Open Air Cinema at Down Hall

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Open Air Cinema Weekend at Down Hall

Enchanted Cinema presents: Barbie, Dirty Dancing and Jurrasic Park

Friday 24th May, Saturday 25th May and Sunday 26th May 2024

After the success of last year, we're delighted to announce our next Open Air Cinema weekend for 2024. Join us for a fantastic outdoor cinema experience where we’ll be showing a mix of classic crowd-pleasers.

Taking place within the hotel’s stunning 110-acre garden on the picturesque lawn, guests can enjoy exclusive screenings of cult classic films making it the perfect evening out for all to enjoy, whether it’s for a family get together, date night or catch up with friends.

With tickets priced from just £10 per person, choose to bring a blanket or sit back in comfy seats and relax in front of the large screen, with warming blankets and hot water bottles, underneath the twinkling stars and night sky. 

 

Friday 24th May- Barbie

Doors open at 7.30 pm. Screening time at 9.00 pm

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Saturday 25th May- Dirty Dancing

Doors open at 7.30 pm. Screening time at 9.00 pm

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Sunday 26th May- Jurassic Park

Doors open at 7.30 pm, Screening time at 9.00 pm

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As always, Enchanted Cinema will have live music before the event from local artists and a short film to tantalise the cultural taste buds before the main screening. Guests can enjoy alfresco cocktails and bubbles from our Horsebox, alongside a decadent outdoor BBQ and pizza menu curated by Down Hall’s Executive Chef Robert Pearce. 

Sit back under the stars in our beautiful surroundings and enjoy the evening.

Please see Enchanted Cinemas website for full terms and conditions.

 

About Down Hall Hotel & Spa

Down Hall Hotel is one of England’s most established country house hotels. Located in Hatfield Heath, near Bishop’s Stortford on the Hertfordshire and Essex border.

History of Down Hall Country House Hotel

Down Hall, situated on the Hertfordshire/Essex border, is one of England’s longest-established country hotels.  Located in Hatfield Heath, near Bishops Stortford, Down Hall has a history as rich as its luxurious interiors. The stately home itself dates back to 1540, before which it was the site of a monastery, founded in 1322.

In its long and distinguished history, Down Hall has been home to artists, painters, lords and baronets, whose style and aesthetic spirit has rubbed off on the choice of décor today.  All those European Grand Tours, so fashionable when the house was being transformed from its Tudor incarnation, have had an influence on the flamboyant Italianate style of the house.

Of course, the best way to understand the rich past of Down Hall is to stay there. Each of the hotel’s 99 bedrooms has been individually designed to reflect the mix of style, elegance and history that give the Hall its unique character.  The Classic and Executive bedrooms are spacious and comfortable.

The Feature Rooms have luxurious two- or four- poster beds and offer views of the magnificent landscaped gardens through gloriously large windows, fashionable in both Georgian design and the Italian style emulated by the architect, James Gibbs, when he remodelled the house in 1720.

Despite Gibbs’ European influences, Down Hall remains a very British stately home. The Hall ‘did its bit’ during World War One as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers and, from 1932 to 1967, it became Downham School, a girls’ school whose alumni included Frances Shand-Kydd, the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales.  The hotel opened its doors in 1986, giving discerning guests a taste of its now-famous Italian grandeur in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.

Down Hall’s corner of that beautiful Hertfordshire countryside comprises 110 acres of woodland, parkland and landscaped gardens for visitors to explore. After all that walking, guests and visitors can take a traditional afternoon tea in either the historic lounge or Ibbetson’s tearoom, named after the family who owned Down Hall from 1794 to 1902.