Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa

You can run a conference of up to 220 people theatre style, sleep delegates in 75 bedrooms and keep your group on one site with free parking, all on the Cheshire side of the Welsh border about 5.6 miles from Chester city centre. Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa sits on Wrexham Road in the village of Pulford, south west of Chester. It is the flagship of Nelson Hotels & Inns, a family group that took over the building, then The Grosvenor Arms, in June 1994, and the hotel says its main function room, the Grosvenor Suite, was redeveloped in 2022.

Event spaces and capacities

You get three function rooms and a choice of five bookable layouts, because the Grosvenor Suite divides into two halves of 100 theatre style each. The full suite is the largest space at 220 theatre style or 200 for a banquet, and it is self-contained, with its own entrance, bar, lounge, cloakroom and toilets, so your group has its own way in and its own facilities. The Westminster and Belgrave Suites take up to 70 each theatre style and are linked by a lounge that the hotel offers for breakouts and refreshment breaks. No standing reception figures or exhibition space are published.

Capacities as published by the venue on its business facilities page, checked 12 November 2026. Areas are worked out from the room dimensions the hotel gives in metres. The same page lists boardroom layouts of 60 in the full Grosvenor Suite, 40 in each half and 30 in Westminster or Belgrave, and U-shapes of 60, 35 and 30.

Getting there and parking

Your delegates can drive in and park free, which matters at a village site. The hotel says it has extensive free parking with two road entrances off Wrexham Road (B5445), three disabled bays, lighting and CCTV, plus one electric vehicle charging point behind the building near the spa. Chester railway station is 6 miles away, and the hotel says the number 1 bus between Wrexham and Chester station stops outside. It does not publish airport, motorway junction or loading details, so ask if you are bringing in staging or exhibition stands.

Catering, AV and accommodation

You can keep catering, rooms and downtime under one roof. Food comes from the hotel’s own kitchen, which the hotel says holds an AA Rosette for its Palm Court restaurant. Its May 2024 events brochure lists buffets from £18 to £30 a head, canapés at £3.50 each and private dining menus for groups of 20 or more, with prices subject to change. The hotel offers day delegate and residential packages but does not publish rates online. Westminster and Belgrave have interactive touch screens, internet and audio conferencing, and the shared lounge has a drinks dispenser, a large television and Wi-Fi. For residential events there are 75 en-suite bedrooms, and the leisure club has a 15 metre indoor pool, gym, sauna and steam room for hotel guests.

What to ask before you book

• The brochure asks for a non-refundable deposit of £495 for the Grosvenor Suite or £295 for Westminster or Belgrave, plus an agreed minimum spend. Ask what that minimum is for your date and layout.
• Final numbers are confirmed two weeks before the event and become the minimum charge, with no refund for drop-outs. Build that into your registration deadline.
• The Grosvenor Suite bar and music stop at midnight, and your items must leave by 10am the next day. Check this fits your dinner and get-out plan.
• Westminster and Belgrave are on the first floor. The hotel has two lifts, but the access statement does not say which one serves these suites, so confirm a step-free route for any delegate who needs it.
• The Grosvenor Suite entrance has seven steps with a ramp alongside and an automatic door. Ask how deliveries and AV kit reach the room.
• The touch screen kit is listed for Westminster and Belgrave only. Ask what projection, sound and microphones come with the Grosvenor Suite and whether they cost extra.

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Sources: business facilities, business events, business packages, events brochure (May 2024), accessibility statement, spa and leisure facilities and our story, all on grosvenorpulfordhotel.co.uk, checked 12 November 2026.