Weddings at Watersmeet
To make an appointment to view Watersmeet and discuss all your wedding requirements, please call the Venue Manager on 01923 727388.
From Hollywood to Hertfordshire, from Russia with Love…
If you ever wished for a wedding with a winter wonderland back drop or always dreamed of arriving in style, walking down a red carpet and getting married with Monaco, St Tropez, Rome or Venice as your background setting, it’s now possible and you don’t even have to leave Hertfordshire!
With Watersmeet’s professional theatre facilities and the knowledge of our dedicated team you can let your imagination run wild with the endless opportunities you can create for your wedding day. Stage a Hollywood blockbuster with guests arriving dressed as stars from the silver screen, with Oscar awards for your bridesmaids and pageboys and the groom’s speech becomes an Oscar acceptance. Theme your day on a place or country that holds special memories, or perhaps you’re the next James Bond and Jinx, maybe you’re mad about musicals and want your day to have the razzmatazz and all that jazz of Chicago!
The choice is endless. The types of venues that can create this are not.
Watersmeet has over 30 years experience of staging professional theatrical productions, along with many years of hosting receptions, parties and family celebrations. Combine our extensive theatre knowledge with our understanding and appreciation of how all those intimate finishing touches are so important to the enjoyment and success of your big day, and we feel confident your wedding at Watersmeet will be reviewed as an opening night success and remembered for all the right reasons long after the curtain has fallen.
Our auditorium can accommodate up to 500 guests or 220 for a cabaret style seating plan with a dance floor, and is licensed for Civil Partnerships and Ceremonies for up to 500 guests.
Traditional and intimate, modern and low key…
If you feel less is always more, simple is successful, modern is magical or traditional is best delivered by a toast master, whether it’s a white wedding with all the trimmings or a modern couple wanting to share their day and relax with family and a few close friends, then The Colne room can create the atmosphere your day deserves.
Licensed for up to 70 guests, The Colne is a very welcoming room with plenty of natural light, and has recently been refurbished with new curtains and banquetting chairs. Whether you have 70 guests or ten, we can arrange the seating to match your own requirements. This room has an excellent backdrop for formal photographs, including the traditional photograph of signing the wedding register.
Photographs
Less than a minute away from Watersmeet is the Quadrant and the Rose Gardens. The Quadrant faces a Grade II listing building, Basing House, which has ornate Victorian lattice work around the entrance ways and raised flower beds. The Rose Gardens, named after the abundant roses that bloom every year, also features a raised statue of the Lion and Eagle from 1921. Both areas provide ideal back drops for your photographs and for the more adventurous, Batchworth Lock with the Grand Union Canal could feature in your own union! Just a two minute drive from Watersmeet, Batchworth Lock has some wonderful ancient weeping willows, swans, canal barges and really does provide a very unique setting.
Prices
The Intimate Intention is small scale but heartfelt, classic and simple. This is the perfect package for a ceremony in The Colne for up to 70 guests and costs just £45 per hour, Monday to Friday and £70 per hour for a ceremony on a Saturday or Sunday.
The Grand Union is ideal if you have a huge guest list or really want to make a red carpet entrance! Civil Ceremomies and Partnerships take place in the main auditorium for up to 500 guests.
The cost of a Grand Union is £75 per hour Monday to Friday or £100 per hour on a Saturday or Sunday.
Please note for both the Initimate Intention and the Grand Union a minimum two hour hire period is required.
The Complete Union: take the whole venue, mix up with imagination, sprinkle with creativity, add guests and let the party begin! The Complete Union is your Civil Ceremony or Partnership in The Colne for up to 70 guests followed by a reception in the auditorium which has been magically transformed into cabaret style seating with fabulous fairy lights swooping from over head. This room truly sparkles, shines and glitters and accommodates up to 220 guests with a good size dance floor too!
Prices for the Grand Union are £500 for a Monday through to Friday and £700 for a Saturday or Sunday. The price is based on hiring the venue from 9am until 11pm. Additional hours would incur further costs.
For further information, to book a date or to arrange a viewing please call the Venue Manager on 01923 727388.
Please note: Prices quoted are a special introductory offer for Civil Ceremonies and Partnerships ONLY. These prices are not available or transferable for other hires and functions at Watersmeet.