Guides Wedding Venues
A 13th-century castle hotel on the River Esk just south of Edinburgh, with its own chapel and a choice of function rooms for wedding parties of different sizes.
An exclusive-use castle and walled-garden estate in East Lothian, roughly half an hour from Edinburgh, taken over entirely for the duration of a wedding.
A five-star exclusive-use castle estate near the Queensferry Crossing, combining a medieval keep with an 1820s mansion house set in private grounds.
A 16th-century castle in rural Fife set in 44 acres, with walled gardens and a converted barn (a "barnquee") for larger wedding receptions.
The whitewashed ancestral seat of the Atholl Estates in highland Perthshire, with a grand ballroom and Georgian state rooms among its wedding spaces.
A family-owned castle near Perth offering everything from an intimate ceremony in its old library to a marquee reception for 200-plus guests.
A 14th-century castle at the centre of a 1,200-acre private estate in the Scottish Borders, roughly an hour south of Edinburgh, taken on an exclusive-use basis.
A clifftop Robert Adam castle on the Ayrshire coast, cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, with historic rooms and gardens available for smaller weddings.
A baronial mansion in Aberdeenshire, once home to the family of Prime Minister William Gladstone, hired exclusively with nineteen bedrooms and its own estate church.
The Scottish Baronial former home of Andrew Carnegie on the Dornoch Firth, a members-only estate with its own links golf course and a history of high-profile weddings.
A Scottish Baronial-style castle hotel on the Ayrshire coast near Ballantrae, with antique-furnished rooms and gardens leading down towards the sea.
Scotland's most photographed castle, on a tidal island where three sea lochs meet — ceremonies take place in the Banqueting Hall, capped at 70 guests, after the castle closes to day visitors.
A ruined clifftop fortress near Stonehaven with dramatic North Sea views — ceremonies are held in the roofed Drawing Room or in the open-air castle grounds, for up to 60 guests.
A National Trust for Scotland 16th-century tower house near Banchory — ceremonies in the Great Hall, walled garden or refurbished Horsemill, up to 120 guests.
A National Trust for Scotland chateau-style castle near Aberdeen, dating to 1575 — ceremonies in the Great Hall, Library or Round Tower, up to 60 guests.
A Fife castle estate on its own loch, with a walled garden and self-catering lodges for the wedding party to stay on-site.
A Victorian Scots Baronial castle near Edinburgh Airport, run as an exclusive-use wedding venue with landscaped grounds.
A baronial castle estate near Inverness with landscaped grounds, run as a dedicated Highland wedding venue.
A baronial castle hotel and spa near Falkirk, set in 80 acres of parkland — the collection's original flagship venue. No longer trading; see below for its current status.