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Games Houses to Rent for Groups in the UK

Houses picked for what happens after dinner, not just where everyone sleeps

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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,000 · ~£58.82 per person

    No booking fees

    Mill End Mitcheldean

    Mitcheldean
    Sleeps 34|14 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £656 / night

    2 nights ≈ £1,312 · ~£43.73 per person

    No booking fees

    The Grange Manor House

    Setchey
    Sleeps 30|8 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,580 / night

    2 nights ≈ £3,160 · ~£131.67 per person

    No booking fees

    Trebrowen

    Angle
    Sleeps 24|10 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £3,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £6,000 · ~£150.00 per person

    No booking fees

    Sparkford Hall

    Sparkford
    Sleeps 40|16 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £2,471 / night

    2 nights ≈ £4,942 · ~£141.20 per person

    No booking fees

    McArthur Manor

    Blairgowrie
    Sleeps 35|16 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £600 / night

    2 nights ≈ £1,200 · ~£42.86 per person

    No booking fees

    The Castle

    Capel-y-Ffin
    Sleeps 28|9 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £2,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £4,000 · ~£181.82 per person

    No booking fees

    Manor of Hurst

    Berkshire
    Sleeps 22|7 bedrooms
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  • From £1,225 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,450 · ~£136.11 per person

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    Blackton Grange Estate

    Barnard Castle
    Sleeps 18|8 bedrooms
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  • From £143 / night

    2 nights ≈ £286 · ~£28.60 per person

    No booking fees

    Pear Tree House

    Sutton-on-the-Forest
    Sleeps 10|5 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,409 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,818 · ~£50.32 per person

    No booking fees

    Compton Pool Farm

    Marldon
    Sleeps 56|28 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,071 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,142 · ~£41.19 per person

    No booking fees

    Gunthorpe Hall

    Melton Constable
    Sleeps 52|16 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £180 / night

    2 nights ≈ £360 · ~£7.50 per person

    No booking fees

    Glamp and Tipple

    GREAT ELLINGHAM
    Sleeps 48|9 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £850 / night

    2 nights ≈ £1,700 · ~£42.50 per person

    No booking fees

    Tyr Abad Residential Centre

    Llandovery
    Sleeps 40|9 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,950 / night

    2 nights ≈ £3,900 · ~£102.63 per person

    No booking fees

    Stretton House

    Stretton
    Sleeps 38|15 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,165 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,330 · ~£64.72 per person

    No booking fees

    Ormidale House

    Glendaruel
    Sleeps 36|13 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,000 · ~£58.82 per person

    No booking fees

    Cholwell Hall

    Temple Cloud
    Sleeps 34|10 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,357 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,714 · ~£84.81 per person

    No booking fees

    Fair Oak Farm Country Retreat

    Wealden
    Sleeps 32|19 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,000 · ~£66.67 per person

    No booking fees

    Beeches Farmhouse Country Cottages & Rooms

    Bradford-on-Avon
    Sleeps 30|11 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £120 / night

    2 nights ≈ £240 · ~£8.00 per person

    No booking fees

    Village Farm Holiday Barns

    Notgrove
    Sleeps 30|15 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,200 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,400 · ~£80.00 per person

    No booking fees

    Cotswold Manor House

    Badminton
    Sleeps 30|6 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,400 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,800 · ~£93.33 per person

    No booking fees

    Ty Gwyn

    Llwyngwril
    Sleeps 30|13 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,250 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,500 · ~£86.21 per person

    No booking fees

    Tre-Vern

    Llangarron
    Sleeps 29|11 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £4,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £8,000 · ~£285.71 per person

    No booking fees

    Dewsall Court

    Callow
    Sleeps 28|11 bedrooms
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  • Great for large groups

    From £1,000 / night

    2 nights ≈ £2,000 · ~£71.43 per person

    No booking fees

    Castle Hill House

    East Staffordshire
    Sleeps 28|8 bedrooms
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Games Houses

A games house is a different search from a house that happens to have a games room. One is a category; the other is a checkbox. If you only need the amenity filter, use houses with games rooms. This page is for groups where the games provision is the actual reason for the booking.

The distinction matters more than it sounds. A pool table in a cold garage gets used once, politely, on the first evening. A games room that sits off the kitchen — heated, lit properly, close enough that nobody feels exiled from the conversation — is where the entire weekend ends up happening. The itinerary a group plans and the weekend it actually has are rarely the same thing.

What Makes a House a Games House

The honest test is whether the games survive a wet Saturday. Rain is the default condition of a UK group weekend, and the house either absorbs it or the group ends up scrolling on their phones in separate rooms. Pool tables and table tennis do the heavy lifting; a cinema room catches the tired end of the evening; a sound system decides whether the kitchen becomes the bar.

The second test is capacity. A single pool table occupies four people and spectates another six. Beyond that you need a second focal point — table tennis, a card table, a cinema room, an outdoor space that works after dark. The houses that genuinely earn the description run two or three of these at once, which is why a games house tends to also be a good party house.

What to Expect

  • Pool tables and table tennis as standard, not as an afterthought
  • Games space heated and lit for year-round use
  • Room for a second activity so nobody is left spectating
  • Sound systems for the kitchen-to-games-room stretch of the evening
  • Layouts that keep games within earshot of everyone else
  • Built Around Games

    Dedicated games space, not a table squeezed into a spare corner.

  • Nobody Sits Out

    Multiple activities so the group never queues for one table.

  • Rain-Proof Plans

    The weekend still works when the forecast does not.

Games House or Party House?

They overlap, but they are not the same booking. A party house is organised around a big night — the sound system, the open-plan space, the kitchen that can serve thirty. A games house is organised around the hours either side of it: the afternoon everyone arrives, the Sunday morning nobody wants to leave. Groups planning a milestone birthday often want both, which is why our birthday party houses and games houses share a lot of the same properties.

Who Books a Games House

Stag and hen groups book them for the obvious reason. But the bookings that surprise people are the family ones — a games room is the only reliable way to keep teenagers and grandparents in the same building voluntarily. Corporate groups book them too, and for the same reason: it is far easier to get people talking over a pool table than across a conference table. See corporate retreat houses for that end of it.

Adding Entertainment on Top

The house supplies the room; you can supply the evening. A karaoke night or a cocktail masterclass turns a games room into a proper event without anyone leaving the property — which, on a weekend where taxis are the main logistical headache, is usually the deciding factor.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Games Houses

Everything you need to know before booking

What is a games house?

A games house is a group rental chosen primarily for its games provision — typically a dedicated games room with a pool table, table tennis or similar, rather than a property that happens to have one item of equipment.

How is this different from houses with games rooms?

Our houses-with-games-rooms page is an amenity filter: it lists any property tagged with a games room. This page is for groups treating games as the reason for the booking, so it leans towards houses with more than one activity.

Are games rooms heated and usable in winter?

It varies by property, and it is worth checking. Converted outbuildings and garages differ a lot in how well they work in January. Each listing sets out where the games space is and how it is heated.

Can you play pool and still be part of the party?

That depends on the layout more than the equipment. Games rooms that open off the kitchen or living space keep players in the conversation; ones at the far end of a garden tend to split the group in two.

Do games houses suit families as well as stag and hen groups?

Yes, and families are a large share of these bookings. A games room is one of the few things that reliably keeps a multi-generational group in the same place for an evening.

Can we add entertainment to a games house stay?

Yes — karaoke nights, cocktail masterclasses and DJ entertainment can all be arranged at the property, so the whole evening happens without transport.

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