the local authority as a suitable venue for wedding ceremonies. These venues include castles, restaurants, hotels, civic buildings and country houses.

Marriages are not allowed to take place in the open air, in a tent or marquee, or in temporary or moveable structures such as boats or hot air balloons.

Similarly, a civil marriage cannot take place in any building that has a past or present connection with any religion.

You can see the Approved List on this page:

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=1125

There's lots of information here:

http://www.sheffieldhumanists.org.uk/

With links to national humanist society pages.

It was something me and mr scoop were considering before we decided to go abroad, we were in contact with a humanist minister at fullwood, who was very nice. I believe there is also a humanist chapel in town, near the crucible.

Hire your own personal box at Owlerton Stadium. After the reception guests can bet on the dog racing.

Consort Hotel in Doncaster

What about a canal boat from Victoria Keys.

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/business-economy/conference-bureau/venues-in-sheffield/city-centre-venues/ag-passenger-boats

Might be unusual.

I second the Library Room suggestion at Aston Hall too.

Try St Mary's Brammall Lane, they have lots of various size room you can rent out...

they do have in house catering too but I do believe you can also bring your own in.

when are you hopeing to have the wedding ?

eek no i suspect that many won't!!

I had mine at Hartington Hall (YHA) in derbyshire, they catered for 50 of us for a sit down meal and the grounds were lovely... probably still too small for what you are thinking, but somewhere similar might be worth looking at.

What about The Old Rectory at Handsworth behind St Marys Church

http://www.handsworth.org.uk/oldrectory/

Graves Park / Milhouses parks both have Cafes.

What about Norfolk Park Heritage Centre, they have play area's plus a cafe plus rooms that could easily fit that amount in, my work av had lots of functions there and as i work with foster kids know that its quite ideal.

My brother got married on a pontoon raft on Ulley reservoir, and afterwards they went to Whiston Manorial Barn for the reception. It was lovely, they had a pig roast and a barn dance :)

One thing they did, was to have a table for the children in the middle of all the other tables, so the kids could all talk and get to know one another. It went really well, I haven't ever been to such a child oriented wedding before, but it paid off, and everyone was happy because the kids were happy.

Other venue ideas:-
Nostell Priory host weddings in their Rose Garden, it is lovely there, but I don't know if you can take your own food.

Clumber park has some lovely outdoor spaces, it might be worth finding out if they have an indoor room to hire too.

There is a list of function rooms on http://www.upmystreet.com/UK/findmynearest/community/function-rooms-and-halls-for-hire/results/in/Sheffield-4610.html

but they don't say if there are outdoor spaces, so you would have to research them a bit more.

What about contacting the Sheffield Wildlife Trust - don't know much about it - but sounds like nice garden - don't know if they have a building or if its for hire to general public.

Have you tried Ranmoor Hall used to be a Government dept but now privately ran having my mums 60th there in April - bar, function room, reception area and terrace outside all set in nice wooded grounds - plenty of parking. I went to a bbq there last year and it was fantastic. They also have room available on bed and breakfast basis if required.

HI, Where is your venue pippadoll? Our is at the marriot hotel and I cant wait, Have you not got anything sorted yet? We have got deposits down on everything! Im so scared there is something I have forgot! : )

We had our do at the Marriott and it was fab. Holly the wedding co-ordinator is really good and sorted everything out for us. The MC Ian is the calmest man I have ever met. Both hubby and I were really stressed the day beofre when we delivered the table decorations, favours etc and the 2 of them just made us feel like everything was sorted out and no need to worry.

The room we had looked beautiful and despite all the stress I want to do it all again next week!
Good luck planning your wedding
xx

The office bit where you register births, deaths and book marriages/ get certificates from is round the back of the town hall.

If it's to attend a wedding, civil partnership or citizenship ceremony, then you go through the front doors of hte town hall, opposite GAP, and turn Right in the main lobby. that brings you to the waiting rooms for the ceremonies.

I don't know if this venue could be described as cosy but it is certainly 'fun'

Click Here (http://www.hmbarkendeavour.co.uk/weddings/2/)

A friend of mine got married on here and it was 'fantastic' !!

:thumbsup:

Hartington Hall in Derbyshire caters for up to 50, has real log fires in winter and is beautiful for wedding... but I'm biased ;)

They are also very reasonably priced - beat all our other options by MILES!!

You could just have the ceremony there or the ceremony and a meal, all round good value to be honest... and they have rooms! And a beautiful honeymoon suite ;)

http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/peak-district-sherwood/hostels/Hartington-Hall/local_info.aspx

PM me and i'll try to find their current price list :D

Google 'Comlongon Castle' and you should find their site. A friend of mine got married there and it was a lovely place. Not expensive either :thumbsup:

We had our reception at Whitley hall Hotel and it was fab.

http://www.whitleyhall.com/index.htm

I have no idea of the prices nowadays though, it was nearly 25 years ago!

For somewhere to accomodate 45 that is not too expensive - have you thought of renting an entire youth hostel? Some of them are in lovely locations and they do entire hostel hire out of season.

http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/types-of-accommodation/weddings.aspx

Another thought is to have the civil ceremony at the register office quietly the day before, and then plan your own wedding ceremony somewhere the next day with your own vows and your own officiants. My brother and sister in law did this and it was a wonderful personal ceremony. It opens up your choice of venues.

cubley hall near penistone is supposed to be really nice.
my friend is a registrar,who often marries couples there.the wedding planner is really good ,the room small and intimate with fairy lights ,if you like that.

we had ours at the atholl palace at pitlochry in perthshire

Fantastic venue and atmosphere, and you get a turret suite for your wedding night as part of the package (though you may want to negotiate something different as we found it a bit chilly up there in spring ;)

http://www.athollpalace.co.uk/

I'll second the recommendation for Whitley Hall Hotel. I got married there on 29th Feb (which was midweek) and it was lovely.

Hi,

I know there is a Sheffield wildlife trust on Woodlane in Stannington that you can hire out i think, don't think it's very expensive and it's a barn think it holds 50plus

Why not try, St Johns Parish rooms at Ranmoor.
They let Hazels Caterers in. They were good when I went to a wedding last year

We used Hallam Community Centre in Lodge Moor near the primary school. It was perfect really, a small hall for fewer guests and a large hall at the side, plus a whole field for fireworks. Very good value...

You only need to know two names, trust me!

1. Dam House on Mushroom lane, Crookes. It over looks the lake and looks great on the patio.

2. The Manor House Restaurant and Rooms at Dronfield. Built in 1540, has a great room, hotel upstairs and a large outside section.

You need an outside section these days which matches the inside due to all the smokers! you dont want them huddled round the bins!

Try Niagara Sports & Social Club in Hillsborough, we have used this quite a few times for venues and been to a lot of do's there, all of which have been really good! the caterers are Harrods, give Niagara a ring Tel: 2964946

Or try Baldwins Omega on Psalter Lane!

hi shovel me and my hubby are renew our vows in september and i want exactly what u want own catering so i have booked don valley sports academy on darnall road altogether it cost 40.00 to pay for cleaners then 100.00 for dj if u use theirs

Hiya

I am having my whole do at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Its got its self a bad name over the years but I have had dealings with this hotel for many years for a few differing types of events, always had top top service from Bert the events co-ordinator and the foods always been great.

Very very reasonable as well...!!!!

Hi, We had a civil ceremony at Tapton Hall, Shore Lane S10. Tel 0114 2660051. Just google the name & you will get their website. It is a lovely old building set in beautiful grounds which look great on the photo's. There is a big sweeping staircase which you walk up & it also looks good on the photo's.

Compared to the hotels it was much cheaper. The staff were lovely, especially the master of ceremonies. There is only your party on the day so you feel really special. The larger venue's often have more than one wedding on.

There is also plenty of parking & it's fairly central compared to a lot of places.

The food was gorgeous, both at the sit down meal & then the buffet at night. I think you have to have there catering but I think it was pretty reasonable. The bar prices were reasonable too. I know when I have been to some of the large hotels in the city centre you need second mortgage to get a few rounds in!!

The only drawback is that they don't have any overnight accomodation but there are plenty of hotels in the area.

Good Luck with the search!

hi
my friend has jst planned her wedding in six weeks she gets married back end of july this year she just decided to go and do it. she is having a service at the the upper chapel on norfolk street in the town centre at 4pm and then going onto the startdust bar which is above the cutlers on cambridge street, the church cost her 400.00 and she has got the reception room free,cos she has got more than 100 guests going, she can also do her own buffett cos she didnt like the one they had on the menu, she also has late extension on the bar til half one too, only thiing is kids have to be out for half eleven. hope that helps. x

Try Niagara Sports & Social Club! you cant do you own food but its fairly cheap.

Has anybody held their reception at Mosborough Hall or been to one there ?? How did you rate it ? We've got ours booked there later this year and the hotel do not seem at all helpful and seem insistent on us doing everything their way instead of our way. There seems no compromise with anything. Eg -we would like a more casual 'do' with bbq as opposed to full 5 course meal and a buffet later but we cannot do this on a Saturday. We want to have a band for an hour and they have to know what sort of music it is. We have max numbers and have booked all bedrooms at the hotel. Feel this is unreasonable plus they're having work done on the hotel but are non commital on when this will begin and we have asked for a bar extension until 12.30 and this seems to be an issue now (although it wasn't when we first spoke to them).
Anybody any experiences with Mosborough Hall ?????

hi
we're getting married June 29th and having the wedding breakfast & evening reception at Novotel we looked all over and liked everything about here its £29 per head for wedding breakfast including drinks package (bonus) thats a four course and then £12 per head evening buffet they also provide fresh flower table posies in your colour scheme and their resident DJ, printed menues etc all included at no further cost and a complimentary suite for the bride and groom with champagne and chocolates the private bar prices are really reasonable as well for a hotel

£500 ish.or it is for our church anyway.

I was offered it for about £100-£200
(we had a civil wedding in the end -- despite parents' sulks!)

It often depends if you regularly go to that church or if you are just getting married there because it is pretty or 'the done thing'.

A church that knows you is likely to be cheaper!

Our church charges £420.00 however we are getting some of the price knocked off as we already attend :)
hope all goes well

I am using The Grosvenor for our renewel, I am having the complete do there, ceremony and dinner and party afterwards...

I believe you can take your own buffet but they will charge you for the room, its bang in the middle of town and the room is gorgeous.

Hope you sort it and congrats xx

The Burton Street Foundation in Hillsborough has recently renovated and launched a new Function Suite catering for Parties and events. The venue can hold 150 for a Buffet or up to 80 people for sit down meals. We have our own professional chef and fully licensed Bar.

We don't claim to be as plush as the Hilton Hotel but if you want to make your money stretch a long way ... as a 'not-for-profit' organisation we can help.

We have recently hosted a function for the Department of Local Government and Communities with ministers Ruth Kelly and Ed Milliband as well as top dignatories from Sheffield City Council - so you can expect first class food and first class service but at affordable prices.

For further info email catering@burtonstreet.org.uk

I'm having my reception in Davy's Sporting club. Thy have 2 rooms, one is large - the one we are having because my guest list is endless the other is smaller which hold 40 i think and i dont think they require a certain number of people. Give em a ring, see what they say.
Good luck!!!

Hi , just read your post about the novotel. i am having my wedding there later this year, but they are charging me £27 per head for the meal Then £12 per head for the drinks and the evening buffet is £13 per head , how come your getting it so cheap or am i been ripped off ?

It seems that many of you are fed up with the usual big expensive venues in our city. With a little imagination and not much expense we transformed bradfield village hall into the perfect wedding venue. We had 150 guests who we got comfortably seated and still had room to dance! The stage is brilliant and the hall is very well run with reliable staff. Its perfect if you are getting hitched up the road in St. Nicolas Church or if you want a pretty rural setting as it is on the village green. I used a local caterer who they can put you in touch with (Rachel). She was simply outstanding and all my guests commented on how first class the food was - she is very very reasonably priced too. Although it rained on my day it didn't bother me as everything went so well. Hope this is helpful :)

Unfortunately I dont have any picutures of the hall without the 150 guests in it - which was a big oversight. as it looked so pretty that the venue wanted to use it in their publicity. The good thing about the hall is that it is blank canvas in neutral colours with a fantastic stage, a bar with bar staff in with the price. It has a separate room to serve the food in with doors in from the main room and out another way into the main room so that it is an efficient way of getting people served. The lighting is good as there are lovely uplighters so no nasty strip lighting. The tables and chairs are adequate - I bought some brilliant tablecloths from the shop "Home Bargains" and simply draped ivy everywhere, had baloons on tables, and lots of battery operated votives (instead of tea lights) which I popped in coloured glass and put on tables, windowcills and on the front of the stage. I will send you my costs too if it helps.

Hiya, just wondering if anyone has got married at Gretna Green, if so what was it like :)

i got married in 1995 in gretna ....the place itself was really nice but affraid the marriage wasnt after we married we stayed together only four years but before we married we were together 11 years lol...but dont let me put you off if you getting married there make sure its in the summer months as ours was in march and it is really cold there .:love:

Hi There,

St Johns Parish rooms at Ranmoor is a good venue for a wedding reception, also Lower Bradfield Village hall.

We have catered many weddings at both venues.

If you would like any further information, you can PM me.

www.hazelscatering.co.uk

The fountain is great for food - never been for a wedding, but it's a favourite place of ours. Also, i would have through Barnsley registrars as it's in Barnsley Council area. Give the town hall a ring to check

There's a small function room above the Black Bull in Ecclesfield.

Might not be the perfect place, regarding size etc but have you tryed hillsbro club? To be honest i'm not even sure it's still up and running but its upstairs and it has a lift. We had OH grandparents 50th anniversary in there, was lovely. Had to do own buffet but overall good night. :)

I got married in May at the Marriott in sheffield - Nether edge. We had a civil ceremony and then meal in the old part of the hotel. Its now owned by a new company but I don't think they are planning to change it much. It was fantastic!! Cannot fault the food / location or anything and people are still commenting to me on how good it was. We stayed in the honeymoon suite - the large one - which was beautiful. If anyone wants to know anything else then let me know ........

Hi, ours is booked there aswell. Im worried about the 3 room dea though to be honest. When I went to a wedding there last year the people who arrived at night were moaning cos there wasnt anywhere to sit and watch people dance etcc like normal places :( Im starting to panick.

Hi, ours is booked there aswell. Im worried about the 3 room dea though to be honest. When I went to a wedding there last year the people who arrived at night were moaning cos there wasnt anywhere to sit and watch people dance etcc like normal places :( Im starting to panick.

when are you getting married we went in the summer and although the rooms inside were small it was the most beautiful night and everyone sat outside on the terrace.

We had a band in the main room so the room was quite full anyway - people went in to dance when they wanted to and there were quite a few places to sit. People just tended to wander around from room to room. We only had about 80 people so my only point would be to possibly close the room where you get married ( if you are not having a huge amount of people at night) as nobody seemed to go in there - suppose its good for the oldies as they can go there if they feel the music is too loud though. Honestly though no one said it was an issue and I didn't feel it was and trust me i'm fussy!!!

Go and have a look at Ringwood Hall, Chesterfield. Im getting married and having my reception there and its beautiful :)

Me and my partner are moving to Sheffield hopefully by the end of the year.

We visit frequently to visit Tom's family, and last time we were in town we had a nosy in the Town Hall as they were hosting a Wedding Fair - and we were keen to see if there was any Bucks Fizz being handed out for free (there was).

I thought the building was amazing, and the way it had been set up for a Wedding was beautiful. Although Tom and I have no near-future plans to tie the knot, i asked a Guide how much it was cost to use the Town Hall for your Wedding, and was astonished to hear that for your Reception, meal for 50 guests and Evening Do it was only £2500! There were obviously extras for additional costs, but the Guide said that because it was run by the council they can only charge enough to cover costs.

If Tom and I stay in Sheffield for the next ten years (as we hope to), i would absolutely LOVE to get married there.

Has anybody else had their wedding, or been to one at the Town Hall?

:love:

Me and my partner are moving to Sheffield hopefully by the end of the year.

We visit frequently to visit Tom's family, and last time we were in town we had a nosy in the Town Hall as they were hosting a Wedding Fair - and we were keen to see if there was any Bucks Fizz being handed out for free (there was).

I thought the building was amazing, and the way it had been set up for a Wedding was beautiful. Although Tom and I have no near-future plans to tie the knot, i asked a Guide how much it was cost to use the Town Hall for your Wedding, and was astonished to hear that for your Reception, meal for 50 guests and Evening Do it was only £2500! There were obviously extras for additional costs, but the Guide said that because it was run by the council they can only charge enough to cover costs.

If Tom and I stay in Sheffield for the next ten years (as we hope to), i would absolutely LOVE to get married there.

Has anybody else had their wedding, or been to one at the Town Hall?

:love:

My Sister in Law and Hubby married there in 2006.
The town hall really is a lovely building but... I personally didn't make much of the wedding! She really wanted her hubby to be to be waiting as she walked down the "ailse" and didn't want him to see her (tradition) before the ceremony.
Firstly there was a hold up so he did end up seeing her in the waiting area, and they had to go in together so they could sign some forms, so walking down the aisle with her Dad went out of the window.
For me it was a bit like a production line, if you know what I mean, it wasn't personal enough.
You were also stood with other wedding parties, this was a Saturday maybe this is their busiest day.
I wouldn't (my opinion) get married there.

I went to a wedding at The Town Hall last year (just the wedding ceremony not the reception)What a horribly drab place it was no atmosphere,the place needed a lick of paint at least.waited first in a large room which was like an old fashioned hospital waiting room not a vase of flowers or anything,and it didn't look very clean.
No comparison to the old wedding cake building inside which was very nice.
Whoever wants to get married in a place like this.

I think you're referring to the Register Office which is now accommodated in the Town Hall. But it is also possible to get married in the Town Hall itself, in the absolutely gorgeous assembly rooms on the first floor. The fees also buy you the right to have photographs taken in the Town Hall, making full use of the beautiful staircase. It's absolutely to be recommended.

emzy
i had my engagement party at staindrop lodge. dont be put of by the prices. be firm but nice with them. we said to the chef we have this much money what can you do for us!! we had 95 people and wernt paying the per person price as it was silly. we said what kind of food we wanted and how much money we had and just said do what you can. we stayed over and so did some of our guests and it was lovely.
you only plan to do it once so do it how you want it which is obviously classy. we had the option of a hall and everyone chippin in and cookinh but we wanted our guests to be guests and in a nice place. we brought our own dj and did our own decor.
getting married in cyprus in june...cant wait!!

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Hi Everyone

I got engaged at Christmas and are trying to think of somewhere to have an engagement party....

We live near ecclesfield and thought about Staindrop lodge but it seems to be a bit over priced!

Not too bothered about distance travelled - would consider own catering or somewhere catering can be done for u....but just somewhere nice.

any ideas??

Have you considered Newton Hall in Chapeltown centre??? It looks lovely when decorated up.

They have a bar come in and serve up the alcoholics, and you can do your own catering and DJ.

Had a couple of GOOD nights in there.

The Maynard at grindleford?If so friends of ours got married there a few yrs back and it was lovely.They got married in a little church just up the road and we walked to the Maynard.The place is beautiful for photos in the gardens.The wedding breakfast was ok, food not my cuppa. It was a cold buffet smoked salmon ,salads etc.The evening food was better and there was loads of room for seating dancing etc.It was really expensive for the reception and rooms for overnight accomodation were also.

Hi, i am really struggling with places for my wedding. my original thought was to get married in our local church as its lovely and i've always wanted to get married there. However it is in North Anston and I cannot for the life of me find a suitable venue for the reception afterwards. Aston Hall is nearby and would be perfect, but the price is a little over our budget. I am therefore thinking of doing the whole thing in a more central location in sheffield and having a civil ceremony. But again, i cannot think of anywhere suitable. We used to live at Hunters Bar and had our son there so that area of town would be great.

Can anyone recommend a suitable venue that will not cost the earth but is also a little bit special centrally in sheffield

or

Does anyone know of suitable reception venues in the anston area or nearby so we don't have to travel to far between ceremony and reception.

Help help!! I want to get married next year, but at this rate the whole thing will be put back two years!

Any help appreciated.

Hi chick
I suggest if you really like your local church then go with it otherwise you'll always wished you had done it there. You can always make your evening reception some place in or around town where it is easy for everyone to get to. I myself am getting married in Nether Edge but most of my family live at the other side of the city so I have booked the Polish Centre which is just outside town.

There are plenty of places to consider in town depending on your budget. I have had trouble finding a place but that is due to our very small budget, but with alot of help from people on here I finally found somewhere.

Good luck with it all.
x

i just worry about everyone getting to the reception from the church if we have it to far away. Most of our family and friends live centrally in sheffield so they would have to get over here for the ceremony and then go all the way back for the reception if we have it in sheffield. Most of them won't be driving so they can have a drink and it would be alot of money in taxis! i just don't know what to do for the best!

what about hiring a bus for all your guests, you could have a central collection point in town, get all the guests to the church and then back to town for a reception venue? You could have anything from a modern coach or minibus, to a vintage old style bus? My friends had one of these and they had their names up on the 'destination' bit at the front, it was lovely!
If cost is an issue maybe have one instead of wedding cars and travel with your guests, start the party early lol

depending on how many people you have whitley hall do lovely civil or chaple ceromany weddings.they have there own little chapple in there grounds and they also have lovely rooms diffrent sizes to have a civil one. i think you have to decide what is important to you in the way of ceromany. do you want it to be religious?? if so then it should be and is that for the right reasons? if your not in any way religious yourself then go with the civil as there are many places that will marry you and hold your reception. whitley hall does both and will also cater for you and your guests can even stay over.
www.whitleyhall.com
please please please, have what you want. if other peoples opinions are the same as yours then great...if there not then go with your own. its your day and iv learnt from experiance... hope you find the perfect place

I used to live out that way about 10 years ago. The Lord Conyers in Wales used to be a popular place to hold reception as they had a function room (whether its still there I don't know!). Then there's the rugby club at Dinnington, they have a function room. I don't know what it's like though I'm just going off memory.

If you still want a central sheffield location, have you thought about the Dam House? We are having our reception there and the thing that we liked about them was they were happy to let us dictate what we wanted rather than trying to get us to have one of their packages. Just a thought :)

st marys on bramall lane have facilities for your reception and the grounds are ok for takeing photos if you decide on a civil ceromony they can provide a bar if needed and the catering is excellent

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Hello!

My OH and I have decided to plan a december wedding for 2009/10 I know it's a long way off but we are pondering what to do with the venue. We will have a budget of around £5k only. We live opposite St Mary's church which I think is beautiful so i'd love to get married there but we cant really afford somewhere like Whitley hall for the reception. I am an interior designer and would love to do the decor myself so we have decided to look at village halls instead. I know there is Bradfield hall (has anyone used this?) but is there anywhere closer to Ecclesfield? Does anyone know if Gatty hall can be hired?

All suggestions/ past experience would be so much appreciated!!!!!

There's a function room above the Black Bull pub. I'm not sure how many it holds though.

A village hall/ function room is agreat idea for a Dec wedding as most venues are in xmas party mode . The main consideration is to plan the timing of the day making allowances for any eventuality so choose your caterer carefully as you may need to rely on their experience. A general rule is that your money will go further in Jan than Dec so if the date is not set in stone 4 weeks may make a massive difference to what you can provide

Hi there, im due to get married tomorrow at town hall and im having a last minute panic attack. Do we need to take anything with us eg ID?? i've been meaning to phone them all week and kept putting it off and now its Good Friday and its closed :help:
thanks in advance!!

I would not have thought so! I am a minster, and when I conduct a wedding and the registrar comes, she shows me the 'blues', (the marriage license) to show that all the checks have been done (you will have done this when you applied to get married), and that it is legal and above board. She does not ask for any ID, as all of this has been done before - she will ask things like name/dob/address things.

Mechanics institue at wentworth?

We have recently got married at Ringwood Hall Hotel in Chesterfield, and i can not complain about anything it was perfect, we had the whole lot there ceremony and reception. The grounds are stunning much better than Aston Hall. The whole day was run like clockwork it was amazing.

Having my wedding at the Dam House in June this year. I just love the fact we can book the whole place for ourselves and have both the ceremony and reception there. The management have been extremely accommodating and flexible- they are ready to work around our requirements to make our wedding day really special. Not to mention the amazing location and the beautiful view towards the park and the lake. Imo no other venue in Central Sheffield can beat the seclusion and accessibility of the Dam House. Can;t wait to get married there...:love:

My sister got married at the Sitwell Arms last year, the staff were amazing, the food delicous and the amostsphere was perfect. I would recommed the Sitwell Arms to anyone.

I am having my wedding reception at Grange Park Golf Club. The menu is fantastic and they have changed a few items for me. The prices are reasonable and they are in the process of updating the room.

Hi Nic
Sheffield Wednesday is not a bad price my son is getting married there in 2010 and out of all the venues they saw that was the cheapest.
By the way if you are thinking of having balloons for your venue i own The Balloon Room based in stocksbridge we are reasonably priced and cater for all budgets if i can be of help just e:mail me
Rosie

The Marriott Hotel in Nether Edge and Royal Victoria on the keys in the city centre are both known for weddings.. They usually have wedding fairs once a year you can attend to see what sort of packages they offer. Maybe worth giving them a ring to find it what dates these are on..

st pauls... but it'll cost you an arm and a leg

im looking for a hotel that holds wedding receptions and over night stays for me&groom and also some guest. i want to have the formal meal there too. for the meal there will be 55people then for the reception there will be approx 200 people.can anyone recomend any as i dont know where to start.

have you thought about one of the main hotels around sheaf quays the hilton is very nice.

Hellaby Hall just off of Jct 1 of the M18 were fantastic for my wedding. Couldn't have asked for better service, everything ran like clockwork.

The Norfolk Arms at Ringinglow has been transformed into a hotel now. Beautiful views across the Mayfield Valley. I know they cater specially for weddings

Off the top of my head I can think of these that are not too far away:

Sheffield Park Hotel (http://www.pedersenhotels.com/index.asp?HotelId=5)
Rooms £40, wedding menu from £32.50/head plus £14/head drinks package.

Kenwood Hall (as mentioned earlier) similar price range to the above.

Rutland Hotel (http://www.rutlandhotel-sheffield.com/) I can't find my info on that but I remember thinking it was pretty cheap (cheaper than the above) and the food options looked really good, but the room for the ceremony put me off although that wouldn't be relevant in your case.

The Leopold Hotel is gorgeous but hasn't got a big enough function room for a decent reception, but you could have your reception at any of the restaurants in Leopold Square and stay at the hotel.

I thought St.Pauls (http://www.mercure.com/mercure/fichehotel/gb/mer/6628/fiche_hotel.shtml) was REALLY disappointing.
Gorgeous contemporary plush foyer which is attached to the wintergardens - great for photos... but the reception venue is in the basement, so no windows and the lack of natural light really makes it feel like a business conference room (which it is) such a shame.

PS. This is Cubley Hall in Penistone where I'm getting married in 11months - it might be too far from your church but I'll show you anyway! :)

Front (http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/KATIEB_23/?action=view&current=P1015509.jpg)
Inside (http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/KATIEB_23/?action=view&current=P1015491.jpg) - setting up for a wedding breakfast
Outside (http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/KATIEB_23/?action=view&current=P1015508.jpg) - the gardens have a bandstand where you can have the ceremony (fingers crossed the weather will be OK!)

thanks katieb we havent really got a budget, as for where we want something that isnt miles away from the church which is gleadless church. we are wanting the meal and reception in one place and also planning on staying in the hotel with the option of other guests staying.

Congrats on the wedding. Have you looked at Mosborough Hall, that isn't too far away. I have been to a wedding there in the past and it was lovely, although I believe they have extended it since then and added a new wing. I am attending a wedding there in September so will get to see what it's like all done up. The link to the hotel's website is: http://www.mosboroughhall.co.uk/

from Gleadless there's a hotel @ Meadowhead. Sitwell Arms @ Renishaw,Mosborough Hall, i don't s'pose the new one @ Bramall Lane is that far from Gleadless either.Oh yeah I forgot about that one! Apparently that is due to open this autumn...
http://www.wcec.co.uk/news.php?id=58&src=project

http://www.millenniumhotels.co.uk/copthornesheffield/index.html

Fulwood Inn looks beautiful, it would make a gorgeous reception venue. Are they licensed for weddings?

The fullwood inn looks gorgeous doesn't it. There's a post from a few years back saying the service and food left a lot to be desired - but things may have turned round. I can't find any telephone contact details for them though?! Will let you know if I get any more info

Hi lamby

Check out Whirlow Farm, which is perfect, secluded field and a great view. ecclesall church is nearby as is ranmoor......

marie who plans the events at whirlow farm posts on here fairly regularly and is very helpful

good luck with it!

The Blue Room Brasserie, an excellent venue for Wedding receptions.
With No Room Hire Charge and an array of menus to choose from (Buffet or sit down meals) its perfect, and we also have plenty of experince dealing with previous weddings!
Have the whole restaurant for big parties or the conservatory for smaller intimate parties.
Call for info - 0114 2552004

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we can be found in the Mercury paper (pE5).

What about small venues, such as Public house function rooms etc?

Will be contacting The Black Bull at Ecclesfield.

Also New Crown at Hansworth as they have function room & do reception for special occasions (weddings, engagements, christenings, funerals and Birthdays.) It's not up any steps & has it's own exit/entrance aswell as ajoing doors to main bar, even though has it's own bar.

Parl Hotel at Hillsborough used to do Functions etc upstairs though.

Anyone know of any other places like this? suitable for those on a small budget. Would be lovely if we could all afford the gorgeous place and weddings,but for some it's not possible.

Masses of luck for the future to anyone & everyone getting married soon & in the future.:)

we got married in may this year and had the reception at The Sherwood on Birley Moor Road. It was fantastic!! We didn't have a sit down meal (got married at 4pm and had a large buffet at 8:30) so that kept dopwn costs, the bar prices are very reasonable, the location is great (15 mins out of town centre) and Sue couldn't have done any more for us. Everyone enjoyed themselves, which was our main priority.

They do various wedding breakfast packages, all reasonably priced. Our buffet was about a fiver a head and we invited 180 peeps.

Hoe this helps someone x

The potting shed at silkstone is very reasonably prices for large parties. or tankersely mannor nice place with spa. Brooklands hotel is not expensive too and close to the M1 juncitino 37 for any guests coming from a long way

cawthorne has a village hall which I once went to a party there, it's offsd junction 38 of M1 about 2 miles easy to get to, I'm not sure who runs it though.

also at silkstone is a pavallion type building near the cricket ground behind silkstone garage - exit 37 of M1, I think this is parish council run. and the chap on the council is colin bower, COLIN@i-online.co.uk

Silkstone lodge is a an old working mans club, which do very cheap buffets and you can hire the room and do your own DJ and stuff

i know there is a thread dedicated to wedding venues but i am looking for something more specific. i am getting married in botanical gardens and my theme for the wedding is vintage/english country garden. my aim is to keep away from the posh hotels as i am pretty sure about the look/vibe i want to create, and you are quite limited at some places as to what you can do. anyone have any ideas of any pretty village halls or something equally as lovely! location is not important at this point! x

How about the Millennium Hall on Eccleshall Rd? My friend had her reception there after getting married at botanical gardes and it was really lovely and inexpensive.

I DJ'd a wedding at the Mecure St Pauls hotel, just at the side of the Peace Gardens, this week. The couple held their ceremony there, had their reception and evening buffet/disco there too. Very large and spacious, pleasant atmosphere, modern setting and from a DJ's point of view it's very easy to get the disco gear in and out! It's a four star hotel so likely to be expensive, however it's very exclusive and private from the rest of the world.

I DJ'd a wedding at the Mecure St Pauls hotel, just at the side of the Peace Gardens, this week. The couple held their ceremony there, had their reception and evening buffet/disco there too. Very large and spacious, pleasant atmosphere, modern setting and from a DJ's point of view it's very easy to get the disco gear in and out! It's a four star hotel so likely to be expensive, however it's very exclusive and private from the rest of the world.

We got married there this year. Was fantastic. We're more 'city' kind of people and so didn't want the pretty country side location - we wanted to get married in town. St Paul's has got to be one of the best hotels in Sheffield and it is such an impressive hotel - everyone loved it. And yeah it's not cheap but it looks far more expensive that it is and I would say was kind of average in terms prices of other hotel wedding venues.

Hey Claret,

We have looked around a few venues now and St Paul is way and above the best and suprisingly the prices are coming in as not too bad either.

We are looking at seating up to 120 for the wedding brekky and then 170 ish in the evening, so its not small numbers, but St Pauls are being fab.

We turned up on the off chance at 8.00pm last night as asked to see a bedroom and the city suite and the staff were really helpful and lovely. This morning, I've spoken to the wedding co-ordinator there and we have an apt to go and speak to her on Monday evening. Really rather excited! We plan to have a slightly later ceremony - bout 3.30pm, so food about 5-7.30 and then evening do at 8.00pm ish onwards. We don't want whole other buffet in the evening (as the day guests will have just eaten) so St Paul's suggested a cheese and pate platter instead - right up our street!

Kenwood Hall on the other hand was really disappointing - we went to see them also last night. The room we'd have our day in is in a separate building to the rest of the hotel and the access to the gardens is through a busy carpark and across a private drive! The wall paper was peeling off walls in the room where the food would be and the bedrooms themselves in the hotel were old and tatty. AND... its more expensive than St Pauls!

Fingers crossed that we can sort a registra for the civil service for the dates and times we want!

Hello BB I am just wondering if you have considered Tapton Hall? I've not actually been to any weddings there but that's where we've booked for our wedding next summer!! They seemed to have quite a few days free (though this was some months ago). We booked it because it was nice and spacious and a bit cheaper than the other places we looked at. Also when we went to look around the staff were really friendly. I don't think you can bring your own booze, though...

my partner and i have recently booked Whirlow Grange for our reception venue. The Manager there is Graham Hollond, he's fantastic. Although they do not allow outside caterers they have a fantastic chef and will do any type of food you request. With prices starting from 25 pounds per adult and discounts for children it's quite a bargin - they are very willing to work to your budget. All at Whirlow Grange make you feel really welcolme and cannot do enough for you. We have gone for the hog roast option - we really want a relaxed atmosphere. The main room is light and airy with french doors that open out on to their fantastic landscape gardens. The best thing about whirlow grange is that the whole house is exclusivley yours for the event, no other parties!! They also have a chaple within the grounds which you could use to get hitched in or just for photographs. whirlowgrange co uk this website really doesnt do the house any justice you should definatly go and have a look telephone number is 0114 236 3173 - good luck!!

You might want to try city-limits venue you can check ou there ad in the yellow pages or google it. It's a new venue as of last year and modern decor. Just outside the city centre

Hello

I'm hoping someone can help me find a reasonably priced reception venue around the Tinsley area? Small - about 30-40 people, buffet type food

Thank you

BB

We had around 100 to the breakfast - plenty of room and so you'll easily fit another 20 in. Staff are fantastic - everyone commented on how nice everyone was. I did post something on another thread re having a wedding cake of cheese - which we had served up as a cheese course. Mmmmmmm! With Port!!!! We also had sunflowers as the scheme for the reception - went really well with the colours of the city suite.

Hope you enoy it all - we did!!

Has anyone been to look at/had any experience of the cutlers hall hotel?
Looked on their website today and it looks loads cheaper than anywhere else, meals start from £16.50!!
I know the cutlers hall itself is lovely, just wondered if this is too good to be true

Has anyone got married at Wentworth Castle, nr Barnsley? looks gorgeous and reasonably priced!

Thanks

Hi, Does anyone know if Ringwood Hall is any good? Been thinking about holding our wedding there in December 2009 as they do a gorgeous christmas package.

Hi Sunnystef,

I looked at Ringwood specifically for the xmas package as it looked beautiful!!
I really want a christamas wedding.

Went to look round and the hotel itself is beautiful, the rooms that they use for the xmas packages are very small though.
Would fit 50 in for the sit down no problem but I thought it would be very cramped for an evening reception.
You do have the option to change rooms and then you pay the xmas package price with extra people at normal rate.

I was considering it until I spoke to someone at a wedding fair who gave me some quite worrying info about the place which totally put me off............

PM me if you want all the details :thumbsup:

Hello all,

We are getting married at Loxely Chapel in September 2010 and have booked our reception at Cubley Hall in Penistone! I would recommend this location to anyone as the grounds and building are lovely, its very resonable and the wedding planner there is wonderful!

Jenna x

I really liked the look of Hassop hall but it is really expensive and they do have some very strict rules.

The main one that was a problem for us was the children element (no more than 6 and we have 3 of our own!!!!) I really don't want to exclude family because they have children, and would be on edge all day for fear of mine ruining something!!!!!

We also liked Bolsover Castle but that was the same, and even had rules about women wearing sensible shoes (no heels) in certain areas.

a great place to have a wedding reception is City Limits, which is on the edge of town towards the hillsborough football ground. it's a modern building with a great atmosphere that is provided by their helpful and friendly staff.
iv actually noticed that they're having a wedding fayre this coming sunday the 18th, from 10:30am til 3pm. i went to the last one and it was really good and informative, with lots of different exhibitors, bridal fashion shows and first dance demonstrations.

Hello,

Im looking for somewhere ot hold a party for after we return from out wedding abroad possibly weekend of 12th of September - prefferably the Saturday night.

We live Woodseats side of town so South side or city centre would be best.

Ideally looking for somewhere nice but cheap - if there is such a thing, that provide a buffet or we can bring our own (or get someone in to do it) - for around 120-150 people. A "decently" priced bar would be ideal, and a bit of a disco type thing too ideally. Any ideas?

why not try 'the blue room', lovely restaurant and you can hire it all, or just the private room. great food, and if you can get the set menu then its reasonably priced too!

Any area of Sheffield and we're looking for something like an old hall or something,not a modern pub or anything like that.

There's a place called The Old Rectory, think it's at Handsworth, not sure what it's like, it's in the yellow pages. I got a brochure when I was looking for somewhere.
Also Garrison Hotel at Hillsborough is nice and very reasonably priced. It's a hotel but not modern, it's set in the old hillsborough barracks.

Hi, i know its not Sheffield , we live in Aston, and have booked the Elton Hotel in Bramley for our wedding and reception.
The staff have been fantastic- and have booked the whole hotel for us on the day. We only paid £2225 for the civil ceremony and hire of the room, hot and cold buffet (meat and potato pie/lasagne/ various Italian breads/salads/veggie tartlets- no pork pie or vol-au-vents lol !, red carpet, drinks reception with canapes, DJ, toastmaster etc. We are having 40 to the ceremony and 80 in the evening, in my view all the stress has been taken off me as everyone just books in the night before and all the work is done :)
We're getting married on 28/08/09 so we will let you know !
Congratulations to all x

I got married on Saturday and can thoroughly recommend the Niagara Centre. (south Yorks police sports and social club). Prices were very reasonable, staff were great, room(s) are fab and the food was lovely. Of the 330 guests we have spoken to since Saturday, everyone as commented on what a great venue it is!

Can anyone suggest a list of WMCs/social clubs/rooms above pubs that can seat 100-plus and can be booked on Saturdays? SW Sheff or in/near city centre preferred but all considered. Any venues with cask ale would be especially welcome, but that may be asking too much.

Thanks

what about Philadelphian club on martin street sheffield large room avaialble on saturdays

You will have to apply for your wedding at Chatsworth in writing. One of the brides I am working with was looking at it, however I managed to find another venue which they fell in love with.

I cant remember the guys name, who deals with the weddings, but he is very nice!!!

Try googling halls instead of manor houses .. most big places i work at are halls ie Eyam Hall, Cressbrook Hall etc :)

Oh and im on a seriously low budget so hotels are out of the question. thank you

Have the recpetion at Bramall Lane, they do very reasonable rates and the whole package is included, Buffet, DJ etc.

I got married last december and had similar problems with city centre reception venues. I ended up finding domino hall, part of the sheffield cathedral. Its a very decent size and reasonably priced. They have an in house wedding planner who is very helpful too, give the cathedral a ring and ask for Nicola.
I have a few photos of it if needs be :)

places like bolsover castle in chesterfield, chatsworth hall these do have some rescrictions due to being grade listed and protected but make a brill wedding venue. a website i used alot when finding venues for me was www.yorkshire-wedding.com it helps loads

This is one of the reasons why we got married in a scottish castle, to save 14K.

It only came to around 6k for the castle, food, accomodation for us in the castle and the grounds for 3 nights. All the guests paid for their acomodation on the castle grounds for 3 nights too. In that price was the photographer, dress, kilts, rings, DJ, buffet and a 3 course meal, run of the grounds for 3 days

www.blairquhan.com

it was amazing, having everyone there before meant the actual wedding day wasn't wandering around saying "thanks for coming, lovely to see you" so you could enjoy the day more.

options for a closer ceremony:

http://www.oldvicarageatelkesley.co.uk/

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-hardwickhall

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/venues/WoolleyHall/default.htm

been to all three of the above for weddings, all lovely

I live in Blyth Nr Worksop, and we go to Hodsock Priory for different events and it's a fantastic all year round location!

Hope this is of help!

Help does anyone know of a venue that will hold 300 - 350 people ideally would like an outseide space/marquee just dont want it to be a faceless functions room any suggestions :-)

Jessica - Charnwood Hotel (http://www.thecharnwood.com/weddings/index.php) near Blyth is a beautiful location that has outside marquees for weddings. Marquees make such lovely wedding settings!

HELP.............

up until now it has been Ringwood Hall for us, BUT someone's not happy so we're looking at other options!

any info about Van Dyke's, Royal Victoria (Holiday Inn), or Aston Halls marquee very much appreciated : )

I'm getting married at Van Dyks. Its just recently been done up. The call it the Hotel Van Dyk now which I find quite amusing but they have done a good job. Anne who deals with the weddings is very good. I can't tell you much about prices because they have gone up but they are honouring the old prices for anyone who had booked already. If there is anything in particular you want to know PM me and I'll do my best to answer.