Weddings at Newcastle Castle
Your Story, Your Love, Your Future
Your very own castle for your wedding day…
Newcastle Castle is a unique and enchanting venue which gives you the opportunity to host your wedding in one of the North East’s most iconic and historic buildings.
Imagine celebrating your wedding like kings and queens of old. You can amaze and entertain your guests in the magnificent Castle Keep, giving you some truly unique wedding photographs to treasure forever.
Newcastle Castle offers a host of exciting opportunities to create your own authentic love story.
Your wedding experience awaits you…
Rooms and Spaces
The Harbottle Suite
Situated within our 13th-century gatehouse, The Harbottle Suite is where you can begin your wedding journey at Newcastle Castle. Licensed for civil ceremonies, it is a blank canvas space perfect for creating a bespoke wedding ceremony.
Building: The Black Gate
Capacity: 50
Accessibility: Step-free access via lift
Available for: Civil ceremonies, blessings, commitment ceremonies, vow renewals
The Chapel
With its vaulted ceiling and distinctive Norman stone decoration, The Chapel is the most intimate and breathtakingly beautiful space at Newcastle Castle. Once dedicated to St Thomas à Becket, it is now a romantic space to hold a blessing or ritual.
Building: Castle Keep
Capacity: 30
Accessibility: 4 steps
Available for: Blessings, commitment ceremonies, vow renewals
The Gaol
The Gaol is the oldest room in Newcastle, adorned with a striking central pillar which reaches high into a spectacular umbrella-vaulted ceiling. It is now a perfect space to host a wedding reception and celebrate with your loved ones.
Building: Castle Keep
Capacity: 50
Accessibility: Step-free access via ground floor
Available for: Wedding receptions
The Great Hall
Imagine walking through the royal ceremonial doors into the majestic 43ft high Great Hall, to be greeted by your guests as a newly married couple. As the largest and grandest room in Newcastle Castle, it is a magnificent space to enjoy your wedding celebration.
Building: Castle Keep
Capacity: 80 standing, 50 seated at tables
Accessibility: 50-54 steps from ground floor
Available for: Wedding receptions, blessings, commitment ceremonies, vow renewals
The Rooftop
For a unique setting for your wedding photographs, you and your guests can make your way up the spiral staircase to take in the most stunning 360-degree views of Newcastle, across the Tyne Valley and beyond. Perfect for a sunset backdrop.
Building: Castle Keep
Capacity: 80 standing
Accessibility: 121-124 steps from ground floor
Available for: Rooftop photos
Wedding Packages
Whether you’re dreaming big or small, you’ll find the wedding for you here at Newcastle Castle.
At the heart of each package is your ceremony, with legal ceremonies taking place in the Black Gate’s Harbottle Suite and non-legal ceremonies in the Castle Keep’s Chapel.
You can upgrade your castle wedding package by choosing both types of ceremony, or by including a drinks reception in the Castle Keep Gaol.
Or how about the entire castle? With our Twilight Package, Newcastle Castle is all yours into the night, giving you and your guests exclusive and bespoke use of the spectacular Great Hall, rooftop, and aforementioned rooms.
What’s more is all of our wedding packages include a dedicated wedding coordinator, who will guide you through the process of crafting your castle wedding.
Food and Drink
Newcastle Castle is a dry-hire venue, which gives you the flexibility to hire in food and drink suppliers or bring your own from home.
We have worked with a range of suppliers and can offer personalised recommendations, from gourmet canapes to hearty hog roasts, and fine wines to fully-stocked bars.
And while each package includes a variety of in-house furniture and decorations, you are welcome to supplement or replace these with your own.
Legal Ceremony
If you’re looking for elegant simplicity, look no further. Perhaps you’d like an intimate and beautiful wedding, or maybe you’d like a castle ceremony as part of a grand, multi-venue occasion. Or you might just want to get married in a Norman fortress. Whatever your preference, this package suits all.
Room: The Harbottle Suite (includes use of Museum Room for drinks)
Capacity: 50 guests
Duration: 2 hours
Food and drink: Self-catered drinks only (Museum Room, no corkage)
Availability: Year-round
Price: £950
Non-Legal Ceremony
Under the gorgeous decorative arches of the castle’s 12th-century Chapel, you can pledge your vows in a truly romantic, personal and non-legal ceremony. This package is ideal for couples who have already married elsewhere, would like to renew their vows, or do not desire a legal ceremony.
Room: The Chapel or the Harbottle Suite
Capacity: 30 guests (50 for the Harbottle Suite)
Duration: 2 hours
Food and drink: Self-catered drinks only (no corkage)
Availability: March to November (year-round for the Harbottle Suite)
Price: £950
Ceremony and Blessing
For the most intimate and personal wedding day, you can follow your legal ceremony in The Harbottle Suite with a blessing or handfasting in the Castle’s intricately beautiful Chapel. As well as making your union official, this package allows you to pledge yourselves to one another in a bespoke and romantic fashion.
Rooms: The Harbottle Suite (ceremony) and the Chapel (blessing)
Capacity: 30 guests
Duration: 3 hours
Food and drink: Self-catered drinks only (no corkage)
Availability: March to November
Price: £1500
Ceremony and Drinks Reception
Celebrate with a toast by upgrading your package to include a Drinks Reception. You and your guests will make your way from the Black Gate and into Newcastle’s oldest room to raise a glass, share laughter and make precious memories, while you can also enjoy an intimate blessing in the Chapel. After 17:00, you’ll also be free to roam the Castle Keep with exclusive access.
Rooms: The Harbottle Suite (ceremony), the Chapel (blessing) and the Gaol (reception)
Capacity: 50 guests (30 for blessing in Chapel)
Duration: 15:00-19:00 (4 hours)
Food and drink: Cold catering hire and bar hire allowed, or self-catered food and drink (no corkage)
Availability: March to November
Price: £2500 (off-peak), £2995 (April or August)
Twilight Package
Newcastle Castle is yours for the night: with our Twilight Package, you and your guests will have full use of the entire Castle Keep following your ceremony in the Black Gate. Whether it’s a blessing in the Chapel, drinks in the Gaol, dining in the Great Hall or a first dance on the Rooftop, you have complete freedom to spend your day, your way.
Rooms: The Harbottle Suite (ceremony) and the entire Castle Keep
Capacity: 50 guests (ceremony), 80 guests (reception)
Duration: 15:00-23:00 (8 hours)
Food and drink: Hot or cold catering hire and bar hire allowed, or self-catered food and drink (no corkage)
Availability: April to October
Price: £4995 (off-peak), £5995 (April or August)
Medieval Extras
Medieval Musician
Live entertainment by a local musician playing authentic and rousing medieval music, from medieval pipes to the hurdy gurdy. For something more gentle, Northumbrian pipes are also available. (Maximum 3 hours) Price: £250
Sword Fighting Display
Thrill your guests with a daring sword fighting display by trained reenactors. Armed with replica medieval blades and dressed to kill, can you predict who will come out on top? (Approx. 30 minutes) Price: £150
Surly Guards
Adorned with helmet and sword and dressed in the town colours of medieval Newcastle, your own vigilant guards will stand watch and greet your guests on arrival. (Maximum 2 hours) Price: £150 per guard
Testimonials
“A Geordie fairy tale brought to life. Having our wedding at the Castle saw our dreams quite literally come true…”
“A huge thank you to everyone at the Castle Keep for helping us create such an amazing memorable day.”
“We cannot thank you enough for Saturday!!! The Harbottle Suite looked absolutely amazing, everything was perfect.”
“We wanted somewhere grand and historical… it was perfect! There were so many magical moments… the castle is a unique and special place.”
Photography Credit
Phil Smith Photography: https://www.philsmithphotography.co.uk/
Laurence Sweeney Photography: Laurence Sweeney Photography
Victoria Sponge Photography: Victoria Sponge Photography
Phil Punton Photography: Weddings | Phil Punton
Ben Smith Photography North: Photography North
Faux Eleven Photography
Curt Taylor
