Hotel Ashburton is located at 11-35 Racecourse Road, Ashburton, offering premium accommodation and versatile function spaces set amongst tranquil Mid Canterbury gardens. Designed as a family-friendly venue, it features expansive outdoor areas and an outdoor swimming pool for guests to enjoy during the summer months.
As Mid Canterbury's leading conference destination, the hotel specialises in hosting corporate meetings, exhibitions, product launches and seminars, with modern, fully equipped venues catering from intimate groups of 10 through to events of 400+ guests. It also provides spaces for weddings, with elegant venues accommodating around 50 to 450 guests, supported by an experienced team and a trusted network of local partners for planning, ceremony coordination, reception and photography locations.
Guests can dine at the on-site Clearwater Restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner, or unwind at the hotel's Turf Bar, lounge, terrace and garden spaces. Accommodation ranges from Standard Queen & Single Rooms through to Superior and Deluxe King and Queen Rooms and a Suite, with over 250 carparks on site.
Set on Racecourse Road in Ashburton, Hotel Ashburton offers premium accommodation and versatile function spaces amongst tranquil Mid Canterbury gardens. It's designed with both comfort and flexibility in mind, positioning itself as a family-friendly venue with expansive outdoor areas and an outdoor swimming pool for guests to enjoy through the warmer months.
Hotel Ashburton describes itself as Mid Canterbury's leading conference destination, specialising in corporate meetings, exhibitions, product launches and seminars. Its range of modern, fully equipped venues caters from intimate groups of 10 through to events of 400 or more guests, giving organisers flexibility depending on the scale of their event. One guest, writing after a group event, called it "a fantastic facility to cope with a group like ours," praising the parking, accommodation and meals, and noting the venue "couldn't have been better" aside from the weather.
Beyond corporate events, the hotel provides elegant spaces for weddings, with venues accommodating around 50 to 450 guests. The hotel's experienced team works alongside a trusted network of local partners to handle planning, ceremony coordination, and reception and photography locations. One bride recalled that "our guests all raved about the wedding and what an awesome venue it was," praising the beautiful gardens, exceptional food, and amazing staff, adding, "we couldn't fault it."
Guests and visitors can dine at the on-site Clearwater Restaurant, described as offering delicious menu options and a contemporary dining experience across breakfast, lunch and dinner. A guest attending a conference at the hotel, who mentioned running restaurants of his own since 1977, called the catering "top notch — a tasty selection of food, plenty of it and good service." For something more relaxed, Turf Bar offers a welcoming space for a drink, alongside a lounge, terrace and garden areas perfect for unwinding.
Hotel Ashburton's accommodation spans Standard Queen & Single Rooms, Superior Queen Double Rooms, Deluxe Queen Queen Rooms, Standard and Superior King Rooms, Deluxe King Rooms, and a Suite — a range suited to solo travellers, couples and groups alike. Rooms sit alongside the hotel's landscaped gardens and outdoor pool, giving guests a place to relax between meetings, events, or a day exploring Ashburton and Mid Canterbury.
With over 250 carparks on site, Hotel Ashburton is well set up to handle everything from a single overnight stay to a large wedding or conference bringing hundreds of guests through the door at once. Between the accommodation, Clearwater Restaurant, Turf Bar, conference facilities and wedding venues, the hotel positions itself as a genuine one-stop destination for events and travel in the Ashburton area.