One Day

Once you arrive at the castle at 12.30 you will be met by your wedding co-ordinator who will show you to your 4-poster honeymoon suite to change for the afternoon's ceremony. Your guests can enjoy a light buffet and champagne reception in the castle Drawing Room before making their selections from the 5 or 6 course banquet menu. If previously organised, a beauty therapist or hairdresser will accompany the bride to her suite. Shortly before the wedding the minister or registrar will arrive to discuss the content of the ceremony with the couple, explaining the vows in detail.

The groom's party and wedding guests are escorted from the hotel through the gardens by a piper to the castle. The bride will then leave her chamber, to be met by her party and photographers then guided to the castle to begin the ceremony.

The simple relaxed ceremony is conducted in the Medieval Great Hall and lasts about half an hour, concluding with both parties signing the marriage schedule in front of the minister and witnesses. Following the ceremony, the photographers will guide you through the numerous superb locations in the castle and grounds, whilst enjoying the chance to sample the chef's secret recipe for champagne punch. Guests can use this time to explore the castle's many chambers and dungeons, with heraldic displays, torture equipment, mummified cats and maybe catch a glimpse of the castle's ghost, Lady Marion Carruthers!

At about 6 p.m. guests will be announced into the Jacobean oak panelled dining hall for the evenings banquet. Guests will be treated to a sumptuous RAC award winning experience, supervised by the banquet manager who will also act as toastmaster if pre-arranged. After speeches the party will be served coffee before sampling drinks from the castle's private bar. For larger groups the castle can organise their own in-house ceilidh, a band guaranteed to create a successful party in the evening. For that ultimate addition the castle can arrange for one of their acclaimed firework displays to thrill your guests during the evening.

The castle can guarantee each of your guests will leave Comlongon Castle delighted to have been part of one of the best celebrations they have attended during the year.