Archive for 2007

Syon Park

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Syon Park is the London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Greater London’s last remaining ducal residence with a country estate. It’s beauty and proximity to London make it a popular film, television and photographic location and a wonderful wedding venue. Owned by the Duke of Northumberland’s family for over 400 years, Syon Park has an interesting history and heritage.

Syon Park covers over 200 acres and features Syon House, a grand house with a celebrated Robert Adam styled interior and ‘Capability’ Brown designed gardens. Syon Park has been the location for several films and television productions including Gosford Park, The Madness of King George, The Wings of the Dove, Emma, The Golden Bowl and The Avengers. Thanks to its favourable location. A stones throw from Kew Gardens and Richmond Park, Syon Park affords a fantastic Thames location.

Available to hire for luxury weddings, Syon House is a fantastic location for a grand wedding in an inspiring setting.

Syon Gardens

There are 40 acres of gardens, including an ornamental lake and 200 species of rare trees.

Corporate Hospitality and Events

Syon House
Syon Park
Brentford, Middlesex
TW8 8JF

Tel: 020 8560 0881
Tel:020 8758 1888 - Corporate Hire, Events or Wedding Enquiries
Fax: 020 8568 0936

Website: Syon Park

Warren House

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Warren House is one of the finest, dedicated conference, training and meeting venues in the United Kingdom. This majestic country house is situated within the M25, which makes it well suited for travel from London. From it’s commanding position on the exclusive Coombe Estate close to Richmond Park, Warren House makes a great base for team building, conferences and much more.

Warren House was built in 1884, and in the early 1900s it was often visited by royalty. Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V and Queen Mary, often stayed at Warren House on private visits. King Edward’s bedroom is still there, along with a magnificent ballroom, modelled on the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.

Completely restored to it’s former glory, the house has also been brought right up to date with internet and WiFi throughout, along with a slew of other features. Warren House has 3 conference rooms, 6 meeting rooms, 45 bedrooms and a host of leisure facilities including an indoor swimming pool. The main dining room seats 80 people comfortably in the informal but elegant atmosphere of the former Persian Room.

The house is also available to hire as an exclusive wedding venue. Warren House have only a limited number of wedding dates available each year. Which is not too surprising since wedding parties have the exclusive use of this beautiful Victorian mansion and grounds.

Warren House
Warren Road,
Kingston-upon-Thames
Surrey
KT2 7HY

Tel: +44 (0)20 8547 1777
Fax: +44 (0)20 8547 1175

Website: Warren House

Rolls-Royce Chauffeur

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Driving the best car in the world, Rolls-Royce Chauffeur provides a glimpse into the world of the Rolls-Royce chauffeur. With a specific focus on modern Rolls-Royces and in particular the Phantom. Rolls-Royce Chauffeur will take you there, in chauffeur driven style.

Rolls-Royce Chauffeur

Billesley Manor Hotel

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

The 16th century Elizabethan Billesley Manor is located in 11 acres of beautiful Warwickshire countryside near to Stratford-upon-Avon. Dripping with history this fine hotel is an inspiring location.

72 country and contemporary bedrooms along with a restaurant praised by Egon Ronay and awarded 2 AA Rosettes make this a fine location for leisure or business. The Billesley Manor Hotel also makes a fantastic wedding venue.

Billesley Manor Hotel
Billesley,
Nr Alcester,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire
B49 6NF

Tel: +44 (0) 1789 279955
Fax: +44 (0) 1789 764145
Billesley Manor Hotel Website

Lower Slaughter Manor

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Lower Slaughter Manor is a regal manor house set in the beautiful village of Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds, England. Offering luxury accomodation and fine cuisine, it makes a spectacular wedding venue and idylic honeymoon retreat.

The Lower Slaughter Restaurant offers the finest cuisine and wines along with a spectacular 17th century private dining room for up to 20 guests. With a wonderful mix of contemporary and classic decor, the Lower Slaughter Manor is available for business and private functions.

Facilities include over 5 acres of landscaped gardens, with fine specimen trees, a croquet lawn and tennis court.

It’s setting in this pretty English village in the heart of the Cotswolds makes it well placed to explore this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Lower Slaughter Manor is now part of the von Essen Hotels ‘Classic Set’, which includes Cliveden.

Lower Slaughter Manor Hotel
Lower Slaughter,
Gloucestershire,
GL54 2HP

Tel: +44 (0) 1451 820 456
Fax: +44 (0) 1451 822 150
Lower Slaughter Manor Website

View images of the iChauffeur Rolls-Royce Phantom shot in the grounds of Lower Slaughter Manor.

Lord and Leverett Wedding Photography

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Award winning photographers Lord & Leverett, have a passion for the original. Driven by creativity and spontanaity they offer fine photography for the fashionable couple. From their studio in Henley on Thames they have created a fresh spin on the typical wedding photoshoot, capturing those special moments with their focus on those small details, that are often lost by a more traditional approach.

Lord & Leverett
Royal House
Station Road
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 1AZ
(By appointment only)

Tel: 0845 603 9144
Website: Lord & Leverett

Florin Music

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Florin Music is an agency which provides music and musicians for events and functions. Using the finest musicians Florin Music bring individuality and atmosphere to your event, inspiring you in the planning as well as the performance. Florin Music provide the highest quality accompaniment to your special occasion.

Elwood House
42 Lytton Road
New Barnet
Herts
EN5 5BY
Tel: 0845 468 0648
Web: Florin Music

Crockfords

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

In 1828, William Crockford established Crockfords of St James on the principles of fine dining, opulent surroundings and select membership. This exclusive Mayfair private members gaming club once enjoyed the patronage of the Duke of Wellington. For over 175 years the founding principles of Crockfords have been maintained in the elegant 18th century building in Curzon Street, Mayfair.

30 Curzon Street
London
W1J 7TN

Tel: 0207 493 7771
Fax: 0207 629 3257

Website: Crockfords Website

Rules Restaurant

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Rules has the distinction of being London’s oldest restaurant. Established by Thomas Rule in 1798, Rules is known for it’s traditional British cuisine.

Classic game cookery, oysters, pies and puddings are all on the menu of this fine restaurant in Covent Garden. Much of the menu is sourced from their Lartington Estate, in the High Pennines, including high quality game birds, roe deer and Belted Galloway beef. Rules is renowned for its game dishes and the Game Season plays an important part in shaping the menu.

Rules has four private dining rooms, suitable for groups between 7 and 18 people. Along with a dedicated team of staff trained to make dining in these unique, historical rooms a memorable and unique experience.

Rules Restaurant
35 Maiden Lane
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7LB

Tel: +44 (0)207 836 5314
Tel: +44 (0)207 379 0258 (Private Room Reservations)

Website: Rules Restaurant

The Ivy

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

The Ivy is possibly the most celebrity-strewn eating place in London, where actors from the city’s West End theatres mix with politicians and celebrities of every hue. One is advised to book well in advance as it is always very hard to get a table here, but The Ivy is certainly worth the effort.

There is the air of an old gentleman’s club about the place with it’s oak panels, soft lighting and 1920s stained glass windows.

The food is mainly British/European, with a few influences from further afield. But classic British dishes such as Fish and Chips and Welsh Rarebit appear regularly on the menu, giving the place a delightful lack of pretentiousness. It was this atmosphere that encouraged the restaurant to be frequented by Noel Coward, Laurence Olivier and many other of Britain’s finest actors and actresses. Indeed, even the restaurant’s name has a theatrical lineage.

When the Actress, Alice Delysia, overheard Abel Glandellini apologising to customers for the inconvenience of building work in the restaurant when he was enlarging the dining room, she said, “Don’t worry, we will always come to see you, we will cling together like the ivy.”

The name stuck. And a legend was born.

The Ivy,
1 West Street,
LONDON,
WC2H 9NE
Tel: (020) 7836 4751