Welcome to Canford, selected as one of the top 10 most beautiful schools in the UK,2016.

With its ancient, graceful buildings set among 250 acres of lovingly landscaped grounds and in the beautiful county of Dorset. Canford offers a stunning venue for your entire Wedding.

Tracing it's origins to the Doomsday Book, the Grade 1 listed Manor House offers unique setting for your Civil Ceremony while the 14th century Norman church provides the option of a religious service. For your reception, choose the baronial Great Hall with its sweeping staircase and minstrel's gallery where the Prince of Wales once danced, or perhaps the more intimate splendour of the Long Gallery.
With exclusive use of the grounds for your Wedding Day, there is the option of an outdoor reception by the fountain on the Sunken Lawn with views to the arboretum and parkland beyond.
The flexibility of what we offer within such a distinctive venue means that whatever your style, our wedding planners will work with you to create a memorable and very special day.

We can only offer these beautiful facilities outside of term time and certain weekends when the school is closed to it's 600 pupils.