Langley Castle Launches Nature-Inspired Woodland Weddings

Langley Castle Hotel,  which has created divine wedding experiences for couples throughout the last year, has gone one step further and devised a blissful bridal Woodland Wedding experience.

The Northumberland-based authentic castle hotel has dedicated a secluded and private area within its extensive woodlands to the creation of a fairy-tale wedding glade, close enough to the main castle building to make guest access easy, but far enough away to ensure exquisite mindfulness.

The woodland glade, lit by twinkling fairy-lights or bulbs, is perfect for nature-loving couples, with rustic logs for guest seating and an area that can be decorated with fantastic flower displays and arbours, according to colour preferences and taste.  It can also be decorated with bunting, eco-friendly balloons, or whatever the couple wish to use within their theme.

Given its carefully selected location, the couple gain the huge advantage of having the statuesque and authentic medieval castle, built in 1350, with all of its fantastic grandeur and stately battlements, as their wedding backdrop.  They can wed in the spirit of a true medieval knight and lady, amidst the inspiring natural world, brimming with scents, birdsong and uplifting imagery, knowing their very own castle, with its four-poster beds, romantic window seats set into seven-feet-thick walls and fantastic battlements – an amazing location for wedding photography – is  just a few short steps away.

This makes the transfer from bridal dressing room to Woodland Wedding area seamless and simple.  Close at hand, the Langley Summerhouse can house a champagne or Prosecco bar, whilst banqueting tables can also be set up outside, if the weather allows, or tipis hired in to offer under-cover facilities.  

The intimacy of a Langley Castle Woodland Wedding is profound and the overall setting truly unique, not just within Northumberland but in the whole of the UK.  Langley Castle survived with much of its authenticity intact thanks to having no roof for many centuries, following a fire around 1405.  That is thought to have helped preserve much of its medieval architecture, free from changes and adaptations to suit new fashions emerging during different historical epochs.

All of this makes this Woodland Wedding something truly special, delivered in the castle’s inimitable way, as a long-term specialist in the Northumberland weddings sector.  A Woodland Wedding can also cater for smaller numbers in a very memorable and spine-tingling way, but can be part of a bigger celebration too, as well as whole castle, exclusive-use hire, if desired.

Langley’s Executive General Manager and wedding guru, Margaret Livingstone-Evans, says: “Nature has been an uplifting force for many of us during lockdowns and couples have become more connected to the natural world than ever before. Our castle grounds are absolutely fantastic, boasting ancient woodlands that make them perfect for those nature-inspired wedding days.  Our fairy-tale woodland grove also offers what I suspect 99% cannot – a medieval castle glimpsed through the leafy boughs.  It really is the Robin Hood and Maid Marian dream and we are thrilled to offer this to couples who want the extraordinary.”

To find out how to stage a Woodland Wedding at Langley Castle, located in Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland, call Margaret Livingstone-Evans on 01434 688888.  More information about the idyllic castle can be found at www.langleycastle.co.uk                                               

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Editors notes

Langley Castle, built in 1350, is located in Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland and is one of the few authentic, fortified medieval castles in England. It has a rich history, with strong links to Jacobite rebellions, is located just a stone's throw from the World Heritage Site of Hadrian's Wall and boasts features including battlements, seven-feet-thick walls, window seats set into the walls and the best example of medieval garderobes in Europe. It is one of the most exquisite wedding venues in the north and also offers a wide range of options when it comes to exclusive use, with the castle being available for weddings, family celebrations, Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs, D&D-style events and a wide variety of corporate functions.