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Bespoke Wedding Tariff - if you do not want a 'wedding package'

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Craig y Nos Castle Wales 'Bespoke Wedding Tariff'




1. Bespoke Vs Wedding Package

Bespoke Tariff' allows you to hire ONE, or more party rooms individually. This is what you can do if not booking one of our discounted Wedding Packages with full exclusive use of all ground floor rooms.

Food can be ordered individually see standard wedding meals tariff here.  Or order a Buffet from Buffet Tariff here. See drinks/ drinks packages. For smaller weddings, bespoke using ONE room may be suitable. We will compare resulting costs of a 'Bespoke order', against the nearest 'wedding package' for your numbers etc, to check which option (Bespoke or Wedding Package) works out best for you.

This page is for any special arrangements where your requirements may not fit our existing range of castle wedding packages - e.g. if you want a 'ceremony only' wedding, or have 'too few' wedding guests (say, under 20 or so) for our Wales Wedding Packages. You may have lower guest numbers and not want to hire the whole castle exclusively. For best value, always try to choose one of our wedding packages.

Minimum Spend Bespoke Weddings: Discounts & Free Extras are offered in our Wedding Packages. Some items, especially Venue Hire (see our standard tariff ) may be included free, or at a lower rate, within a 'wedding package'. Minimum spend level: 2025: £4,500.00, 2026: £5,000.00, and £5,500 in 2027.

Bespoke / Standard Tariff – tailor made weddings: It is usually better value to opt for a Weekend Wedding Package or a Weekday Wedding Package if you have 40 - 50 guests to meet minimum numbers for the packages. The Wedding Packages have a lower venue hire tariff. Usually it is better value to take one of our wedding packages. The Bespoke Tariff, may suit smaller weddings as you do not have to meet the terms and conditions of the wedding packages, you do not need minimum numbers to your wedding breakfast, and you do not require minimum numbers staying overnight.




2. Bespoke Flexibility

You can choose to do without the buffet, or without the wedding breakfast. You can completely change your menu options. You can hire individual rooms, or all the rooms. You can do without the Ceremony Room (if marrying elsewhere or in a church). You can have as few or as many guests as you wish, and choose whatever you want, totally flexibly. You start with a blank slate and then add in the items you want us to provide for you from this page. Build up to your own 'bespoke wedding package'. Once you have worked everything out, refer again to the Wedding Package Selector to decide which option - bespoke, or an existing package - gives you 'best value for money'.

Bespoke Flexibility: Choose a Superior a la carte three course wedding breakfast. Choose Superior buffet options. Choose one of the function rooms and ceremony room. Paying full room venue hire removes overnight guest requirement under the Packages. Subject to minimum spend levels above, you can have a buffet only wedding. Or you can opt for a 'Ceremony Only' Wedding midweek.




3. Church Weddings

Bridal Couple in lower gardens with backdrop of Craig y Nos Castle

If marrying in a church, consider a Bespoke Tariff as you would not require the Opera House - ceremony room is included in our Wedding Packages. Or consider an evening only Twilight Wedding reception.

Remember that most churches tend to be further away from the Castle so you may require an 'evening only' / buffet only wedding reception to allow time for guests to get from the Church to the Castle. We find most Brides considering a church wedding end up choosing a wedding venue close to the church. You may not be able to 'pick a church' local to the castle. Until recently you could only marry in your local church, where you worship regularly. There is more flexibility now but church weddings generally require you to be a local worshipper.

Check our postcode SA9 1GL to be sure we are not too far away from your church. Before considering a wedding reception at the castle in combination with a church wedding, see RAC route finder for distances / travel times from your church to the Castle. We do not see many church weddings at Craig y Nos, so in practical terms it is not so common for Couples who are not local to the area to marry in a local church. We fall under ‘The Diocese of Swansea & Brecon’.

You cannot have a religious ceremony at a civil wedding venue.You can have a religious Blessing separate from, and after, the Ceremony. As the castle is a Civil Wedding Venue you have a registrars ceremony here and then if you like, a vicar can be arranged by you to come in afterwards and give you a blessing. This is legally quite separate from the Ceremony. Speak to the Registrar for advice on how this.

TIP: If marrying in a church local to where you live now, ask yourself, will a church wedding work - what is distance to the wedding reception at Craig y Nos Castle?




4. Small Weddings & Intimate Wedding Package

For a small wedding you could just hire the Conservatory for the day and evening. When hiring just ONE room, regular tariff applies. If you are at 25 guests or above, see our Intimate Wedding Package.

If you have only a handful of guests, say between 2 -14, we can offer you a ceremony only wedding midweek. You then add an evening meal at a party table in the function room, without hiring any rooms for your exclusive use. This means you have no afternoon wedding banquet, but instead sit down to an evening meal along with other B&B guests. A later Ceremony would be best, then maybe some welcome drinks and canapes, and photographs, which could take you to about 4.30 pm, reducing the wait to the evening meal.

There will still be a gap between the Ceremony and Evening Meal, as the latest the Registrar will marry you is about 3 pm and Dinner is not served till 7 pm at the earliest. This is an inexpensive option for smaller weddings as all you are paying for is the Registrar, Ceremony room, Canapes, Welcome Drinks and an evening meal.




5. Baby Showers

We had our first one in our Conservatory in 2018. See photos on our Baby Showers here.




6. Self-Catering Weddings

We offer a self-catering option which includes the exclusive use of our Conservatory, Conservatory Kitchen serving area for your caterers to serve from but NOT to cook in, the Opera House for your Wedding Ceremony, and two large sitting rooms. You have the use of all outside gardens and courtyard area for your wedding photographs. You are able to provide your own food and drinks, no corkage, but you or your caterers must comply with Environmental and Health & Safety regulations on the provision of food to guests - see self-catering terms here.

This package suits larger weddings wishing to do their own thing, in a large space all to themselves, and may work for smaller weddings that are below our wedding package minimum numbers. There is no accommodation usage requirement and you are free to use any of the castle's services, or not, as you choose. The full Exclusive Use Venue Hire is charged, starting at £4,660 in 2026. For later years, see hire of whole castle tariffs here.




7.  Ceremony Only Weddings

For a 'Ceremony Only' Wedding with just a few family present, hire just the Breakfast Room. Small Bookings and 'Ceremony only' weddings in Breakfast Room may only be held mid-week (including Sundays) so as not to clash with our Exclusive Weekend Weddings.

Or hire the Summer House and Lower Gardens for a Ceremony Only Wedding, with seating for 40 guests in garden. See Ceremony Only Using Summerhouse here. For weddings in Summer House, you may use the Lower Gardens and the Country Park, and of course our Summer House, for wedding photographs. All our Ceremony only Weddings are Sun to Thurs only. You benefit from all the Photo Opportunities the castle provides, inside and outside, enjoy the grounds, and the Country Park. You can even stay the night before your wedding or on the day of your wedding, or stay two nights and enjoy great mid-week B&B discounts, subject to B&B availability. Enjoy a leisurely evening meal with close friends and family selecting from the regular bar menu, and turn your wedding into a very informal, cosy, mini-mid-week break / honeymoon combined!

We don't offer Weekend Ceremony Only Weddings as weekends are for exclusive use full weekend wedding packages. A Ceremony Only Wedding is for small weddings who really want to have a Ceremony only, with the minimum of fuss, and to make it a nice family break for themselves and their closest relatives without the full costs and all the organisation required for a big wedding. It's the Brecon Beacons equivalent of Gretna Green!  Quick, inexpensive, simple and easy.

See also Ceremony Only Wedding - Opera House.




8.  Wedding Anniversary Parties

See Wedding Anniversary Parties. We have a very special deal for married couples wishing to celebrate their wedding Anniversary. So if you are already married (maybe you are looking at this site as a relative / parent of someone who is considering getting married), why not have a peek at our Wedding Anniversary Package!  Surprise your partner by arranging an impromptu anniversary party without them even knowing!




9.  Drinks Packages

There are three options for your Wedding Drinks Package:







10.  Extra Services

If you require anything not listed on this page, an extra fee may be charged. For any service not included in our Wedding Package or mentioned on our Tariff Page, we may provide the service required for a separate fee. Additional time / work / staff hours above what is included in the packages, or any special purchases, must be quoted for separately. Extra services are any services where extra staff time is required to be rota'd on specially to perform the required task. Normally you will be employing your own Wedding Decorators. For an idea of suppliers you will need, see what is not included.
Anything extra required of Castle Staff to support your wedding that is discussed verbally, where we suggest we can be of assistance, is not confirmed or agreed contractually until it is priced up and added to your wedding account. See 'optional extras' for what might be charged for additionally. You may require us to help you with your Table Decor and Favours on the morning of your wedding, as your table decor company may not be available at the required set-up time (or you may be organising your own table decor). Or you may prefer different combinations of chairs and furniture in the function rooms, compared to what they have in them currently. Moving of chairs out of their regular positions, or any moving of furniture from its regular position will incur a separate charge. Favours such as small bottles of alcoholic beverages incur a Corkage rate specific to the size of bottle and strength (alcohol by volume) of beverage.

We will advise you of our fee for any extras you require, in advance, depending on your specific requirement for additional support and assistance from the Castle Staff above and beyond what is included within your Wedding Package.




11.  When You Might opt for Bespoke

1. If you wish to hire one function room instead of whole venue, for a smaller wedding.

2. Just having an evening meal on a Dinner B&B basis, no fuss, for an intimate wedding of 10 to 15 people (mid-week Sun-Thurs only).

3. Church weddings where Ceremony room at castle not required - so you need only hire one room, however a wedding package will likely still work out better value (and many churches only marry people who live locally).

4. 'Ceremony Only' Weddings - mid-week only.


  • Please see our new

Wedding Package Selector

to check which is the most suitable wedding package for your requirements, based on the size, day and date of your wedding.


  • Also see our

Wedding Package Tariffs with costs shown for each package based on your guest numbers.


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