The list
18 venues in Braintree
Alphabetical, each with the council to ring about it. Every one is approved by Essex council.
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Braintree Town Hall
Market Square, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3YG
01376352266
Approved until April 2028, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Cressing Temple Barns
Witham Road, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8PD
0333 013 8156
Record lapsed February 2025, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Fennes
Fennes Road, Bocking, Braintree, CM7 5PL
01376 850062
Approved until May 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Gosfield Hall
Gosfield, Essex, CO9 1SF
01787 472914
Record lapsed May 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Great Lodge
Great Bardfield, Braintree, CM7 4QD
01371 810 776
Record lapsed July 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Hatfield Place
The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, CM3 2ET
01245 381523
Approved until July 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Hedingham Castle
Bayley Street, Castle Hedingham, Essex, CO9 3DJ
01787 463862
Record lapsed September 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Houchins Farm
Coggeshall, Colchester, CO6 1RT
01376 561448
Record lapsed August 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Old Essex Barn
Cranes Lane, Kelvedon, C05 9AX
01376 386166
Approved until June 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Prested Hall
Prested Hall Chase, Feering, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9EE
01376 573300
Record lapsed July 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Rivenhall Oaks
Forest Road, Witham, CM8 2PS
01376 510222
Approved until October 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Smeetham Hall Barn
Smeetham Hall, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7EU
01787 374544
Approved until March 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
The Coach House at Marks Hall Estate
Coggeshall, CO6 1TG
07966 081740
Approved until March 2028, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
The Compasses at Pattiswick
Compasses Road, Pattiswick, Braintree, CM77 8BG
01376 561322
Record lapsed March 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
The Hare's Field
Parsonage Farm, Hedingham Road, Wethersfield, CM7 4EQ
07801 596604
Record lapsed June 2025, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
The Wedding Barn at Old Hall
Old Hall Road, Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, CB9 7EJ
07771 644522
Approved until August 2027, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
The White Hart
Poole Street, Great Yeldham, Halstead, CO9 4HS
01787 237250
Approved until November 2026, confirm with Essex council
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Venue’s own website
Tuffon Hall
Graves Hall Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, CO9 3LL
01787 462288
Record lapsed January 2026, confirm with Essex council
A record shown as lapsed means a renewal has not been recorded centrally, not that the venue cannot hold a wedding — more on the dates and the source.
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