Events & functions
Rooms for a board meeting of five or a party of 200, in the centre of Amesbury, with catering from our own kitchen, a licensed bar and a walled garden outside.
One building, most occasions
A meeting for five and a party for 200 need very different rooms. We have both, under one roof.
We host events for 5 to 200 guests. That covers a meeting round one table, a retirement lunch, a wake after a service at the abbey church opposite, a company away-day and a full evening party with a bar and a dance floor.
- Weddings and wedding receptions
- Wakes and funeral receptions
- Birthdays, anniversaries, christenings and family celebrations
- Corporate events and away-days
- Conferences, meetings, training and product launches
- Regimental dinners and functions
- Children's parties, charity events and seasonal dinners
- Coach parties and touring groups
- 5 to 200guests
- Cateringcream teas to banquets
- Licensed barlocal ales and whiskies
- Walled gardenfor drinks outdoors
Room options and capacities
The function rooms vary in size, and several have doors onto the garden. Give us your numbers and how you want to seat people, and we will recommend a room.
| Room | Best for | Seated meal | Theatre style |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ballroom | Parties, discos, live music, wedding evenings, regimental dinners, conferences | 60 | 100 |
| The Marquee | Wedding receptions, summer parties, corporate events | 100, or up to 200 with a hired extension | 120 |
| The Orangery | Small meetings and private parties, or extra space alongside the Ballroom | 60 | 100 |
| The Fountain Room | Private dining, small parties, civil ceremonies | 45 | 60 |
| The Terrace & Outdoor Bar | Barbecues, outdoor meals, children's parties | 90 | Not applicable |
| The Conference Room | Meetings and interviews | 10 around one table. From £10 per hour | |
| The Rose Garden | Drinks receptions, outdoor food, photographs | Free shared use for your guests, or exclusive hire | |
Other layouts are possible. The Ballroom, for example, takes 80 classroom style, 60 cabaret style, 40 in a U-shape or 40 round a boardroom table. Most of the rooms connect, so two can be hired together.
The Ballroom
The main function room, across the foyer from the bar and restaurant. It has a high ceiling, a large central chandelier, LED lighting that can wash the walls in more than 200 colours, a removable stage and a projector with a 3 metre screen. Doors lead to its own terrace, the Marquee and the Orangery.
The Marquee
An 8 by 12 metre clearspan marquee put up on the terrace behind the Ballroom. It is heated and carpeted over a solid floor, lined in ivory pleated fabric and lit by three chandeliers, with no poles to block the view. It goes up in 3 metre bays, so it can be made smaller for smaller parties.
The Orangery
A light, airy room for small meetings and private parties. An interconnecting door joins it to the Ballroom, which is useful when you want one room for dining and another for dancing or play.
The Fountain Room
A lounge with sofas that doubles as an annexe to the bar. It can be set for a party or as a private dining room. Double doors open onto a glass-covered veranda and look straight down the garden to the fountain.
The Terrace & Outdoor Bar
Overlooking the rose garden, with seating for up to 90 and the option of a retractable roof. The outdoor bar serves chilled bottled beers, draught cider, lager and real ales, and there is a built-in barbecue.
The Conference Room
Seats 10. It has a large flat-screen TV, a projector, a whiteboard and flipchart, tea and coffee, free Wi-Fi and a phone to the bar and restaurant for when you want something brought in.
From a pot of tea to a banquet
Choose a ready-made event package or ask us to write a menu for you.
Cream teas and snacks
Scones, sandwiches, cakes and tea. The usual choice for afternoon gatherings, christenings and wakes.
Buffets and outdoor food
Hot or cold buffets indoors, or food served in the garden when the weather allows.
Banquets and written-to-order menus
Seated, served meals from the banquet menus, or a menu designed around your event, your budget and your guests' diets.
In practice that means anything from tea and coffee on arrival, through cakes, cream teas and finger buffets, to a barbecue on the terrace or a waited meal of three or four courses with silver service. Call 01980 623163 for current menus and package prices.
Meet in Amesbury, not on a business park
We are in the centre of town, just off the A303, with free Wi-Fi and a kitchen that can keep a meeting fed from the first coffee to dinner. Delegates travelling a long way can stay upstairs.
If the afternoon needs a change of scene, Stonehenge is four minutes up the road.
Rooms can be hired by the hour, the day or the weekend and set out boardroom, classroom, theatre or banquet style. Room hire is free when you book one of our conference packages. Wireless microphones, sound systems, lighting, projectors and screens are available to hire, and the Conference Room for 10 starts at £10 per hour.
Birthdays, anniversaries and family parties
Book a private room for a lunch of twelve or the whole function suite for a big birthday. The bar is licensed and stocked with whiskies, spirits, local ales, lagers and cider, and the garden is there for a drink outside.
Guests who do not fancy the drive home can book a room.
The Ballroom is licensed for live and recorded music, and you can bring a DJ or hire the hotel's own disco equipment. The bar stays open until at least 11pm Monday to Saturday and 10.30pm on Sunday, and later for functions at the management's discretion.
What is included
Chair covers, colour-matched sashes and table linen come as standard. Every function is run by one of our trained function managers, so you have one person to talk to on the day.
Regimental dinners
Salisbury Plain is on our doorstep, and the hotel has catered for regimental dinners and functions for many years. The Ballroom and the Marquee both suit a formal dinner.
Coach parties and touring groups
We are under two miles from Stonehenge with direct access to the A303, which makes us a natural stop between Bath and Salisbury. Group menus run from snacks to waited meals, including roast dinners and fish and chips.
A quiet room after the service
We are directly opposite Amesbury Abbey church and a short drive from Salisbury Crematorium, and families often come to us afterwards. We can arrange a private room, tea and coffee and food for however many you expect.
Call 01980 623163 and we will take the details from you.
More about wakes at The AntrobusTell us about your event
Give us the date, the numbers and the kind of event. We will come back with which rooms are free, catering options and a price. An email confirms we have received your enquiry as soon as you send it.
For anything urgent, call 01980 623163.