A County Durham museum has made the top 10 most instagrammed wedding venues in the UK.

The list was created by analysing over 200 venues across the UK and searched Instagram to discover which venue was being talked about the most.

The list was then narrowed down to the 10 most desirable wedding venue locations in the country.

Beamish Hall Country House Hotel secured number nine on the list with 12, 492 Instagram mentions.

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The full top ten list can be found below:

  • Hatfield House, Hatfield: 34,814 Instagram mentions
  • Hedsor House, Hedsor: 25,387 Instagram mentions
  • Cripps Barn, Cirencester: 23,356 Instagram mentions
  • Ashridge House, Berkhamsted: 22,217 Instagram mentions
  • Elmore Court, Gloucester: 21,205 Instagram mentions
  • Stone Barn, Cheltenham: 20,125 Instagram mentions
  • Leez Priority, Little Waltham: 14,817 Instagram mentions
  • Dulwich Picture Gallery, London South East: 14,052 Instagram mentions
  • Beamish Hall Country House Hotel, Beamish: 12,492 Instagram mentions
  • Sandhole Oak Barn, Congleton: 12,019 Instagram mentions

It comes as just late last year a proposal for a new holiday complex including luxury lodges at the hall was rejected after fierce opposition from residents and council officials. 

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Plans were submitted in May 2021 for 24 two, three and four-bedroomed luxury holiday lodges, a reception building and new landscaping on a site north west of Beamish Hall, County Durham, in a move that developer Peter Conroy said would be a big boost for the region’s holiday industry.

He said at the time that the facility would contribute ‘significantly’ to the millions of pounds pumped annually into the local economy and support 25 jobs during construction, along with 10 jobs created onsite once operational, as well as sustaining a host of local businesses within the Beamish, Stanley and Durham region.

The planned lodges were said to be designed as part of a landscape and heritage-led development in keeping with the character of the area, and could be constructed using local materials to match the colour and design of existing structures within the area.