Dundas Castle is a castle destination wedding venue in South Queensferry, United Kingdom, hosting 200 at dinner, where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £44,000 (our estimate), reached from Edinburgh (EDI), About 10 minutes by car.
Dundas Castle
Dundas is the practical answer to a Scottish castle wedding: a 15th-century keep and a William Burn mansion of 1818 on a 400-acre estate, eight miles from Edinburgh city centre and ten minutes from the airport, still owned by the Sir Jack Stewart-Clark family.
About Dundas Castle
Dundas is the practical answer to a Scottish castle wedding: a 15th-century keep and a William Burn mansion of 1818 on a 400-acre estate, eight miles from Edinburgh city centre and ten minutes from the airport, still owned by the Sir Jack Stewart-Clark family.
It takes one wedding at a time, exclusively, which means the gates close behind your party.
The Pavilion and the state rooms hold up to 200 guests for a dinner, and 17 bedrooms sleep 37 across the castle.
The Auld Keep, the original medieval tower with its vaulted stone ceiling, is the reason to come: it seats as few as ten and takes ceremonies up to 30, lit by candles, with a spiral stair and 500 years of soot in the stone.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Capacity
- Seated dinner
- 200 guests
- Ceremony, seated
- 200 guests
Staying over
- Sleeps
- 37 guests
- Room types
- 3 listed
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
The ceremony
- Outdoor ceremony
- Yes
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £44,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- £9,000 to £22,000 venue feeAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- EDI, 10 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- Countryside, historic, formal
Venue highlights
- 15th-century keep and 1818 Burn mansion on a 400-acre estate
- Ten minutes from Edinburgh airport, eight miles from the city
- Up to 200 guests for dinner; 17 bedrooms sleeping 37
- The Auld Keep for ceremonies of 30 and dinners from ten
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:00Arrival drinks in the Auld Keep, dinner in the state rooms
- 14:00Ceremony on the lawn by the loch, or in the keep
- 15:30Reception on the terrace with pipers
- 19:00Dinner in the Pavilion and a ceilidh until late
- 11:00Breakfast, then a short drive to Edinburgh or the airport
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- EDI · about 10 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Edinburgh.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Dundas Castle hold?+
Up to 200 for a wedding dinner across the Pavilion and the state rooms. The Auld Keep, the medieval tower, takes ceremonies for up to 30 and dinners from as few as ten for couples who want something small.
How many guests can sleep at the castle?+
Thirty-seven, across 17 bedrooms. Everyone else stays in South Queensferry, ten minutes away, or in Edinburgh itself, which is twenty minutes by car and has the range of hotels a large guest list needs.
Is the castle exclusively ours?+
Yes. Dundas takes one wedding at a time on an exclusive-use basis, so the estate, its rooms and its grounds belong to your party for the booking with no other event running alongside it.
Can we marry outdoors in Scotland?+
Yes. Scottish law licenses the person conducting the ceremony rather than the building, so you can marry on the lawn, by the loch or in the keep. That freedom is one of the main reasons couples pick Scotland over England.
How close is Edinburgh airport?+
About ten minutes by car, which is unusually close for a castle of this kind, and central Edinburgh is roughly twenty minutes. Guests flying in from abroad can land and be at the castle inside an hour.
What does a wedding at Dundas Castle cost?+
Dundas quotes each wedding on enquiry rather than publishing a tariff, with the hire, catering and bedrooms priced against the date and the guest count. The figures below are our estimates rather than a quote.
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Sources and booking notes
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Sources for individual venue facts
Seated dinner: 200 guests
“The Pavilion can hold a maximum of 200 guests.”
Read the source for seated dinnerCeremony, seated: 200 guests
“The Courtyard can hold a maximum of 200 guests.”
Read the source for ceremony, seatedSleeps: 37 guests
“With 17 charming bedrooms we can accommodate up to 37 adult guests at Dundas.”
Read the source for sleepsRoom types: 3 listed
“These are a mix of twin, double and family rooms to perfectly suit your variety of guests.”
Read the source for room typesWhole property to yourselves: Yes
“As an Exclusive Use venue, the whole Castle is yours for your wedding celebration!”
Read the source for whole property to yourselvesOutdoor ceremony: Yes
“We allow a maximum of 200 guests for an outdoor ceremony.”
Read the source for outdoor ceremonySetting: Countryside, historic, formal
“Secluded in the peaceful countryside of its own 400 acre estate, yet only 8 miles from Edinburgh, Dundas Castle offers all the comforts and high standards associated with the best of hotels.”
Read the source for setting