Award winning Castle Wedding Venue in South Wales for your big day!
11/11/2024 - Craig y Nos Castle Awarded
- this is not a Wales regional award, it is for 'Venue of the Year' for the whole of the UK
near Swansea in South Wales
Exclusive use Castle
Key Wedding Venue Information at a glance:
1. Straightforward Simple Pricing / Best Possible Price
All 2025 Friday Weddings are now £5,000 for 50 day guests & 75 evening guests and 2025 Saturdays are £6,000 for 60 guests day and 85 evening guests (saves £3,000).
Friday 2026 Weddings - £9,000 for 60 day guests and 85 evening, and 2026 Saturday Weddings - £10,000 for 70 day and 95 evening guests.
This simple pricing is much less than most wedding venues. Other South Wales castles charge £5,000-£7,000 just to walk in the door - for wedding venue hire alone! For that amount with us, you get the complete wedding package with no extra charges!
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2. Budget Realistically!
For any Wales Wedding Venue, you'll likely budget £5-10k in 2025 and £10-15k or more in 2026.
Assuming 50 guests, allow £5,000 for the wedding reception, wedding banquet, venue hire, drinks package, and evening buffet, ceremony room etc on a 2025 last minute deal, or £9-10,000 for 60-70 guests in 2026. Add £5k for Suppliers: Registrar, Wedding Photographer, Wedding DJ, Decor / Florist, Wedding Cake, Rings, Wedding Dress & Clothes hire, etc.
3. Blink and it's all over!
A year or more can go into planning/ budgeting for your Wedding Day. All your preparation and investment and suddenly your wedding day arrives! Only for you to find 'it's all over in the blink of an eye'. Couples say afterwards, "We wish we could do it all again - it was all over so fast".
To make your Special Occasion with your new family and all your new relatives really last, we say, "Make a full weekend of it".
Why settle for a 'blink and it's gone' one day wedding like everyone else? You're special! Book a £35/ head evening meal the night before. Make yours a two day weekend wedding where everyone arrives leisurely the day before.
Enjoy an informal supper in the castle on the eve of your wedding day. Means no rush getting to the venue on your wedding day. Settling everyone in to their rooms the night before makes a castle wedding so much more relaxing for you and your guests.
4. We're on A4067 - SA9 1GL
Our Post code is SA9 1GL. Check our location on a route planner/ sat nav before viewing. We are in Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. Our Phone number is 01639 731167. You can book a viewing here.
5. We're a 'destination wedding venue'
Read what a Destination Wedding Venue is here. Your guests will want to stay overnight and make a weekend of it. We can sleep up to 100 guests - enough accommodation for all your wedding guests.
6. Most Couples will happily spend £3,000 more...
...on their wedding venue than they need to.
Couples often don't realise what some venues really charge until the extras get added on. We even get Couples who say they got carried away booking at 'another venue', coming to us once they realise the savings we offer (often at the expense of losing their deposits at the other venue).
So our message to you is: view Craig y Nos before you get tempted by anywhere else!
If you're not like 'most Couples' you'll find our 2025 wedding packages are very competitively priced, with no hidden extras being added later!
7. From 'Intimate Weddings' for 25, to 50 - 70 guests or more
Castle Wedding Packages from 25 to 130 wedding guests. Your wedding at Craig y Nos Castle will be comfortably within your wedding budget - book your viewing here.
8. Visit for Castle Events & Dinners!
Come to one of our Castle events for a more 'informal viewing'. Sample an 'occasion' at the Castle, and an overnight stay at one of our dinner B&B events here. 'Scroll down' to see all our events listed.
Events include Murder Mystery Dinners, Ghost Hunts, Comedy Nights, Retreat weekends, Murder mystery weekends, etc. Discover the charms of our Gothic Victorian Castle hide-away in the Brecon Beacons National Park at one of our regular weekend events.
Great Service & Friendly Staff
in South Wales' most
Romantic Castle Wedding Venue
Reception - 01639 731167
Where everyone you invite can Stay Overnight & Party Late in your own private Castle! .... And your guests can stay the 'night before' at a 30% discount.
(A) £1,000 of Extras with Wedding Suppliers: free Upgrades worth £1,000 from DJ, Photographer, Decor/ Florist, Wedding Cake etc. See Suppliers Added Value Extras (S.A.V.E.). Applies to any 2025 wedding.
(B) 25 Free Evening Buffets (worth £525) on Last Minute Wedding Package at 55 guests or more. Applies to Last Minute Weddings and Fridays in 2025.
Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any existing offer. Weddings must be a minimum Value of £5,280.
Exclusive Use
Your Wedding in a Castle -
We only allow one wedding a day so our Castle is exclusively yours for your wedding day.
Wedding Guest?
If you are a Wedding Guest wishing to book a room for a wedding please book your room here.
Castle Wedding Packages
Your wedding planner will select a Wedding Package that's just right for you - see all Wedding Packages.
What are you looking for?
- a premium two day two night wedding, with an evening meal before, and wedding the next day, over a Friday and Saturday - see Weekend VIP Wedding. This is for large weddings where lots of guests wish to stay over for the full weekend, and where accommodation use by guests allows us to discount the wedding cost to the Couple by about 30%, saving you £10k over standard tariffs.
- an intimate wedding for smaller weddings from 25 guests
- Best Value 'Last Minute' rates for any wedding in 2025 for Couples wishing to make a substantial saving and get the best possible price (for a one day or a two day wedding in 2025)
- Blue Light Card Holder weddings, for NHS / Armed forces - see emergency services discounted weddings (unique to Craig y Nos Castle)
- A cream tea and buffet wedding, replacing the traditional wedding banquet with an informal tea followed by an evening buffet
- one day weekend weddings in 2026 or 2027
Wedding Budgeting
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Last Minute Weddings 2025
Comprehensive Wedding Package for 50 guests - see Last Minute Weddings - £5,000 for 50 day and 75 evening guests on 2025 Fridays and £6,000 for 60 day guests and 85 evening on 2025 Saturdays.
Also see Twelve Castle Wedding Offers 2024/5
Two day
- full Exclusive Use of Castle for a whole 2 day weekend
Craig y Nos Castle's V.I.P. All Inclusive & Unique 2-day Wedding Package with 70 Guests staying overnight two nights - read more
Weddings from just 25 guests
for smaller weddings
Unsure how many Wedding Guests to invite? No need to commit to large numbers, for 2025 Fridays. Get your date confirmed now! Booking an Intimate Wedding Package for any Friday in 2025 - 25 Guests for £5,000.
Tip: Book Intimate. Send out invites. Upgrade onto 'Last Minute' nearer your date once numbers known - £5,280 for 55 guests on Last Minute Wedding Package (A). Works out at £280 extra for 30 extra guests continue reading.
Key Worker/ Armed Forces?
Blue Light Card Weddings
Are you or your partner a Key Worker in NHS, Emergency Services or serving in Armed Forces/ Military? - read more
Informal Afternoon Tea
instead of Full Banquet Option
Some Couples replace the traditional 'Wedding Breakfast' with a Cream Tea in the afternoon and an evening buffet See Afternoon Tea & Evening Buffet Wedding.
Select your Wedding Package
Go to Wedding Package Selector - for the best wedding package for your guest numbers
The 2024 Budget We'll mull over the effect of the Budget over the next 12 weeks. Certainly we'll have to increase 'last minute wedding' package above existing rates from 01/04/2025, to cover higher employment costs which were not known when we last set our 'last minute' rates. Our last minute rating chart will be updated on 31st Jan 2025. Wedding Contracts signed prior to 31/01/25 for 2025 dates will be at current published 2025 rates. |
Best Value
Best Value in Wales!
Craig y Nos offers best value on its Wedding Packages. Our Wedding Night B&B rates for guests have not been increased since 2010. See our 'Best Value for Money Guarantee' on all our Wedding Packages.
The historic opera house at Craig y Nos was built by a world-renowned opera star to entertain her society guests and European Royalty.
Menu Tasters
Surprise your partner and book a Wedding Menu Tasting Dinner for Two - see Wedding Menu Taster dates here.
Viewings
Visit on one of our
Awards & Reviews
A Recent Review
Review from Dec 8, 2023 Best wedding venue bar none. I want to get married just to book and do it all again. Perfection from start to finish continue reading here....
A recent review
Review from 09/12/2023: "Wonderful Wedding Venue Wow what an amazing place. I went there to attend my friends wedding. When you arrive the beauty of the building (nestled in the mountains) is breathtaking and continue reading here....
We win many regional Awards, e.g. South Wales Wedding Venue of the Year etc. As of 11/11/2024 we won National Wedding Venue of the Year - read more here.
"My home is my Castle"
Picture Craig y Nos as your Home from Home for your family and friends on your Wedding Day
Princess (or Prince!) of the Castle
Craig y Nos, where you are Prince/ Princess, or Princes/ Princesses of the Castle for your Wedding Day
Wedding Day Schedule
A wedding at Craig y Nos Castle
is a dream come true....
Plan your Wedding Day here now! See our suggested Wedding Day Schedule here. Click on pic / arrows below to see your wedding day:
Links
For New Brides & Grooms
BLOG: We are a 'Destination Wedding Venue' - But what is a Destination Wedding Venue?
See 'Function Rooms'
See 'Weekend Wedding Package' for Friday/ Saturday weddings
See Ceremony Room
See Last Minute Wedding Package - weddings within 6 - 9 months
To visit - 'Book a Viewing'
Wedding Venues South Wales
Wedding packages, wedding ceremony and wedding reception in South Wales in Brecon Beacons National Park in one of the most romantic Wedding Venues in South Wales
Craig y Nos Castle
Find us on Brecon Road near Penycae, Powys, before the Welsh Show Caves. Post code SA9 1GL.
Craig y Nos Castle overlooks its own Country Park, enjoying panoramic, scenic views of the Welsh countryside, and can house 150 guests. We are now 'cashless' - read more here.
Enjoy a Homely Welcome and Friendly Service at Craig y Nos Castle