60 venues
Castles for a wedding of 150 or more
Castles that host weddings and publish a capacity of at least 150 guests: Scottish keeps, English stately homes, Austrian residences and an Irish castle above the Boyne.
The venues
Hever, United Kingdom
Hever Castle
Meetings for up to 150 in the Italian Garden, a 60-seat Tudor-style room and 25 bedrooms at Anne Boleyn's childhood home in Kent
25 rooms · Since 1271
Henderskelfe, United Kingdom
Castle Howard
Twelve spaces, from a 228-seat banquet in the Long Gallery to receptions for 1,000 in the gardens, 30 minutes from York
Since 1699
Alnwick, United Kingdom
Alnwick Castle
A Guest Hall for 216 theatre-style or 180 at banquet, plus Hulne Park and Priory for exclusive hire, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland
Since 1096
Glamis, United Kingdom
Glamis Castle
Boardroom for 12, ceremonies for up to 150 and marquee receptions for 200 at the Angus seat of the Earls of Strathmore
7 rooms · Since 1372
Eisenstadt, Austria
Schloss Esterházy
The Haydnsaal for up to 650 guests and state rooms for 20 to 225 in a Baroque palace in Eisenstadt, 40 minutes from Vienna airport
Forchtenstein, Austria
Burg Forchtenstein
Seven rooms for 10 to 250 guests, from a baroque hall to 17th-century wine cellars, in an Esterházy castle 40 minutes from Vienna
Krasiczyn, Poland
Krasiczyn Castle
Five equipped meeting rooms, castle halls for weddings from 90 guests and 51 bedrooms on site, 10 km from Przemyśl
51 rooms · Since 1600
Slane, Ireland
Slane Castle
Castle on the Boyne for 100 guests indoors and 200+ in a courtyard marquee, with ten bedrooms, 35 min from Dublin Airport
10 rooms
Warwick, United Kingdom
Warwick Castle
Dinners for 120 in the Great Hall, team days for 180 and courtyard events for 3,000, with a 60-bedroom hotel inside the grounds
60 rooms · Since 1068
Durham, United Kingdom
Durham Castle
Dinners for 200 in a 13th-century Great Hall, meetings for 40 and 84 bed-and-breakfast rooms in Durham's Norman castle, in vacations
84 rooms · Since 1072
Wałbrzych, Poland
Zamek Książ
Conferences for 300, banquets for 200 and a 59-seat cinema in Poland's Książ Castle, with a hotel on the castle forecourt
Since 1300
Kalmar, Sweden
Kalmar Castle
Four conference rooms for 2 to 240 people, a 16th-century cellar for company dinners and a castle church for weddings in Kalmar
Since 1200
Vienna, Austria
Hofburg Vienna
35 halls for 50 to 4,900 guests in Vienna's imperial palace, with a Festsaal seating 1,210 theater-style and 660 for a banquet
Since 1279
Glücksburg, Germany
Schloss Glücksburg
Seven rooms for 30 to 300 guests, a chapel for ceremonies and apartments on site, in a Renaissance castle on the Flensburg Fjord
Since 1583
Ludlow, United Kingdom
Ludlow Castle
Licensed ceremonies for up to 100 in a Norman castle, dinners for 60 in the Beacon Rooms and up to 300 in a marquee
Since 1066
Bamburgh, United Kingdom
Bamburgh Castle
Ceremonies for up to 140 in the King's Hall, drinks for 100 on the Battery Terrace and evening parties for 200 on Castle Green
Lisbon, Portugal
Castelo de São Jorge
Five hire spaces in Lisbon's hilltop castle, from a 140-guest Gothic room to a parade ground for 1,250 standing
Turku, Finland
Turku Castle
Nine rentable spaces in Finland's largest medieval castle, from a vaulted cellar for 30 to the King's Hall for 250, by Turku harbor
Since 1300
Moszna, Poland
Moszna Castle
Nine event rooms for 8 to 150 guests, weddings of 70 to 130 and overnight rooms in a castle with 99 towers
Lockenhaus, Austria
Burg Lockenhaus
Seminar rooms for 15 to 250 people and 55 bedrooms inside a medieval castle in Burgenland, about 100 km from Vienna
55 rooms · Since 1200
Ancy-le-Franc, France
Château d'Ancy-le-Franc
An orangery seating 220, over 800 m² indoors and a 50-hectare park at a Renaissance château by Serlio in northern Burgundy
3 rooms
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana Castle
Eleven halls and a 3,350 m² courtyard for up to 970 guests on Ljubljana's Castle Hill, with in-house restaurants and a funicular
Pommersfelden, Germany
Schloss Weißenstein
Baroque castle in Franconia with a marble hall for 200 seated guests and a 4,300 m² courtyard
Since 1718
Blair Atholl, United Kingdom
Blair Castle
A Victorian ballroom for up to 300 guests plus three historic rooms in a Highland Perthshire castle, 1 h 30 from Edinburgh
Since 1269
Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, France
Château de Serrant
A 17th-century orangery for 190 seated or 220 standing, a 3,500 m² walled garden and 19 beds beside a furnished Anjou château
Lenzburg, Switzerland
Schloss Lenzburg
A plenary hall for 500 seated, two Knights' Halls and seminar rooms in a hilltop castle in Aargau, with approved caterers
Since 1036
Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, Belgium
Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne
Six rooms over 650 m² for up to 400 standing or 170 at banquet in a 15th-century castle two minutes from the E411
Kufstein, Austria
Festung Kufstein
Company events, gala dinners and weddings for up to 4,200 guests in a medieval fortress above Kufstein, with a roofed open-air arena
Since 1205
Örebro, Sweden
Örebro slott
Rikssalen for 250, a full floor for 300 and day conferences in a Swedish castle in central Örebro
Since 1270
Castle Hedingham, United Kingdom
Hedingham Castle
A 12th-century Norman keep and a Georgian house for 15 to 150 delegates or 220 guests, on 160 acres just over an hour from London
Winchcombe, United Kingdom
Sudeley Castle
Wedding breakfasts for 150 in the Orangery, a chapel for 130 and 19 estate cottages at a Cotswold castle near Winchcombe
Since 1443
Aigle, Switzerland
Château d'Aigle
Four castle rooms for 30 to 200 guests among the Vaud vineyards, with civil weddings on site and a wine museum
Since 1200
Belmonte, Spain
Castillo de Belmonte
Weddings for up to 700 seated in a fifteenth-century castle in Cuenca, just over an hour from Madrid
Since 1456
Trechtingshausen, Germany
Burg Reichenstein
Medieval castle above the Rhine with meeting rooms for up to 180, 23 castle bedrooms and outdoor grounds for 600 standing
23 rooms · Since 1100
Kilkea, Ireland
Kilkea Castle
Conferences for 240 delegates, gala dinners for 260 and 140 bedrooms on a 180-acre Kildare estate, one hour from Dublin
140 rooms
Bechyně, Czech Republic
Bechyně Castle
A South Bohemian castle resort with a riding hall for up to 1,000 guests and about 50 bedrooms across three properties
50 rooms · Since 1268
Belfast, United Kingdom
Belfast Castle
Five function rooms for 16 to 200 guests in a Scottish baronial castle above Belfast
Since 1879
Laufen-Uhwiesen, Switzerland
Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
Five seminar rooms for 10 to 200 guests and civil weddings in a castle directly above the Rhine Falls, with its own station
Alatskivi, Estonia
Alatskivi Castle
Four halls seating 50 to 200 and a castle restaurant in Tartu County, Estonia
Since 1880
Osthoffen, France
Château d'Osthoffen
Four rooms for up to 160 at a cocktail and a 280-seat summer marquee in a family-owned castle 15 minutes from Strasbourg
5 rooms · Since 1200
Valtice, Czech Republic
Valtice Castle
A baroque UNESCO-listed castle in South Moravia with a riding hall for up to 500 guests and a chapel seating 70
Lauder, United Kingdom
Thirlestane Castle
State rooms for 100, a courtyard for 125 and marquees for 1,000 at a Maitland family castle in Lauder, Scottish Borders
Dunedin, New Zealand
Larnach Castle
Grand Ballroom for 200 seated dinner guests and on-site stays in a Gothic Revival castle on the Otago Peninsula
Loket, Czech Republic
Loket Castle
Castle halls for dinners of up to 160 and receptions of up to 350, plus wedding ceremonies in Loket
Weem, United Kingdom
Castle Menzies
Dewar Room for 200 at a ceremony or 100 at dinner in a 16th-century clan castle near Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire
Pavone Canavese, Italy
Castello di Pavone
Congress halls for 15 to 250, dinners for up to 400 and 27 bedrooms in a restored castle near Ivrea, 500 m from the A5
27 rooms
Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarbrücker Schloss
Baroque castle in central Saarbrücken with a festival hall for 238 in rows, conference rooms and a garden for parties
Grinzane Cavour, Italy
Castello di Grinzane Cavour
Three meeting rooms for 25 to 200 seated guests and an in-house restaurant in a castle in the Langhe hills
Glenarm, United Kingdom
Glenarm Castle
Coach House for 80 delegates, castle ceremonies for 80 and a riverside marquee for 200 on the Antrim coast
Since 1636
Bensheim, Germany
Schloss Auerbach
Four rooms for 30 to 250 guests and a ruin for up to 1,800 in a 13th-century castle above the Bergstrasse
Kliczków, Poland
Zamek Kliczków
Ten conference rooms for up to 300 guests and 128 bedrooms in a castle hotel in the Lower Silesian forests, by the A4 and A18
128 rooms
Vígľaš, Slovakia
Grand Vígľaš Castle Hotel
Eight historic rooms for up to 400 guests and 55 bedrooms in a rebuilt 13th-century castle near Zvolen, Slovakia
55 rooms
Pezinok, Slovakia
Pezinok Castle
A castle 20 km from Bratislava with a 450-guest hall, 48 rooms and apartments and whole-castle hire
48 rooms · Since 1300
Abergele, United Kingdom
Gwrych Castle
Private hire of a Grade I castle and 300 acres in North Wales, for up to 500 guests including staff
Since 1819
Lémeré, France
Château du Rivau
Five seminar rooms for up to 300, two restaurants and a seven-room hotel in a Loire château with 15 gardens near Chinon
7 rooms · Since 1445
Loppem, Belgium
Kasteel van Loppem
A 300 m² former riding hall seating 250 to 300 or 450 standing, on the Loppem castle estate near Bruges, with your own caterer
Since 1858
Thorens-Glières, France
Château de Thorens
Four historic salons, a courtyard pavilion and a riding hall for 800 guests, in a Savoy château between Annecy and Geneva
8 rooms
Oron-le-Châtel, Switzerland
Château d'Oron
Seven spaces from a 40-seat seminar room to a 300-guest courtyard in a twelfth-century castle in Vaud
Untergruppenbach, Germany
Burg Stettenfels
Eight daylit meeting rooms of 20 to 400 m² for up to 200 guests in a Fugger castle above Untergruppenbach, near Heilbronn
Since 1000
Antrain, France
Château de Bonnefontaine
Five rooms for up to 300 guests and two gîtes in a listed château between Brittany and Normandy, set in an English-style park
5 rooms