Weddings at Powis Castle and Garden

Newlywed couple outside the Orangery at Powis Castle, Wales | © Dan Boyington

What’s more romantic than marrying the love of your life with a medieval castle as the backdrop? For newly engaged couples looking for an intimate and stylish wedding venue, the Orangery in the garden at Powis Castle is a picturesque location.

Powis Castle wedding package

Nestled within a world-famous garden, the Orangery at Powis Castle and Garden is licensed to hold weddings.

Availablility

As the Orangery is predominatly an outdoor venue, we are only able to host weddings there from May to September. We're limited to hold a handful of weddings a year, so please enquire early to avoid any disappointment. Whilst the whole site remains open to the public on your wedding day, the Orangery Terrace will be exclusively yours for the duration of your ceremony.

Guests

Our licenced area is the Orangery and its Terrace. We can seat 42 people in the Orangery itself for an indoor ceremony or for an outdoor option we have the Terrace outside.

Photography

Your chosen photographer is welcome to join you for the duration of your ceremony, from the car journey to the first kiss - make sure you capture every moment. The Orangery is the only licensed ceremony area onsite, but once you've said 'I do', you can enjoy a special photo session around the garden and in the castle courtyard. Please note, video and drone is not permitted.

Prices

When you choose Powis Castle as your wedding venue, you can feel proud knowing that every penny goes back into the important work we do to look after this special place for future generations to enjoy. Ceremony prices are as follows:

Weekday wedding: £1500 +VAT
Weekend wedding: £1750 +VAT

Gallery: The Orangery

The Orangery Terrace and Powis Castle above, Wales | © National Trust Images/Joe Wainwright

Scenic surroundings

The garden at Powis Castle is well-known for its surviving 17th century Italianate terraces. The Orangery is tucked away in one of those terraces, below the Aviary Terrace and above the Lower Terrace. With trimmed topiary, statuary and seasonal blooms, the Orangery is the perfect venue for an intimate and stylish wedding ceremony.

The 'cold' herbaceous border on the Orangery Terrace at Powis Castle, Wales | © National Trust Images/Mark Bolton

Colourful borders

The Orangery Terrace is lined with two parallel borders - cool at the east end and hot at the west end. Created by Lady Violet, the borders are brimming with colour throughout summer and early autumn. Let the 'cold' herbaceous border be your aisle. Filled with pinks, purples and other pastel tones, this will be the path you take as you walk to marry your special someone.

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Occasion photography

If you're planning a proposal, recently engaged or looking for a location for photos on your wedding day, you can book a photography session at Powis Castle and Garden. Bookings must be made in advance and are chargeable at £175 +VAT.

You will have two hours to yourself to wander the garden and castle courtyard to get those all important shots that you can treasure forever. Please note, video and drone is not permitted.

To make a booking, please call 01938 551944 or email powiscastle@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Newlywed couple enjoying their photo session at Powis Castle, Wales | © Dan Boyington

Numerous backdrops

We're lucky to enjoy a hugely diverse and beautiful garden at Powis Castle. With terraces, woodland, formal lawns and rose gardens to choose from, we're confident you'll find just the right setting to suit you.

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History of the Orangery

The Italianate terraces were an early addition to the garden, created by architect William Winde in the 1680s. Employed by William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, Winde had created a similar garden at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire.

The Orangery is tucked into the terrace and would have been used as an entertaining space where one could circulate in good company, dine and enjoy the sight and sound of the garden below. The grand, classical stone doorway was brought here from the west end of the Castle itself, by Lady Violet, when she and her husband were returning the Castle to its more medieval appearance.

Today, potted orange trees line the building and inside, you'll find orange and yellow trumpeted clivias. Wall climbing roses surround the Orangery and neat hedges line the lawns.

View of the red brick orangery with lead statues, with fruit trees in terracotta pots on the terrace — The Orangery Terrace at Powis Castle, Wales | © National Trust Images/Joe Wainwright

Make an enquiry

We love nothing more than being part of people's special day. If you're planning a wedding and are keen to look around, please get in touch as soon as possible.

Our dedicated Visitor Experience team will be on hand to answer any questions or queries you have, and will be more than happy to take you around the site before you make any decisions.

To enquire today, please email powiscastle@nationaltrust.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.