Rowton Castle Hotel

Where better to make your vows or celebrate your marriage than in the romantic atmosphere of a fairytale castle. LuxuriousRowton Castle, is situated on the outskirts of Shrewsbury in Shropshire and is a beautiful 17th Century, Grade 2 listed building with splendor and beauty at every turn.

A perfect setting, coupled with excellent food and service, guarantee you and your guests a most memorable occasion whilst the picturesque gardens provide wonderful photographic opportunities to enjoy in the years ahead.

The castle boasts nineteen charming, individually designed bedrooms, seven with period 4 poster beds! Each beautifully appointed bedroom has a fully equipped bathroom with bath and shower, television, direct dial telephone, complimentary wireless internet access and such thoughtful extras as trouser press, hairdryer, mineral water, and excellent beverage making facilities.

For a truly exclusive day you can hire the whole castle for your special day. You and your guests can have the luxury of relaxing in a beautiful castle during the day and evening; enjoy the peace, tranquility and intimacy of your own ‘Castle for a Day’ and have a party to remember with your favourite entertainment. You will be able to relax in the Cocktail Lounge and be free to use all areas of the hotel including the Oak Panelled Restaurant, gardens and lakes, plus if you’re tempted to arrive in real style, you can fly in by helicopter as the castle even has its own helipad!

The friendly, professional staff are on hand to make sure that all your plans are turned into reality so that you, your family and your friends have a memorable day which will be treasured forever.

Listed in the AA’s ‘Britain’s Best Hotels’ 2011, nominated as one of the UK’s Best Wedding Venues and listed as One of the Top 10 Venues in England, Rowton Castle provides the most luxurious and breathtaking fairytale setting for your wedding.

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Address:  Rowton Castle Hotel
Halfway House, Shrewsbury
Shropshire, SY5 9EP
Contact:  01743 884044
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Exclusive Use of the Hotel, including 19 bedrooms from £2,795. Fixed Price Wedding Offer available for selected dates, including Exclusive Use, Wedding Breakfast, Drinks Package, Evening Food, Photographer, Flowers, Chair Covers, DJ and much more from only £6,995 for 40 guests (see website for full details) Licensed for Civil Weddings, seats up to 110 guests for your Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast 19 individually designed bedrooms including 7 period 4 poster rooms. Beautiful grounds for your photographs to set the scene and capture your memories The services of a Master of Ceremonies and dedicated Manager to coordinate you special day.

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    • 25 Jan 2012, Paula Rimmer rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Perfect perfect perfect
      We had are wedding at Rowton castle in november 2011, my heading says it all, it is perfect, the help we received was great, our day was amazing,we booked on an all exclusive basis, the whole castle was ours for 24hrs and it was the best 24hrs of our lives. We were treated so special and nothing was too much trouble (even when I was being a total bridezilla my demands were met) Food accomadation and the staff were brilliant, its a wonderfull setting and its great for the bride who wants to feel like a princess for her day, book Rowton for your wedding and you will not be dissapointed in any way.

    • 07 Mar 2011, Wideload rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Perfect dream wedding location
      We had our wedding on 15.02.2011. We thought Rowton Castle would be out of our budget, until we visited and discussed our options. We were pleased at how helpful and supportive all the staff were, no 'stuffiness'at our small budget. Our day was perfect due to the professionalism from all the staff. All the function and bedrooms are beautifully decorated with an air of grandeur. The food was well presented, tasty and different diets are catered for. The breakfast the following morning was yummy. Highly recommend. Nothing negative to say from our experiences. Give them call and arrange a visit, I'd be suprised if you chose another venue after you've been. Many thanks to everyone at Rowton Castle for ensuring our special day was perfect

    • 25 Nov 2010, Kimberley Schofield rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Perfect Wedding Venue!
      We had our wedding here in August 2010 and it was fantastic! Organisation and communication during the run-up were excellent and every little detail was taken care of on the day. Beautiful location and rooms; all of our guests commented on how great the day was. Food and service are second to none...the hog roast is highly recommended!! Our day wouldn't have been so special if it were not for Rowton Castle.

    • 09 Mar 2010, Emily rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Such an amazing venue!
      We got married at Rowton Castle on 24th Feb this year and it was amazing in ever single way! The staff were fantastic from the moment we first set foot in the place over a year ago. The castle itself is beautiful, romantic, decorated to an amazing standard (one of our ushers who travels a lot with his job said it was the nicest room he had ever stayed in) and has wonderful grounds for pictures. The staff were probably my favourite people on the planet for the 24 hours that we had the place! John, the wedding manager-type for the day kept me exactly where I needed to be all day, he even sorted out the order my bridesmaids and pageboys would walk down the aisle! He took care of literally everything, ever the little last minute bits that I had forgotten about until I got there! Debbie was lovely, incredibly helpful and funny, and seemed to be there every time I thought of a daft question, Danni on the reception guest was an absolute darling and was so lovely to all our guests and Lewis (who normally does restaurant stuff I believe) was a complete star! From helping to lug crates full of table decorations in through the delivery entrance the night before, to ringing the florists husband on the morning to get her to bring extra flowers that I suddenly realised I needed and bringing up drinks and food to us whenever we needed it on the morning, nothing was too much! Finally, Caroline the wedding co-ordinator at the venue was superb for putting my mind at rest whenever I had daft questions to ask (and there were a few!) The ceremony was beautiful and the room looked incredible, the turnaround for the meal was PERFECT, I had spent loads of time planning exactly how I wanted my tables decorated and a big chunk of our budget went on asthetics, I nipped in to see how things were looking after the pictures, expecting to have to move stuff, and I swear I nearly fainted - it was all perfect and looked stunning! The food was gorgeous, the service was fantastic, even the bar staff in the evening were absolute diamonds! Breakfast the next day was lovely as well and a great opportunity to chat again to all our guests before they left. I honestly cannot recommend Rowton Castle highly enough, after reading the reviews online I was already feeling confident but it completely blew us and our guests away. Wendy (resident florist) did a wonderful job of our flowers, Linda (makeup) made me look lovely and told me I look like Holly Willougbhy which is always a bonus lol! Mel (Hairdresser) was also wonderful and SO many people told me how amazing my hair looked on the day. Will Tudor (DJ) is essential for anyone booking a wedding here, he seriously seemed to have access to any song my guests requested, no matter how obscure and was an all round excellent bloke! Think that covers it, but I am so terribly glad that we booked Rowton, can't imagine having had our wedding elsewhere!

    • 08 Mar 2010, Dinis rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Simply the best of best!!!
      My wife and I attended my friends son wedding at Rowton Castle this weekend. Rowton, is a gorgeous place, we really liked the modern décor with traditional features, the decoration and furnishings are of a very high standard and suit the hotel. It definitely got the “wow” factor.. The food was amazing, The staff were excellent. I would recommend this hotel to anyone thinking of getting married in a Castle.

    • 20 Feb 2009, J Carr rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Absolutely faboulous! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
      We have just returned from our daughter''s wedding. We can honestly say and she agrees that it was ''the best day of her life''. This was in no small part due to the fantastic venue of ''Rowton Castle'' supported by the dedication of the staff to make every second of her eperience memorable. This level of service was extended from the moment of booking till our eit this morning. I would have no hesitation in recommending anyone to hold any occosion that needs to be special here. February 20th 2009

    • 25 Nov 2008, B & S rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      What an amazing place!!!!
      Got married at Rowton Castle last week, this venue is superb!! I dragged my hubby to loads of castles prior to making a decision, and whilst there are a number of beautiful properties like Rowton Caste in the UK, none were able to match the service we received from the first moment we walked through Rowton's door. If you want to be sure of a fabulous day in sumptuous surroundings - BOOK ROWTON! All of our guests said it was the best wedding they had ever been too!

    • 17 Jun 2008, E & B rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Breath Taking.....
      I can't wait for our wedding to arrive, we fell in love with the place the moment we saw the picture let alone once we were there! We've had the venue booked since Oct '07 and the wedding itself isn't until Apr 2010!!! If you like this place as much as we did and you have a certain time of the year you want to get married GET IN QUICK. And by everyone eles review my day is surely to be as fantastic as theirs, and yours could be too, Gorgeous....

    • 17 May 2008, Simon & Lisa rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Loved it loved it loved it!
      We fell in love the place on our 1st visit & booked straight away, only to find out some one from my work got married there too & couldn't rate it highly enough. He was right. We got married in April this year and it all went so smoothly. I will never forget the effort put in by all Jack, Kate, Caroline & Lucy in particular. Cheesecake was amazing & bacon cobs & chips were fantastic for the evening! Highly recommended. Best day ever!

    • 24 Jan 2008, Hils rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Amazingly fantastically beautiful well oiled machine
      We got married at Rowton Castle on 1st July 2007, It was absolutely amazing the day was so relaxed and everything was taken care of. The staff, the food, the grounds absolutely everything blew our minds. So organised and friendly. I would recommend this place to anyone. Nothing was to much trouble. Thanks especially to Keith who was brilliant as Master of Ceremonies. Such a shame we only got one night though because I loved the room o

    • 30 Jul 2007, Paula & Dave rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      The stuff dreams are made of
      We got married at Rowton in April this year. The whole day was magical. Nothing was to much trouble even hunting out my daughters missing shoe in the grounds. We had the most perfect fairytale wedding we could imagine. I can''t recomend it highly enough. The guest are still talking about what a fabulous location Rowton Castle is.

    • 09 Jul 2007, Clare & Simon rated Rowton Castle Hotel  

      Rowton is a wonderful place to have your wedding, a fairytale come true
      We had our wedding reception at Rowton Castle on 18th June 2007. From start to end the day was magical with excellent food and service. All our guests loved the venue and we could not have got better service by the staff and one of the mangers who acted as our co coordinator for the day and master of ceremonies. We only had 37 guests so could not have the wedding at the weekend so opted for a Monday wedding which helped with the budget and as there were only two other guests staying at the castle we had exclusive use of the castle for the day and I felt like a princess. A dream come true, highly recommended!

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Facilities for Rowton Castle Hotel

Venue Type :
Civil Ceremony License
Exclusive Use
In the Country
Castle
Historic
Evening Entertainment :
Evening Reception Facilities
Dance Floor
Entertainment License
Live Band Facilities
DJ Facilities
Overnight Accommodation :
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple
Overnight Accommodation for Guests
Other Features :
Changing Room for Guests
Disabled Facilities
Car Parking
Helipad
Dining Options :
Seated Meal Facilities
Buffet Meal Facilities
In House Catering
Alcohol License
Corkage Option
Capacity :
Less than 30 guests
30 to 50 guests
50 to 75 guests
75 to 100 guests
100 to 150 guests
Venue Staff Assistance :
Wedding Coordinator
Master of Ceremonies/ Toastmaster

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