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Places to stay in England that host weddings – and that are just as good for the other big days: a milestone birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, a christening or a family get-together. Book direct with the venue to talk through your plans, then book rooms nearby for your guests.
Wedding venue guide
45 wedding venues in North Yorkshire that aren’t hotels – barns, country houses, castles, estates and something a little different.
Filter by guest numbers, the style you love and the things that matter on the day, then find somewhere nearby for your guests to stay.
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45 venues
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Countryside barn venue in the Vale of Mowbray with 12 bedrooms.
£8,495–£16,495
Northallerton (approx. 4 km)
Address: Ainderby Steeple, Northallerton
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Medieval Priests House and restored Old Chapel beneath the ruins of 13th-century Barden Tower in Wharfedale.
£1,000–£8,000 total
House suits up to 30; Old Chapel up to 70 incl. evening. Accommodation is the Barden bunk barn (sleeps 24).
Address: Barden Tower, Bolton Abbey estate, Skipton, North Yorkshire
Receptions and celebrant-led ceremonies
Marquee receptions in tree-lined parkland of a renowned 100-acre arboretum on a 250-acre estate.
Price on request
Reception-only site: couples bring their own marquee and menu and arrange the ceremony elsewhere. Capacity up to 500.
Address: Thorp Perrow, Bedale, North Yorkshire DL8 2PS
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Family country house on the Wolds edge with ceremonies in 11th-century ruins, an estate church and a Victorian-kitchen evening space.
£15,000–£30,000
Six en-suite rooms for the bridal party; camping can be discussed.
Address: Birdsall House, Birdsall, Malton YO17 9NT
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Restored heritage steam railway station where ceremonies take place in the old ticket office, with steam train rides for guests.
Venue hire £3,350–£6,000
In-house catering £30–£60 pp or own caterer; corkage on own alcohol. Station is on a heritage line, not the national network.
Address: Bolton Abbey Station, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6AF
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
16th-century Grade II* listed barn on the Bolton Abbey estate with a terrace looking over the Priory ruins, open kitchen and fire pits.
Venue hire £2,000–£10,500 plus catering from £92 pp
Run by Cripps & Co; in-house catering only, no outside caterers. Summer terrace ceremonies; dogs by prior arrangement.
Finish time: Late licence until 1am
Address: The Tithe Barn, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX
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Country hall and grange near Selby with 5 bedrooms.
£6,750–£12,450
Address: Camblesforth, Selby
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Flamboyant Victorian Gothic stately home of the Duke of Norfolk's family with state rooms and five estate cottages.
Venue hire £4,000–£9,000 (2025–26)
Snaith (approx. 2.5 km)
No lift and steps to entrance. Cottages sleep a further 23. Cashless only.
Address: High Street, Carlton, Goole DN14 9LZ
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Late-14th-century fortress in Wensleydale with a cobbled courtyard, battlements, open fires and walled gardens.
Ceremony only £1,500; exclusive use £4,500–£5,500
Same price any day of year; own suppliers and no corkage. Steep steps in parts; evening capacity given as 200 or 240.
Address: Bolton Castle, Castle Bolton, near Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4ET
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Historic priory-turned-country house with three licensed Georgian rooms, ceremonies in the Long Gallery ruin and marquee sites in the grounds.
Exclusive-use dry hire from £3,500
Large numbers rely on a marquee; fireworks permitted.
Address: Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, York YO61 4AS
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Converted barn beside the ruins of a 14th-century castle with views over the Esk Valley in the North York Moors.
Typical £8,950; range £7,450–£11,950
Danby (approx. 1 km)
Sound limiter 85dB; real petal confetti only; couples book their own registrar/celebrant; ruins and Court Room not wheelchair accessible.
Address: Castle Lane, Danby, Whitby YO21 2NP
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Large barn complex near Northallerton with 19 bedrooms for guests.
£3,000–£12,600
Address: Danby Wiske, Northallerton
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Four redeveloped farm barns with panoramic Wharfedale views, styled as 'farmhouse-luxe'.
Venue hire £4,995–£18,995
Own caterers permitted; corkage on own alcohol. 14 bedrooms sleep 48.
Address: Wharfedale Grange, Harrogate Road, Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire LS17 9FD
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Secluded lakeside woodland estate with a ceremony yurt and eight tree-yurts for festival-style weekends.
Nest package £6,000 for 2-night exclusive hire
Address: Lake Fish Pond Wood, Eavestone, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3HA
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Traditional Dales-edge country inn near Skipton, listed among Bridebook's barn venues.
Up to £500 venue hire
Inn has rooms but trades as a pub.
Address: Tempest Arms, Elslack, near Skipton, North Yorkshire
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Architect-designed modern barn with bi-folds opening onto two wildlife lakes and a lakeside ceremony space.
Venue hire £6,000–£13,999, varies by day and season
Flexible 1–3 day hire; 50 bedrooms in on-site cottages (many with hot tubs) sleep 105. Seasonal offer from £7,000 advertised.
Address: Gilling Old Mill, Waters Lane, Gilling West, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 5JD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Nidderdale glamping farm with a restored stone barn and waterside vows space.
From £3,500 incl. accommodation
Up to 80 additional guests for a fee. Registrar/celebrant, food and marquees extra. Remote, no public transport nearby.
Finish time: Bar until midnight
Address: Castiles Farm, Grantley, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3PU
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1930s Art Deco pavilion with a stained-glass dome set in Harrogate's Valley Gardens.
Harrogate (approx. 1 km)
Address: The Sun Pavilion, Valley Gardens, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Baroque stately home with wedding breakfasts in the Saloon, set in 18th-century landscaped gardens and 450 acres of parkland.
Price on request
Address: Duncombe Park, Helmsley, York YO62 5EB
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Rustic wedding venue in the Selby district village of Hillam.
£3,500–£5,500
Address: Hillam, Selby
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Palladian family home of the Worsley family with parkland, cricket ground and estate woodland for outdoor events.
Price on request
Family home hosting a limited number of events a year; 220 is banquet capacity.
Address: Hovingham, York YO62 4LU
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Jacobean country house on the River Derwent in the Howardian Hills, run by Dine.
Venue hire £2,900–£6,900; packages from £11,184
In-house catering only (£80–£120 pp). Fireworks and confetti permitted; midweek exclusive-use package offered.
Address: Howsham, York YO60 7PB
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Open-air museum of rescued historic buildings in the North York Moors, with nine ceremony spots from a 16th-century manor house to an Iron Age roundhouse.
Ceremony locations from £495; Friday exclusive use £2,500 (2024)
Daytime ceremonies and informal receptions only, max 58 guests; museum stays open to public except Friday exclusive hire.
Finish time: Daytime only (hire ends 5pm Apr–Sep)
Address: Hutton-le-Hole, York YO62 6UA
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Britain's highest inn at 1,732 ft on the remote Swaledale moors, with a restored barn and permanent marquee.
Venue hire £1,995–£2,995; catering £19–£55 pp
External caterers also permitted. 9 bedrooms for 30+ guests. Barn seats 100, barn and marquee 150.
Address: Tan Hill Inn, High Lane, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6ED
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Upper Wharfedale estate beneath Kilnsey Crag, near Grassington.
From £15 pp
Address: Kilnsey Park, Kilnsey, Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Country inn above Kirkham Priory and the Derwent valley in the Howardian Hills.
£4,950–£7,950
Address: Kirkham Abbey, York
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Gothic Revival castle with a soaring Great Hall and parkland grounds between Harrogate and York.
£130–£200 pp packages
Catering by Bradshaw's of York included in packages; fireworks only via approved companies. Wedding-day entrance from the A168.
Address: Allerton Mauleverer, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 0SE
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Exclusive-use Jacobean stately home with royal connections in 12 acres of gardens near Harrogate.
Packages £16,500–£50,000 incl. 50 guests
Knaresborough (approx. 4 km)
17 bedrooms sleeping 40 included in packages.
Address: Goldsborough Hall, Church Street, Goldsborough, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8NR
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Palladian John Carr house with notable gardens at the entrance to Wensleydale, offering marquee weddings.
Historic Houses lists an outdoor marquee for weddings with in-house catering.
Address: Constable Burton Hall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5LJ
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Exclusive-use countryside house with 22 bedrooms and multi-day hire packages.
Micro weddings from £500; exclusive use from £8,000
Preferred caterers or own caterer (kitchen provided); marquees and confetti allowed. Midweek, seasonal and small-wedding discounts advertised.
Finish time: No finish times stated
Address: Thief Hole Lane, Northallerton DL7 9EH
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Seat of the Ingilby family for 700 years, with deer park, lakes and walled gardens in an estate village.
£9,250–£10,000 for up to 50 guests, or £100–£190 pp (min 70 guests)
23 bedrooms sleeping 46, plus the Boar's Head (owned by the estate) nearby.
Address: Ripley Castle Estate, Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 3AY
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
800-year-old privately owned moated medieval manor house hosting around ten intimate weddings a year.
Venue hire £1,500–£2,750; catering from £50 pp
No late dancing, rowdy parties or large marquees. Catering by The Dusty Miller; no corkage. Follow venue directions, not satnav.
Address: Markenfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3AD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Robert Adam-interiored stately home with famous gardens, a contemporary Orangery and a marquee site above the River Ure.
Price on request
Ceremonies in the Library (80), Orangery (70 in/120 out) or estate church (240); marquee site up to 500. No dogs in the gardens.
Address: Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 5AE
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Rustic field venue east of York rated 5.0 from 20 Bridebook reviews.
£5,000–£7,500
Address: Sand Hutton, York
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Victorian seafront spa complex on Scarborough's South Bay with rooms from the intimate Vita Dome to the grand Ocean Room.
£1,800–£8,000
Scarborough (approx. 1 km)
Capacities are Ocean Room dining (500) and max (700); Sun Court Suite (200) is the usual wedding room. Large mixed-use venue — exclusive use of the whole complex unlikely.
Address: Cleveland Way, South Bay, Scarborough YO11 2HD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Private use of a medieval castle and courtyard, with ceremonies in the Sounding Hall.
£2,350–£3,250
Address: Castle Farm, Main Street, Sheriff Hutton YO60 6ST
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Grade I listed stately home and wellbeing estate with state rooms, 18th-century gardens, a private chapel and the contemporary Utopia and Eden spaces.
Price on request
Skipton (approx. 5 km)
Civil ceremony licence is for Utopia or Eden; the Hall chapel hosts Catholic weddings. Exclusive use based on a 3-night stay; 100+ beds across the Hall, Eden and holiday homes.
Address: Broughton Hall Estate, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
One of England's best-preserved medieval castles, with ceremonies in the Ancient Chapel, Banqueting Hall or Granary.
Skipton (approx. 1 km)
Ceremony-only venue: champagne and canapé reception on site but no seated wedding breakfast, which must be held elsewhere.
Address: Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1AW
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Grade II* listed Georgian former royal residence near Hutton Rudby with gated grounds and overnight suites.
Room hire from £1,800 per day
£1,500 non-refundable booking fee plus £1,000 refundable damage deposit.
Address: Rudby Hall, Skutterskelfe, Yarm TS15 0JN
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Wedding barns near Thirsk with 6 bedrooms on site.
£3,000–£14,000
Address: Thirsk
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Victorian Gothic house with private chapel and 18 acres of gardens near the River Derwent; whole-house stays included.
Venue hire £13,000–£34,000
External caterers not permitted; corkage on own drink; guests staying must be catered by preferred caterer. Price includes accommodation.
Address: Thorganby, York YO19 6DE
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Country inn with rooms in the Washburn Valley hamlet of Timble, suited to small weddings.
£150–£6,000
Has rooms but trades as an inn.
Address: The Timble Inn, Timble, Otley, North Yorkshire
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Castellated 19th-century house on the edge of Whitby with 16 bedrooms.
£6,390–£18,130
Whitby
Address: Sneaton Castle, Whitby
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Timber-framed medieval guest house set in the Museum Gardens beside the ruins of St Mary's Abbey.
Venue hire £2,800–£6,200
York (approx. 0.6 km)
Gardens are public until 6pm; security staff on site after. Confetti permitted; corkage on own drink.
Address: Museum Gardens, Marygate, York YO30 7DR
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Medieval timber-framed guildhall (Grade I) with a vast Great Hall, small Governor's Parlour and walled garden for drinks in central York.
Venue hire £4,995–£5,500
York (approx. 1.2 km)
Six approved caterers; corkage on own drink.
Finish time: Bar until 11.30pm; music ends 11pm; hire ends 12.30am
Address: Fossgate, York YO1 9XD
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