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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022

Last update: November 2023

Set in the heart of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, is Shuttleworth, a five-thousand-acre estate event venue home to several inviting wedding spaces. This includes The Collection's Hangar 3, The Swiss Garden, Parkland, and The Shuttleworth House; these facilities offer everything from traditional to contemporary settings.

Facilities and Capacity

Built in 1872 and boasting captivating views, The House offers a beautiful setting for your special day. Here, four licensed rooms are available for you to hold your ceremony. You will also have the additional option of The Summer House next to the croquet lawn, giving you plenty of options for your vow exchange. Though this space can easily accommodate large scale celebrations, it is just as ideal for intimate gatherings. The Parkland features 425-acres of mature trees and magnificent views of the surrounding countryside. This is a superb choice for those looking to host a marquee or tipi wedding. The Swiss Garden was designed and constructed during the 1820s. This elegant English country garden emanates a regal ambience and will transport you and your guests to a bygone era of glamour and luxury. You can choose to wed in The Swiss Cottage in the garden's centre. Alternatively, The Grotto & Fernery offer magical and intimate settings for your big day. The Collection's Hangar 3 has a backdrop of historical Shuttleworth exhibits with large open doors perfect for those summer days.

Services Offered

The dedicated staff at Shuttleworth aim to help you plan and organise every detail of your special day. Their goal is to ensure the experience is exactly as you have always dreamed it would be. The on-site chefs offer an extensive selection of menus for your consideration; however, you’re welcome to arrange private caterers on a dry hire package.

Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Stately home
Historic
Marquees and tents
Tipis and yurts

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Private catering allowed
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities
Outdoor fireworks permitted

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Other features:

Accessible facilities
Car parking
Helipad
Confetti permitted
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Reviews for Shuttleworth

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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
33 reviews
98% recommend it
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Nicola
Nicola S. Sent on 07/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Our Wedding Day

Wow Swiss Gardens what a venue to get married in, we tied the knot on 5th September 2024 and what an experience from start to finish. From meeting our wedding co-ordinator Georgia. To the team working on the day we’re such a delight. It went amazing but just so quick, we would definite recommend anyone to marry here and would love to re-cap it over again. Thank you
Ian
Ian B. Sent on 26/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Everything and more!

Our wedding day was even more than we had expected. The calmness on the day was amazing with Georgia's oversight on every aspect of catering, cake and flower deliveries, as well as orchestrating the whole event, even putting on our button holes. The venue was simply beautiful with superb grounds for photo's, but my husband and I can honestly not praise Georgia enough for all the support leading up to our special day and her commitment on the day to make it a truly amazing experience with a real wow factor.
Panny
Panny Z. Sent on 28/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect venue with gorgeous grounds and a stunning house!

The venue was perfect - stunning mansion house surrounded by gorgeous green parkland. We had an outdoor ceremony so that our lovely doggo could be our ring bearer! Georgia at Shuttleworth helped us plan the most perfect day over the last year, answering all our many questions and ensuring everything ran smoothly! The venue has space for people to stay on-site too, and accommodated all of our family and wedding party to stay on-site comfortably! It felt like a giant sleepover! Absolutely nothing I would change, and look forward to visiting the beautiful venue again for our anniversaries!
Jessi
Jessi W. Sent on 24/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect wedding venue

The Swiss Cottage at Shuttleworth was perfect for our ceremony. The team were so organised, professional and friendly meaning we could have a fun, carefree day that ran perfectly. The Swiss gardens were perfect for photos with plenty of different areas for memorable shots. We would definitely recommend Shuttleworth as a venue.
Andrea
Andrea C. Sent on 27/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A Hidden Gem!

From the moment we booked Shuttleworth as our wedding venue, Georgia and all the team were so incredibly helpful. Having the whole house for our venue was amazing and enabled us to zone the different areas of the house. Shuttleworth is beautiful on the inside and outside and when rain was forecast for our ceremony, having the ceremony indoors was just as Romantic. We had our wedding breakfast in the saloon which is breathtaking and many of our guests commented on how beautiful the venue was. It seems to be a hidden gem as most venue's you only get one or two rooms. We had an incredible day and cannot wait to see our official photos! If you're thinking of considering Shuttleworth for your special day, we would highly recommend!
Charlotte
Charlotte Sent on 23/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely stunning

Everything from start to finish at Shuttleworth was seamless. Georgia, who co-ordinated everything for us, was just fabulous. Nothing was too much to ask (even doing photocopying for us when we had miscounted numbers for something going on the tables!). We felt at ease throughout the whole process and knew that everything would be taken care of. Georgia liaised with all of our suppliers in terms of times and arrival so we didn’t have to think about a thing on the day. The venue is just stunning - all our guests commented how beautiful it is and was one of the best weddings they’d ever been to! We couldn’t have asked for a better day.
Jamie
Jamie F. Sent on 04/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Hitched without a hitch.

The whole team at Shuttleworth went above and beyond for our wedding. Georgia was incredibly helpful at guiding us through the process before the day, being in regular contact and supporting us with anything we were unsure about. On the day itself, everyone was flexible and supportive - finding items to help decorate that we had forgotten, giving us as much time as possible to set up and helping with all of the pack down. Having the flat included in the hire price is also wonderful as it meant we weren't stressing about transport or storage and could get ready comfortably before the ceremony too. The whole day couldn't have gone any better and that's without even mentioning how stunning the venue is. It really is the best wedding venue even in October, when the grounds are filled with a beautiful mixture of colours.
Hannah
Hannah K. Sent on 02/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Great value for money

Georgia and the team at Shuttleworth House were amazing from the initial meet to the day of the wedding.
Georgia helped us to make our wedding vision a reality and was so attentive on the day. She coordinated with vendors so that allowed by bridal team, mother and me a chance to relax whilst getting ready.

Highly recommend Shuttleworth House, great value for money and the backdrop to many beautiful photos.
Mel
Mel Sent on 31/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing from start to finish

From the moment we visited Shuttleworth House we knew this was where we wanted to get married. Georgia was absolutely fantastic and supported us through the whole process from booking the venue to being part of our special day. Lots of people say arranging a wedding is an extremely stressful event, but we can honestly say that our experience was not stressful at all. Our big day was amazing and was better than we could have ever hoped for. We would 100% recommend Shuttleworth (and Georgia) as a venue to get married. You will not be disappointed
S
Sophie F. Sent on 10/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

What a day..

From start to finish our wedding was seamless!
Georgia is absolutely amazing, she is an asset to shuttleworth. No request is too much and her attention to detail is something else.
The house and grounds have made amazing photographs!
If you are looking for a stately home venue, this is the best around by far!
M
Mathew B. Sent on 08/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing experience

Georgia has been incredible from day one. She put us at ease, ensured everything ran smoothly. The staffing team on our amazing wedding day were outstanding. Would totally recommend using shuttleworth as your wedding venue!!!!!!
S
Stephen W. Sent on 06/08/2024
4.8 out of 5 rating

Just Perfect!

Georgia and her colleagues were great from start to finish, kept everyone calm and informed. Beautiful location and they even organised perfect weather! Would highly recommend.
M
M. Sent on 16/07/2024
1.6 out of 5 rating

Would not recommend for a wedding

Booked Shuttleworth for our wedding as we thought it looked beautiful and read other reviews online, and really enjoyed visiting. Just over 2 months before the wedding date, they email to say they have accepted a c.4000 person corporate event booking next to the main house (which we had exclusivity of) on the same day so we would be impacted. Contractually they get away with it as you obviously don't have exclusivity of the entire 4500 acre estate. What they don't tell you upfront however is that they're only allowed to use a tiny portion of this land for events and it's all next to each other so you will get disturbance from multiple events on the same day (excluding the Hangars/where the planes are). Shuttleworth management said it has happened many times before (i.e. multiple events in parallel) and disturbance to a wedding can happen as they are a multi event site, which is not what we were told when booking. They acknowledged our wedding would be impacted by this corporate booking- our videographer said our video would be ruined noise wise (the corporate event had live music, fair ground rides, a ferris wheel, a PA system, food trucks etc, a stones throw away from where we would have been), let alone it being an eyesore which you could see from where we had planned to have our wedding breakfast. Our wedding became collateral damage to this corporate event so we cancelled. Georgia (Wedding Manager) and Rhys did not apologise and we found their conduct to be highly disappointing. Could not recommend this venue (despite being picturesque) in good faith on the basis that contractually they can (and are happy) to ruin an existing wedding booking they have (and at such short notice too) with noisy, eyesore multiple events on site - hardly the peaceful exclusive venue they market themselves to be.
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Hussein Sent on 08/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful venue, professional and kind staff.

Georgia French and her team ensured that my wife and I had the most amazing day of our life. Everything was thoroughly planned and delivered exactly as we envisaged. Georgia was very kind and accommodating of our requests and the venue was nothing short of magnificent.

The team was also very helpful and supportive the day before the wedding and the day after, which allowed me and my family to enjoy our stay at the House. We’ve visited several castles and venues with historic beauty to choose our wedding venue, and I can honestly say that hardly any would offer you what the Shuttleworth House and the team running have.
C
Cristina B. Sent on 15/04/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A beautiful day in a beautiful venue!

Our wedding was in April & we had the best day! The venue was perfect. The building is impressive, beautiful & not too big it feels empty. We decided to have our reception on the lawn which was amazing & then we had the downstairs rooms for our meal & party! Georgia helped to organise the wedding and was very informative and helpful. She could answer any questions we had. The only downer was she was only around for part of the day!!
Our guests had a great time and we had so many compliments about the venue. Thank you team Shuttleworth!
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