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The Pumping House

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Price: £2,800 – £6,250

Guests: 150

Bedrooms: 10

Description

A wedding venue for couples who want something genuinely different

If you’re looking for a wedding venue that feels like you, rather than another traditional wedding venue, welcome to The Pumping House.

Set on the edge of Sherwood Forest, our Grade II listed Industrial Victorian building combines original industrial character with contemporary style. From the striking red-brick façade and iconic chimney to the beautiful arched windows, parquet flooring and impressive double-height Engine Hall, The Pumping House gives you a backdrop that is completely your own.

With exclusive use, two licensed ceremony spaces, the spectacular Engine Hall, landscaped gardens, woodland surroundings and on-site accommodation for up to 32 guests, you can celebrate your whole day in one extraordinary place.

Start with your ceremony in the light-filled Ollerton Room or make an impact in the Engine Hall. Enjoy drinks and canapés in the Conservatory Bar or outdoors, before sitting down to a wedding breakfast in our incredible Engine Hall. As the evening gets underway, the space transforms into a party setting, with dancing, entertainment and celebrations until our 12.30am late licence.

And because no two couples are the same, neither are our weddings. Our in-house catering team offers everything from traditional three-course wedding breakfasts to relaxed sharing menus, BBQs and tapas-style dining, with bespoke options available to make your food feel just as personal as the rest of your day.

There are also plenty of places to make your wedding photographs stand out — from the original architecture and Engine Hall mezzanine to the gardens, woodland and quirky spaces throughout the building.

Best of all, you don't have to disappear at the end of the night. Our 10 stylish self-catering apartments sleep up to 32 of your closest friends and family, giving you the chance to continue the celebrations together and enjoy breakfast the following morning.

With an experienced, friendly team supporting you from your first enquiry through to your wedding day, we're here to make the planning feel exciting rather than overwhelming.

Beautifully different. Completely yours. Unforgettable.

If you're looking for a wedding with character, personality and plenty of "wow" moments, we'd love to show you around The Pumping House.

Message from the team

Name of Wedding Contact: Lian

A little message from us! Congratulations on your engagement! If you're looking for a wedding that's a little less traditional and a lot more you, you're in the right place. From the first hello to the last dance, our friendly team is here to make planning easy, personal and genuinely enjoyable. Come and see what makes The Pumping House so different – we'd love to meet you!

Experience

Year Business Was Established

2016

No. of Weddings Hosted

More than 50

Public Liability Insurance

Yes

No. of People In Team

Overview of The Pumping House

Wedding Venue Type

Country House / Manor House

Wedding Venue Capacity

Dining Capacity

150

Reception Capacity

250

Wedding Venue Accommodation

No. of Bedrooms

Sleeps No. of People

Bridal Suite

Honeymoon Suite

Wedding Ceremony & Reception

Sound system available

Fireworks permitted

Wedding license

Dancefloor available

Confetti permitted

Wedding Venue Details

Open Flame Permitted

Grade I/II Listed Building

Landscaped gardens

Exclusive use

Bridal Changing Facilities

Pet friendly

Disabled access

On-site parking

Outdoor Reception Space

In-house wedding coordinator

Evening External Street Food Trucks Permitted

Wedding Catering

External catering permitted

Corkage Charge for Own Alcohol

In-House Wine List

In-house catering

Alcohol license

Vegan catering

Western / European

Bar

Hog Roast

Asian catering

Halal catering

Mediterranean

Cultural Specialists

Asian Wedding Specialist

Other

Pricing for The Pumping House

Wedding Venue Hire Only

£2,800.00 – £6,250.00

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What's Included?

Furniture included

Exclusive use

Wedding coordinator available on the day

Here at The Pumping House we want our couples to have their day their way and with this in mind we offer our exclusive venue hire price and then help you create your perfect day on top of this with all your food drink and entertainment needs.

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In-house Catering (price per head)

£20.00 – £46.00

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Reviews (75)

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Laura and Chris
03/05/2019
Thank you!Thank you!
Just wanted to say thanks so much for all your help on Saturday. Everything was amazing and really appreciate your help with it all!Just wanted to say thanks so much for all your help on Saturday. Everything was amazing and really appreciate your help with it all!
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J. Bailey
24/01/2019
Stunning Industrial Wedding Venue!Stunning Industrial Wedding Venue!
For anyone that wants a stunning Industrial wedding venue in the Midlands needs to go and see The Pumping House in Ollerton. The quality and attention to detail across the entire site and accommodation is very impressive. The building has been restored to perfection! Jo and her team are absolutely wonderful to deal with. Nothing is too much effort. Would highly recommend! :For anyone that wants a stunning Industrial wedding venue in the Midlands needs to go and see The Pumping House in Ollerton. The quality and attention to detail across the entire site and accommodation is very impressive. The building has been restored to perfection! Jo and her team are absolutely wonderful to deal with. Nothing is too much effort. Would highly recommend! :
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Clare Coe
15/01/2019
The Pumping House rocks!The Pumping House rocks!
The Pumping House is a simply stunning venue, from the moment we walked in, we knew it was the venue for us. Its finished to the highest quality and holds a unique quirkiness which we fell for. The venue is amazing, but it just wouldn’t be the same without Jo. Jo BLOODY ROCKS. Our wedding would literally not have been the same without her. She made the entire process super easy, fun and we both feel like we were simply planning our wedding with a friend. Jo took care of our guests and us without even blinking, nothing was too much trouble. Thank you so much ❤️ XxThe Pumping House is a simply stunning venue, from the moment we walked in, we knew it was the venue for us. Its finished to the highest quality and holds a unique quirkiness which we fell for. The venue is amazing, but it just wouldn’t be the same without Jo. Jo BLOODY ROCKS. Our wedding would literally not have been the same without her. She made the entire process super easy, fun and we both feel like we were simply planning our wedding with a friend. Jo took care of our guests and us without even blinking, nothing was too much trouble. Thank you so much ❤️ Xx
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Southwell Cakery
12/12/2018
Industrial chicIndustrial chic
This venue is stunning, I love the high ceiling grandeur, and original features mixed with the modern facilities. Very well run, friendly staff, top notch foodThis venue is stunning, I love the high ceiling grandeur, and original features mixed with the modern facilities. Very well run, friendly staff, top notch food
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Siobhon & James
28/11/2018
The venue itself is stunningThe venue itself is stunning
The Pumping House, Jo and her team are absolutely wonderful. We chose them for our wedding reception in June and we couldn’t have wished for anything more. The venue itself is stunning. It has been restored beautifully with so many cool original features complimented by gorgeous contemporary modern finishes. The Engine Hall was the perfect space to celebrate with all our family and friends throughout the day eating, drinking, dancing together and had the best atmosphere. Our guests loved being able to explore the mezzanine floor rooms and chill out in the quieter spaces and the balcony allows for some great photo opportunities. Having the entire place to ourselves including all the grounds and the flexibility to do everything we wanted was ideal, we loved it. Gail Dandy is their in house caterer and she is superb, we’re so delighted we chose to go with her for our main meal. Her food was amazing, we had so many wonderful comments about how delicious it all was and Gail was brilliant to work with. Jo is quite simply amazing. We loved planning our wedding with her. She made everything easy, fun, relaxed and enjoyable right from the very beginning. No stresses, no worries, Jo made everything, right from our very first viewing through to saying goodnight at the end of such an amazing day, run so smoothly. We fell in love instantly with the venue, and working with Jo made our day perfect. We can’t thank everyone at The Pumping House enough for being so fantastic and making our wedding day so amazing. Thank you! Siobhon and James xxxThe Pumping House, Jo and her team are absolutely wonderful. We chose them for our wedding reception in June and we couldn’t have wished for anything more. The venue itself is stunning. It has been restored beautifully with so many cool original features complimented by gorgeous contemporary modern finishes. The Engine Hall was the perfect space to celebrate with all our family and friends throughout the day eating, drinking, dancing together and had the best atmosphere. Our guests loved being able to explore the mezzanine floor rooms and chill out in the quieter spaces and the balcony allows for some great photo opportunities. Having the entire place to ourselves including all the grounds and the flexibility to do everything we wanted was ideal, we loved it. Gail Dandy is their in house caterer and she is superb, we’re so delighted we chose to go with her for our main meal. Her food was amazing, we had so many wonderful comments about how delicious it all was and Gail was brilliant to work with. Jo is quite simply amazing. We loved planning our wedding with her. She made everything easy, fun, relaxed and enjoyable right from the very beginning. No stresses, no worries, Jo made everything, right from our very first viewing through to saying goodnight at the end of such an amazing day, run so smoothly. We fell in love instantly with the venue, and working with Jo made our day perfect. We can’t thank everyone at The Pumping House enough for being so fantastic and making our wedding day so amazing. Thank you! Siobhon and James xxx
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Emily and Aaron Hall
16/03/2017
Recommend The Pumping HouseRecommend The Pumping House
we can't thank the staff enough, our day ran like magic, and stress free. Nothing was too much trouble. Every guest said how great the venue was, and how great the staff were. Massive thanks to Lian who put the day together for us and helped us through every step. 5 stars isn't enough. Thanks again! I would recommend The Pumping House to anyonewe can't thank the staff enough, our day ran like magic, and stress free. Nothing was too much trouble. Every guest said how great the venue was, and how great the staff were. Massive thanks to Lian who put the day together for us and helped us through every step. 5 stars isn't enough. Thanks again! I would recommend The Pumping House to anyone
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Wilson Brown wedding
16/03/2017
So grateful and thankful we found this place for oSo grateful and thankful we found this place for o
Wilson Brown Wedding The Pumping House - So grateful and thankful we found this place for our wedding. It's a real Gem. There's lots of things we wanted to mention in this review, here goes: 1: The staff were brilliant from start to end. Jo is the venue manager and greeted us with a big smile when we first visited and turned out to be one of the most helpful people we've ever come across. She's super dedicated, always goes the extra mile and worked in every way she could to provide us as much freedom as she could to arrange every element of our wedding, completely adapting to what we wanted. Jo was brilliant at keeping in touch and assisting with any issues or queries we had running right up until the big day, emailing at all hours to help reassure us and resolve any issues. The staff on the day including Jo, Aimee and all the other staff just had it. We never had to worry about anything and worked to our agreed schedule perfectly and clearly understand the importance of having everything in order and running like clockwork. Every member staff was helpful and friendly and the guests all commented on how they never really had to wait at the bar which they saw as a huge plus! 2: Gail Dandy the venue catering service were brilliant! She arranged the menu with us so it was exactly what we wanted, provided a nice tasting and then cooked to the same high standard for the full wedding party on the day! We wanted big platter boards and Italian themed food, Gail provided everything including the platter boards themselves. We're foodies and have big appetites (as do most of the guests) so we were always a little worried that people wouldn't have enough but on the day the food just kept coming! The staff were brilliant at refilling boards and plates without the need for prompting and provided a greats service throughout the day. 3: The venue is quality. The building is beautiful with lots of lovely features with a slightly edgy feel which was right up our street. The grounds are green and lush so look great on the photos and provided lots of space for the other things (including a travelling pizza oven) we wanted. The original subway tiles, the parquet flooring, the numerous themed and well decorated rooms and the large arched windows provided a gorgeous backdrop for the wedding day. 4: Our experience - We had the best day and were so pleased we took the risk on the diamond in the rough. When we first visited it was still a building site but we couldn't of been happier with the place come wedding day! It was everything we could have asked for and the whole experience was chilled and enjoyable because of all these things. We thoroughly recommend this place and it can only get better when the last bits and pieces are added including the apartments which looked brilliant when we saw them just before completion! Thank you to everyone at the Pumping House (especially Jo). Our wedding was a dream boat 🖤Wilson Brown Wedding The Pumping House - So grateful and thankful we found this place for our wedding. It's a real Gem. There's lots of things we wanted to mention in this review, here goes: 1: The staff were brilliant from start to end. Jo is the venue manager and greeted us with a big smile when we first visited and turned out to be one of the most helpful people we've ever come across. She's super dedicated, always goes the extra mile and worked in every way she could to provide us as much freedom as she could to arrange every element of our wedding, completely adapting to what we wanted. Jo was brilliant at keeping in touch and assisting with any issues or queries we had running right up until the big day, emailing at all hours to help reassure us and resolve any issues. The staff on the day including Jo, Aimee and all the other staff just had it. We never had to worry about anything and worked to our agreed schedule perfectly and clearly understand the importance of having everything in order and running like clockwork. Every member staff was helpful and friendly and the guests all commented on how they never really had to wait at the bar which they saw as a huge plus! 2: Gail Dandy the venue catering service were brilliant! She arranged the menu with us so it was exactly what we wanted, provided a nice tasting and then cooked to the same high standard for the full wedding party on the day! We wanted big platter boards and Italian themed food, Gail provided everything including the platter boards themselves. We're foodies and have big appetites (as do most of the guests) so we were always a little worried that people wouldn't have enough but on the day the food just kept coming! The staff were brilliant at refilling boards and plates without the need for prompting and provided a greats service throughout the day. 3: The venue is quality. The building is beautiful with lots of lovely features with a slightly edgy feel which was right up our street. The grounds are green and lush so look great on the photos and provided lots of space for the other things (including a travelling pizza oven) we wanted. The original subway tiles, the parquet flooring, the numerous themed and well decorated rooms and the large arched windows provided a gorgeous backdrop for the wedding day. 4: Our experience - We had the best day and were so pleased we took the risk on the diamond in the rough. When we first visited it was still a building site but we couldn't of been happier with the place come wedding day! It was everything we could have asked for and the whole experience was chilled and enjoyable because of all these things. We thoroughly recommend this place and it can only get better when the last bits and pieces are added including the apartments which looked brilliant when we saw them just before completion! Thank you to everyone at the Pumping House (especially Jo). Our wedding was a dream boat 🖤
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Mr and Mrs Savill
16/03/2017
What an amazing day!What an amazing day!
Everything was perfect - you did a brilliant job and worked so hard on the day to bring everything together . It was better than we ever expected! The building looked stunning and everyone was saying that it was the best wedding food they had ever tasted! The band was cracking too !! Wowwww!!! Thank you so much for organising it all!! Very best wishes from Mr. and Mrs Savill xEverything was perfect - you did a brilliant job and worked so hard on the day to bring everything together . It was better than we ever expected! The building looked stunning and everyone was saying that it was the best wedding food they had ever tasted! The band was cracking too !! Wowwww!!! Thank you so much for organising it all!! Very best wishes from Mr. and Mrs Savill x
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Victoria and Martin
16/03/2017
We fell in love with this beautiful venueWe fell in love with this beautiful venue
We fell in love with this beautiful venue almost instantly, despite there still being some building work done! Jo and Amie were amazing throughout - professional and prompt, but warm, friendly and up for dealing with anything. My husband and I are so grateful for all the hard work the team put in, and the Pumping House looked fabulous on the day. My bridal party stayed at the accommodation on site - spacious, beautiful rooms. I would not hesitate to recommend the venue and the team and I am so happy we got married there!We fell in love with this beautiful venue almost instantly, despite there still being some building work done! Jo and Amie were amazing throughout - professional and prompt, but warm, friendly and up for dealing with anything. My husband and I are so grateful for all the hard work the team put in, and the Pumping House looked fabulous on the day. My bridal party stayed at the accommodation on site - spacious, beautiful rooms. I would not hesitate to recommend the venue and the team and I am so happy we got married there!
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Mr and Mrs Potts and Finley
16/03/2017
Better than we could have ever wished forBetter than we could have ever wished for
Ellie, Just wanted to say a huge thank you from myself and Greg to you and all the staff at the pumping house! Saturday was better than we could have ever wished for thanks to you guys! The food and service was amazing and the staff were so helpful! I wish we could do it all over again! All the family and friends who stayed in the suites want to move in :) it was just amazing and so special to us! Thank you so much again and as soon as Jenny sends me some pictures I will send them your way. Best wishes Mr and Mrs Potts and Finley xxxEllie, Just wanted to say a huge thank you from myself and Greg to you and all the staff at the pumping house! Saturday was better than we could have ever wished for thanks to you guys! The food and service was amazing and the staff were so helpful! I wish we could do it all over again! All the family and friends who stayed in the suites want to move in :) it was just amazing and so special to us! Thank you so much again and as soon as Jenny sends me some pictures I will send them your way. Best wishes Mr and Mrs Potts and Finley xxx

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Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Travel Notes

Its best to enter us in google maps, but you can always look for our huge chimney!

Nearest Town

Mansfield

Nearest Motorway & Junction

M1 J29

Nearest Train Station

Mansfield / Newark / Retford

Nearest Airport

East Midlands

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