Fingask Castle hosts conferences, team days, weddings, balls and ceilidhs for groups of up to 250 guests, with beds for 70 people in cottages on the same estate. The castle stands in a private glen at Rait, near Perth in Scotland, about halfway between Perth and Dundee.
Seminars and company events
The castle offers meetings, conferences and team-building days. The owners report that 100 people have gathered here for a conference, with space for presentations and for small groups to step away and talk. The Long Gallery gives a formal setting for plenary sessions, and the castle has several small meeting rooms that work well for breakout groups. Seventy people can sleep within easy walking distance of the main meeting rooms in the pavilion, so a residential seminar needs no transfers between sessions and beds. The gardens allow walking meetings between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
Fingask lets couples choose where each part of the day takes place: inside the castle, in the woodland, outdoors or in the pavilion. Ceremonies can be civil or religious. The wedding pages also cover receptions and balls, Asian weddings, midweek dates and a bridal suite. According to the venue, chairs, tables, linen, cutlery, lighting and loudspeakers are included in the hire. A wedding menu, a wine list and a list of approved caterers are published for planning.
Rooms and capacities
The pavilion is a modern, fully furnished structure used for dinners, dances and ceilidhs. It can be divided so that 50 people dine and dance in the Amber Room, 100 in the Great Hall, and 250 when the extension is added. The owners describe thirty eightsome reels turning under the dome. Smaller parties can also use rooms inside the historic castle. A seating planner is available online.
Accommodation
Seventy guests can stay on the estate. The self-catering cottages are modernized Victorian stone buildings set in a large garden first laid out in the 17th century. Each has open fires with logs supplied, bedding, heating and WiFi. The site lists Sir Stuart's House, Beach Tree Cottage, Redwood Cottage, Sycamore Cottage, Rowan Cottage and Gean Tree Cottage, plus a boat house and the potting sheds beside the walled garden. All of them are a short walk from the castle and the pavilion.
Catering
For weddings, the estate publishes a menu, a wine list and an approved list of caterers. For company events, ask the team which caterer or menu applies to your date and group size.
History and setting
The estate gives 1194 as its founding date. The gardens are known for clipped topiary, stone globes and statues, and the yew avenue called the King's Walk is said to have been used by Bonnie Prince Charlie and his father. The castle holds a large library. The owners also stage the Fingask Follies, a musical revue, in the grounds.
Getting there
The castle is five minutes from the A90 dual carriageway between Perth and Dundee. The venue gives these drive times: one hour from central Glasgow and Edinburgh, 80 minutes from Aberdeen, and 20 minutes from Dundee airport.
