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Brackenridge

  • Location

    62 White Rock Road, Martinborough

  • Star rating

    4 stars

  • Website

    Brackenridge

Escape the city and let Brackenridge’s rural outlook relax your team and revitalise your next meeting or conference.

Brackenridge Country Retreat & Spa is a flexible space specialising in small to medium events, conferences, meetings, or functions. Based in the Wairarapa region, it’s just a 90-minute drive away from Wellington.

Catering for up to 120 people, the large main room with a soundproof divider creates separate spaces for meetings and dining. Two smaller boardrooms are also available.

If you want a break from being indoors, Brackenridge has an all-weather veranda space. It is ideal for meetings, workshops, dinners or breakfast to start the day’s proceedings.

A destination venue, Brackenridge has much to offer: a bar stocked with the finest Martinborough wines, a day spa, and onsite accommodation. There are:

  • 8 self-contained, 2 bedroom cottages
  • 2 self-contained, 4 bedroom cottages
  • 8 studios.

Highlights

  • Quiet, scenic location surrounded by lawns, trees and beautiful rolling hills.
  • All guests receive complimentary use of our onsite gym and 20-metre indoor heated lap pool.
  • Delicious conference catering from Trestle & Mortar.
  • All accommodation comes with complimentary self-catering breakfast supplies.
  • Minutes away from Martinborough Square.
Interior of large, empty conference room, with rustic orange roof and hardwood floors. A bar sits to the right of the image lit by a chandelier.
2 accommodation houses in front with rose bushes surrounding, and Hills in the background.
Meeting room with 5 large wooden tables, each with 7 chairs surrounding, glasses and notepads are on each table.
Small accommodation house with tree in front and fence surrounding, and hills in background.

Rooms available

Spaces Theatre Classroom Boardroom U-shape Banquet Cocktail
Merino Room 120 52 60   120 150
Lincoln Room 60 33 30 20 60 70
Suffolk Room 25 12 12      

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