Longhirst Hall - Restaurant and Bars
Longhirst Hall has all the ingredients needed for a successful special occasion, including the Boyson restaurant award-winning cuisine.
Head Chef, Graeme Toms, provides a seasonal menu which uses the finest local produce, to create classical dishes with an innovative twist, from 18 different local suppliers. Fresh fish from North Shields, prime lamb from Dunterley Farm and matured cuts of Kielder Organics beef are just some of the delights to look forward to.
The Boyson Restaurant is open for dinner seven nights a week and now offers a 2 course simple lunch Monday to Saturday, with a traditional offering on a Sunday lunch time.
End your day with a stroll along Longhirst's woodland walk or take advantage of one of our exclusive breaks and stay overnight.
Longhirst offers real honest food produced by passionate people.
Visit the stylish Boyson
Restaurant dining in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, or if you
wish, hire a room for a special event such as parties, corporate entertainment,
dinner dances, discos, wedding receptions etc.
Food & Drink Selection
Afternoon Tea
What can be more relaxing than sitting in our fabulous drawing room, being served traditional afternoon tea, a truly perfect English summer's afternoon eating strawberries, watching cricket.
...or make a night of it reserve a room and swap the Earl Grey for Champagne.
BBQ
Looking for something different for celebrating, bring a summers feel to your company event, Longhirst are able to offer barbeques and drinks on the lawn.
Corporate Events
The iconic building of Longhirst Hall creates an atmospheric backdrop perfect for a Murder Mystery night in our early Georgian dining room.
Cricketing Party
Consider an inter-team/company social occasion with use of the cricket pitch, adjacent to the original Hall, which has its own changing pavilion where a buffet lunch or afternoon tea can be catered for. Drinks from the Sticky Wicket bar can be served in the Hall.
Drinks Receptions
Why not consider a Northumbrian piper to welcome your guests on the steps of the original Hall to the impressive foyer and Drawing Room? It provides a historical setting for a drinks reception for up to 100 people.
Room Seating Numbers
To help pick your
events the following
table gives you
an idea of the number
of guests we can
cater for.
| Room | Banquet | Buffet | Dinner Dance | Private Dining |
| Russell | 80 | 80 | 60 | 80 |
| Gallery | 30 | 30 | - | 30 |
| Boyson | - | 40 | - | 45 |
| Court | 250 | 250 | 220 | 250 |
| Lawson | 50 | - | 30 | 50 |
| Eldon | - | - | - | 12 |
| Joicey | - | 45 | 25 | - |
| Drawing Room | - | 50 | - | - |
