UK Wedding Venues

There are many options available to you when choosing a wedding location in the UK. From castles to stately homes, barns to churches, city venues to country venues. There are also historic sites and national landmarks or sporting venues.

Many couples choose the traditional option of a church when they get married whether they are old ones, new ones, historical or modern, large or small, churches remain the popular choice for wedding venues in the UK.

The other most popular choice of UK wedding venues for a civil wedding ceremony would be their local registry office.

There are also many other more unusual wedding venues.
English Heritage Venues

English Heritage have a large selection of venues to choose from when deciding on where to get married from coastal castles and fortresses to Palladian houses, iconic landmarks to ruined abbeys.

Here is a list of some of the venues that English Heritage offer:

  • Bolsover Castle
  • Chiswick House
  • Eltham Palace
  • Kenilworth Castle
  • Kenwood House
  • Marble Hill House
  • Old Wardour Castle
  • Osborne House
  • Pendennis Castle
  • Portland Castle
  • Ranger’s House
  • St Mawes Castle
  • Wellington Arch
  • Wrest Park
Bolsover Castle which has a stunning view over Derbyshire from a picturesque hilltop location has beautiful open courtyards and walled gardens amongst 17th century buildings and ruins which has three indoor and two outdoor venues to choose from when planning your perfect place to get married.
Other places such as Old Wardour castle which was built in the late fourteenth century and used as a luxurious home until the English civil war damaged it too much to repair is a fabulous choice of English Heritage wedding venue. The castle was also used in the filming of ‘Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves’ which starred Kevin Costner.
Choosing an English Heritage site or any licensed national landmark as a venue to get married is becoming a popular choice.
    Some of the increasingly popular and more alternative places to have a wedding ceremony are as follows:

  • The London eye
  • Balmoral, Scotland
  • Skibo castle, Scotland
  • Castle Rushen, isle of Mann
  • The Queens stand at Epson downs racecourse
  • HMS Belfast in London
  • Blairquhan castle, Scotland
  • Kensington roof gardens, London

The Dorchester Hotel, London
There are other more unusual sites for a wedding venue that people are choosing for their uniqueness and creative edge. These include museums, boats, nightclubs, spas, restaurants, sporting venues, industrial buildings, galleries, gardens, theatres,

Nightclub venues include:

  • Cocoon
  • Cafe de paris
  • The Brickhouse
  • Fabric
  • Blagclub
  • Spa venues include:
  • The powder room
  • Babington house
  • The Club Hotel and Spa, Bohemia Restaurant
  • Restaurant Venues include:
  • Newbury Racecourse
  • The Brickhouse
  • The Groucho Club
  • The Roof Gardens
The above examples are just a few of the many unusual wedding venues available in the UK.
There are many available out there, enough to suit any couples personal preferences. Living in England and choosing to get married here gives the great advantage of having a rich historic culture with buildings and outdoor venues alike reflecting this which is sure to provide a magical atmosphere to any wedding day celebrations.
Why traditional wedding venues still remain the popular choice:
Traditional wedding venues such as churches remain the popular choice as the wedding will remain a religious ceremony which even in today’s society is still an important aspect of marriage. People may also choose a church or other traditional venues due to the fact that their parents got married in a particular place as did their parents before and there fore it is through family tradition that a certain venue is chosen.
How to go about choosing:
If you are not bound through family tradition or religious tradition, then choosing a venue for a wedding can be a very creative experience. If the venue is licensed, which many different non traditional places now are, then only your imagination can get in the way of having a truly unique individual wedding day. The first place to start would be to have in mind the theme for your wedding and the atmosphere you want to create as this should then lead naturally to the type of venue that will be appropriate in creating that atmosphere. For example if you are having a gothic themed wedding then the natural venue to host that type of theme would be a very old castle or building that would suit. If you are looking for wedding venues in Essex , then Hedingham castle would be great for this.
If you are choosing a venue in the UK to host your wedding then there is no need to feel constrained. Whether it is a traditional venue you are after or a more unique one, whether indoors or out there is bound to be a UK wedding venue to suit any individuals needs.
UK Wedding Venues
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