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Begin Your Forever in the Heart of West Sussex
Celebrate your wedding surrounded by rolling vineyards, breathtaking gardens, and elegant countryside estates designed for unforgettable moments. From intimate ceremonies to grand celebrations, Benguela Cove Weddings offers romantic settings, exceptional hospitality, and experiences that turn your special day into a story you will treasure for a lifetime.
An Estate Wedding
Some venues give you a room. We give you an estate.
Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens and Leonardslee Wine Estate at Mannings Heath offer two of the most distinctive wedding settings in the South East — connected by the same family, the same winemaker, and the same belief that a wedding should feel entirely of the place it happens in.
Ceremonies in historic gardens or among working vines. Receptions in Leonardslee House or the Courtyard. The Vineyard Kitchen, led by Chef Kelly Anne Petersen, for relaxed estate dining. Restaurant Interlude, with its Michelin Star, for occasions that call for something more refined.
And when the evening ends, guests do not have to leave Leonardslee House and the Mannings Heath hotel put them at the heart of the estate until morning.
A choice of setting.
Two miles apart. One family. Choose a setting, or combine both estates for the most extraordinary celebrations.
Lower Beeding West Sussex
Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
240 acres of Grade I listed woodland. Seven interconnecting lakes. A landscape that has been accumulating beauty since the Victorian era. Leonardslee House a 19th-century property with a Michelin Key, restored by the Streeter family sits at the heart of it, with ten individually designed rooms, a drawing room for pre-ceremony drinks, and Restaurant Interlude for the wedding breakfast or dinner.
The Courtyard at Leonardslee Gardens offers a private, enclosed event space suited to receptions, dinners, and evening celebrations accessible to the full estate and its gardens. Ceremony settings include the formal gardens, the lakeside, and the terraces of Leonardslee House.
Leonardslee House — ten bedroom guests on site, Michelin Key
Restaurant Interlude — Michelin Star, Michelin Green Star, private hire up to 24 guests
The Courtyard — private event and dining space within the estate grounds
Drawing room for pre-ceremony drinks and canapés
Gardens, lakes, and terraces for ceremonies, photography, and outdoor receptions
Exclusive hire available
Mannings Heath West Sussex
Leonardslee Wine Estate
England's first golf and wine estate. Thirty-seven acres of working Sussex vineyard, ranked in the 2025 World's Best Vineyards. A tasting lounge, a nine-bedroom boutique hotel, and the Vineyard Kitchen, where Chef Kelly Anne Petersen cooks with the estate, the season, and the Sussex landscape as her starting point.
For couples who want a vineyard setting — relaxed, beautiful, rooted in place — Mannings Heath offers something West Sussex cannot find anywhere else.
Vineyard ceremonies and receptions among working vines
Nine-bedroom boutique hotel on the estate
Fullers Cottage for the wedding party — self-catering, private
Vineyard Kitchen — estate-led cooking by Chef Kelly Anne Petersen
Vineyard buggy tours for guests during the reception
Golf on the Waterfall or Kingfisher Course for morning-of groups
Two kitchens. One standard.
Both kitchens work exclusively with Benguela Cove wines from Walker Bay and Leonardslee Family Vineyards sparkling wines from our Sussex vines.
The Vineyard Kitchen
Chef Kelly Anne Petersen
Leonardslee Wine Estate · Mannings Heath
Chef Kelly Anne Petersen at the Vineyard Kitchen cooks with the estate and the season honest, ingredient-led food that feels entirely at home in a working vineyard. Her approach is warm and generous.
The Vineyard Kitchen is the natural choice for couples who want their wedding to feel like the best version of a long lunch in the Sussex countryside.
Restaurant Interlude
Chef Jean Delport
Leonardslee House · Lower Beeding
At Restaurant Interlude, Chef Jean Delport has built one of West Sussex's most celebrated dining experiences a Michelin Star and a Michelin Green Star for sustainability, with menus that change entirely with the kitchen garden.
Private dinners at Leonardslee House are an exceptional format for couples who want the wedding breakfast to be an event in its own right.
The Wine
Your wedding wines, from our ground.
Personalised labels are available for wedding cases on request. We recommend a private tasting for the couple ahead of the wedding to choose their wines this can be arranged as a standalone visit or combined with a planning day on the estate.
Wedding guests who fall in love with a wine can order it directly from the site, with free delivery on orders over £75.
Personalised Wedding LabelsCustom-labelled cases for your wedding Benguela Cove and Leonardslee Family Vineyards.
Private Tasting for the CoupleA bespoke tasting led by our wine team to choose your wines — standalone visit or combined with a planning day.
Estate Wine Orders for GuestsGuests can order direct from the estate, with free delivery on orders over £75.
Where your guests wake up.
Leonardslee House sleeps ten, Mannings Heath's boutique hotel nine, with Fullers Cottage for the wedding party. Two miles apart combine them for larger celebrations.
Leonardslee Gardens
Leonardslee House
Ten individually designed rooms within the house itself — a Grade II listed property with a Michelin Key, restored by the Streeter family.
10 rooms · Michelin Key · Grade II listed
Mannings Heath
Fullers Cottage
A private self-catering option for the wedding party perfect for the morning-of, with the estate as your back garden.
Self-catering · Private · Wedding party
Mannings Heath
Boutique Hotel
A nine-bedroom boutique hotel on the wine estate relaxed, beautifully appointed, and a few steps from the vineyard.
9 bedrooms · On the wine estate
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We do not work from standard wedding packages. We work with you to build the day around your vision, the season, and the estate. The first step is a conversation.
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