De Vere Wokefield Estate Venues in Berkshire | Guides for Brides

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Reading, Berkshire

Mansion House wedding venue

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De Vere Wokefield Estate,Venues in Berkshire

De Vere Wokefield Estate,Venues in Berkshire

De Vere Wokefield Estate,Venues in Berkshire

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Average Price Range

£5,000 - £30,000

Seated Guest Capacity

4 - 300

Licenced for civil ceremonies

yes

Key Facts

Type of Ceremony

Civil ceremony license
Outdoor Ceremonies
Receptions Only

Venue Setting

Countryside
Town
Lakeside
Woodland
Remote

Venue Type

Stately home
Manor House
Mansion
Large hotel
Golf Club
Marquee Site

Catering Options

Inhouse Caterers
Outside Caterers
Preferred Caterers
BBQ & Hog Roasts
Asian
Jewish
Caribbean
Halal
Kosher
Greek
Vegan

Additional Facilities

Exclusive use
Outdoor ceremonies
One wedding per day
Bridal suite
Guest rooms
Marquee space
Licensed bar
Dance floor
Live music permitted
Discos permitted
Fireworks permitted
Wedding coordinator
Spa facilities
Swimming pool
Inhouse Toastmaster
Onsite car parking
Wedding packages
Bespoke weddings

What Our Couples Love

376 Bedrooms for Guest Accommodation
Picturesque Grounds for Wedding Photos
Complimentary Bridal Suite
1st Anniversary Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
1 year Leisure Membership
Discounted accommodation for guests

About De Vere Wokefield Estate

Wokefield Estate boasts two separate hotels on the same estate; so whether you are looking for country glam in our Mansion House, or the contemporary modern feel of Wokefield Place, our Estate has the perfect option for you.

Set in 250 acres of manicured grounds, the Mansion House has recently been refurbished to accommodate up to 200 guests for a civil ceremony, and 300 for sit down reception. With 87 bedrooms located in the Mansion, and a further 289 in our two other buildings; Wokefield Estate is the perfect venue for a sophisticated and unique wedding day.
Our Wokefield Suite is a purpose built function space with high ceilings, colour changing lights, satellite kitchen and access to Burr & Co, your very own private relaxation space - the perfect suite for your self-catered wedding.

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Capacity

Guests for a ceremony:280

Guests sit down meal:4 - 300

Guests buffet / cocktails:300

Price

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Price range: £5,000 - £30,000

Based on a typical wedding reception for 80 guests, including venue hire, wedding breakfast, drinks package and evening buffet.

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Customer Reviews

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Dear Cali, I'd like to thank you on behalf of both Justin and myself. The service that you gave us from the first meeting was fantastic. Even though we only wanted a low-key wedding, you and the team did your utmost to make our day special. All the guests enjoyed the meal immensely and said that it was very tasty. The top table were extremely happy with their lamb shanks, it was great that we could make it extra special for them. The wine flowed and there was plenty left over for after and even some of the evening guests had some. Our DJ played some good tunes and everyone had a good boogie. All in all, a fantastic day. Justin was especially pleased and thanked me for insisting that we did not go abroad to get married. Well, I am always right and when I first looked at Wokefield, I knew that would be where we got married. I am delighted that we had our special day there with you and your team.

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Max & Justin Pilcher

07-01-2015

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Cali, We would like to thank the staff for making Tim and Charlotte’s wedding such a success. The staging of the room looked lovely with that lovely backdrop and the staff so helpful and friendly. Thank you for all the help you gave them whilst they were planning their wedding. We thought the catering staff did an excellent job, quietly and efficiently, making us feel at ease as they served. We would particularly like to mention a young man (from the bar staff?) who found a trolley at the end of the evening reception and helped us to transport all the wedding gifts upstairs and also Maria from housekeeping who quickly found us a trolley in the morning when we needed to transport the presents downstairs again. Steve and Gill Palmer

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Steve & Gill Palmer

30-12-2014

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Dear Cali, We just wanted to truly thank you for everything you did to make our day so very special. You are an absolute professional in all you do and such an asset to your company. Words cannot express how thankful we are. The whole day was perfect and also honeymoon, we are now very happy and look forward to spending our first anniversary at Wokefield. Many thanks again for everything, you are a true star! Lots of love Julie & Jayson

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Julie & Jayson McGee

30-12-2014

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To Cali and all the team at Wokefield,
Thank you so much for all you did to make our wedding day run so smoothly. You were all excellent and nothing was too much. Thank you for all being so attentive and for all you did! We really appreciate it.

Best wishes Mark & Nina Warden

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Mark & Nina Warden

16-10-2014

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Hi Cali

First of all we would like to say a massive thank you for all your hard work towards our wedding. Over the last year leading up to our wedding you have been superb and very helpful. You made our wedding day fantastic and very special for us. What ever we needed or asked from you, you were always quick to respond and make it happen.

We would also like to thank the chef and his team for the food on our wedding day, as it was absolutely beautiful and very delicious.

Also a big thank you to your whole staff on our wedding day as they made the day run very Smoothly and we're very efficient and polite.

All the best for the future,

Carl and Holly

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Carl & Holly Bellamy

16-10-2014

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On Saturday 2nd of August, I married my Fiancée in the Mansion House at Wokefield.

I had stayed at Wokefield and had played golf on their wonderful championship course many times before I was engaged and when we were looking for a wedding venue last year, I knew that I wanted my, now, wife to see the place.

After meeting with the wonderful Cali (Wokefield's wedding coordinator) with my future in laws, we knew that the venue was right for us. The exterior of the mansion house drags you back to years gone by and takes your breath away with its stunning vintage look. However, inside, it is a mixture of classic stately home with all of the modern trappings you would expect from a De Vere venue.

Over the past year or so, we had travelled to the venue to organise many of the fine details of our wedding and every time we have done so, the venue and its staff have made things very easy for us. We had stayed overnight on many occasions and the rooms are always spotlessly clean with all of the facilities you would expect to see in a modern hotel room.

The build up to our wedding was unbelievably smooth and this is where Cali comes in for huge credit. We were never pressured to make decisions in a rush, neither were we pressured into using the venues many preferred suppliers. The preferred suppliers that we did use, however, were superb! Cali helped us to setup a payment programme which worked for us and guided us through the whole process with advice and not orders!

The chef at Wokefield was amazing. Any couples planning a wedding at the venue are invited to a menu sampling. We attended ours and made a date of it. The chef (whose name I have embarrassingly forgotten!) came and sat with us to guide us through the menu. He also pointed out factors which may influence decisions about our menu including the weather we can expect on the day (so as not to pick anything to hearty or heavy) and helped us to pick a menu which complimented our evening food. On our wedding day, the food was a particular highlight. The canapés were astonishing, our three cousre wedding breakfast was a hit and our evening hog roast was very well received.

One of the best things about Wokefield Park as a wedding venue is the diversity of its space. On the day before the wedding, most of our friends and family travelled to the venue to spend the night. The ladies stayed in the mansion house and had spa treatments and dinner, whilst the gents stayed in the executive centre and played golf. This allowed everybody a chance to relax, unwind and enjoy the weding the next day.

Our guests were able to book rooms at a discounted price long before our wedding. There are many rooms in the mansion house and we were fortunate that all of our guests managed to secure a room in the mansion house. However, if you have a larger wedding guest list, rest assured that rooms would be found for your guests at the executive centre which is at most 500 yards away next door to the mansion house.

Our wedding day itself was superb. Despite the early morning rain, the sun came out when it mattered and everything ran smoothly. This was in no small part down to the precision organisation Cali and her team had applied to the day. All of our suppliers were greeted and managed by the team and we literally didn’t need to lift a finger on the day. Cali and her team knew our plans and layouts like the 'back of their hand' and everything looked, sounded and worked the way we wanted it to.

As the day turned into night, the levels of service remained consistently high. Bar staff, waitresses and management were on hand to help with whatever they could. I setup a bar tab facility and was kept up to speed with how much was being spent at regular intervals which was very handy. As my wife and I left for the evening, we asked that anything left behind be placed in a storage rooms for us. The next morning, we found that event the balloons had been kept for us!

At breakfast, the staff had placed our wedding flowers on the breakfast tables for us and had even picked up the individual scatter crystals from the night before and placed those on the breakfast tables for our guests. This must have taken the team ages! We didn’t ask for this, but it was a wonderful touch.

The only issue we experienced throughout the entire weekend of our wedding was an issue with one a room that one of my wife's bridesmaids was staying in. During our ceremony, we had a very heavy rain shower and this had caused a small leak in her room (the building is listed and bound to show some signs of its age!). The next morning, she reported the issue to staff and was refunded for the whole of her stay without argument.

As the title or my review states, we had a dream wedding. Anybody who has organised a wedding will know that it can be stressful. However Cali and the team and Wokefield took all of the stress and burden involved with a wedding venue away and made our day superb. We will never forget our special weekend at Wokefield and neither will our families.

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Tom & Jane Blackwell

06-10-2014

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Dear Cali & all at Wokefield Park

Thank you so much for helping us host the most amazing wedding reception at Wokefield Park.

Cali you have been so helpful in the run up to our day and everything ran without a hitch.

We couldn't have asked for any more, we had the most perfect day.

Thanks again

Kelly & Ryan

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Kelly & Ryan Gordon

22-07-2014

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Thanks for making our wedding day so amazing and special. From start to finish it was flawlessly run. People were coming up to us saying it was the best wedding they've ever been to. Our welcome on arrival was excellent with help to unload our cars. The wedding breakfast was better than excellent. Thank you Cali & Dylan!

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Tom & Emma Demetriades

09-07-2014

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Hi Cali

We would like to thank you so much for making our Wedding day so special. Working with you over the last few years has been so stress free, you have helped us so much with ideas for the Wedding day. On the day of the Wedding we couldn’t believe how smoothly it ran. Us nor our guests knew what was going on the back ground when the rooms were being changed around etc and there we no hitches at all. You and your team are amazing, you did such a good job.

We had so many comments from our guests about how perfect the venue was, how good the food was, and how friendly and helpful the staff were.

We are truly very grateful to you for making our day so perfect. We cant wait to come back next year for our anniversary.

Thanks again

Stef & Russ

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Stefanie & Russell Powell

03-07-2014

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Dear Cali and the team,

We would just like you to know how pleased and grateful we are to you, for the wonderful service and attention to detail you and your staff showed us on Stef & Russ' wedding weekend 13/6 - 15/6. We felt that from start to finish it was perfect in everyway, thanks to you and your excellent staff and the beautiful venue!

Once again many thanks, Sue & Steve Dyer (Stef's mum and dad).

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Sue & Steve Dyer

20-06-2014

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