Argyll and Bute
Balinakill Country House
- 30 Guests
- 13 Bedrooms
- 12 Bathrooms
Balinakill is a welcoming Victorian country house, on West Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula
Weekends From £3,450
Weeks From £5,460
Houses designed to handle the biggest of weekends. Having facilitated over 1,000 stag do accommodation bookings (hens too!), we offer rural locations with games rooms, hot tubs, and proper space to enjoy yourselves.
76 houses, sleeping 12 to 115, with weekends from £1,600.
Argyll and Bute
Balinakill is a welcoming Victorian country house, on West Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula
Weekends From £3,450
Weeks From £5,460
Aberdeenshire
Manar House is an absolutely exquisite 10-bed exclusive use mansion set in its' own private estate in the Aberdeenshire Countryside.
Weekends From £24,000
Weeks From £84,000
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Devon
A wildly generous Devonshire manor, perfect for parties, on the Eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park
Weekends From £5,995
Weeks From £8,325
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Powys
A secret hill farm above Hay-on-Wye; a health spa for the soul. Rest, recuperate and recapture the good things in life.
Weekends From £3,200
Weeks From £4,000
West Sussex Quick to reply
A country manor on the inimitable Cowdray Estate - a place of immense, on-going achievement.
Weekends From £14,600
Weeks From £40,000
Kent
Close to historic Canterbury, these two, luxurious holiday houses are fully wheelchair accessible, with private swim spas & lovely countryside views.
Weekends From £2,900
Weeks From £4,999
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Norfolk
A private country house for up to 52, where everyone stays under one roof, dines around one table, and embraces our home as your own.
Weekends From £5,250
Weeks From £9,000
Leicestershire
Vale House is a newly renovated property with brilliant local amenities and beautiful views of the Vale of Belvoir. Party packages are available on request.
Weekends From £3,000
Weeks From £6,000
Warwickshire
A 9-bedroom Queen Anne manor house brimming with history - but is by no means old-fashioned. With numerous reception rooms, a natural swimming pool, hot tub, a well-equipped games room, astroturf tennis court and croquet lawn, surrounded by 34 acres of beautiful countryside.
Weekends From £3,160
Weeks From £5,310
Norfolk
Hill House Norfolk is a five-star country retreat combining contemporary interiors, premium facilities and beautiful grounds.
Weekends From £4,990
Weeks From £7,940
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Somerset
Tatham House is a large light-filled house, with an indoor pool, hot tub, tennis court, cinema room and 10 ensuite bedrooms.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £6,900
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Powys
Plas Dinam - a great Country House with 15 bedrooms sleeping 34, with beautiful and magnificent scenery.
Weekends From £5,200
Weeks From £8,500
Lincolnshire
Nestled just five minutes from the iconic Belvoir Castle, The Manners is a one-of-a-kind private hire retreat.
Weekends From £2,000
Weeks From £8,000
Gloucestershire
A stunning, light-filled rural retreat set in acres of gardens & meadows with views to the River Severn. Close to the Forest of Dean & the Wye Valley, it’s a perfect spot for fun filled family holidays and special celebrations.
Weekends From £2,080
Weeks From £4,800
Argyll and Bute
The Ormidale Estate set in the hills of Argyll, a few hundred yards from the shores of the Kyles of Bute. Beautiful, luxurious and unforgettable...
Weekends From £3,595
Weeks From £4,795
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Suffolk
With pink wisteria-clad walls, oak-panelled billiards room and croquet on the lawn, Nedging Hall is exactly as a Suffolk country house should be.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £8,348
Lincolnshire
Belvoir Lodge is a newly decorated 9 bedroom property with beautiful views across The Vale Of Belvoir
Weekends From £2,000
Weeks From £8,000
West Sussex
The Long House is a much-loved family home, newly available to guests. The beautiful Grade II listed house is set in 5 acres of garden, and surrounded by Sussex parkland and woodland.
Weekends From £2,500
Weeks From £5,000
Dorset
A gorgeous, sunny-stoned rectory, near the world-famous Jurassic Coast and the Dorset countryside.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £7,000
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Somerset
Dozing in the sun at the gate of the West Country, Sparkford Hall is a place of peace and quiet - unless you'd prefer otherwise...
Weekends From £5,400
Weeks From £6,400
Denbighshire
An estate offering the very best of life in Wales – beautiful, dramatic and private countryside, outstanding country and water sports, and some fabulous food.
Weekends From £2,300
Weeks From £3,000
East Lothian
Gilmerton House is a warm and welcoming 12 bedroom country house in East Lothian, perfect for family gatherings, golf trips and special occasions.
Weekends From £14,000
Weeks From £35,000
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Herefordshire
Contemporary holiday retreat for up to 21 adults for family gatherings, micro-wedding celebrations, hen/stag parties with hot tub/cold plunge & views.
Weekends From £2,900
Weeks From £6,000
East Riding of Yorkshire
6-8 bedroom country manor house set in 26 acres of private land equipped with a indoor heated swimming pool and jacuzzi- a truly unique property!
Weekends From £3,290
Weeks From £4,200
Stag weekends in houses beat hotels for one simple reason: you’re not bothering anyone else and nobody’s bothering you. No noise complaints at midnight. No getting kicked out of bars. No coordinating 16 people through a busy town centre. Just you, your mates, and a house that can handle whatever level of chaos you bring.
Our stag party houses sleep 16 to 50 or more guests with facilities set up to keep the lads happy: hot tubs with room for all, bars with proper glassware, games rooms with pool tables, outdoor spaces for BBQs and drinking, decent sound systems. But most importantly, that sweet isolation – rural locations or thick walls that let you be as loud as you want. Not a stag do? Browse all our party houses to rent.
These properties are chosen for their stag-friendliness. Our owners know the score, set clear rules, and charge appropriate deposits. Houses have hard floors rather than pale carpets, furniture that can take a few burly torsos, layouts where bedrooms are situated away from party spaces. Practical properties for the most impractical of weekends.
Filter by region, dates, and group size to find your ideal stag house.
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Noise can shut down a stag weekend faster than you can say “down in one”. You’ve heard the stories. They find the perfect house, book activities, everyone’s excited. Then Saturday night, the police arrive because neighbours complained about music at 10:30 pm. The whole weekend fizzles like a damp firework.
What you need is a stag party house rental that works for you and your group. Then you need to be upfront with the house owner about your plans. For some of you, a quiet village location is a worthwhile compromise for a greater choice of properties. For others who are ready to really let their hair down, you’ll need proper isolation: converted barns with the nearest house 400 metres away, farmhouses where the farmer’s used to agricultural noise, Scottish estates where your nearest neighbour owns three mountains. These places let celebrations actually go off.
For our stag parties, size matters less than layout. 12 blokes in a house with one sitting room and a kitchen means everyone’s crammed together, jostling for the last chair. Better to have multiple spaces where natural groups form. A games room where the competitive ones play pool tournaments. A kitchen island where the talkers gather. An outdoor terrace where the smokers set up camp. As one recent group noted about their property: “plenty of space, everyone had their own areas without being on top of each other.”
With the house in place, everything starts to take shape. The house gives everyone a bed, a spot in the hot tub and sustenance off the BBQ. Next, you’ll want to get everyone up and out clay pigeon shooting, go-karting, or on a brewery tour on Saturday morning. This is where the memories are made. Like this group of 12 stags explain: “We put a sports day together with the pool table, football table, and darts which was great fun. We used the huge projectors for the England game and a few of the lads used the projector in the big lounge to watch a film which had incredible surround sound. The place is plenty big enough that you are not on each other’s toes and have plenty of space to wander and spend on your own if needed.”
Great website; easy to navigate and good filter system. Prices look really competitive
Richard Chalmers
Really pleased with my experience with landed houses, was searching for a large house to celebrate my 50th and landed houses had lots of good options...managed to secure somewhere for a good price and looking forward to our dates, many thanks to Edmund and the house owner for their friendly correspondence and help, Steve
Stephen Alexander
Some great houses on offer here /all new to me! Now we are planning our next big family getogether!
Tina Metcalfe
Barbara Ryan
When I was faced with having to find a large house with a pool for a family celebration at relatively short notice, Edmund at Landed Houses came straight to my aid. He responded promptly to my email enquiries, even on a Sunday, putting me in direct contact with someone who managed a property that fitted my needs; the outcome being that a superb house, with everything I need, was secured within 24 hours of my first enquiry. Many thanks, Edmund, for making the task so straightforward. If you’re looking for that special house for a party or family gathering I can recommend Landed Houses as your first port of call.
Mrs Manors
We usually see anywhere from £500 to £2,000 depending on the house size and contents. For a decent property sleeping 14 to 16, expect a deposit of around £1,000.
Here’s what we see happen in our experience: about 85% of groups get their deposit back in full. The 15% who don’t usually lose around £150 to £400 for things like smashed glassware, red wine on cream sofas or carpets, or BBQ damage.
Our big tips for putting yourself in the 85% and holding onto your full deposit are to take photos when you arrive, noting any existing damage or breakages. Next, have a chat with the group, let them know what you’ve forked out and what they can do to help you get it back at the end. Assign a sober-enough person to keep an eye on things and intervene when Mike decides to try juggling glasses of red wine on the cream couch at 1 am. Above all, treat it like your mate’s house, or even better, your mate’s mum’s house. If you storm into a property like a Rolling Stone on a rampage, you’ll pay for the privilege.
Damage deposits can be a major source of worry for stag groups, but with a bit of thought and planning you’ll get an outcome everyone’s happy with.
The best location for your stag do depends on what you want. Are loud nights of thumping music your idea of a good time? You want somewhere way out in the middle of nowhere in the Scottish Highlands, mid-Wales, the Forest of Dean, Shropshire, or the Northumberland interior. Here, you’ll be blasting the music until 3 am with no complaints.
Are you thinking you’ll all get suited and booted and head into town to check out the local bars and clubs? We have properties within 15 to 20 minutes of Newcastle, Edinburgh, Bristol, Exeter, York, and Chester. This offers the perfect mix of town and country. A night in on Friday, a countryside activity during the day on Saturday then out on the town Saturday night. Sorted.
Want surf and sea? Cornwall and Pembrokeshire are the ones to go for. Want distillery tours? It’s got to be Scotland. On a budget? Wales and Northeast England deliver serious value.
Whatever you go for, here’s the mistake we see most often, so you don’t make the same one: booking a gorgeous Cotswolds manor in a village because the photos looked great. You’ll spend Saturday night in Toby Carvery because everywhere decent is fully booked, and the house’s 11 pm noise curfew means the “party” ends when it should just be getting revved up.
The best approach is to have in mind the kind of party you want to throw and look for the property to match.
We get it, Dad’s had a hip replacement, three of the group smoke like chimneys and Uncle Dave hasn’t so much as kicked a ball since 1992, but you still fancy a good day out. We recommend clay pigeon shooting hands down every time. It’s a great leveller because everyone thinks they’ll be better than they are, the lads start to get competitive. It takes two or three hours, and instructors keep everyone safe. You’re looking at costs of around £60 to £90 per person.
Another great option that levels the fitness playing field is go-karting. Pure competition, noise, and tonnes of fun for £50 to £80 per person.
For the beer enthusiasts, a brewery tour is a fantastic option. Usually you get lunch thrown in, it’s not physically demanding and everyone leaves a bit merry. Expect to spend about £35 to £60 per person.
There’s no reason for varying fitness levels to limit what you do on your stag. That said, in our experience, the activities to steer clear of as a mixed fitness group include gorge scrambling and coasteering. It looks amazing in the photos but it’s no fun if half of you can’t keep up.
It’s a great question. The answer depends on your priorities, budget, skillset within the group, and the kind of vibe you’re going for.
Let’s start with the cost. Private catering costs £60 to £90 per person for a three-course meal with service and cleanup. For a stag of 14 people, that’s £840 to £1,260 for Saturday night dinner.
Now that’s totally worth it if you want Saturday as relaxed celebration where nobody has to cook. If you’re doing a sophisticated vibe rather than a lads-on-tour type stag, or if the groom’s dad is dropping by, this might be a great way to spend the night.
Then again, if your plan is to booze all of Saturday or you’re not bothered about fancy food and a big sit-down meal, you’re probably better off with a big old BBQ or a massive order of fish and chips. Get the playlist going, open some cans and have some low-key fun. Equally, if someone in the group is happy to take on the cooking and a few of you don’t mind mucking in on the clean-up, that can be a fun way to hang out too.
If food is fuel and you just need enough to soak up the beers, we’d suggest a takeaway Friday night, a chilled BBQ on Saturday afternoon and a big fry-up on Sunday morning. This keeps costs down and bellies full without putting anyone to work all weekend.
Food can be a focal point for the weekend or the sustenance that keeps the party going, allocate time and budget accordingly for the best chance of a fantastic weekend.