AskhamHall
Askham Hall is the Lowther family’s own home, a Grade I listed building that grew out of a 13th-century pele tower, on the eastern edge of the Lake District where the fells drop into the Eden valley.
Askham Hall is an estate destination wedding venue in Askham, United Kingdom, hosting 20 to 150 guests in the $$$ price range, reached from Manchester (MAN), About 1 hour 45 minutes by car. Best months: May, July, September, November.
Askham Hall in Askham, open May, July, September, November.
Askham Hall is the Lowther family’s own home, a Grade I listed building that grew out of a 13th-century pele tower, on the eastern edge of the Lake District where the fells drop into the Eden valley.
Charlie Lowther turned it into a restaurant with rooms rather than a hotel, and it now runs 19 bedrooms, a kitchen garden that supplies the plates, a wild swimming pond and a farm on the 800-year-old Lowther estate behind it.
Weddings take the place exclusively.
The Bank Barn, Grade II listed and converted with a glass wall onto the gardens, seats about 150 and holds 200 standing; ceremonies happen there, in the hall’s own rooms or outside in the topiary garden, which is medieval in outline and the best photograph on the property.
4 notes of our own.
Grade I listed hall grown from a 13th-century pele tower
Bank Barn seats about 150 and holds 200 standing
Exclusive use of the hall, 19 bedrooms and the gardens
Hire from about £1,800 midweek off-peak to £6,000 peak weekend
Best held in May, July, September.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Askham Hall.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 18:00Arrival supper in the hall, drinks in the walled garden
- 13:30Ceremony in the topiary garden or the Bank Barn
- 15:00Reception on the lawns, swimming for anyone brave
- 19:00Dinner in the Bank Barn, dancing until late
- 10:30Breakfast, then Ullswater or the fells
Things worth knowing.
MAN · About 1 hour 45 minutes by car
Guests fly into Manchester. Our team arranges every transfer.
£30,000
Hire figures are published for 2028 dates through the venue’s listings. Catering, drink and room rates are our estimates built from its published rates rather than a wedding quote.
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£30,000 to £60,000 for 120 guests with the hall taken (estimated)
£1,800
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
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£1,800 off-peak midweek to £6,000 peak weekend for exclusive hire (published)
£110 / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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£110 to £180 per guest (estimated)
£200 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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Rooms from about £200 per night (estimated)
May, July, September, November
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can Askham Hall hold?+
The Bank Barn seats about 150 for a ceremony and a wedding breakfast and takes 200 standing. Smaller weddings use the hall’s own rooms and the topiary garden, and the venue is happy with counts well below fifty.
What does it cost to hire Askham Hall?+
Published hire for the barn, hall and gardens runs from roughly £1,800 for an off-peak midweek date to about £6,000 for a peak weekend, quoted for 2028 dates. Accommodation, food and drink are charged on top of that figure.
How many guests can stay on site?+
Nineteen bedrooms in the hall and its buildings, so roughly 35 to 40 people sleep on site. Askham village, Lowther and Penrith take the rest, all within five to fifteen minutes by car.
Is it actually in the Lake District?+
It sits just inside the national park boundary on the quieter eastern side, ten minutes from junction 40 of the M6 and about twenty-five minutes from Ullswater. That position is why guests can reach it without an hour on single-track roads.
Where does the food come from?+
The kitchen garden and the surrounding Lowther estate farms supply much of it, and the kitchen builds wedding menus around what is in season rather than from a fixed package, which is worth discussing early if you have a set menu in mind.
How do guests travel there?+
Penrith station is ten minutes away with direct West Coast trains from London Euston in about three hours and from Glasgow in under two. Manchester airport is around an hour and forty-five minutes by car.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Askham Hall.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.