Beaulieu Hotel & Drift Inn

A former coaching inn set among open heathland on the edge of Beaulieu village, this venue offers some of the widest views in the New Forest and the space to match them.

As the largest wedding venue in the New Forest Collection, it holds three connecting suites, the Ipley, the Exbury and the Beaulieu, which can be booked separately for a more intimate day or combined to host up to 250 guests for an evening celebration.

The Ipley suite alone seats up to 120 for a ceremony, while the Exbury offers a smaller, equally elegant alternative for around 90.

Guests are welcomed with a glass of chilled English sparkling wine in the courtyard gardens before moving through to whichever suite suits the scale of the day, and the Beaulieu Suite has its own private bar for the evening reception.

Ponies, donkeys and deer roam the surrounding heath, and the venue sits close to Beaulieu Road station, making travel straightforward for guests coming from further afield.

For couples and planners who want real scale without losing the sense of being genuinely out in the forest, Beaulieu Inn delivers both.