The Carriage Rooms at Montalto Estate

✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors

• –Ceremony
• 190Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Georgian estate with Sawmill ceremony room under illuminated arches, walled garden and lake views.

• 🔑 Exclusive use
• 🍴 Approved caterers
• 🛏 Rooms on site
• ♿ Step-free

💷 £6,150-£10,000

Good to know

Catering by Yellow Door (Posh Nosh also named). Nine ensuite rooms in Montalto House.

Address: Montalto Estate, Spa Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8PT

The Killaney at Hinch Distillery

Ask about holding the ceremony here

• –Ceremony
• 140Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Whiskey distillery venue with the Killaney Loft (up to 50) and larger Killaney suite.

💷 From £1,200

Good to know

One wedding per day.

Address: 19 Carryduff Road, Ballynahinch, BT27 6TZ

Clandeboye Estate Courtyard

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 200Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Courtyard venue on the historic 2,000-acre Clandeboye Estate (separate from the Clandeboye Lodge hotel).

💷 Price on request

Good to know

Approved place for civil marriage (Ards & North Down).

Address: Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, County Down

Orange Tree House

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 130Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Highly rated rustic venue on the Ards Peninsula near Strangford Lough.

💷 £2,350-£5,750

Good to know

Approved place for civil marriage (Ards & North Down). Detail page not reachable.

Address: Greyabbey, County Down

Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors

• 120Ceremony
• 80Day
• 350Evening
• –Sleeps

Official royal residence in Northern Ireland with State Rooms and 100 acres of gardens.

• 🔑 Exclusive use on some packages
• 🍴 Approved caterers
• ♿ Step-free
• 🏷 Midweek & winter offers

💷 Ceremony & breakfast (80 guests) from £7,750 + VAT Oct-Mar / £9,250 + VAT Apr-Sep (2026-27 brochure)

Good to know

No dancing in State Rooms (marquee only). No fireworks or lanterns; biodegradable confetti outdoors only. Oct-Mar weekday ceremony & drinks from £3,000 + VAT.

Finish time: Castle packages to 11pm; marquee packages to midnight

Address: The Square, Royal Hillsborough, BT26 6AG

Rocky Mountain Cottage

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 160Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

300-year-old cottage with a 'hobbit house' and landscaped gardens in the Mourne foothills.

Good to know

Marquee (up to 160) season May-August only. Approved place for civil marriage (Hilltown).

Address: Sandbank Road, Newry, BT34 5XX

Cultra Manor (Ulster Folk Museum)

✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors

• 100Ceremony
• 100Day
• 150Evening
• –Sleeps

Neo-Georgian manor within the Ulster Folk Museum grounds overlooking Belfast Lough, with a historic meeting house for ceremonies.

• 🔑 Exclusive use
• 🍴 In-house catering
• 🐕 Dogs welcome
• ♿ Step-free

💷 Venue hire £700-£5,000; catering from £75 pp

🚆 Cultra (approx. 1 km)

Good to know

External caterers not permitted. Omagh Meeting House on the museum site seats up to 200 for ceremonies.

Address: Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, Holywood, BT18 0EU

Tullyveery House

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 137Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Country house venue near Killyleagh and Strangford Lough.

💷 £5,200-£7,400

Good to know

Approved place for civil marriage (Newry, Mourne & Down).

Address: Killyleagh, County Down

Larchfield Estate

✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors

• –Ceremony
• 250Day
• 250Evening
• 37Sleeps

Award-winning estate with a restored 18th-century barn, stables and walled gardens.

• 🔑 Exclusive use
• 🍴 Approved caterers
• 🛏 Sleeps 37 on site
• 🐕 Dogs welcome
• ♿ Step-free

💷 Venue hire £6,370-£11,360; packages from £13,534 for 120

Good to know

Four recommended caterers, no corkage. Licensed for ceremonies in walled gardens, stables or barn.

Address: Bailliesmills Road, Lisburn, BT27 6XJ

Hugh McCann's

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 200Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Seaside bar and restaurant in Newcastle beneath the Mourne Mountains.

• 🛏 Rooms on site

💷 Price on request

Good to know

Approved place for civil marriage.

Address: Newcastle, County Down

Castle Ward

✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors

• 170Ceremony
• 120Day
• 150Evening
• –Sleeps

National Trust 18th-century mansion on Strangford Lough with a Victorian Sunken Garden and lough-shore quay.

• 🔑 Exclusive use
• 🍴 In-house catering

💷 Price on request

Good to know

Ceremony spaces: Mansion House 65, Theatre 150, Sunken Garden 170, Coal Quay 80. Marquees and tipis permitted.

Address: Strangford, Downpatrick, BT30 7LS

Old Court Strangford Lough

✓ Licensed for ceremonies

• –Ceremony
• 120Day
• –Evening
• –Sleeps

Barn venue on a private estate on the shores of Strangford Lough.

• 🛏 Rooms on site

💷 £4,500-£6,900

Good to know

'Old Court Barn, Strangford' is an approved place for civil marriage.

Address: Strangford, County Down