Top Townshend Venues

• Spaces for 200-225 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 space at this venue

Discover The Wilburton, a historic hilltop estate in Manchester Vermont, the perfect setting for the destination wedding of your dreams. We specialize in romantic luxury Vermont weddings, with an outdoor ceremony on the grand lawn, cocktail hour on the terrace and spectacular receptions for up to 200 guests in our Vermont marble pavilion tent. We offer onsite lodging in our historic mansions and vacation homes for more than 100 guests, so you can spend a full weekend with your friends and family, enjoying fun activities together. We have pool, tennis, lawn games, sculpture gardens and walking trails on site. You can add a welcome party bonfire, rehearsal dinner, bonfire or breakfast, all onsite. Our full-service packages, include full coordination of your weekend, catering and bar.

• Spaces for 125 Guests

Windham Hill Inn is a historic country inn set on 160 acres in the mountains of West Townshend, Vermont. What began as the Lawrence Farm in the early 1800s became a bed and breakfast in 1982 and, under new ownership in 1993, grew into a property whose restaurant was counted among New England's best regarded. A lightning strike in 2021 damaged the inn's main house; new owners took over in 2022, and the property's barn — now home to eight individually designed guest rooms including the North Loft, Meadowlook, and Taft — reopened in 2023, while restoration of the main house continues. The inn welcomes bridal showers, birthday parties, and weddings across its grounds, with two dedicated event spaces: a 1,000-square-foot conference room that opens onto the property's lawns and gardens, suited to larger gatherings, and The Cottage, a more private, all-inclusive space for smaller celebrations. Guests are hosted by innkeepers Jason, Jonathan, and Mark, whose stated mission is to preserve the grace, quiet, and authenticity of Vermont hospitality while restoring the historic property for future generations.

• Spaces for 210-300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Total Spaces

Set in Manchester Village, Vermont, amid the Green Mountains, The Equinox Golf Resort & Spa traces its roots to 1769, when the property began as Marsh Tavern. Today the resort pairs that New England history with a championship golf course, a full-service spa, and dining venues including Chop House, Falcon Bar, Marsh Tavern, and Dormy Grill. For events, The Equinox offers 18,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor space across 15 rooms, accommodating groups from small board meetings to gatherings of up to 350 guests. The Colonnade, the resort's largest indoor space, features floor-to-ceiling windows and original architectural detail, while the Meadow House Tent hosts tented outdoor celebrations for up to 300 guests against mountain views. The resort hosts weddings, corporate retreats, association meetings, and holiday programs, with a dedicated events team and full-service catering using Vermont-sourced ingredients. Guests can extend their stay with year-round activities such as golf, fly fishing through Orvis, hiking, skiing, and Land Rover driving experiences across the resort's grounds.

The Reluctant Panther Inn and Restaurant is Southern Vermont’s premier small luxury hotel, nestled in the charming heart of Manchester Village. Our inn offers 20 exquisite rooms and suites across three distinct buildings—the Main House, Mary Porter House, and Carriage House—each beautifully designed with antique furnishings, fireplaces, marble baths, and original, museum-quality artwork. Our restaurant showcases contemporary American cuisine in a relaxed yet refined setting. With a focus on locally sourced ingredients, our chefs craft a sophisticated dining experience that stands out in Northern New England. Complementing our exceptional menu is a Wine Spectator award-winning wine list, offering the perfect pairing for an unforgettable meal. From intimate elopements to enchanting garden weddings for up to 100 guests, we specialize in crafting bespoke experiences that create cherished memories. By reserving the entire hotel, your wedding group can enjoy the ultimate in exclusivity, turning our property into a private estate in the heart of Manchester Village. We seamlessly handle every detail of your celebration, from rehearsal dinners and bridesmaids’ luncheons to receptions, after-parties, and luxurious accommodations for you and your loved ones. Our commitment to exceptional service, exquisite dining, and meticulous attention to detail ensures that you can relax and savor every moment of your special day, starting your new life together with ease and joy.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

TIME STANDS STILL ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR THE BARN AT FOX RUN - YOUR WEDDING MOMENT BEGINS HERE We understand that all weddings should be special and unique. With that in mind, our extraordinary spaces have been designed to allow couples to use their own style to create an incredible day of celebration that will be truly unforgettable and unique. With a breathtaking backdrop of Okemo Mountain and our award-winning Fox Run Golf Club, our venues can host all that you need in one place – rehearsal dinner with meet and greet, pre ceremony drinks, ceremony, reception, after party, shuttle service, late-night dancing, and dining in our portfolio of restaurants, all conveniently located in the town of Ludlow, VT. The Barn At Fox Run is committed to providing a comprehensive wedding experience for you to share with your family and friends – we are more than just a venue. Where history of our property is abundant, The Barn At Fox Run celebrates the building’s natural beauty with classic Vermont architecture and charm with rich hues of the original color scheme. Our classic and timeless barn and natural light envelop your guests and showcase the romance of your love story. The reimagined chandelier exudes style and elegance and will complement every bride and groom whilst the vaulted ceiling is poised as the perfect first dance celebration. Sitting at just shy of 3,000 sq. ft. in size, this pillarless space can accommodate up to 150 guests for a seated wedding reception and cocktail style.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Set in the heart of Grafton Village in southern Vermont, The Grafton Inn has welcomed guests since 1801, making it one of the oldest inns in the country. Brothers Francis and Harlan Phelps expanded the property in the late 1800s, adding the third floor and porches that still define its look today, and the Inn's historic guest list has included Ulysses S. Grant, Daniel Webster, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. After decades of decline, the Windham Foundation purchased and restored the Inn in 1965, preserving its country-inn character while modernizing its individually decorated rooms. The Foundation continues to own and operate the property today as the cornerstone of the village. For weddings and private events, the Inn pairs hand-hewn beams and antique furnishings with spaces like the Phelps Barn, the Windham Foundation Room, and the 1801 Tavern's dining rooms, alongside outdoor settings including a swimming pond, community garden, and courtyards. Full-property buyouts, on-site catering and bar service, and a dedicated wedding manager round out the offering, with guest rooms and a full country breakfast available for wedding parties staying on site.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

The 1846 Inn & Tavern (formerly the West Dover Inn) occupies a stagecoach stop and tavern originally built in 1846, restored under longtime family ownership in Vermont's Green Mountains near Mount Snow. The inn continues a hospitality tradition its owners trace back more than 150 years, and it keeps a written record of that history alive through a poem passed from innkeeper to innkeeper, each adding a verse to the property's story. The property offers 12 accommodations alongside the 1846 Tavern, where a chef-driven menu, a raw bar, and rotating craft beers anchor the dining side of the operation. The tavern is open daily on a first-come, first-served basis. For private events, the inn hosts gatherings in its outdoor tent with dedicated servers, on an outdoor patio with fire pits, or in its indoor dining space for smaller groups, with event details and pricing arranged directly with the innkeeper's team.

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Estate
• 1 Tent

Farm Road Estate sits on 35 private acres in the Green Mountains of West Dover, Vermont, a property whose history traces back to an 18th-century sawmill before it was converted into a boutique inn. The estate includes two ponds for swimming, fishing, or canoeing and kayaking, along with hiking trails, a kitchen garden, and fire pits scattered across the grounds. Forbes has named the property one of the most romantic places to stay in the world. Described as a full-service, quintessential Vermont wedding destination, Farm Road Estate hosts weddings of all sizes and in all seasons. Couples can hold a ceremony on the expansive lawn beside the property's two ponds or in the Enchanted Forest, then move the celebration into the 18th-century Great Room or the outdoor event tent, which accommodates up to 300 guests for dancing and receptions. On-site dining includes Sawmill Bar & Table, a farm-to-table restaurant led by Executive Chef Christopher Lauinger that draws on the estate's own agricultural bounty, as well as the more casual Red Door Burger Co.

• Spaces for 130-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space

The Colonel Williams Inn and Barn has stood on Route 9 in Marlboro, Vermont for over 250 years, making it the oldest structure in town. Captain William Williams, a Revolutionary War officer and member of Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, purchased the property in 1769 and built the barn that still stands today; the family's original 1772-73 home now serves as the inn's main entrance and lobby. The nine-acre property sits atop a hill with meadows, forest, and a spring-fed pond. The 18th-century barn hosts weddings and private events for up to 150 guests, with 130 comfortably seated. Packages include 48 hours of property access before the ceremony, professional event coordination, tables, linens, china and flatware, décor inventory, custom up-lighting and pathway lighting, and an indoor dining room as a weather contingency. Couples booking the barn also receive two nights in the wedding suite. The venue also hosts micro and mini weddings for 2 to 50 guests and offers catering for 50 or fewer guests, rehearsal dinner packages, bar packages, lawn games, and a fire pit. Beyond weddings, the inn operates as a bed and breakfast with guest rooms, including pet-friendly accommodations, available for weekend stays and family reunions.

• Spaces for 40-400 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Total Spaces

Set on 112 acres along Coldbrook at the base of Haystack Mountain in West Dover, Vermont, The Hermitage Inn is a historic country inn built in the early 1800s as a summer retreat. After sitting abandoned for three years, the property was purchased in 2021 by Mary Lou Ricci and Tim Hall, who oversaw a full renovation of the Inn, restaurants, and grounds. The grounds include a trout pond, apple orchards, private gardens, hiking and cross-country ski trails, and a covered bridge, with Mount Snow just a few miles away. The Hermitage Inn hosts weddings, elopements, micro-weddings, rehearsal dinners, and corporate retreats across a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, from garden and orchard ceremony sites to a tented lawn reception and the historic Wine Cellar. Full-service wedding planning, in-house floral design and decor, and full-property buyouts are available for couples and groups planning an event. Executive Chef Bobby Will leads the culinary program, which draws on local producers and artisans across the Tavern, the Birches Dining Room, the Orchard Terrace, and the Wine Cellar, recognized with Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Fourteen guest rooms and suites, including a four-bedroom Carriage House, provide lodging for overnight guests.

• Spaces for 150 Guests

Stone Hearth Inn & Eatery is set in a Vermont farmhouse with roots dating back to the early 1800s, just outside Chester in the Green Mountains. The property combines eight individually named guest rooms with an on-site eatery and tavern, blending historic character with a relaxed country atmosphere. The eatery serves comfort-driven meals made from scratch in a garden-side setting, with weekly specials, fresh-baked breads and desserts, and a seasonal menu alongside beer and wine. The tavern side of the property has long served as a gathering spot for guests and locals alike. Beyond lodging and dining, the inn hosts weddings, celebrations, memorials, meetings, and retreats, with catering available on-site or elsewhere. Its private dining room and eatery provide settings for gatherings, with additional garden and patio spaces in development. The mix of historic architecture, a working eatery, and flexible event spaces makes the inn a destination for both a quiet Vermont getaway and a hosted celebration.

• Spaces for 225 Guests

Set in the hills of southern Vermont, Honora Winery & Vineyard blends Napa influences with New England traditions. The estate spans two locations: a tasting room in Jacksonville where visitors sample Honora's wines, and Avigliano at Honora, an elegant wedding venue on Collins Road in West Halifax that offers a modern setting for weddings and private events. Vineyard tours are available by appointment. Honora's wines have been recognized in competitions over the years, earning golds, silvers, and bronzes from the New York International Wine Competition, the Sunset International Wine Competition, the Grand Harvest Awards, and the Amenti de Vino International Wine Competition. In 2009, the winery received the Five Star Diamond Award for Hospitality from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences.

• Spaces for 500 Guests

Set on Hunter Park Road in Manchester Center, Vermont, the Northshire Civic Center is a nonprofit civic center built around Riley Rink, home to hockey, figure skating, and learn-to-skate programs each winter. In spring the rink surface gives way to turf for field sports and training, and by summer the grounds transform again into what the venue calls Southern Vermont's premier festival venue. Every July, the property hosts the two-day Dead of Summer Music Festival, and each year it is also home to the three-day Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival (GMBR), which draws more than 3,000 people to camp, dance, and take in performances from regional artists. The Northshire Civic Center also welcomes craft fairs and community gatherings on its grounds throughout the season. Just minutes from downtown Manchester and within easy reach of Bromley and Stratton mountains, the Northshire Civic Center describes itself as more than an ice rink or event venue — a community gathering place where neighbors, families, and visitors come together to play, compete, and celebrate throughout the year.

• Spaces for 225 Guests
• 1 Museum
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Estate

Hildene is a compound word composed of two old English words: ""Hil,"" which means ""hill,"" and ""dene,"" which means ""valley with stream."" It was named after Robert and his wife Mary's Vermont home, which sits atop a hill with sweeping views of the Taconic Mountains to the west, the Green Mountains to the east, and the Battenkill River, which flows through the great Battenkill Valley below. Hildene was built by the Lincolns as a summer residence around the turn of the twentieth century. Robert Todd Lincoln was the only child born to Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln who lived to adulthood. As a young man in the summer of 1864, he came to Manchester to meet up with his mother and brother Tad at the Equinox Hotel, where he stayed for a few days. He returned some forty years later to purchase 392 acres of land on which he would construct what he would refer to as his ancestral home. Robert was the president of the Pullman Company at the time, which was the largest manufacturing corporation in the United States. Peggy Beckwith, Abraham Lincoln's great-granddaughter and the last Lincoln descendant to reside at Hildene, expanded the estate's land holdings by purchasing additional land. Her will stipulated that Hildene be given to the Church of Christ, Scientist in accordance with her grandmother's wishes when she died in 1975. The will stipulated that Hildene should be kept as a memorial to the Lincoln family by the Church of England. When the Church realized it was not in a financial position to do so, it didn't take long for the decision to be made, and plans were quickly put in place to sell Hildene to developers. The Church's plans for Hildene were discovered by local neighbors and community members, who fought to save the property. After three years in court, they were finally successful in obtaining the right to purchase Hildene. The Friends of Hildene, a non-profit organization, raised the funds necessary to purchase the estate in 1978, and then began the lengthy process of restoring the house and formal garden. A Georgian revival mansion and 14 historic buildings dot the 412-acre estate, which includes the home, formal garden, and observatory; the Welcome Center and The Museum Store in the historic carriage barn; the 1903 Pullman car, Sunbeam; and Hildene Farm. The estate has been in the same family for four generations. An 1832 schoolhouse still serves as a teaching greenhouse and composting facility, as well as vegetable gardens and an apple orchard in the lower portion of the property (the dene). The farm also includes a solar-powered goat dairy and cheese-making facility and a teaching greenhouse and composting facility in the lower portion of the property (the dene). Aside from hosting agricultural and environmental courses throughout the school year, the dene also serves as a classroom for Burr & Burton Academy high school students. Hildene's deep commitment to conservation, stewardship, and sustainability, as well as its mission Values into Action, are embodied in the BBA-Hildene program, which is completely immersive.

Your wedding day should be the most memorable day of your life! Our idyllic location in the Battenkill River Valley, with a panoramic view of the Green Mountains, couldn't be more perfect. Take your vows in a private garden, on a bridge overlooking our trout pond, or on the broad grass. Then enjoy a meal poolside before dancing the night away in our magnificent 100-year-old event barn. You have complete ownership of the property! With only one wedding each month, we can ensure that our venue is always immaculate for you and your guests. We are the ideal setting to conduct your rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception, and farewell brunch all in one gorgeous location as a full weekend rental! Come check it out for yourself! From Vermont's first Morgan Horse stable to your beautiful wedding site. This century-old barn has been completely refurbished while still maintaining its rustic appeal. Our barn can accommodate up to 200 people and will have them talking about your perfect celebration for years! Our beautiful and comfortable late-nineteenth-century barn housing is inspired by the natural beauty of our surrounds. We want you to have the impression that the entire property is yours. Our area is suitable for you and your wedding party or close family, with accommodations for up to 22 guests. Whether it's bringing in the perfect chef, yoga instructor, stylist, speaker, floral designer, or instructor, our skilled planning staff is always ready to custom tailor to your preferences. All we need is a little information about your group, and then we'll work together to plan your ideal retreat, reunion, or vacation.

• Spaces for 170 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn

The Inn at Manchester is a historic bed & breakfast in Manchester Village, Vermont, built in 1890 and welcoming guests as an inn since 1978. Over more than a century, the property passed through several stewards — from Mrs. Mathilda Shepard, who built the original house, to the Rosenberg family, who opened the Inn at Manchester in December 1978 and renovated it with the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation in 1985. In 2015, the Hanes family, then owners of the Inn, added the Celebration Barn as a dedicated event space alongside the property's Carriage House suites. The Celebration Barn offers 2,500 square feet of floor space plus an outdoor terrace and fire pit, with seating configurations that can be tailored to a couple's style. It accommodates gatherings from small, intimate ceremonies to celebrations for up to 170 guests, and also hosts corporate meetings. The Inn at Manchester additionally offers an elopement package for couples planning a simpler, more spontaneous wedding. Since 2018, the Inn has been owned and operated by the Maggiotto family, who continue its tradition of hospitality in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

• Spaces for 20-400 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 6 Museums
• 6 Total Spaces

Southern Vermont Arts Center sits on more than 120 acres at the foot of the Taconic Mountains in Manchester, Vermont, on a campus that began in 1917 as the summer estate of Gertrude Divine Webster. Southern Vermont Artists acquired the property in 1950 and built it into a nonprofit arts center with galleries, an outdoor sculpture garden, and trails connecting to Equinox Mountain. The estate's original 1917 mansion, Yester House, now anchors the campus with ten galleries and curATE Café, and can host private events. The Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, designed by architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen and opened in 2000, houses the center's permanent collection of more than 900 works and includes a meeting room and kitchenette for private events. The Louise Arkell Pavilion, dedicated in 1970, is a 400-seat auditorium with professional-quality acoustics and retractable side walls that open to the back lawn for tented events. Outdoors, the campus includes what the arts center describes as the largest sculpture garden in Vermont. Together, the buildings and grounds host weddings, receptions, and private events, with catering handled by Church Street Hospitality, the center's exclusive on-site caterer.

• Spaces for 100-140 Guests
• 1 Historic Space

The Marlborough House is a historic Edwardian compound in Marlborough, New Hampshire, originally established as Sacred Heart Catholic Church parish in 1896. Perched atop a hill in the town center, the property encompasses a former church now known as the Main Hall, an adjacent rectory serving as the Main House, a cottage, and manicured lawns and surrounding gardens — what the venue describes as a "post card perfect New England tableau." The Main Hall, the heart of the property, accommodates up to 100 guests for ceremonies and celebrations within its original church architecture. The Main House offers three ground-floor rooms and a seasonal porch suited to cocktail receptions and smaller gatherings. An on-site chef and full staffing are available for those seeking comprehensive event support, and guest accommodations for up to 25 in the Main and Bunk Houses make it well suited for full-property weekend buyouts.

• Spaces for 120 Guests

• Spaces for 500 Guests