Outdoor Ceremonies
Where better to declare your love in front of your nearest and dearest than the impeccably maintained grounds of a stately home.
Getting ready for your big day
Before the Ceremony
When you hire Prestwold Hall for your wedding, you can enjoy exclusive use of the entire house, offering lots of luxurious spaces for you to get ready, celebrate, and spend time with loved ones.
The Dressing Room is a beautifully lit haven for you to pop the champagne and prepare for the wedding. Available from 8am, it provides a spacious and relaxing environment for those getting ready photos that you’ll cherish for a lifetime.
Our fabulous House Bar is the perfect place to pin on buttonholes, practise speeches and raise a glass to the happy couple before the ceremony. With indulgent décor reminiscent of a 1920s gentleman’s club, this inviting and relaxing space is open from 11am.
Experience our Stunning Gardens
Your Outdoor Wedding
The gardens of Prestwold Hall are a wedding photographer’s dream, with plenty of lush greenery, vibrant flowers and beautiful pathways to make your wedding album even more memorable.
Walk the aisle to the altar set up in our striking Georgian gazebo, adorned with your choice of fresh flowers and decorations to complement your wedding design.
As well as civil wedding ceremonies in the gazebo, we also accommodate celebrant-led services, which can take place anywhere in the gardens. From the manicured lawns and picturesque rose garden to fringing woodland and rows of mature cedars, the grounds provide endless photo-ready backdrops.
For weddings in the winter, snow-capped evergreen trees and undisturbed powdery white lawns create a truly magical scene.
Your stunning outdoor wedding
A Beautiful Wedding Setting
Set in 2,500 acres of parkland, Prestwold Hall’s views extend from the south almost as far as the eye can see.
Our outdoor wedding ceremonies take place in the Georgian gazebo, which creates a spectacular centrepiece in Prestwold Hall’s beautiful and expansive gardens.
Celebrate the Occasion
After the Ceremony
While you disappear for your newlywed photo shoot, your guests will be able to enjoy our beautiful gardens and the stunning interior of Prestwold Hall for drinks and canapés.
Each wedding day is unique, and we are happy to accommodate both indoor and outdoor dining for your wedding breakfast and reception. Whether you choose the immaculate lawns or our opulent Dining Room, you can enjoy delicious meals prepared by our on-site chefs.
Gardens to celebrate your day
History of the Gardens
Charles James Packe (1726–1816) rebuilt Prestwold Hall in the 1760s and soon after created the parkland around it.
At this time, the gardens consisted of an informal lawn with shrubberies and trees to the north, east and west, with the main entrance to the Hall in the south. Standing on the northern part of the East Lawn runs a line of cedars, which were already said to be of notable size in 1780.
In 1842, following his remodelling of the house, architect William Burn turned his attention to transforming the external space, creating the gardens as we know them today. Burn added the porte cochère and entrance to the west, and created the garden that now lies to the south, with its meticulously arranged flower beds reflecting the classical symmetry of the house.
