{"id":2349,"date":"2025-02-12T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/?page_id=2349"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:11:53","slug":"about-waddesdon-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/about-waddesdon-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out about Waddesdon Hall&#8217;s history and what we do now"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2349\" class=\"elementor elementor-2349\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33bd531 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33bd531\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de1bf4e\" data-id=\"de1bf4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946cd17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"946cd17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1874, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought a large estate in the Waddesdon area and built the mansion of Waddesdon Manor on a hill-top above the village. He transformed Waddesdon into an estate village, with new houses for employees and tenants, a school, a public house, a cricket pavilion and of course, Waddesdon Village Hall.<\/p><p>In 1968, Waddesdon Hall was transferred to a charitable trust with a management committee compiled of local people in the village.\u00a0 The aim of the trust is to develop and manage a community venue that would become the <em>heart of the village of Waddesdon<\/em>.<\/p><p>Set in rural Buckinghamshire, Waddesdon Hall is a beautiful venue to host <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/weddings\/\">weddings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/party-venue\/\">parties<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/wakes\/\">wakes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/party-venue\/\">celebrations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/training-and-conference\/\">conferences, training<\/a> and more.\u00a0 It is also an ideal filming location.<\/p><p>Located 5 minutes drive from Aylesbury, with train links to London Marylebone.\u00a0 Also a short drive from Bicester and Thame in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da7ca12\" data-id=\"da7ca12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03bc938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03bc938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2200\" alt=\"Venue to hire in Buckinghamshire. Outside Waddesdon Hall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Waddesdon-Village-Hall-30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcaa31d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcaa31d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5027344\" data-id=\"5027344\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b4365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17b4365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Waddesdon Hall also provides many community projects, such as a daily community fridge, family cookery workshops, community breakfasts and lots more.<\/p><p>For more information about Waddesdon Hall please email <a href=\"mailto:contact@waddesdonhall.co.uk\">contact@waddesdonhall.co.uk.<\/a><\/p><p>See also:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdon-hall.lemonbooking.com\/\">Online calendar and bookings (new window)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/index.php\/hall\/\">Hall facilities<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e0f3c1\" data-id=\"3e0f3c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d58f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62d58f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1513\" alt=\"Waddesdon Hall party venue\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waddesdonhall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_9351-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1874, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought a large estate in the Waddesdon area and built the mansion of Waddesdon Manor on a hill-top above the village. 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