Wedding Photography at Warwick Castle, Warwick

Warwick Castle is a medieval fortress on the banks of the River Avon, run today by Merlin Entertainments. It holds one wedding per day. Because the castle is a visitor attraction first, your wedding starts when the castle closes to the public, usually at 4pm or 5pm, and the Great Hall and State Rooms are then yours until midnight (wedding brochure 2026). The Great Hall takes 120 for a ceremony or a seated meal and 180 in the evening.

Our studio is at 21 Joel St, Northwood Hills HA6 1NU, photographing weddings since 2001 and rated 4.8 out of 5 from 580+ Google reviews. The castle does not limit couples to its recommended supplier list, and we are glad to photograph at Warwick Castle. Coverage starts from £750. Warwick is a long drive from Northwood, so travel and any overnight stay are set out in the written quote before you book. Below is what the castle publishes, and what it does not.

What a Warwick Castle wedding costs, 2026 to 2029

The castle publishes venue hire and catering separately, both including VAT. Venue hire covers exclusive use of the Great Hall and State Rooms from castle closing time to midnight, use of the Conservatory or Central Courtyard for outdoor drinks, access to the grounds and gardens for photographs, a Master of Ceremonies, room set-up with standard linen and chair covers, a sword for the cake and the bar through the evening.

Late availability, 2026 and 2027 (booked within one year of the date, with 20% off venue hire already applied) (late availability price list):

• Monday to Thursday: off peak £7,200, peak £8,800, Christmas £8,000.
• Friday and Sunday: off peak £8,800, peak £10,800, Christmas £10,000.
• Saturday: off peak £10,000, peak £12,800, Christmas £10,800.

2028 and 2029 (price list 2028 to 2029):

• Monday to Thursday: off peak £9,000, peak £11,000, Christmas £10,000.
• Friday and Sunday: off peak £11,000, peak £13,500, Christmas £12,500.
• Saturday: off peak £12,500, peak £16,000, Christmas £13,500.

Off peak is January to May plus October and November; peak is June to September; Christmas is December. Weddings of under 50 guests carry a minimum bar spend of £300, usable as a non-refundable bar tab.

Food and drink is added per head. The Lancaster package (two glasses of Prosecco, Pimm's or bottled beer with four canapés, a three-course formal or medieval-style menu, half a bottle of house wine and a Prosecco toast) is listed at £90 per adult aged 12 and over. The York package (champagne or a cocktail, upgraded wine and a champagne toast) is £100 per adult. Children aged 4 to 11 are £45 or £50 and infants eating are £20. The castle says packages can be tailored and offers alcohol-free and fully medieval options. A Micro Wedding package for up to 20 guests in the State Rooms is mentioned on the weddings page, but its price is not published, so ask.

Dates can be held provisionally for up to four weeks before a deposit is needed. The deposit amount and payment schedule are not published.

Ceremonies in the Great Hall, the State Dining Room or the Library

The castle is licensed with Warwickshire County Council, and the brochure directs questions about ceremonies and giving notice to the Warwick register office at warwickro@warwickshire.gov.uk (brochure FAQ). Four rooms are licensed: the Great Hall (120), the State Dining Room under its chandelier (95), the Green Drawing Room (80) and the Library. The Library figure differs between the castle's own pages: 20 in the brochure, 30 on the weddings page, and "less than 30" in the virtual tour guidance. Confirm the number for your licence.

You can also marry elsewhere, for example at a local church, and come to the castle for the reception: the brochure says guests can then arrive at closing time and go straight into the drinks reception. For an on-site ceremony, day guests should arrive half an hour before so they can be seated.

The castle's in-house team caters most weddings and says it can be flexible about requirements. Whether outside caterers are allowed is not stated outright, and corkage is charged on your own drinks. Warwick Castle does not publish anything about Hindu, Sikh or Muslim ceremonies (a mandap, a havan or a nikah), a baraat, or halal, vegetarian or Jain menus. Ask the weddings team in writing about each one before you commit.

Getting ready in Caesar's Tower

The brochure names the preparation space: one of two Tower Suites inside Caesar's Tower. You check in during the afternoon with your party, hairdresser and makeup artist, and can invite your photographer in for preparation pictures (brochure). The virtual tour guidance adds that you may get ready there from early afternoon if you have booked the night. The suites are the Rose Suite and the Peacock Suite, each on its own floor, with vaulted ceilings, four-poster beds and tapestries (Tower Suites page).

With only two suites, a second getting-ready room for the other half of the couple is not guaranteed. The Knight's Village lodges (sleeping 5, or 7 in the larger Knight's Lodges) and the 60-room Warwick Castle Hotel are the other on-site options, and wedding guests get 10% off bed and breakfast. Because the castle is open to visitors until closing time, plan how you move from the tower to the ceremony room with the weddings team.

From closing time to midnight: a Warwick Castle outline

An outline for planning, not a schedule. Times are shown only where the venue publishes them; everything else is a stage to time with you and confirm with the venue.

From a 1068 motte to the State Rooms

The castle's history page traces the site to 1068, when William the Conqueror ordered a wooden motte and bailey castle; the Mound on the East Front is the oldest surviving part (grounds and gardens). Thomas Beauchamp began the towers that still stand in the 14th century, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, commissioned Bear and Clarence Towers. Robert Greville remodelled the state apartments to their current design between 1658 and 1677, and a fire in 1871 burned through the private apartments and the Great Hall. Francis Greville commissioned Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to landscape the grounds. The Tussauds Group bought the castle in 1978 and became part of Merlin Entertainments in 2007.

Parking at Warwick Castle for wedding guests

There are two car parks (parking and directions). Stratford Road (CV34 6AH) is the main one, at £7.50 for cars, with a field overflow when the tarmac is full; allow 10 to 20 minutes' walk uphill to the entrance. The Stables car park on Castle Lane (CV34 4QU) is next to the main entrance and costs £10, pay and display, covering parking to 5pm with extra charges after that. Coaches and minibuses of over 12 seats park free at Stratford Road only. Both car parks have EV charging. Wedding guest parking, overnight rules and whether charges apply after a wedding are not published, so ask the weddings team.

Warwick Castle wedding photography, frequently asked questions

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The photographer is Kaushik Bathia, a fellow of the BIPP and the MPA with five European Kodak Gold Awards and over a thousand weddings photographed since 2001.