Wedding Ceremonies

Taking your vows

With a choice of five distinctive rooms licensed for Civil Marriages and Partnerships, we offer an exceptional venue for your wedding celebration. We guarantee exclusive use of your chosen rooms and your wedding date!

The Great Hall with dramatic rich red and wood panelled walls dating from the medieval age, is the heart of the Castle. It is a dramatic setting for the ceremony and is the perfect place for drinks before or after the wedding breakfast. There is plenty of room for your guests to mingle and it offers easy access to the Castle Front Lawn. Seats up to 100 guests.

The Galleried Library a 40 foot hight octagonal room overlooking the River Esk with breathtaking views towards the Lakeland fells. The walls are lined with over 6,000 books. Seats up to 50 guests.

The Drawing Room with an ornate Italian plasterwork ceiling and large windows overlooking the Front Lawns seats up to 100 guests. Family portraits, from the 16th century to the present day line the walls and a beautiful marble fireplace adds a feeling of opulence to any celebration.

The Family Dining Room is suitable for an intimate wedding ceremony. Seating up to 46 guests; the18th century marquetry above the fireplace, wood panelled walls and a superb recessed plasterwork ceiling are complemented by a large bay window overlooking the Castle Front Lawn.

For smaller ceremonies The Guard Room has an intimate and romatic atmosphere, with a barrel vaulted ceiling and magnificent Elizabethan fireplace, oak panelling and secret passage. It can be used for either the ceremony or post ceremony drinks. There is a door leading straight onto the front lawn. Seats up to 30 guests.

The Castle Front Lawn is a perfect location for wedding photographs. The family is happy for wedding parties to use this exclusive area. In fine weather drinks may be served on the lawn.

Contact us to discuss your wedding or party