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Wedding Reception Venues In Essex

Looking for budget wedding reception venues in Essex? If so, you've come to the right place. Our expanding section of budget venues as recommended by brides is guaranteed to help you find somewhere perfect for your big day.

All the wedding venues listed here have been nominated by readers of Cheap Wedding Success, so you know you're going to get good value for money.

We simply asked our readers to tell us their favourite cheap wedding reception venues in Essex and these are the ones they nominated.

The section is growing all the time as we constantly get new nominations for wedding reception venues in Essex from our readers. So, if you can't find something now, then come back soon, or just get some inspiration from the list below.


Readers favourite wedding reception venues in Essex

Bishops Hall Park Community Hall - Brentwood<
Blake Hall - Bobbingworth, Ongar
Bluehouse Farm - Basildon
Forrester Park - Cairneyhill
Frinton Tennis Club - Frinton On Sea
Gosfield Hallb - Gosfield
Holiday Inn - Colchester
Kingscliff Hotel - Clacton-on-Sea
Parklands - Quendon
Railway Hotel - Hornchurch
Ramsden Heath Village Hall - Billericay
Seabrights Barn - Chelmsford
Smeethan Barn - Bulmer, Sudbury
South Lodge Hotel - Chelmsford
St Johns Church Hall - Stansted Mountfitchet
The Bull - Long Melford
The Fennes - Braintree
The lodge - Battlesbridge
The Purple Emperor - Harlow
The Ship - Tiptree, Colchester


Bishops Hall Park Community Hall - Elizabeth Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NP

Phone: +441277215151

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Maxine Hull: "This cheap wedding reception venue in Essex is a large hall and comes with a large back garden with seating, catering facilities (a really large kitchen) and has large very clean toilets. The venue is also really clean and recently painted, as it is used to be used for a playgroup it is also child friendly."


Blake Hall - Blake Hall, Bobbingworth, Ongar, Essex CM5 0DG

Phone: 01277 366687

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Karla: "This is absolutely beautiful and has everything I could ever want for my wedding day."


Bluehouse Farm - Laindon Link, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5UH

Phone: (0) 1268 544021

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Gemma: "This Essex Wedding Venue is under £200 and is large, has its own bar, bar staff, kitchen and large car park! There are fields with ponds ideal for wedding photos and a children's play area - perfect to keep kids entertained on the day."


Forrester Park - Pitdinnie Road, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 8RF

Phone: +441383880505

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Kimberly: "Forrester park budget wedding reception venue in Essex is my favourite venue, because it’s the style my husband 2 b and I love, Has beautiful gardens and grounds and a 16th century converted barn. It’s so quaint and pretty. The staff are fantastic and allow you to make your own package to suit our budget. It’s a truly beautiful place. And how cheap you can create a beautiful day there is unbelievable."


Frinton Tennis Club - 36 Holland Road, Frinton On Sea, Essex, CO13 9ES

Phone: 441255674055

Hire Cost For Venue: £500 - £1,000

Recommended by Emma: "This is my recommended budget wedding venue in Essex as it is a really big space for the money it costs to rent it out."


Gosfield Hallb - Gosfield, Essex, CO9 1SF

Phone: 01787 472 914

Hire Cost For Venue: Over £1,000

Recommended by Ally: "Gosfield hall has great value all inclusive wedding packages with many late deals and cancellation offers."


Holiday Inn - Abbotts Lane Eeght Ash Green Colchester, CO6 3QL

Phone: +448719429020

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Vicky: "It's such a bargain and a really pretty building too!"


Kingscliff Hotel - Holland-on-Sea, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 5JB

Phone: 01255 812343

Hire Cost For Venue: £500-£1000

Recommended by Sarah: "This wedding reception venue in Essex is situated on Clacton's Sea-front and has a beautiful view. It is close to home and convenient but at the same time pretty. There is a room that can accommodate 200 guests with it's own dance floor and private bar. They also have a smaller room and a restaurant that is also used for weddings."


Parklands - Quendon Hall, Quendon, Essex, CB11 3XN

Phone: 01799 543800

Hire Cost For Venue: Over £1,000

Recommended by Cresta: "I booked a last minute wedding at Parklands and it was less than £3500 for the venue, food, drink and services for 50 of my family and friends. The house is amazing and I can't believe how cheap it was to hire, it must be the best value wedding reception venues in Essex."


Railway Hotel - Station Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 6SB

Phone: 01708 440028

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Lucille: "This budget wedding venue in Essex is beautiful! Real wood panelling, a dance floor and private bar and toilets, all for £300! Famous locally for cask conditioned ales, wines and fantastic pub-food menu."


Ramsden Heath Village Hall - Ramsden Heath, Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HX

Phone: 441268710791

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Mandy: "This is one of the biggest wedding reception venues in Essex, it is absolutely massive! It has a fully equipped kitchen so you can easily do your own food or supply your own caterers. Plus you can supply your own drinks which means you can save a fortune!"


Seabrights Barn - Galleywood Rd, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8NB

Phone: 01245 478033

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Louise: "I like Seabrights Barn wedding venue in Essex as it has a nice garden and a good look to the building. It's great if you haven't got a lot of money to spend but still want a good looking venue and works out to be really good value for the money. Plus they have a great patio out the back that your guests can enjoy a glass of bubbly during the reception."


Smeethan Barn - Smeetham Hall Lane, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7EU

Phone: +441787374544

Hire Cost For Venue: Over £1,000

Recommended by Sarah: "This cheap barn wedding venue in Essex can be hired from Friday 9am to Sunday midday as standard. The best of the wedding reception venues in Essex for DIY weddings that we have found as they are so flexible and they also charge no corkage."


South Lodge Hotel - Brighton Road, Nr. Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 6PS

Phone: 01403 891711

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Louise J: "The rooms inside this wedding venue in Chelmsford look very nice considering how cheap it is. It is a country house in a beautiful setting of woodlands, parks and flowered terraces."


St Johns Church Hall - St John's Rd, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8JP

Phone: 01279 815 243

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Allison: "This cheap wedding venue in Essex is right next to the church which makes it very convenient. We have managed to get someone from the church to do all our catering, and we have also persuaded the church to let us have the hall the day before so we can set up and decorate it etc... "


The Bull - Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JG

Phone: 01787 378494

Hire Cost For Venue: Over £1000

Recommended by Gemma: "This Old English Inn is our favourite of all the wedding reception venues in Essex we have seen, with massive moulded oak beams, wooden rafters, carvings, open fireplaces and period furniture throughout. They will do the whole day for under £2,000! They can cater for 200 people for the wedding buffet or 60 guests for a sit down meal. Now that is a bargain!"


The Fennes - Regency House, 33 Wood Street, Barnet, Herts, EN5 4BE

Phone: 01376 324555

Hire Cost For Venue: Over £1,000

Recommended by Cresta: "The Fennes has all inclusive wedding package for less than £3500 inc vat for 50 guests including reception drink, 3 course meal, 1/2 bottle of wine, 1 glass of toast wine, evening buffet - with the house being just for us."


The lodge - Hayes Chase, Burnham Road, Nr Battlesbridge, Essex, SS11 7QT

Phone: 01245 320060

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Madeleine Rampling: "This is the best of all the wedding reception venues in Essex for me because it has a gorgeous marquee with its own bar and Monday to Thursday its free to hire."


The Purple Emperor - Burgoyne Hatch, Harlow, CM20 3EH

Phone: 441279418102

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Debbie Holmes: "This venue in Essex is a lovely community pub which has a fantastic little function room with separate bar, its own restrooms and private entrance, so although it is in a pub it is private. It has recently been refurbished and holds 85 people, so perfect for an intimate reception on a budget, plus they won't run out of beer!"


The Ship - 152 Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester CO5 0PQ

Phone: 1621817967

Hire Cost For Venue: Less than £500

Recommended by Lynne Bradley: "We are having our wedding at the Ship in July 2011. It’s ideal for a small wedding (up to 50 guests to sit down, 100+ for evening) the food is excellent and your guests can choose from a menu on the actual day. The owner Michael has gone out of his way to help us have a fantastic day. Our favourite of all the wedding reception venues in Essex that we saw."


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