Dry-Hire Option Conservatory & Opera House Craig y Nos Castle
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Dry Hire of the Conservatory
& Conservatory Terrace
Craig y Nos Castle
Your Wedding Day Room - self-catering option
A Castle Wedding Venue
At a Low net Cost to Couples
How you can organise your wedding at less than £2,000 in 5 simple steps....
1. 'Dry Hire' - Exclusive Use of the Conservatory @ £1,390 (2026)
2. Hire Bar in Conservatory @ £500 (2026)
3. Total Dry Hire Spend £1,890 (2026)
3. Stock Bar with your own wine and bottled beers. Serve drinks at standard hotel price of 'times three' mark-up. Stock up the bar with £1,000 of beverages and sell at three times the cost, this grosses you £3,000. Profit £2,000.*
4. Put your profit of £2,000 towards the £1,890 dry hire above, leaving £110 spare. £110 will pay for someone to serve the drinks for you! Hire a bar person off us for £110. They serve and take payments for you, count stock, and supervise the correct management and service of alcohol to guests, including supply of glasses.
5. Net cost of Dry Hire less Bar Profit is near zero. Add Street Food for £1,000 (50 guests) to £2,000 (100 guests) as below, so net cost of entire wedding reception comes in under £2k.
* Assumes an average alcohol consumption of £35 per guest times 85 guests. Fewer guests reduces your profit. Assumes most guests are staying overnight (as they then drink more and party later). Also assumes guests pay for own table wine (so your guests buy their own drinks for the tables) and of course, do not end up bringing their own wine!
Catering Options - Street Food
Catering is the most expensive element at a wedding. Venues charge over £100 a head for a Wedding Banquet, Evening Buffet & a Drinks Package. Fully serviced wedding prices are increasing to cover the taxes on Venues. Rachel's increased Employers' NI (at 15%), VAT (at 20%), Payroll Taxes, Pensions contributions, higher NMW etc means 80% of the cost of serving you a traditional wedding banquet goes in taxes and wages.
Save with self-catering. Dry Hire avoids all of this cost to both you and the venue.
Dry Hire allows you to hire in a Street Food Vendor of your preferred food style, from as little as £10 - £15 a head, to serve food of your choice from a mobile van / food truck. This can be parked in the Atrium Yard outside the Conservatory, or in the main Courtyard (latter means moving out all cars and is subject to availability).
Dry Hire does not include use of Castle Kitchen facilities; you will need outside caterers serving from a catering van.
Check Swansea Street Food Caterers in the Swansea area. A quick glance shows costs are from £10 to £15 a head. So for 'street food' caterers, allow from £1,000 for 50 guests (to add a few extras), 100 guests maybe allow £1,500 to £2,000.
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The Conservatory
(A) Dry Hire of Conservatory Only: £1,390 (2026)
See Conservatory as Banqueting room here. You supply all food and beverages. You do all decor work and 'changeovers of the room'. We provide tables, chairs, table cloths, and plates and cutlery.
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(B) Hire of your own private Bar (within Conservatory); stock with your own bottles, spirits and wines: £500
Ceremony Room Options
(C) Add Theatre as Ceremony Room - Optional. You hire the theatre only if marrying in the castle's opera House. The normal 2026 hire rate of £1,065 is reduced to £500 under this offer.
Or you can marry in the Conservatory at NO further charge by using the Conservatory as your Ceremony Room. While this saves you £500 hiring the Opera House, you will then have to 'change-over' the Conservatory ready for dining, meaning you cannot decorate your tables until after the Ceremony.
(D) Book Registrar and Other Suppliers.
You book and pay for the Registrar separately, along with all your Wedding Suppliers. Read more on Registrar and other suppliers here.
Availability
Any Weekday in Any Year, and Any weekend in next 6 months where we have no bookings, including pretty much all of Jan Feb and March 2026.
Accommodation Options for Your Guests
Guests B&B is Optional but recommended.
All your guests pay for their own accommodation. There is no obligation for guests to stay. However guests who do stay, will party late.
B&B Option
£150 B&B first night for two in an en suite, £105 for two second night.
Budget Option: £70 B&B for two in a Non-Ensuite.
Room Only Option
Room Only Option for two people in en-suite double, £99 per room per night.
Breakfast is not included under this option. Guests can either be catered for by you / street food in morning, or they can go to Country Park Cafe where breakfast is served all day at £12/ head.
