Woodlands Of Marburg

Great little spot to find a bit of ye olden days. Well manicured gardens, situated up on a small hill, there is a vast view of the area , small cemetery, and overall a good place to reflect.

Beautiful historic place. Lovely staff.

**Beware if you have a wedding booked currently** We had our wedding booked with Woodlands for April of 2026. We were sold a boutique wedding experience with an in house chef created 2 course buffet, decor done by a certain supplier. We noticed late last year, that they had taken weddings off of their webpage, & that the restaurant had shut down. We personally booked a meeting with the new events team, because we wanted to get some more information on what was going on. Well the meeting went swimmingly, we were told they had closed the restaurant due to them struggling with Chefs, and were getting a catering company to come in, the excitement in the event planners face when she told me that these caterers can do a “Taco or potato spud bar” this was not at all our vision, and are personally using these caterers for a private function at home, and whilst they make great food, there is definitely a quality difference from them to the food available from the previous restaurant. We then asked how the venue went from having 40+ rooms available to hire for the night to only 14 & was told that the venue was being used in conjunction with the Wesley mission as a help for homelessness. Now having the homeless living at the premises isn’t a problem, the problem we had was whilst in this meeting we were interrupted at least 3-4 times by a different person needing assistance from the event planner. I asked how they would mitigate how the people living at the property wouldn’t be walking through our canapés, we were then told we didn’t pay for exclusive use of the property. I understand we didn’t pay for exclusive use, but we also were sold a wedding venue that is used as a boutique hotel. We ended the meeting feeling deflated & annoyed because the venue also was only going to tell us all this information 6 months out from our wedding day. So if we hadn’t booked this meeting we would be stuck with the venue & these changes. I personally do not recommend woodlands of Marburg and there management, and would warn you to be wary if you have an upcoming event or wedding with them. They cancelled our contact because they said that we were aggressive & abusive towards there staff. When we really were only disappointed & assertive. We will never use the property again, which is a shame, because we always had family stay up there when visiting us. What was once my dream wedding venue, quickly turned into a nightmare.