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Sashay your way to the festival town, where the Cotswolds put on their party dress. Cheltenham does elegant celebration like nowhere else its size: Regency terraces and gardens, Montpellier’s boutique-and-bar quarter, a famous racecourse, and food and drink scenes that outclass cities three times bigger. All wrapped in honey-stone countryside.
And you? You’re the one with the spreadsheet, so here’s your full guide. The best Cheltenham hen do ideas mix one big group moment, like a private dance class, with the town’s treats: life drawing at your accommodation, Montpellier cocktails, a spa morning and, if the calendar’s kind, a raceday. All of it below, plus where to stay.
We’re Sashay Dance, and after 10 years and 2,500+ dance parties, Cheltenham groups are exactly our crowd: dressed beautifully, laughing loudly.
The Best Hen Do Activities Cheltenham Offers
All tried and tested by real hen groups, starting with the one we know best.
1. A Hen Party Dance Class in Cheltenham
Best for: every group, every age, every ability, and brides who want a properly personalised moment.
A Sashay Dance hen party class is a private 90-minute dance class built around the bride’s favourite songs, taught by one of our fun, friendly teachers at your accommodation or a venue near you in Cheltenham. It’s the great icebreaker: your whole group learning a routine together, laughing at each other, and bonding before the first prosecco cork pops.
Choose any 2 or 3 of her favourite songs, any genre, any era, and we’ll choreograph a bespoke routine with your own custom song mix. Want a bit of inspo instead? Pick from 25+ themes, from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and ABBA to Dirty Dancing, Mamma Mia and our cheeky RuPaul routine. It’s completely 2-left-feet friendly and suitable for all ages, so the bride’s mum, her sister and her uni mates all have a brilliant time together. The bride dances free, and with 18+ people the organiser does too. Yes, that’s you.
We record the routine on the day and send you the custom song mix to keep. Lots of groups perform it at the wedding, and every single time, the dancefloor goes wild.
Ready to sashay into the celebration? Take a look at our Cheltenham hen party dance classes.
Our Top Trending Cheltenham Hen Party Dance Themes for 2027
Our most popular themes right now are Mamma Mia, Last Rodeo and Taylor Swift. Loads of our groups even go on to do the routine at the wedding!
2. Life Drawing Hen Party in Cheltenham
Best for: cheeky groups, big laughs, a relaxed hour at the house.
A life drawing hen party in Cheltenham is a favourite for good reason: a professional model poses, your group sketches away, and the wobblier the results, the funnier. Most hosts come to your accommodation so you can settle in with snacks and fizz, and the bride leaves with a very memorable keepsake.
3. Montpellier: Brunch, Boutiques and Bars
Best for: day one kick-offs, the classy wander.
Montpellier is the weekend’s pretty heart: brunch at the independents, boutique browsing between Regency columns, and the evening’s first cocktails in the quarter’s gorgeous bars. It’s all within a stroll, and it photographs like a lifestyle magazine.
4. A Raceday, If the Dates Align
Best for: glamour, fizz, the famous Cheltenham occasion.
Cheltenham’s racecourse hosts some of the most famous meetings in the country, and a raceday hen is a spectacle: dresses, fizz and the roar of the hill. Race weekends swallow the whole town, so book accommodation and dinner months ahead, or deliberately dodge those dates for calmer prices.
5. A Spa Morning
Best for: the wellness bride, slow starts, day two.
The spa day is practically Cheltenham heritage, this is a spa town by birth: day spas in town and country house spas in the surrounding hills do robes-and-fizz mornings beautifully. Book group treatment slots early, they go first.
6. Cake, Cocktails and the Evening
Best for: sweet-toothed groups, a civilised sparkle.
For the crafty hour, a cake decorating hen party is a Cheltenham favourite, everyone leaves with something delicious and Instagrammable. Then the evening: a cocktail masterclass or a restaurant hen party in the town’s excellent dining rooms, and dancing when the group demands it. Elegant, walkable, easy.
The Cotswolds on Your Doorstep
Cheltenham’s trump card: the honey-stone villages start ten minutes from town. A hen weekend here pairs beautifully with a Cotswolds hen house, hot tub, views, the works, with Cheltenham as your night out. Bourton, Broadway and the Slaughters make the dreamiest daytime detour, all golden cottages and photogenic bridges.
A Ready-Made Cheltenham Hen Weekend
Want it pre-planned? Saturday brunch in Montpellier, the dance class at your accommodation at noon, spa or cake decorating in the afternoon, cocktails at five, dinner in town, then the elegant night out. Sunday is a slow breakfast and a village detour. For everything else on, Visit Cheltenham, the official guide, has the full listings, and Cotswolds.com covers the countryside around it.
Where to Stay: Hen Do Houses Cheltenham and Beyond
Hen do houses in and around Cheltenham are the group favourite, Regency townhouses in the centre, luxury houses with hot tubs in the surrounding villages, and everything between. Central apartments keep Montpellier walkable, and hen-friendly hotels suit groups who’d rather be looked after. Book far ahead for race weeks, the whole racing world has the same idea.
Ready to Make Her Cheltenham Hen Weekend Unforgettable?
If a private, themed dance class sounds like the bit she’d love most, sashay your way over to us. Choose any 2 or 3 of the bride’s favourite songs and we’ll choreograph a bespoke routine and custom song mix, or pick from 25+ Sashay Dance themes and we’ll sort the music. We bring the speaker, the music, the choreography and one of our fun, friendly teachers, to your accommodation or a venue near you. The bride dances free. With 18+ people, the organiser does too.
Don’t worry about a thing. Just tell us what she loves, and we’ll handle the rest.
Enquire today. She’s going to love you for this.
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