Best wedding hotels in Devon - Good Hotel Guide

The Gloriana of Robin Hutson’s Pig hotel collection (see other entries), this Grade I-listed Elizabethan beauty stands in ‘wonderful grounds in a special location’ in the peaceful Otter valley.

Glebe House, Colyton

A Georgian house on the owners’ small holding is run as a guest house and restaurant with beautifully styled bedrooms, heated pool, tennis court, and an ethos inspired by Italian agriturismo.

Paschoe House, Crediton

Paschoe House hotel and restaurant have closed.

The Imperial Hotel, BARNSTAPLE

In manicured gardens beside the River Taw, this Edwardian hotel has 63 comfortable bedrooms, an old-fashioned, capacious residents’ lounge, fine-dining restaurant and bistro.

The Pig at Harlyn Bay, Padstow

Frilly waves lap the sands of Harlyn Bay, a short stroll from Robin Hutson’s seventh Pig (see index), but it is the seaside of JMW Turner that is conjured here.

Kentisbury Grange Hotel, Barnstable

Choose a stylish bedroom, suite or waterside lodge at this Victorian merchant’s house in landscaped grounds, where imaginative brasserie-style fare is served in the coach house.

Gara Rock, Salcombe

What began life as a cliff-top coastguard station in 1847 has metamorphosed into a relaxed luxury hotel in rural seclusion, with its own beach a walk away.

Lympstone Manor, Exmouth

Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines has created a country house hotel for the 21st century, a foodie destination and place of soft-spoken luxury, in a Georgian mansion overlooking the Exe estuary.

The Cridford Inn, Exeter

Down a single-track road on the edge of Dartmoor national park, this dog-friendly, ancient, thatched and whitewashed pub, with four individually designed bedrooms, is a local hub serving exceptional gastropub fare.

The Salutation Inn, Exeter

A handsome 18th-century coaching inn is now home to bright, contemporary bedrooms, a fish deli, a modern glazed atrium, and an intimate restaurant where Tom Williams-Hawkes’s adventurous menus showcase locally farmed and fished produce.

Gidleigh Park, CHAGFORD

A single-track lane winds its way to this Tudor-style country house, in gardens and woodland, on the banks of the Teign, on the edge of Dartmoor national

Hotel Endsleigh, Tavistock

‘An enchanting destination’ is how readers describe Olga Polizzi’s Regency hunting lodge, which stands by the River Tamar in an Elysian landscape designed by Humphry Repton.

Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea

Pack your Schiaparelli gowns, beach pants and playsuits, and board the 'sea tractor' for a trip back to the 1930s at this Art Deco hotel on a tidal island where the beau monde came to play.

Watersmeet, Woolacombe

‘The location is stunning, with views of the Devon coast with its sandy beaches and tumbled rocks,’ writes a reader delighted by this family-friendly hotel.

The Cricket Inn, Kingsbridge

Twisty lanes and steep hills ensure this village inn, with its celebrated seafood and views over Beesands beach on Devon’s coast, still feels like a wonderful discovery.

South Sands, Salcombe

Relaxed, informal, dog friendly, this contemporary hotel above South Sands beach, made over in New England style, has a good choice of bedrooms, some with seas view and balcony, menus to suit everyone, and a terrace for alfresco dining.

Plantation House, Plymouth

From bread to truffles, they cook as much as possible on site in this little hotel, in the rolling South Hams countryside, between wild Dartmoor and the sandy beaches of Bigbury Bay.

Thurlestone Hotel, Kingsbridge

In 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens, this family-owned 65-room spa hotel is a happy marriage of the traditional and informal, with well-equipped rooms, fine dining in the smart Trevilder, and a gastropub menu in the 16th-century village inn.

Lewtrenchard Manor, Okehampton

A ‘stunning Jacobean building’ is, astonishingly, largely the creation of Victorian squire, parson and prolific author the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould.

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St Elizabeths House

Plymouth

In Plympton St Maurice, on the edge of the city, this Georgian manor was once a convent. Now a hotel and events venue, tranquillity remains in calming, modern bedrooms and in the surrounding nine acres of gardens and sweeping lawns. Local and regionally sourced produce appears on the restaurant’s fine dining menus: perhaps curried white crab with pea panna cotta, pink grapefruit and fresh pea shoots; Tournedos Rossini – fillet of Devon beef on crispy crouton with chicken liver parfait, dauphinoise potato, wild mushroom and baby onion jus.

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Where to hold a wedding in Devon

We are extremely lucky to have somewhere as beautiful as the West Country on our doorstep. Devon’s natural beauty is what attracts people to this part of the world on holidays time and again.

From the popular seaside town of Salcombe with its ice cream coloured houses to the dramatic vistas of Dartmoor, it’s varied and awe-inspiring scenery alongside its plethora of home grown produce make it a superb choice for weddings and hospitality at any time of the year (although naturally the summer months make for better photos).

Fine dining at country house hotels are very much a part of the landscape in this part of the world, but equally the postcard perfect villages and towns with panoramic views of breathtaking seascapes make for extremely romantic backdrops for weddings. Equally, hotels such as the Salcombe Harbour Hotel bring contemporary elegance to the seaside with modern decor and five star facilities and spa features, which of course allow the party plenty of time and space in which to get ready and take time to enjoy the surroundings.

The local produce is a particularly delightful feature as well – Devon is known for its beef as well as its clotted cream, and nothing says celebration quite like an afternoon tea. Salcombe is also supremely well known for its Salcombe Dairy ice cream, made in a tiny factory in the harbour town and famed as far afield as Singapore Airlines, would you believe it?

For smaller weddings, hotels in the likes of Dartmouth, a quintessentially English seaside town with an abundance of history, are perfect, and for added entertainment the summer months are awash with festivals and regattas to add to the merriment.

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