Wedding Venues in England

The Savoy is one of the most famous hotels in the world, and Britain's first luxury hotel, opened on the Strand in 1889 by Richard D'Oyly Carte. A landmark of Edwardian and Art Deco glamour overlooking the River Thames, it has been at the centre of London life for over 130 years. Its wedding spaces are among the grandest in the city, from the gilded Lancaster Ballroom, which holds up to 700 guests, to the double-height River Room overlooking Embankment Gardens, and a collection of rooms named for the Savoy Operas. Dining is by the hotel's celebrated kitchens, including the Savoy Grill and Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay, with the famous American Bar, the Art Deco Beaufort Bar, and afternoon tea in the Thames Foyer, and 267 rooms and suites, many with Thames views.

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Claridge's is an Art Deco legend in the heart of Mayfair, a Maybourne hotel of state banquets and royal receptions, and one of London's most celebrated wedding addresses. Couples marry in its famous Art Deco rooms, licensed for civil ceremonies, led by the English Heritage-listed Ballroom, with its marble and mirrored walls, seating up to 240 and holding up to 500. The French Salon, with its restored mural and gilded cherubs, the elegant Drawing Room, and the intimate mezzanine rooms suit celebrations of every size, dressed by the hotel's own Claridge's Flowers, with a resident wedding choreographer to teach the first dance. The wedding party stays among over 200 rooms and suites, with a complimentary suite for the wedding night. Founded in 1812 and reborn in the glamour of the 1920s, it is a wedding of true Mayfair occasion, in a hotel that has welcomed royalty and the world for more than a century.

The Dorchester is the Dorchester Collection's London flagship, a Park Lane landmark since 1931 and one of the city's great Art Deco buildings, overlooking Hyde Park in the heart of Mayfair. For over eighty years it has been home to the best society weddings, in a collection of magnificent rooms, from the gilded Ballroom that holds up to a thousand guests, to the Wedgwood-blue Orchid Room and the Park Suite over Hyde Park. Dining is by the hotel's own kitchens, crowned by the three-Michelin-star Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, with the famous afternoon tea in the Promenade, the Dorchester Spa, and 238 rooms and suites including the legendary Oliver Messel Suite.

Spencer House is an 18th-century private palace at 27 St James's Place, overlooking Green Park in the heart of St James's, built between 1756 and 1766 for John, first Earl Spencer, and restored over ten years from 1985. Let for weddings on an exclusive-use basis, it gives one couple all eight of its first-floor State Rooms, with civil ceremonies licensed in the Great Room, Lady Spencer's Room, the Dining Room and the Palm Room, receptions for up to 450 guests and seated dining for up to 120, catering by an in-house team, and, from May to September, the Terrace looking out over Green Park.

Blenheim Palace is a monumental English Baroque palace by Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, at Woodstock, Oxfordshire. In 2,000 acres of Capability Brown parkland with a lake and the Grand Bridge, its grand State Rooms, the Great Hall, the Long Library, the Orangery and the formal gardens host some of the grandest weddings in England, with marquees up to 2,000 on the South Lawn.

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park is a five-star grand heritage hotel in a landmark 1902 red-brick Edwardian building at 66 Knightsbridge, its rear facade and terraces facing Hyde Park. Restored by Joyce Wang and home to Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, it hosts grand London weddings in the Ballroom, with floor-to-ceiling park windows and a private garden and terrace, alongside smaller heritage rooms, Michelin dining and 181 park-view rooms and suites.

Coworth Park is the Dorchester Collection's country house and polo estate near Ascot, 240 acres of Berkshire parkland bordering Windsor Great Park. A Georgian estate restored into one of the most beautiful five-star country house hotels in England, it offers a rare breadth of wedding settings, the Oval Room, the Rose and Sunken Gardens, and a seasonal wildflower meadow, alongside its own polo fields, a glass-wrapped spa, the Michelin-starred Woven by Adam Smith, and 71 rooms, suites, and cottages. The whole estate can be taken on exclusive use.

A medieval castle on a moated island in the Kentish countryside, the residence of six queens, home to nine centuries of royal history, and known internationally as the Loveliest Castle in the World. Five licensed wedding spaces, 550 acres of gardens and parkland, and a 12-acre moat that has no equal in English heritage venues.

Syon Park is the London estate of the Duke of Northumberland, held by the Percy family since 1594. Weddings take place across Syon House, with its Robert Adam interiors, and the Grade I Great Conservatory, a cast-iron and Bath-stone glasshouse of the late 1820s, set in 200 acres of Capability Brown parkland opposite Kew on the Thames. Ceremonies are held in the Great Hall (up to 154 per the venue brochure) and the State Dining Room (up to 50), with evening receptions under the glass of the Great Conservatory, for up to 160 seated or 200 standing, from April to September. Twenty minutes from central London, and entirely screened from it.

Hampton Court Palace is the Tudor and Baroque royal palace of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII on the River Thames at East Molesey, run by Historic Royal Palaces and hired for weddings and events. Couples marry in the Garden Room orangery and its walled garden, in the riverside Little Banqueting House with its Verrio ceilings, or, by evening exclusive hire, in the medieval Great Hall beneath Henry VIII's hammerbeam roof, then celebrate through the state apartments, the Historic Kitchens and 60 acres of formal gardens.

Chewton Glen is a five-star country-house hotel and spa, a Relais & Chateaux member set in 130 acres on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, a stroll from the sea. Couples marry in the Morning Room or out in the Walled Garden, celebrate in the Summer House or the Lake Suite, and dine on modern British menus from a Michelin-recognised kitchen, with a destination spa and 72 individually designed rooms and suites, including 14 famous Treehouse suites on stilts with private terraces and hot tubs.

Cliveden House is a Grade I-listed Italianate stately home set in 376 acres of National Trust parkland high above the River Thames near Maidenhead, once the grand country house of the Astors, now an Iconic Luxury Hotels country house. Couples marry in the panelled Great Hall or out on the terrace above the famous parterre, descend the grand oak staircase, dine beneath coffered ceilings, and celebrate across the terraces and formal gardens, with André Garrett's restaurant, the Pavilion Spa and its celebrated outdoor pool, and 47 rooms and suites so the whole party stays.

Steeped in history, with origins in the early 1900s, Bovey Castle is a truly remarkable and sought-after wedding venue: a Tudor-revival manor of golden stone set in 275 acres on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, and one of Devon's leading luxury hotels. From the moment you arrive through the wrought-iron gates, you can expect nothing less than perfection. Couples marry in one of three elegant indoor ceremony rooms, the Adam Room, the Library and the Cathedral Room, each with stunning backdrops of the estate and Dartmoor, or outdoors at the Summerhouse, approached by a lawned aisle flanked by yew hedges. The day unfolds with dining in the Great Western and a castle reception, while 60 luxury bedrooms, 22 self-catering lodges, the Elan Spa, a championship golf course and falconry make Bovey Castle a destination in its own right. The difference is in the detail, with a dedicated wedding coordinator from the instant you book.

The Goring is London's only family-owned five-star hotel, a grand Royal Warrant holder in Belgravia moments from Buckingham Palace, where Catherine Middleton stayed the night before the 2011 royal wedding. Couples marry in elegant, fully licensed private rooms, dine in the Garden Room or the Michelin-starred Dining Room, and take drinks in a rare private garden in the centre of the city, for a refined, quintessentially English wedding, with 69 rooms and suites so the party stays in Belgravia.

Grantley Hall is a Grade II* listed hall on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales near Ripon, restored over four years by Valeria Sykes and reopened in 2019 as one of the finest five-star country house hotels and spas in the country. For a wedding it offers a ceremony in the ornate Music Room or the Summer Pavilion by its 1910 Japanese Garden, a drinks reception on the West Terrace, a wedding breakfast in the Grantley Suite, and dancing until 2am at Valeria's. Behind it lie Michelin-starred dining by Shaun Rankin, the Three Graces Spa, and 47 rooms and suites, all available on exclusive use.

Thornbury Castle is one of England's most romantic wedding venues: a genuine Tudor castle begun in 1511 by Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, and a beloved retreat of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, now a Relais & Châteaux castle hotel near Bristol. Couples marry beneath original Tudor ceilings in the licensed Tudor Hall or the Library, in the Rose Garden with its gazebo, or in the adjacent parish church, then celebrate in the historic Tudor Hall for up to around 70 seated and 120 for an evening reception. Beyond the celebration lie 15 acres of ancient Tudor gardens, a three AA Rosette restaurant and 26 individually designed bedchambers named for Tudor figures, from the Catherine of Aragon Bedchamber to the Elizabeth of York Suite. Exclusive use of the whole castle is available.

Shangri-La The Shard, London occupies levels 34 to 52 of Western Europe's tallest building. Weddings are held on level 34, in three river-facing rooms named for the Confucian virtues Ren, Li and Yi, licensed for civil ceremonies and civil partnerships, with the Thames, Tower Bridge and St Paul's through floor-to-ceiling glass. The whole floor can be taken exclusively for up to 110 seated, with 202 rooms and 17 suites above it and the highest hotel pool in Western Europe on level 52.

The Berkeley is one of the most chic and effortlessly stylish wedding venues in London, a Maybourne hotel on Wilton Place in the heart of Knightsbridge. The hotel's magical Ballroom and versatile function rooms, the Wilton, the Knightsbridge and the Belgravia, are all licensed for civil wedding ceremonies and civil partnerships, and offer the perfect setting to celebrate the start of a couple's journey together. The range of beautiful private rooms caters for everything from an intimate wedding breakfast or reception to a grand, glamorous dinner dance. Personal wedding coordinators work with a number of exclusive, luxury wedding services to bring each couple's dream wedding to life, on hand every step of the way to ensure that every wedding is tailored to every requirement. The bride and groom receive an overnight stay and are invited to enjoy complimentary spa membership for the nine weeks before their big day, with a private bridal jewellery consultation over champagne. Beyond the celebration, the hotel offers acclaimed dining and pastry by Cédric Grolet, the Berkeley spa, and the iconic rooftop pool overlooking London.

Hever Castle is a double-moated 13th-century castle in Kent, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, set in award-winning Italian Gardens beside a 38-acre lake. Couples marry in the Astor Wing's Tudor Suite, in the panelled Inner Hall of the castle itself, or out in the Italian Garden by the water, dine beneath portraits in the Great Hall or the Tudor Suite Dining Room, and stay the night in two historic bed and breakfast wings beside the moat.

Amberley Castle is a medieval castle of around 1103 near Arundel in West Sussex, enclosed by a high curtain wall and entered beneath a working portcullis, set in twelve acres of gardens roamed by a resident white peacock in the rolling South Downs. A Relais and Chateaux hotel with 19 individually designed rooms and suites, it hosts castle weddings with civil ceremonies in the Great Room, the King Charles I Room and the Queen's Room, wedding breakfasts in three characterful dining rooms, drinks in the courtyards and gardens, and marquee celebrations for larger parties, with exclusive use of the whole castle for a wedding.