Swinton Park
Swinton Park is a turreted castle at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, seat of the Danby family and then, from 1882, the Cunliffe-Listers, who still own it.
Swinton Park is a castle destination wedding venue in Masham, United Kingdom, hosting up to 250 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £26,000 (our estimate), reached from Leeds Bradford (LBA), About 1 hour 15 minutes by car.
About Swinton Park
Swinton Park is a turreted castle at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, seat of the Danby family and then, from 1882, the Cunliffe-Listers, who still own it.
The castle sits in 200 acres of parkland, lakes and gardens inside a 20,000-acre working estate, which is what separates it from a hotel with a nice lawn: the falconry, the cookery school, the bivouac in the woods and the miles of moor above Masham are all part of the same property.
Weddings run two ways.
Take the castle exclusively and it holds up to 100 guests inside, with the bedrooms, the drawing rooms and the terrace to yourself.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Staying over
- Rooms
- 42 rooms
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £26,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- £25,000 to £45,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- LBA, 75 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Event spaces
- Ballroom
- Setting
- Countryside, historic, elegant
Venue highlights
- Turreted castle in 200 acres of parkland on a 20,000-acre estate
- Up to 100 guests inside the castle, 250 in a marquee in the park
- Exclusive use takes the castle and its bedrooms
- Georgian Deer House in the parkland for outdoor ceremonies
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:00Arrival drinks on the terrace, dinner in Samuel’s
- 11:00Falconry on the lawn or a cookery school session
- 14:30Ceremony at the Deer House in the parkland
- 16:00Reception on the castle terrace
- 19:00Dinner in the castle, dancing until late
- 11:00Breakfast, then the breweries at Masham
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- LBA · about 1 h 15 by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Leeds Bradford.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Swinton Park hold?+
Up to 100 for a wedding inside the castle, and up to 250 using a marquee in the parkland. Weddings can also be booked without exclusive use, taking one or more of the reception rooms with bedrooms as required.
What does exclusive use include?+
The whole castle and its bedrooms, quoted at 42 rooms for an exclusive-use wedding, along with the 200 acres of gardens and parkland. Only one wedding runs at a time when the castle is taken exclusively.
What does a wedding at Swinton Park cost?+
Planner-reported figures put most weddings here between about £12,000 and £19,000, with venue hire quoted around £9,500 and catering from roughly £85 per person. The estate quotes each date individually rather than publishing a tariff.
Can we marry outdoors?+
Yes. The restored Georgian Deer House in the parkland is licensed for outdoor celebrations, and the terrace and gardens are used for drinks. English law licenses the structure rather than the celebrant, so confirm which spots are covered.
What is there to do on the estate?+
A cookery school, falconry, a spa, fishing on the lakes, mountain biking from the Bivouac and walking straight onto the moor. Masham, two miles away, has the Theakston and Black Sheep breweries and their tours.
How do guests get to Masham?+
Leeds Bradford airport is about an hour and fifteen minutes by car and Manchester roughly two hours. Northallerton and Thirsk stations are half an hour away, with East Coast trains from London King’s Cross in about two and a half hours.
Could this be your venue?
Ask about pricing and availability for the month you have in mind. You do not need a fixed date.
Still deciding? Elena is Aisle’s AI wedding planner. Give her a month and a guest count and she will forecast the budget, work out how your guests would travel, and put a first plan on paper. No account needed.
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Sources and booking notes
Confirm your dates, guest numbers, room arrangements and inclusions with the venue before booking. An enquiry does not reserve a date. Figures labelled Aisle estimate are modelled from regional rates and public sources; they are not venue quotes.
Sources for individual venue facts
Rooms: 42 rooms
“Celebrate your wedding with exclusive use of the Castle, including all 42 bedrooms and suites, elegant reception rooms, and beautiful gardens, creating a private and romantic setting for you and your guests.”
Read the source for roomsWhole property to yourselves: Yes
“Celebrate your wedding with exclusive use of the Castle, including all 42 bedrooms and suites, elegant reception rooms, and beautiful gardens, creating a private and romantic setting for you and your guests.”
Read the source for whole property to yourselvesEvent spaces: Ballroom
“Across the Swinton Estate, there are spaces to suit every style of gathering – from the grandeur of the Ballroom and Panelled Room at Swinton Park Hotel to the relaxed charm of the Deer House, the contemporary Arnagill Room, or the rustic Tipi at Swinton Bivouac.”
Read the source for event spacesSetting: Countryside, historic, elegant
“Stay amid 20,000 acres of the most breath-taking countryside, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.”
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