Leigh Court Events

As the name suggests this is a grand old house which is now a hotel and ever popular wedding venue. Well, it’s not a magistrates’ court that’s for sure. Anyhow, set in acres of luscious, perfectly preened grounds on the edge of Leigh Woods it is a world away from the urban scrawl across the magnificent Clifton Suspension Bridge but is remarkably within walking distance. Inside the main building you have a massive ornate staircase — every bride’s dream on the perfect wedding picture front. As you’d probably expect, nothing at Leigh Court comes cheap (be it a room, a meal or a wedding) but then you do get what you pay for. If you are choosing Leigh Court as your wedding venue make sure they are clear with their pricing from the start and don’t railroad you into extras you really don’t need.

This beautiful old house and its grounds will always have the fondest place in my heart as it was the setting for my wedding to my lovely husband last year. We chose the manor house for our civil ceremony and Hallowe’en masked ball reception because it has a wonderful sort of decayed grandeur. There is an incredible sweeping staircase in the Great Hall which I somehow managed to walk down in a long train without falling flat on my face. We fell in love with it because of this room, which has a glass ceiling and beautiful tiled floor. The entrance steps and gorgeous stone pillars of this honey-​coloured house are also incredibly imposing and made a wonderful background for so many of our photos. There is ample space inside and you can choose to hire just the Great Hall, bar and library suite (which has a lovely view over a stone terrace and grounds) or the entire building if you are some kind of royalty. We found the event management company to be very helpful in assisting us plan our day and mostly happy to run with what we wanted. As any business in the weddings industry, there are hidden costs, so it is worth getting as much info up front as possible. But we used their catering company and found the food to be of a really high standard, and they arranged a private tasting for us before-​hand. It was, quite simply, the best day of our lives and I still feel a little bit of ownership for this wonderful old house.

Leigh Court is a manor house on the outskirts of Bristol that has been turned into a conference and functions venue. It’s a beautiful old palladian house set in large rolling grounds. I went to school in the next valley, and it had a good view of Leigh Court house. I spent many a Maths lesson peering at the stately home in the distant and wondering what it was.
Nowadays Leigh Court provides a venue for weddings, balls, corporate events and private hire. You can hire the place out in various degrees — either one room or the whole place, and there’s many options to choose from. The catering is of a high standard, but it’s not a necessary requirement if you hire the services of the house. There’s also options for housing businesses here — they’ve got a every requirement covered, and the owners are trying to utilize the space in every way they can. There’s a nice garden nursery on the way in to the grounds which is worth stopping off at