The ever-popular Canterbury Cathedral Lodge Hotel is a truly stunning wedding venue in the heart of Canterbury. Located on the grounds of the cathedral itself, this four-star hotel is well-equipped for all manner of wedding events. Guests can enjoy vistas of the cathedral from their room before heading downstairs for an intimate wedding breakfast, summer drinks reception with canapes or full sit-down dinner. There are numerous packages and spaces to choose from, ensuring you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for here.
Venue hire at the hotel includes a dedicated wedding coordinator, red carpet entrance, cake stand and knife, private bar, toastmaster, garden space for photography and a complimentary bedroom for the bride and groom’s wedding night. Each package is then priced per head, with the most lavish including six-choice canapes on arrival, a glass of Champagne or gin and tonic, three-course wedding breakfast, half a bottle of wine, coffee and petit fours, Champagne for the toast, a buffet for the reception, white linen tablecloths, napkins, white chair covers, your choice of colour sash and a DJ.
On the dinner menus, you’ll find elegant modern European fare throughout. You might start with roast chicken terrine with brioche and watercress mayo or wild mushroom bruschetta with Kentish Blue, walnut and tarragon. From there, your main might be a pan-fried duck breast wtih potato terrine and cherry jus, roast chateaubriand with dauphinoise potatoes and cep jus, or an asparagus, camembert and pea Wellington with thyme and garlic cream and chateau potatoes. Dessert could then be a lemon bavarois with raspberry, honeycomb and black pepper meringue or an apple and pecan tart with nutmeg cream, maple gel, honey brioche crumb, candied pecans and apple gel.
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