Southdowns Manor is a fully exclusive-use Hampshire manor with views across South Downs National Park, a starlit banqueting suite, and 15 rooms for the wedding party. With flexible dates, locally sourced menus, and a team that accommodates everything from same-sex to multicultural to whirlwind weddings, it is a venue that adapts to the couple rather than the other way around. The venue can accommodate up to 150 guests for your wedding celebration.
Southdowns Manor sits just outside Petersfield, where Hampshire meets West Sussex, within the South Downs National Park. The site describes a manor house that keeps its original charm and character while offering modern comforts, with a landscaped terrace, gardens and views across the park. It stands close to the Grade I listed St George's Church at Trotton, and is within easy reach of Portsmouth, Guildford and Southampton. Every booking is exclusive use: one couple, one wedding, with the whole manor, grounds and staff for the occasion.
Ceremonies can be held under the garden gazebo or indoors, and the manor is fully licensed for civil ceremonies. The Conservatory and the Sussex Room, which has an open fire, each take up to 40 guests, while the Banqueting Suite suits larger ceremonies. The Banqueting Suite also hosts the wedding breakfast, with its own bar, dance floor and starlight ceiling that turn it into the evening party space. The manor welcomes up to 150 guests, and 14 guest rooms and a Honeymoon Suite with a four-poster bed and circular bath let the party stay overnight and share breakfast the next morning. The kitchen team uses fresh, locally sourced ingredients, and the wedding managers can help arrange a church wedding, small celebrations or short-notice dates.
Enquire about Southdowns Manor →What's includedExclusive use of the entire venue; in-house catering using fresh, locally sourced ingredients; dedicated Wedding and Events Managers
The manor accommodates up to 150 guests, with the entire venue exclusively reserved for your celebration.
There are 15 rooms in total: a Honeymoon Suite and 14 guest rooms.
The venue hosts civil ceremonies, church weddings (at nearby Grade I listed St George's Church, Trotton), same-sex marriages, multicultural weddings, two-day packages, and last-minute bookings.
Yes — the kitchen team sources fresh, local ingredients and presents food to restaurant standards. A downloadable menu is available on the website.
A payment option of up to 12 months after the wedding is available.
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