Cliveden House
Cliveden stands on a bank 40 metres above the Thames in 376 acres of National Trust parkland, half an hour from Heathrow and an hour from central London.
Cliveden House is a hotel destination wedding venue in Taplow, United Kingdom, hosting up to 230 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £40,000 (our estimate), reached from London Heathrow (LHR), About 30 minutes by car.
About Cliveden House
Cliveden stands on a bank 40 metres above the Thames in 376 acres of National Trust parkland, half an hour from Heathrow and an hour from central London.
Charles Barry built the present Italianate mansion in 1851; the Astors ran it as the most political address in England for most of the last century, and the Profumo affair started at its swimming pool.
It is now a 47-bedroom Grade I listed hotel that takes one wedding at a time on exclusive use.
The published shape is clean: up to 130 guests for the ceremony, drinks and wedding breakfast, up to 180 for the evening party, all year round, and from 121 to 230 seated if you add a marquee on the lawns.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £40,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- £60,000 to £95,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- LHR, 30 min by carAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Grade I listed Italianate mansion in 376 acres of National Trust parkland
- 130 guests for the wedding breakfast, 180 for the evening party
- Marquee on the lawns takes 121 to 230 seated
- Great Hall holds 150; ceremonies on the Parterre above the Thames
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:30Arrival drinks on the terrace, dinner in the Dining Room
- 11:00Spa mornings and a launch trip on the Thames
- 15:00Ceremony on the Parterre or in the Great Hall
- 19:30Wedding breakfast, then dancing with the party to 180
- 11:00Brunch and a walk through the National Trust gardens
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- LHR · about 30 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into London Heathrow.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Cliveden House hold?+
Up to 130 for the ceremony, reception and wedding breakfast, and up to 180 for the evening party, on an exclusive-use basis year-round. With a marquee the seated range runs from 121 to 230 guests.
Is exclusive use required for a wedding?+
Cliveden runs weddings on exclusive use, which gives you the mansion, its 47 bedrooms and the gardens with no other guests in the building. That is also why a summer Saturday books further out than most venues at this level.
Where does the ceremony happen?+
Indoors in the licensed rooms, including the Great Hall, or outside on the Parterre, the terraced formal garden that runs down towards the Thames. The National Trust parkland around it is open to the public, the hotel grounds are not.
What does a wedding at Cliveden cost?+
Exclusive use is quoted on enquiry against a minimum spend rather than published as a tariff, and it varies with the date and the bedroom count. Our figures below are estimates for the tier, not a quote from the hotel.
How far is Cliveden from Heathrow and London?+
About 25 to 30 minutes from Heathrow by car and roughly an hour from central London. Taplow station is five minutes away, with trains to London Paddington in about half an hour on the Elizabeth line.
Can guests use the spa and the river?+
Yes. The hotel has a spa, an outdoor pool and its own vintage Thames launches for trips on the river, which are the reason most Cliveden weddings run across a whole weekend rather than a single day.
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Sources and booking notes
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