Sudeley Castle Wedding Photography

A castle near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, built in 1442. St Mary's Chapel is used for blessings for up to 130 guests, and the Orangery takes up to 150.

Check the current details with the castle: sudeleycastle.co.uk/weddings

Bride and groom holding hands, the bride's white bouquet held in front of her dress
Bride swirling the skirt of her gown in a stone doorway

Getting married at Sudeley Castle

St Mary's Chapel at Sudeley is used for blessings, for up to 130 guests. The castle's own site describes them as blessings, so if you want a civil ceremony, check with Sudeley what is possible. The Orangery takes up to 150 for the wedding breakfast, and Ralph Boteler built the castle in 1442.

If you would like to stay on the estate, there are 19 holiday cottages. I photograph documentary-first, so the day is told as it happened: the arrivals, the ceremony, the guests and the quiet moments in between. Details and availability change, so check the current ones with the castle: sudeleycastle.co.uk/weddings

Bride in her gown standing by a lamp-lit window before the ceremony
Bride holding her bouquet in an open field
Bride and groom kissing in front of a tall green hedge

About Sudeley Castle

Sudeley Castle stands near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. Ralph Boteler built it in 1442, and Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last queen, died there in 1548.

The castle's own site lists St Mary's Chapel for blessings, the Orangery for the wedding breakfast and 19 holiday cottages on the estate. Prices and availability change, so I have left them out here: sudeleycastle.co.uk/weddings

At a glance

Weddings: St Mary's Chapel is used for blessings, for up to 130 guests. Sudeley's own site describes these as blessings, so check with the castle about a civil ceremony.
The Orangery: up to 150.
Staying over: 19 holiday cottages on the estate.
The castle: Ralph Boteler built it in 1442, and Katherine Parr died there in 1548.
More: sudeleycastle.co.uk/weddings

Where are the best places for portraits at Sudeley Castle?
That depends on what the castle allows on the day, so ask them when you book.

London to Paris

And everywhere in between

Have a story to tell? I’d love to hear it. Let’s begin with a simple note.

Enquire now