Some of the best Lake District Hotel Wedding Venues
Having everything you need at your disposal and often a dedicated team to help plan and run your wedding, its easy to see why a Lake District hotel wedding venue is the obvious choice for many couples, particularly as so many who marry here in Cumbria aren’t local and are invited friends and family from all over the UK and beyond to their wedding.
The Lake District boasts a lot of hotel wedding venues, each different and unique with lots of different packages on offer for all kinds of weddings, from “just the two of us” packages for elopements right up to full days for a larger number of guests.
Below I’ve briefly tried to summarise what makes each of these hotel wedding venues unique, whether you want a spa experience, indoor and outdoor ceremony options or fell view, you’re bound to find the perfect venue for you here in the Lake District.
Lodore Falls
Lodore Falls has one of the very best backdrops for outdoor ceremonies in the whole of the Lake District. On the edge of Derwentwater, not far from Keswick in the Borrowdale Valley, the fells sit behind you as your walk up the aislse and your guests sit below the imposing crags of Surprise view. There is of course and indoor option if the weather doesn’t play ball!
Lodore Falls also offers a really lovely spa on site and a Japanese restaurant if you’re extending your stay.
Read about Sarah & Mike’s Lodore Falls wedding
Cragwood Country House
The perfect quintessential Lake District country house, Cragwood offers wood panelled rooms and private lake access; it’s boathouse has become a pretty iconic Lake District wedding photograph!
The hotel offers a variety of packages, starting with an elopement package for two (staff or your photographer tend to act as your witnesses) up to full day weddings where you can even have tipis on the lawn to make the most of the view.
See Mae & Jack’s colourful wedding at Cragwood
The Haweswater Hotel
Although a reservoire, not a lake, Haweswater offers a wildness that is seldom found on the eastern side of the Lake District. A road runs down one side to a dead end so the only cars who pass tend to be walkers off for a day in the fells and the views aren’t interruped by boats and paddlers.
The Haweswater Hotel is an art deco delight, stylish and elegant with gorgeous rooms for your guests to stay in and a delicious menu for dining from.
Visit The Haweswater Hotel
Merewood Country House Hotel
Nestled up above Windermere with views over to the Coniston rage, Merewood has retained all its glorious original features and offers a variety of spaces to hold your wedding ceremony depending on the number of guests. It also has a terrace for ourdoor ceremonies with a view straight down the lake and is a great location for starting a walk up to Troutbeck or Wansfell.
The grounds are immaculately kept and full of colour in the summer months and it’s just a short drive to plenty of road side spots if you want slightly wilder locations for your wedding portraits.
See Victoria & Joe’s Merewood cosy Christmas wedding
Gilpin Lake House
Whether you’re planning an intimate wedding for two at the boathouse looking out over a private tarn, or a larger celebration in a marquee, Gilpin Lake House has something to offer every kind of wedding, including incredible Michelin Star food and spa treatments and experiences and you could even start your wedding morning with a dip in Knipe Tarn.
Giplin Lake House offers seclusion and privacy but is only a stone throw away from the hustle and bustle of Windermere, meaning if you want to get out and explore the Lake District during your stay, it’s incredibly easy to do.
Read about Louise & Laura’s Gilpin Lake House elopement
Holbeck Ghyll
A sweet independant hotel with views over Windermere, Holbeck Ghyll is a cosy hotel venue for a smaller Lake District weddings, catering for parties of up to 36 guests.
Holbeck Ghyll offers exclusive use for your wedding, making your day feel more intimate.
The hotel is situatied in extensive grounds and is only a short drive away from the lake if you decide you’d like your wedding photographs taken there.
Visit Holbeck Ghyll
Finding the perfect Lake District Hotel Wedding Venue
If you’re travelling to the Lake District for your wedding, choosing a location with ample accomodation for your guests could well be one of the top items on your list when finding your dream wedding venue.
Of course, the Lake District offers plenty of holiday cottages and smaller B&Bs too, so do consider these unusual Lake District wedding venues and barn wedding venues in Cumbria too.
