Thank you for choosing to enquire about hiring the Prince of Wales – Hoath for your wedding reception. Please find a brief outline of what we can provide and with summary of our cost:
With wedding receptions, we allow for the whole pub to be hired out for the event including the garden for about 4 hours at £350. Should you wish to extend beyond the 4-hour hire, we have a flat rate charge of £75 per hour for additional hire of the pub and garden.
Usually, a sit-down meal will last between 2-3 hours and with hour after to celebrate.
We recommend a 3-course sit-down meal (£40 per head) in our restaurant area, but we can also do a buffet as an alternative (£12.50 per head).
Our restaurant can hold up 45 people when sitting, with additional space in the bar area, for a further 24 people, should you wish to use it.
Alternatively, we can look into hiring a marquee for the garden for up to maximum of 100 people with access to our garden bar.
With regards to the supply of drinks, we can provide several options:
Please Note: Due to our licence, guests are unable to bring their own drinks onto the premises and must purchase drinks from our premises.
Should you wish to have live music, we can arrange for a musician, DJ or band to perform at the venue at additional cost.
If you are using the restaurant and wish to have a dance after your meal, we can rearrange tables to make up a dance floor. We would ask guests to move to the bar or garden area while we carry this out.
Please Note: Due to our licence, live music can be played up until 10pm on weekdays and up to 11pm on Fridays & Saturdays.
With flowers, decorations and table dressing, we do not provide this service. Instead, we have a local person who does wedding planning and decorations.
Her name is Amanda Evans, and she knows the pub very well.
She has done variety events at the pub and has provided decorations for these events. She will be able to provide you with quote for her services.
Should you wish not to use her services, you are more than welcome to make your own arrangements to decorate the venue yourself on the day, at your own cost.
We have a small car park that can accommodate up to 8 cars.
If our car park is full there is on street parking around the pub, but we ask guests to be considerate of our neighbours when parking.
Due to the parking, we recommend that guests to consider either car sharing or using a taxi service to get to the pub.
Should you wish to use a taxi service, we recommend the following firms Herne Cars or Longleys.
If you are wanting to book with us, we need at least 2 months’ notice and a deposit of £250.00 to secure your booking.
(Subject to availability & dates)
We recommend Amanda Evans who is a local wedding planner and designer. She can provide a quote for her services.
Telephone: 07846 406028
Alternatively, you are welcome to decorate the venue to your liking, at your own cost.
Please use the form to provide us with some details about your proposed hire – Please provide as much information as you can.
Once received, a member of our team will contact you to discuss further and confirm.
Alternatively, you may enquire directly using the details below: