Meet our Family

Meet our family! Our multi award-winning team pride themselves on being friendly, helpful, and available for advice or questions, 7 days a week! Alongside our passionate wedding & events team, we have a great team that work behind the scenes; including Maintenance, Housekeeping and Sales & Marketing. The whole team is here to ensure your wedding or event runs perfectly!

In January 2026, we were proudly crowned National Winners at The Wedding Industry Awards for ‘Best Historic Venue’. This recognition follows our success as ‘Events Team of the Year’ in 2024 and builds on our Highly Commended National accolade in 2023.

We were also thrilled to be named TWIA Regional Winner for three consecutive years in 2024, 2023 & 2022 which is outstanding and a huge credit to each and every member of our team.

Throughout our stay, from start to finish. The staff worked so hard. Always calm, well organised, with someone always on hand if needed. Staff constantly and discreetly clearing glasses, plates and guest debris, the rooms always stayed looking plush. On the Big Day, on hand to keep everything running on time and on track. Food service from walking the room with canapés to serving Wedding breakfast and Friday morning breakfast was spot on and professional from a well managed young team.

We arrived on Wednesday afternoon, a very easy and smooth arrival process. Bar was open for the arrival of guests. Rooms were all well appointed with all your tea, coffee needs. We had a great barbecue style evening family buffet with all the guests. Plentiful and tasty. The sitting area near the bar had the bride and grooms playlist in the background for us to enjoy and chat over. The den was used by several guests through to the early hours! . We started Thursday morning with Sausage sandwiches which were great. Bar opened at 11:30 for a swift one before the main event. The room was perfect for the ceremony. Excellent canapés served with a drink whilst the photographs got underway. Wedding breakfast, served in the Chapel again superb quality. We then had a break with a cocktail hour. The mojitos were great. Our evening entertainment started at 7pm for first dance. We had a short break at 9pm to build burgers before we partied on till midnight. Friday morning, Full English breakfast. Again super quality.

Holly & Fraser Handley, 27th March 2025
“The venue was immaculately presented and very welcoming. Easy to find just off the A1, with plenty of parking next to the meeting rooms and closer space to unload equipment. The area provided for breakout/coffee/lunch had plenty of room and was a relaxed environment, which gave delegates the chance to meet each other before the conference. The food and drink was plentiful, and of a good standard. The meeting room itself was well equipped and a nice size for our group, not to feel crowded, but also not lost as can happen in large rooms. The staff were on hand all day and happy to help with any of our requests.”

Karro Food Group Rep
“Thank you all so much for everything you did to help with our Annual Forum and Celebration Concert on Thursday. As usual, I was a bag of nerves for much of the day, but the calm efficiency of Connor and his team helped to get me through. I will definitely recommend Ellingham Hall as a corporate venue. Surprisingly, a lot of the attendees were unaware of the Hall and what you’re able to offer. The fact that we could move from one room to another and have two very different events at the same venue was a big draw for us. “

Catherine Gray, Funding and Communications Officer – Northumberland AONB Partnership
“We like to do something different, and Ellingham Hall is certainly out of the ordinary. We had a fantastic time for our staff party and team building. The activities were fantastic and enabled us to get our teams mixed up and get everybody bonding and having a good time together in an amazing environment. We would recommend Ellingham Hall to anyone, the guys here are fantastic.”

Ben Quigley, Group Chief Executive – Everything Different Marketing
We chose Ellingham Hall due to wanting a full weekend to celebrate such a special moment. We got married at our local church on the Friday before heading up to celebrate Friday night surrounded by all of our family and the following day Saturday surrounded by our friends and family. We wanted a party vibe and we got that. The fact that it was 4 days before Christmas made it even more magical. The Ellingham team went out there way to make sure everything went so smoothly throughout the weekend, nothing was an issue. Special mention to Hannah who was always there to help whenever we needed her. I wish we could relive full weekend again!

Jenny & Jordan Skeels, 21st December 2024
What a beautiful venue! Me and my partner just got married at Ellingham and we could not have chosen a better venue. From booking the venue, to our special day everything was just amazing. Staff have been so great with us and were always there to answer any questions we had leading up to our day. Our special day ran smoothly thanks to all the staff here and all the staff were just so nice from start to finish. All our guests commented on how amazing the venue was and how amazing the staff had been with everyone. We cannot thank everyone there enough for helping to make our day so special.

Rebecca & Aidan Morrison, 13th February 2025

Matt Collins

GENERAL MANAGER

David Munro

GROUP EXECUTIVE HEAD CHEF

Adam Wilkinson

HEAD CHEF

Debbie Armstrong

GROUP WEDDINGS & EVENTS MANAGER

Beth Parry

WEDDING & EVENT CO-ORDINATOR

Alicia Melbourne

WEDDING & EVENT CO-ORDINATOR

Hanna Simpson

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Ben Larson

HEAD OF GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE

Liz Edwards

HEAD OF HOUSEKEEPING

Lynn Sanderson

GROUP SALES & MARKETING MANAGER

Hermione Hall

FRONT OF HOUSE SHIFT SUPERVISOR