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Places to stay in Wales 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
23 wedding venues in South West Wales that aren’t hotels – barns, country houses, castles, estates and something a little different.
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23 venues
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Romantic castle ruin run by the National Park, beside a millpond and tidal mill, licensed since 2022.
Indoor weddings up to 100; outdoor areas overlook the Millpond. Nest Tearoom does drinks, canapés and grazing platters only.
Address: Castle Lane, Carew, Tenby, Pembrokeshire SA70 8SL
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Boutique barn conversion run by a fine-dining caterer (Strawberry Shortcake Dining), with a Coach House for smaller parties.
Packages £8,000 to £20,000 for 60 guests; £140 to £250 pp
On the Carmarthenshire ceremony-venue list. Minimum 20 guests for per-head packages; viewings by appointment (private property). Only couple accommodation on site.
Address: B4297, near Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA32 8JQ
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Laid-back farm and glamping retreat near the Teifi gorge: vows in a giant hat tipi or an ancient quarry, then a party in the barns and its own pub.
Venue hire from £5,750; catering from £115 pp
Two-night minimum stay; no external caterers; minimum numbers; corkage. FAQ says 2026 dates are very limited. Sleeps 106 (description says 130+).
Address: fforest farm, Cilgerran, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire SA43 2TB
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Victorian mansion with a vast oak-framed hall, an orangery for small ceremonies and its own solar farm.
Venue hire from £2,750
Hosts only about 15 to 20 weddings a year. Confetti, open flames and marquees allowed. Evening capacity: overview says 200, description says 220.
Address: Rhoshill, Cilgerran, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire SA43 2TW
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
A 17th-century stone barn with a walled garden for outdoor vows, on a tidal creek of the Cleddau.
Price on request
Ignore the sat nav through the ford, which is tidal and deep. Confetti and open flames allowed; in-house or external catering, corkage applies.
Address: Cardeeth, Cresselly, Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire SA68 0TS
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Medieval castle still lived in, with award-winning woodland gardens; Great Hall ceremonies and a North Lawn marquee option.
Price on request
No bookings on Bank Holidays or in July and August. Corkage on own alcohol.
Address: The Rhos, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 4AS
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Waterside estate on the Cleddau around an 18th-century Grade II coach house, with lawn ceremonies by a ruined Norman chapel.
Venue hire from £4,500; packages from £65 pp
No external caterers, set menus, corkage on own alcohol. Has rooms and a restaurant.
Address: Pill Parks Way, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 4AX
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The first new National Hunt racecourse in Britain in decades, with large suites overlooking the track.
From £15 pp
Not on the Carmarthenshire ceremony list I checked.
Address: Trimsaran, near Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Vows under Norman Foster's Great Glasshouse dome, the world's largest single-span glasshouse, then a marquee reception.
Great Glasshouse ceremony £1,200; ceremony and reception from £1,560
The Outdoor Performance Stage needs an indoor wet-weather backup; the Gallery is licensed year-round.
Address: Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA32 8HN
Ask about holding the ceremony here
A 13-acre smallholding with woodland and oak-tree ceremony spots, its own big marquee and bell-tent glamping.
Price on request
Not on the Carmarthenshire ceremony list I checked, so outdoor vows are probably celebrant-led. No corkage. A 2023 '£2,000 off' offer has likely expired. Fewer than 10 weddings hosted.
Address: Oak Tree Farm, Ffos yr Ewig, Carmarthenshire SA32 7DD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Organic family farm with a giant tipi, a pole barn, a walled-garden oak pagoda and quirky stays including yurts and a double-decker bus.
Venue hire £690 to £4,660; packages from £42 pp
Licensed for outdoor ceremonies year-round. Corkage on outside alcohol. The venue asks enquirers whether a midweek date is possible.
Address: Penybanc Farm, Drefelin, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire SA44 5XE
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Restored Georgian townhouse in the town centre, among Wales's finest, with ceremonies in the panelled Great Hall.
Price on request
Llanelli (approx. 1 km)
Whole house or single rooms can be hired, including micro-weddings; in-house dinners and afternoon teas.
Address: Bridge Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3UF
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Barn venue near Llangadog in the Towy valley, with 13 bedrooms on site.
Price on request
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Address: Llangadog, Carmarthenshire
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Self-catered, exclusive-use Grade II Georgian mansion in the Towy valley, with a back-lawn marquee option for larger parties.
Venue hire £6,530 to £13,532
Llangadog (approx. 2 km)
No in-house catering (local caterers recommended); no corkage on own alcohol. A neighbouring coach house sleeping 16 more can be hired. On the Carmarthenshire ceremony list.
Address: Plas Glansefin, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire SA19 9HY
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Big Gower barn venue with a glamping village and 30 rooms, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Venue hire £2,500 to £8,300; catering £70 to £90 pp
Set menus only, minimum numbers and corkage apply. Fireworks and confetti allowed. Viewings by appointment.
Address: Llwynbwch Farm, Oldwalls, Gower, Swansea SA3 1HA
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Privately owned Norman castle 100 yards from the beach, with exclusive use of the gardens, chapel, keep, towers and private house.
Price on request
Manorbier (approx. 1.5 km)
Chapel holds 70 plus 30 in the Solar; receptions up to 40 in the vaulted room or 100 in a tipi. Castle House sleeps 12, 3-night stays. Long drive, a wooden bridge and the moat crossing, so access is only partly step-free.
Address: Manorbier, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire
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Listed Georgian mansion on a wooded estate, now a Field Studies Council centre, with a Stable Yard and a woodland glade for vows.
Price on request
Pembroke (approx. 4 km)
Fewer than 10 weddings hosted; no corkage on own alcohol; electric gates on the drive.
Address: Orielton, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire SA71 5EZ
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Birthplace of Henry VII: ceremonies in the Great Keep, Western Hall or Henry VII Tower, with an Outer Ward marquee for big evening parties.
Venue hire from £700
Pembroke (approx. 0.8 km)
Outdoor ceremonies in The Chancery depend on the weather. In-house menus or external caterers, no corkage on own alcohol; exclusive use for evening receptions; 500 evening figure is for a marquee.
Finish time: Music and bar until midnight
Address: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire SA71 4LA
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Grade I-listed 18th-century orangery, one of Britain's longest, set in a deer park below Margam Castle.
Price on request
Port Talbot Parkway (approx. 4 km)
Biodegradable confetti only.
Finish time: Late licence
Address: Margam Country Park, Port Talbot SA13 2TJ
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Paddock venue at the tip of Gower, near Rhossili Bay.
£11,000 to £20,000
Address: Rhossili, Gower, Swansea
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Small, relaxed weddings on a working harbour, with the ceremony out on the harbour itself.
Venue hire from c. £750; packages £750 to £1,799
Saundersfoot (approx. 1.5 km)
Hire-only bookings can't use external caterers. Confetti and fireworks allowed.
Address: The Harbour, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire SA69 9HE
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Grand 1930s Art Deco civic landmark, with the Brangwyn Hall's huge British Empire Panels murals.
£270 to £1,145
Swansea (approx. 2 km)
Council-owned historic landmark.
Address: Guildhall, Swansea
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Industrial-heritage museum on Swansea's marina, mixing a listed warehouse with a modern glass-and-slate hall.
From £40 pp
Swansea (approx. 1.5 km)
In-house catering, or external caterers allowed. Corkage on own alcohol.
Address: Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 3RD
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