Located in Clevedon, Somerset, Walton Castle offers the ideal backdrop for your wedding day. This grade II listed...Read more building boasts a prime hilltop location with panoramic views across acres of gorgeous woodland. With ample event spaces available, you can host the wedding of your dreams at Walton...
South Coast Weddings
The region of Somerset is known for its many attractions, from caves and castles to the popular Glastonbury Festival. It also boasts a diverse selection of wedding venues, including historic manors, parks, and hotels. If you're leaning towards a vintage-themed celebration, you may be considering how to decorate accordingly.
Many couples choose to deck out their venue with vintage decor because of the style's versatility and timeless nature. Even now, we admire Victorian-inspired rooms and the vibrant and moody ambience of a 1920s speakeasy. Whatever you prefer, be sure that each element of your event is cohesive, including your wedding party's attire, dinner menu and bar offerings, stationery, and music. If your venue already has an established theme, it may help lean into their style instead of completely reinventing it. Its character will entice guests and leave you with a completely unique experience like no other.
Before settling on the perfect wedding dress or catering menu, you'll need to choose your venue. Experts recommend prioritizing your budget and the venue's accessibility for your guests before considering any other factor. Then, you can dive into their additional services and compare packages.
Being a wedding musician myself, I have performed at many wonderful and extravagant venues. When my husband and I were looking for a venue, I personally struggled with picking somewhere. I found Walton Castle just by chance on google maps and we went for a tour. We were both blown away by the view from the balcony as we were able to see the sea and thought this would make wonderful memories. It also meant a lot to my husband as he is in the Royal Navy. We both knew instantly that this was our venue. It ticked a lot of our boxes with it being close enough to Bristol for our local guests to travel to and from, as well as enough rooms and beds for our immediate family and friends to stay. It is a blank canvas venue where you can design your wedding to what you want. Not only do you have the space inside the ground but also the outside surroundings of the castle where you and your guests can go mingle near the fire pit late in the evening. A lot of couples get married between the middle turret and the main gates, but for me that was quite a short walk especially as a harpist I have a great appreciation for the aisle walk music. Once I saw their grandiose 2 trees entwining, I knew that instantly it was where I wanted to make my vows and as it turns out we were the first to do that at the venue. The team was great with keeping in contact with us when we arrived the day before the wedding. Like any wedding, we had a few hiccups like our master bedroom bath tap not turning off on the wedding morning at 6am (it’s an old building, these things happen). But with the Walton Castle team not being too far from the main venue, they were there in no time to help solve any problems. Our guests who stayed at the castle really appreciated the large bedrooms that were provided and the kids definitely made use of the underground pool the day before the wedding. All our guests loved our small tours to the balcony for photos and my husband and I had some wonderful pictures taken at the baby grand piano within one of the turrets. For anyone thinking of booking, I would recommend finding well established suppliers who know the venue or who are willing to go view it beforehand. Especially as they will need to have good communication with the venue and with what it provides (ie electrical/generators). As a client, you are in charge of booking everything, it could be very helpful booking an external wedding planner for this venue. Make sure to pick companies that know the industry well and will go that extra mile to get all the smaller jobs done for you. As I said at the start, you are booking a blank canvas to make your dream wedding, and Walton Castle is that perfect setting to add to. Thank you again to the team at Walton Castle, you can really tell there has been a lot of heart and care with maintaining it for your clients. Photography: Lulu and Scott
