The River View
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The River View is a wedding venue located in Lorton, Virginia. This beautiful, multi-million dollar venue is located at Occoquan Regional Park, offering stunning natural scenery and a peaceful location for your upcoming event. With several indoor and outdoor spaces available for your use, along with attentive service and rich history, The River View could be the perfect venue for you.
Facilities and Capacity
The River View’s main venue space is a large, spacious indoor area with floor-to-ceiling windows and unique wood accents. There is also the 1608 Room available, which offers a unique, educational experience, and it a great spot for your cocktail hour. This venue also offers a couple of outdoor ceremony sites as well, so that you can get married overlooking the gorgeous Occoquan River. On your wedding day, you will also have exclusive, private access to the Hospitality Suite and historic Scale House Cottage, for all of your preparations. This venue has enough space and resources to accommodate groups of up to 425 people for a wedding ceremony, reception, bridal shower, engagement party, rehearsal dinner, or other special celebration.
Services Offered
The River View not only offers a beautiful location for your wedding day, but also a great selection of services that will only enhance your experience. The attentive staff and great accommodations will make your day stress-free and easy. Take advantage of the detailed coordination services, top-notch rental items, and delicious catering menus. At your reception, enjoy a buffet, plated, stationed, or family style meal that will impress all of your guests. The venue can provide all of the tables, chairs, decor, flatware, glassware, china, and more for your event, as well. Aside from these services, you may also receive the following at The River View:
- Bar services
- Setup/cleanup
- Liability insurance
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Kathryn Married on 09/03/2021The River View is IT.
I live in Philadelphia, but knew I wanted to get married where I grew up. I toured the River View in February of 2020, and because the staff was so warm and the space was so stunning, booked it immediate for 9/18/2020. Then COVID erupted, and I can’t say enough good things about Cori, Fern, and the rest of the team at the River View. They helped us reschedule (twice) and were there for us when we were finally able to celebrate in person on 9/3/21. Every single detail was thought of and managed. Cori & Fern answered questions for us before we were able to ask. We got so lucky that the first venue we toured was this one, because we couldn’t have pulled off the party we did without them. Every vendor we hired said the same thing about the River View — how professional, organized, and helpful they all are. This venue & team is incredible, and we couldn’t recommend them enough!-
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Clare O. Married on 01/22/2022
Great Venue
The River View was absolutely gorgeous as our venue. The planning staff was very easy to work with and everything ended up looking beautiful 💜-
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Ryan K. Married on 10/10/2021Love at First Sight
So my wife and I toured the River View in February of 2019 and we instantly loved the venue when we walked into the building. We first met with Cori and her team, she gave us a thorough rundown of the venue. She was so friendly and patient with our questions. She explained at that time that the River View was a new venue. We were excited that it was recently build and the scenery in the area wowed us, especially since it's on the river bank. We were so impressed, we signed a contract the next day to reserve our wedding for April of 2020. We wanted to try their catering partner, Great Blue Heron, so we went to a taste testing at the venue a few weeks later. We were also impressed with their appetizers, entrees, and variety of foods, that we decided to have Great Blue Heron cater our wedding reception. A year of wedding planning zoomed by quickly and as you well know by the time we were almost ready to have our wedding we had to postpone it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after a Virginia State of Emergency was announced, Cori and her team provided us with alternative dates. At first we postponed it for six months but after three months of the ongoing pandemic we decided to push it out till October of 2021 just to be safe and with the hope of a vaccine coming out way before our wedding. Cori was so patient and made it so easy to reschedule our weddings twice. Fast forward another year and we are finally doing our walk through with Cori and she made it very easy. We went down her check lists, reviewed the layouts for the ceremony and reception, and did a final walkthrough of the venue. Afterwards, both my wife and I felt more at ease with the wedding planning. Finally, on the day of the wedding, everything that we required of the venue was exactly what we wanted or better. We got compliments for the beautiful venue, the amazing scenery, our guests enjoyed the special cocktail drink (we asked a Fall weather drink and they made a delicious hot apple cider bourbon), and guests loved the food. Cori and her team really made it a perfect day for our wedding and we absolutely recommend the River View.-
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Team
Cori Talbot | CMP, PCA & IAVM member
As a graduate of the University of Florida, I have worked in both the public and private sectors of hospitality & events. From medieval fairs to art festivals, historic community events to wine festivals, and finally from large-scale conventions to weddings, I feel I have a one-of-a-kind view on event planning.
In my role as the Hospitality & Events Sales Manager for The River View with NOVA Parks, I work directly with clients from the touring phase, throughout planning, and during the day-of execution. I have been in this role for three years and I LOVE helping clients make their day go smoothly.
FUN FACTS
- I am obsessed with my dogs (Cotton & Crash)
- I'm an east-coast girl who has lived in New Hampshire, Florida, and now Virginia.
- In my free time, you'll find me roller skating!
Fernanda "Fern" Harman | PCA
After working 2 years at Events Services (GMU) as a Lead, working with a wedding planner as her intern, and graduating from George Mason University, I quickly realized that events is what I love to do.
As the Events Coordinator at The River View, I am able to show all clients my passion when delivering their event. My happiness comes from seeing others happy!
I am very thankful to work with an amazing and caring staff that makes coming to work something to look forward to. It's true when they say, if you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life!
FUN FACTS
- I was born and raised in Brazil (Yes, I can speak Portuguese)
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I am very competitive when it comes to board games
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On my free time, I like to do anything that's arts and crafts
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Map
10am-4pm
