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Last update: July 2026
Welcome to Farnham Castle
Farnham Castle is a stunning, iconic and exclusive multi-award-winning venue for weddings, set in five acres of beautiful grounds overlooking the historic market town of Farnham, on the Surrey and Hampshire border. The Castle boasts Grade I and Grade II Listed Buildings with the most incredible history and is the perfect destination for couples dreaming of somewhere truly unique.
For destination weddings and international guests, we are conveniently located just an hour from London, and between London Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. Couples planning from afar can even step inside the venue today using the live virtual tour on our website. What’s more, the Castle is just a short stroll from Farnham town centre. With its beautiful, cobbled streets and charming independent cafés, guests travelling from further afield can easily settle in and make a full weekend of their visit. Show-round appointments are available 7 days a week, 9am to 7pm.
Your Castle Experience
The possibilities at Farnham Castle are endless, and we’d love to help you create an unforgettable wedding day. We can host exclusive weddings of any size, from intimate gatherings of 30 guests to larger celebrations of over 250 and have proudly hosted couples from all around the world. We also have the best grounds for marquees, offering the most spectacular backdrops and views.
Our flexible approach means that you can choose exactly where your ceremony takes place, and where your guests dine, celebrate, and party. When you book your wedding at Farnham Castle, our venue is exclusively yours.
Make It Uniquely Yours: Ceremony Options
Because we have so many fabulous and unique ceremony spaces, you can easily find the perfect setting for your day:
The Great Hall
Capacity: 260 guests
Best suits: Grand civil ceremonies
The feel: Magnificent and awe-inspiring, perfect for making a grand entrance.
The Lantern Hall
Capacity: 160 guests
Best suits: Civil ceremonies
The feel: Historic, simple, and deeply romantic with beautiful lancet windows.
The East Lawn & White Rose Garden
Capacity: Flexible
Best suits: Outdoor civil ceremonies
The feel: Natural, scenic and secluded with a spectacular Castle Keep backdrop.
The Norman Chapel
Capacity: 80 guests
Best suits: Religious ceremonies (Church of England)
The feel: Traditional, sacred, and deeply historic.
The Winchester Suite
Capacity: 160 guests
Best suits: Civil ceremonies
The feel: Elegant, classic, and beautifully refined with garden views.
The Library
Capacity: 84 guests
Best suits: Intimate civil ceremonies
The feel: Warm, historic, and beautifully atmospheric.
The Bishop’s Chapel
Capacity: 60 guests
Best suits: Intimate religious ceremonies (Church of England)
The feel: Peaceful, intimate, and with historic, ornate panelling.
Your Wedding Breakfast
The Great Hall is the perfect setting for your wedding breakfast. With its soaring high ceilings, magnificent historic paintings, and a grand fireplace, the space offers an unforgettable backdrop for your first meal as a married couple.
Our Food
At Farnham Castle, we have our very own team of exceptional in-house chefs who create the most wonderful menus using the finest ingredients. We are proud to have our own Kitchen Garden and to partner with many fantastic local suppliers. We offer a range of dining menus, with drinks included, to cater for every taste and budget.
For a late-night snack, why not offer your guests wood-fired pizzas from our pizza oven while your entire party enjoys a spectacular firework display? However you want to celebrate, our experienced team of Wedding Specialists will be happy to guide and advise you through your planning stages and will be with you throughout your day to ensure it is managed to perfection.
Getting Ready & Staying Over
Getting ready on-site has so many benefits, and our ‘Gatehouse’ and ‘Pembroke’ are two perfect suites for you and your wedding party to enjoy being together as you prepare for your day.
Once your celebrations are over, you have danced the night away in our Great Hall, and enjoyed nightcaps in our Tindle Bar, your guests will be overjoyed to head to one of our 33 en-suite Castle bedrooms. Meanwhile, you will be delighted to reach the tranquillity and luxury of our Honeymoon Suite.
Making a Weekend of It
The magic doesn't have to end when the evening reception finishes. Join your guests for breakfast in our Library the following morning to make sure that everyone has celebrated with you until the very last minute before heading out to explore Farnham's lovely town centre.
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Reach out about anything you didn't see answered here—no question is too small!Reviews for Farnham Castle
Mr & Mrs Robson
Farnham Castle really is one of the best venues and we couldn’t have been happier with our choice.
Because of the team and everything else - we had a day that we will never forget!!!
Fantastic wedding!
A special mention to Julia, who was fantastic throughout. She was professional, organised, and made everything completely stress-free, ensuring the day ran perfectly from start to finish. Thank you to Julia and the whole team for making our day so special!
June Wedding
Farnham Castle was our dream wedding!
One of a kind wedding venue with above expected service!
What really sets Farnham Castle apart, however, is the service. Jenna was incredibly communicative and accommodating throughout the whole process. Every suggestion and idea we had she was flexible in helping us ensure it would work. The service of the other staff on the day of the wedding was exceptional. Disabled and elderly guests were particularly well supported and commented on this to us, both in the lead up and after the wedding.
The food was also excellent. We went for the basic food option and again, were incredibly pleased with the quality. The food was slightly more than you might get from other venues where you have more options of caterers, however, it was definitely worth it! The evening pizzas were also excellent!
I would thoroughly recommend Farnham Castle as a wedding venue, however I would recommend working out the costs carefully as it did end up an expensive venue choice for us.
Above all expectations!
Firstly, the venue is out of this world, as soon as we pulled up on the open day we knew the venue was for us. Who wouldn't want to get married in a castle.
Francesca was the first member of staff we met and without doubt sold us the venue, from then I knew we needed her throughout our wedding journey. I had so many questions and Francesca was there every single step of the way, we couldn't of been more grateful. Her attention to details was outstanding! She was in charge of our whole day, organising our suppliers, our family and friends and of course looking after us. We truly cannot thank Francesca enough.
The food was to die for, all our guests were speechless at how amazing it all was. The chefs work so hard to provide you with no basic wedding food! Every single canape was beautiful and had people going back for more.
The venue speaks for itself, it is beautiful- the getting ready rooms, the grounds even the honeymoon suite. Do not hesitate to book this venue, if we could do it again we will be back at Farnham Castle.
Thank you again to Francesca and all the staff at Farnham Castle.
Chloe and Mark Kingston
Perfect location for a winter wedding
Organising the wedding was made so simple with our wedding co-ordinators, Laura (who left part way through) and Jenna, which made the planning process enjoyable and relatively stress free. They always responded quickly to emails or phone calls and were willing to discuss our requests for some other non conventional things thrown into the day. It felt like the team were invested in making our day unique and special. Most things are provided by the venue so I would recommend checking beforehand if you want anything non-traditional or extras added in as they may cost more or not allow certain things to be brought in from external suppliers (such as food and drink items) but this didn't specifically effect us.
On the day, we had some last minute guest changes and they were really responsive and helpful with geting them sorted out without stressing out the bride! The day ran so smoothly and went better than I could ever have imagined. The castle looked stunning with Christmas trees and fairy lights throughout. Getting ready in the gatehouse was perfect for me and my bridesmaids and we had plenty of space to spread out and get ready with breakfast, hot drinks and prosecco! We had about 100 guests which was perfect for the space, and we had so many compliments from them all about the venue. The food was amazing and exactly how it was when we went for our private tasting (the creme brulee is the best!). They are very responsive and flexible to all sorts of dietary requirements which made it stress free. There was plenty of overnight accomodation with a great breakfast included. The rooms are not ready for check in until 3pm, which is part way through the wedding day, but as there was no event the night before our guests had the option to check in at 11am (for an extra cost). We had a small incident with a member of staff in the evening which put a slight dampner on the evening for me but we fed that back to the team and they were responsive to the feedback. However, as a whole the staff were amazing and really took care of us on the day. They always were checking in to make sure we were fed and watered throughout the day. The highlights for us included the fairy lights and decor, intimacy of the venue, food, and getting ready space. Thank you to Farnham Castle for making our day so special. We would definitely recommend this venue!
An absolute dream come true....
The preservation of Farnham Castle creates an aura that allow everyone to take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life. The elegant décor of the ceremony rooms transports people as close to a fairy tale as one can get. Whilst a simple stroll around the castle grounds gave our guests a sense of peace.
From behind the scenes, the catering and hospitality team know exactly what they’re doing. Their menu – everything from the canapes, the wine selection, and drinks choices at the bar had something for everyone. Breakfast in the Library allowed everyone to recharge and relive the memories they made the night before.
And all of this would not be possible without the support of Piper, Deborah and Geraldine. They were accommodating and honest about what could and could not be done and most of all, they listened to what we had to say and endeavoured to deliver above and beyond our expectations. Their attention to detail and ability to execute plans with precision made our dream wedding come to life. For anyone else out there looking at Farnham Castle, you’re in good company!
The perfect location for our special day
A few things that could be improved (but in no way lessened how amazing our day was!):
- We struggled a little bit with communication in the lead up to the wedding, having to send a number of emails to get answers. We believe this is due to the coordinators being too busy running other weddings (understandably!) but it did require a fair bit of chasing from our side.
- there were a number of additional costs that we weren’t expecting - eg: a £20 per room fee for early check in (normal check in is 3pm which was during our ceremony). As the accommodation was not cheap and there was no wedding the night before, we felt this was a little cheeky. If we wanted a different wet weather option for our reception (luckily not needed on the day), we were quoted £150 to use this room.
- Breakfast was delicious but took a very long time to be served, and a number of our guests were panicking about making check out time as it took over an hour to be served.
Overall, we were very happy with everything Farnham Castle delivered on the day - it really was better than we could have ever imagined!
Thank you to the team, and especially our coordinator, for everything they did for us!
Perfect Surrey Wedding Venue
We loved that so many of our family and friends could stay at the venue with us and the breakfast the next morning was great. The getting ready rooms for both the bride and groom were fantastic.
Even with some light rain, the venue ensured we could have our wedding outside in the rose garden, which was picture-perfect, with the old keep in the background of our photos.
Our coordinator Gema was incredible at every step of the planning process and was calm, organised and professional on the day.
We would definitely recommend Farnham Castle to other couples getting married in Surrey!
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