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Which Wedding Package?
Which Wedding Package for my Budget ...
What will my Budget Buy?
Why pay up to 30% more
to marry at most other venues -
when you can marry at Craig y Nos Castle
for 30% less?
Which Wedding Package
is best for me ...
based on my Guest Numbers?
Use table to see what's included
and cost, based on guest numbers
| Min No. Day Guest Req'd | Min No. stay over-night | Wedding Package Click for what's included | Terms Click for Terms | Wedding Package Click for Tariffs |
| 25 | 0 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 40 | 20 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 40 | 20 | Castle Wedding Offer 24 | Terms | Tariff |
| 50 | 25 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 50 | 20 | Last Min | Terms | Tariff |
| 60 | 50 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 70 | 50 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 100 | 12 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 70 | 70 | Terms | Tariff | |
| 50- 70 | 25 | Army NHS | Terms | Tariff |
| 100 | 20 | Evening Only | Terms | Tariff |
Go directly to the Wedding Package Table for tariff and what is included for each wedding package.
Check out the package that best suits your numbers and preferred day of the week -read more here.
Which Wedding Package?
How to Choose
Lots of Choice
We have a wide choice of Castle Wedding Packages. Larger weddings are held at weekends and smaller weddings are midweek. Each wedding package is exclusive to the Wedding of the Day - we only allow one wedding a day at the castle.
- Inflation Warning: Book your wedding date now to lock in current rates. In times of high inflation you'll save more money by booking your date now, rather than putting things off - read more.
- Book your date as soon as you can with a £250 booking fee, "to 'lock in' current rates, while they last."
Stay Overnight
Your Wedding in a Castle
Guests who stay overnight
are not going to rush home early on your wedding day
You'll all Party Late
in your own private Castle!
...and your guests can even stay the 'night before' at a 30% discount
When guests stay,
they won't be in a rush to go home.
So you’ll all be partying till late!
Weddings held close to where guests live tend to finish early - as guests living locally will want to 'go home'.
Choosing a Local Venue ‘near you’, may seem more convenient, but can lead to a disappointingly early finish.
We are not a 'local wedding venue' – we’re a destination venue! You've a bit of journey to get here, but then you'll all make a full day and night of it.
Having everyone stay overnight means your day won’t peter out by early evening.
Rock the night away Craig y Nos!
Party till late!
Which wedding package
will work for you best based on:
3. How many guests will stay overnight?
4. Are you prepared to choose a Last Minute Wedding Date?
Choose which wedding package will be right for you, based on your numbers, your budget, which year you want to get married, and your preferred day of week, etc.
Choose your Wedding Package
based on Guest Numbers
(1) Guest Numbers
How many day guests at your wedding:
Benefit: The more guests you have, the more choice on day of week.
Saturday Weddings have min. 70 day guests, Fridays min. 60 day guests, Weekdays 50.
Smaller weddings held midweek - weekends are for larger weddings.
On Guest Numbers
0-24 Guests
Below 25, not eligible for a 'Wedding Package'.
Instead see Ceremony Only Weddings
25-49 Guests
(weekdays)
40 or more Guests
For a tea & evening buffet in place of traditional Wedding Breakfast
(Sundays, Weds & Thurs & Last Minute Weekends)
50 or more Guests
(weekdays)
60 or more Guests
(Fridays)
70 or more Guests
(Saturdays)
Max No. Day Guests in Conservatory is 130 and in Function room 150. Evening Guest numbers up to 200.
Choose your Wedding Package
based on Day of Week
(2) On Day of Week
Which day of week to get married?
Saturday
Min. 70 day guests.
Friday
Min. 60 day guests.
Two Day Wedding
Friday & Saturday or Saturday & Sunday
Min. 70 Dinner, B&B both nights, &
Min. 70 guests at wedding.
Sunday & Weds-Thursday
(Min. 50 day guests)
or the
(Min. 25 day guests).
Sunday & Weds - Thurs
(& last minute weekends)
Choose your Wedding Package
based on Accommodation Guarantee
(3) On Number of overnight Guests
How many guests will stay night?
Important Benefit: Accommodation use allows discounted Venue Hire. With enough guests staying overnight, venue hire greatly reduced.
If none / few want to stay
A: At 100 guests or more - see Ultimate Wedding Package - has low overnight guest requirement.
B: For 25-49 guests - see Intimate Wedding Package - has no overnight guest requirement.
C: For 50-99 guests with none to stay overnight - speak to Wedding Planner about our Bespoke Regular Wedding Tariff. But for best value, find a suitable wedding package & either subsidise guests accommodation or pay a top-up to meet accommodation guarantee.
20 or more to stay overnight
A: Last Minute Weddings: If date is within next 6 - 7 months, see Last Minute Wedding Package. Min. 50 day guests with Min. 20 overnight.
B: Sunday - Wednesday: see Tea & Evening Buffet Wedding Package. Min. 40 day guests with Min. 20 overnight. A tea and buffet alternative to traditional 'wedding banquet'. Also can be taken on any last minute weekend dates.
25 or more to stay overnight
A: Above 25 overnight & Min. 50 day guests - see Midweek Wedding Package
B: If less then 50 day guests, see Tea & Evening Buffet Wedding Package (Min. 40 day guests)
or Intimate Wedding Package (Min. 25 day guests)
50 or more to stay overnight
A: See Saturday Wedding Package if Day Guests over 70
B: See Friday Wedding Package if Day guests over 60
Night Before
We want our guests to be able to stay the Night Before our wedding
Choose a Midweek or Intimate Wedding Package, avoiding Sundays due to a Sat wedding filling all the rooms. Marry on a Monday to Thursday. Or choose a Friday Wedding. Or choose the midweek Tea & Buffet Wedding.
Check there's no wedding before your date on availability calendars.
If no Wedding before your wedding day, you can reserve some bedrooms for the night before, for your own guests.
However you cannot reserve rooms the night before your wedding if your wedding is on a Saturday, as we'll have another wedding on Friday and they'll need all our bedrooms for their wedding.
Choose your Wedding Package
- off-season dates
(4) For Winter Weddings
Jan - March
& Last Minute Weddings
(within next 6-7 months)
If your wedding date is in next 6 - 7 months, or in Jan Feb March, see Last Minute Wedding Package (Min. 50 day guests with Min. 20 guests overnight.)
In winter (Jan, Feb, Mar) the wedding before yours will be a smaller winter wedding not using all bedrooms.
While priority is given to the wedding of the day, if they need more rooms, most winter weddings are smaller, so your guests should be able to stay 'the night before'.
Inflation & Pricing
last updated 06/02/2024
"Despite inflation at 10% in 2022, we held our rates unchanged up to end 2023, to see how long so called 'transitory' inflation lasted.
We did not want to raise prices as one of our selling points is how reasonable our rates are. Indeed we'd not increased the wedding meals and drinks package pricing since 2018!
Yet our running costs have gone up by circa 40% in that time.
Sadly inflation is now 'bedding in' at 10% or more, even as wedding couples' available funds drop.
The Ukraine war continues, supply chain weaknesses due to Middle East instability, and economic policy failures, all combine to threaten yet more inflation. Customer concerns about 'cost of living' are feeding into a drop in business at the very time businesses need to repay COVID loans and survive an increase in costs. Wages are spiralling for Hospitality.
Our food and fuel/ heating and 'hospitality' running costs and castle maintenance have shot up much higher than the 10% national inflation rate. Rates for 2024-2026 allow for continued 10% inflation in costs of the wedding breakfast, drinks, venue hire and all sundries. This may not be sufficient.
If we stick to 10% incremental increases, our rates will remain largely unchanged in real terms; it's the value of money that's dropping.
Inflation reduces what your money will buy. Venues have to forecast the 'value of money' in 2 - 4 years time. Our prices were slipping lower compared to most wedding venues. With weddings sold so far in advance, all venues must estimate for inflation - not the supposed 'national rate', but the actual rate in 'Hospitality'.
Venues need much the same income. We can either host 50 weddings at £20k or 100 at £10k each!
More bookings allowed lower pricing per event.
We offered lower rates because we hosted more weddings (145 in 2022). Yet with food up, electricity (up triple in one year!) and heating bills all increasing hugely in last 12 months, our prices fell below our costs. For 2024 we saw 'weddings booked' drop to just 61 (as of June 2023). It has since picked up a bit due to Last Minute deals. Under-pricing with Last Minute deals is not sustainable if we do not sell at volume. Arguably, Last Minute deals are not even sustainable at volume.
So not only must wedding tariffs move in line with inflation, we must also now price for holding fewer weddings.
We may also consider closing completely in winter months rather than remain open for weddings all year.
As this pattern is mirrored across all other venues, venues that wish to remain commercially viable will increase tariffs in 2025/6. The alternative is to cease trading. A half-way point is to close in the winter months. This means winter deals will cease as it becomes cheaper to close in winter, but you may find some good summer deals as the odd unfilled date is sold off
Book a date ASAP to 'lock in' our current tariffs for weddings in 2025-2026.
Book your date early to secure current rates - start a monthly instalment plan a year or more in advance of your wedding date."
Choose your Wedding Package
- Special Interest Groups
Armed Forces/ NHS etc: A separate niche wedding package for members of Armed Forces and Emergency Services including NHS. This is for any client whose job may require them to alter their wedding date through no fault of their own. Special terms allow for moving the date - see Armed Forces and Emergency Services Discounted Wedding Package.
Indian Weddings: These are large weddings often with specialist menus spread over 2-3 days. For 2 - 3 consecutive days you need to book 2-3 years ahead in peak season. See Indian Weddings. Our capacity is max 150 day we may be too small a venue for large (over 150 guests) Indian Weddings.
Baby Showers - see Baby Showers.
Wedding Anniversary Parties - see Wedding Anniversary.
Ceremony Only Weddings in Opera house - see Opera House Wedding Ceremony.
Ceremony Only Weddings in Summer House - see Summer House Weddings.
19/05/2022 - AB26: We had good food and enjoyed it. Very hard working staff and so friendly. The waitress was kind to Gran on the first night and offered her preferences to what was on the menu. Much appreciated. Beautiful and easily accessible. A very beautiful place I would recommend. I took my dog and it was easy to get her in and out to the gardens and the park. We joined a wedding party for 2 nights . It was wonderful to stay in a fairytale setting and it was just like being a guest in a friend's home . Thank you. Read More 2022 reviews from guests here.
Wedding Availability - Years |
Booking wedding dates 'remotely' 1. Arrange a viewing with a wedding planner via What's App / Zoom. 2. Reserve your date with initial £250 deposit to reserve your date. 3. Confirm you wish to go ahead with your date within 7 days of viewing in person |
Day | Min No | Wedding Packages |
Sat Fri | 70 60 | |
Sun- Thu | 50 | |
Wedding Package Selector - check which wedding package fits your requirements | ||
Any day | 100 | |
Any day | 50 | |
Sun- Thur | 25 | |
Wed only | 40 | |
Any Day | 100 | |
Any Day | 70 | |
Tariffs | ||
detailed pricing table | ||
for all our main wedding packages | ||
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