You’ve followed your heart to the perfect venue. Your Harper wedding planner is your new best friend, an unflustered font of all knowledge (and at your service seven days a week). With 24/7 access to our indispensable online planner too, you’ll find every detail at your fingertips (and fingernails unscathed). Now the planning begins. Horse-drawn carriage, or classic jag? Champagne, or shots? Who makes the top table? And what if it rains? (it’ll be just as magical).
From afternoon canapés to morning-after (strong) coffee, and the sage advice from here on in – it’s a wonderful feeling knowing there’s nothing we haven’t thought of.
Every Harper wedding includes…
Every Harper Wedding has exclusive use of the house and grounds for 24 hours, beginning at 11am.
Each Harper Wedding venue has wheelchair-accessible facilities. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
The Botleys, Cain or Notley suite is included with our compliments for your wedding night, and further bedrooms are available for your guests, with breakfast the next morning (minimum number of rooms apply, wedding date dependent).
Each Harper Wedding venue has a choice of licensed ceremony spaces inside and out (we can arrange al fresco ceremonies from April to September)
Delectable canapés and bottomless house Prosecco (and Pimms in summer)* will be served for your afternoon reception
Each Harper Wedding Breakfast includes a three-course wedding breakfast, tea/coffee and truffles for all your guests, half a bottle of house wine, unlimited filtered water per guest during the meal and a glass of Prosecco (for the toasts!)
Please note Halal, kosher, and “nonoffensive” catering is available. Please contact the team if you would like more information.
A full bar service is available all day with a curated wine list and international spirits, and a cocktail bar offering in-house and classic cocktails.
Every Harper Wedding venue offers multiple top table options, round guest tables, crisp white linen and napkins, Chiavari chairs, fine white crockery, silver cutlery, sparkling glassware, and a cake table, stand and knife.
Join us for a Harper Tasting Experience for two during your wedding planning, with our compliments.
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You’ll have the support (and wisdom!) seven days a week of a team with over 25 years’ experience, including the Wedding Planning Team, in-house sommelier and Executive Chef. Not to mention a dedicated Wedding Management Team on the day itself, and heartfelt service throughout your day and stay.
Plus you’ll have access to our personalised (and indispensable) online Harper Planner, giving you 24/7 access to all the finer details of your day, with an interactive floor plan to play with.
You’ll have access to our in-house music system for the soundtrack to your day and wireless microphones for your speeches. And of course we hold an entertainment licence for your evening reception (this is a wedding after all).
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It all starts with a date – the first of which we call a Harper Tasting Experience. Following a canapé reception, you’ll take your seats ready to receive our chef’s selection of delicious starters, mains and desserts. And that’s not all, our in-house Sommelier has carefully crafted the wine pairings to accompany your meal. (who knew planning could be this much fun?)
As your wedding day nears, we’ll meet again, online planner in hand, for a final run-through of every detail. You feel a frisson of excitement. What began as just a dream is about to become one of your life’s highlights. All you need to do is prepare for the limelight…
“One of the standout features for me as a bride was The Harper Planner. Having a single, well-organized platform to coordinate everything with the venue made the entire planning process smooth and stress-free. We also had several check-in Zoom calls with the venue where they answered all of our questions and were so supportive and reassuring throughout. Special mention to the Botleys catering team for the incredible wedding breakfast and canapés, our guests commented that it was the best wedding food they had ever eaten!”
Zara & Josh
Botleys Mansion
“The venue is incredibly beautiful. Every detail has been meticulously designed and the staff are incredibly dedicated in wanting to give you a perfect day from start to finish. In the two years of planning, we received detailed, helpful responses to our questions, normally within hours of the messages being sent. As a part of our package, we had multiple in person or zoom meetings to support us with the planning process. The planning team worked seamlessly alongside us to make our vision for our day come to life. On the day, everything ran like clockwork. The staff were professional and courteous, and showed such a wonderful level of excitement for us. Thank you so much to the whole team at Notley/Harper for giving us the perfect day.”
Aysha & Zoe
Notley Abbey
