The Setting

True to its original glamorous spirit, Café Royal has reopened as a luxury hotel in the heart of central London, with elegant Mayfair to the west and creative Soho to the east.

The Vibe

A variety of dedicated event spaces seamlessly blend the grandeur of Hotel Café Royal, and its Grade II listed architecture, with modern design and contemporary features – creating the perfect backdrop for any style of wedding or civil ceremony.

The Pompadour Ballroom, ornately gilded and beautifully restored, is the largest and most decadent event space. A series of fluted Corinthian pilasters and mirrored panels with gilded frames are accented further by a rich decorative ceiling which elaborately depicts scenes of love. Large double doors lead on to a pillared outdoor terrace with views up and down the sweep of Regent Street.

In its reincarnation this iconic London landmark now features 160 contemporary guestrooms, including 54 suites and seven signature suites. Continuing its celebrated legacy, Hotel Café Royal offers a selection of restaurants and bars for guests to enjoy and to complete the full experience, the Akasha Holistic Wellbeing Centre offers a large lap pool, Watsu pool, sauna and Hammam/steam room and features a range of signature treatments which marry innovative Western practices with ancient Eastern tradition.

Professional wedding planners consult closely with you on every last detail, from flowers and entertainment to seating arrangements, hair, make-up and menus. Hotel Café Royal’s chefs are proud to offer their culinary expertise and the discreet service perfects every detail from arrival to departure.

This is a luxury wedding venue experience…

The Setting

Healey Barn is a beautiful wedding venue in the Northumbrian countryside, near the small village of Healey, 6 miles south of Corbridge in the Tyne Valley, and just 19 and 24 miles from the centres of Newcastle and Durham, respectively. It comprises a collection of traditional stone farm buildings surrounding a sheltered courtyard.

The Vibe

The Long Barn is the main building, and it has a spectacular oak “raised cruck” roof, three giant candelabra, many wall-mounted candle holders, a fairy-lit ceiling and, of course, a barn-sized stone fireplace, which together create an enchanting and romantic atmosphere, perfect for Civil Ceremonies or the arrival point after a Church Wedding (later this becomes the dance floor!).

Leading off the Long Barn is the Dining Room, the old cow byre, with another lovely oak roof, a glass wall looking into the Courtyard on one side, and windows to a fantastic Northumbrian view on the other. The dining room is designed to feel spacious and luxurious for smaller numbers but will accommodate larger numbers.

At the end of the dining room is a copper-clad building with glass doors that open onto a small terrace and the garden.

The courtyard is sheltered by buildings and is perfect for post-ceremony drinks on a mild day. It will be pretty magical at night, with fairy-lit trees, fire pits, and lanterns. There are two giant oak planters with seats around them, six umbrella-topped trees, two fire pits, various benches, cosy sun traps and planted troughs and borders. An open-sided building with garden furniture provides a covered outside area and a smokers’ refuge.

The northernmost building, the Store Room, contains smart toilets and the Bride’s Room, where, before Civil ceremonies, the Bride can arrive discreetly and see the Registrars before entering the Long Room.

Their food formula is “Buy the best, cook it simply, serve it generously”. They like to make their food dramatic and delicious, so there’s an 8-spit rotisserie visible through a glass screen from the Dining Room and a large, mobile BBQ.

Healey Barn is a family-run business, so if you want a relaxed feel with incredible food and excellent service, this is the wedding venue for you.

* 146 guests for the reception and meal, but up to 200 for the evening celebrations!

The Setting

This magnificently-isolated wedding venue in the heart of Gloucestershire has stunning gardens and overlooks the spectacular, rolling Cotswold Hills with no other building in sight. There are plenty of idyllic country inns for accommodation nearby, and many taxi companies operate in the area, so guests can let their hair down and celebrate in style!

The Vibe

Cripps Barn is a lovely old Cotswold stone barn in beautiful countryside near Bibury. It has flagstone floors, an open fireplace and a large south-facing terrace with firepits and a bonfire in the garden.

Cripps Barn is a family-run business; if it’s a relaxed feel you want with incredible food and excellent service, this is the place for you. You can get married in the barn or outside in their lovely woodland glade. After the wedding and the meal, the barn makes the perfect place to party. You can do this right up until 1am!

There’s free camping available in the next-door field.

Cripps Barn are known for their whole BBQ’d lambs, sirloin bricks or butterflied leg of lamb. Alternatively, you can have rotisserie chicken, suckling pig or duck. They only use the best ingredients and serve feast-style food in bowls on the tables. Simple, wholesome and oh-so-yummy!

*Ceremony Capacity: Licensed for 120 guests in the main stone barn; however, a further 30 can be seated in the adjoining Oak Room. Outside, there is room for 150 guests. 

**Reception capacity: Space for 150 guests for your reception/wedding breakfast and up to 250 for an evening party.

The Setting

Shustoke Farm Barns is a Warwickshire wedding venue just east of Coleshill and about 20 minutes from the centres of Birmingham and Coventry. The barns are red brick 18th-century buildings and are wonderfully tall and dramatic inside, and they surround a lovely courtyard.

The Vibe

Inside the Barns, there are flagstone floors, lots of beautiful oak, a civil ceremony area licensed for 189 people, which also seats up to 140 to eat, an upstairs drinks area, a copper-topped bar and a view of the giant rotisserie through a large glass panel into the kitchen. There are remote control lights to spotlight tables, colour-changing LED uplighters for the dancing stage of the evening, and nightlights, fairy lights and church candles!

Outside is a courtyard with five ancient olive trees and an open shed with an outside kitchen where they can cook six whole lambs, barbecue anything, or make pizzas.

Shustoke Farm Barns is a small family-run business, so if you want a relaxed feel with incredible food and excellent service, this is the wedding venue for you.

* 140 guests for the reception and meal, but up to 200 for the evening celebrations!

The Setting

Stone Barn is a lovely old Cotswold stone barn, magnificently isolated in the heart of the beautiful Cotswolds countryside near Aldsworth. This venue has stunning gardens and overlooks the spectacular, rolling Cotswold Hills with no other building in sight.

The Vibe

The Stone Barn is elegantly simple, with flagstone floors and an open fireplace. Attached are Dutch Barns used as the Dining Area and contains (they are pretty sure!) Britain’s largest barbecue. The Dutch Barns are split-level and have corrugated iron, polished concrete and sawn oak floors.

There’s free camping available in the next-door field.

Cripps Barn are known for their whole BBQ’d lambs, sirloin bricks or butterflied leg of lamb. Alternatively, you can have rotisserie chicken, suckling pig or duck. They only use the best ingredients and serve feast-style food in bowls on the tables. Simple, wholesome and oh-so-yummy!

Stone Barn is a family-run business, and if it is a relaxed feel you want, with incredible food and excellent service, then this is the place for you!

* 194 guests for the reception and meal, but up to 250 for the evening celebrations!