Encompassing award-winning Cotswold gardens, internationally-renowned visitor attractions and some lesser known hidden gems, SoGlos has uncovered eight beautiful Cotswold gardens for your wedding day.
Whether you’re a naturalist or hopeless romantic, these glorious Cotswold gardens promise a wonderful backdrop for saying 'I do'.
Sudeley Castle and Gardens
Having been hailed as the most romantic castle in England, Sudeley Castle and Gardens in Winchcombe boasts a rich heritage with royal connections, offering a stunning setting for wedding celebrations, with the glorious gardens providing a memorable backdrop and great photo opportunities!
Guests can enjoy canapés and Champagne within the castle’s award-winning gardens, while there’s also the option to take full advantage of the glorious grounds and have a marquee on the spacious lawns, with views of the majestic castle completing the picture.
The Matara Centre
A unique venue in the heart of the Cotswolds, The Matara Centre offers a serene setting complete with formal gardens, rolling parklands and three small lakes which allow guests to soak up the picture-perfect surroundings and reconnect with nature.
From The White Garden with box-hedged flower beds and a fountain; to the quintessentially English Herb Garden which is hidden behind an eight-foot Cotswold wall, The Matara Centre in Kingscote, near Tetbury, gives couples plenty of beautiful choice and endless photo opportunities.
Manor By The Lake
An impressive manor house surrounded by seven acres of award-winning gardens, Manor By The Lake offers a wonderful ambience for wedding celebrations, with picture-perfect scenery for those all-important wedding snaps.
Couples are able to say their vows by the lake and have a Champagne reception on the lawn at the wedding venue in Cheltenham, with the mature woodland, manicured gardens, beautiful lake and Italian walled garden an incredible and memorable backdrop.
Cogges Manor Farm
A unique wedding venue located in Witney, Cogges Manor Farm is perfect for pretty, rural celebrations, offering two stunning 17th-century barns and a manor house, as well as a sprawling lawn, walled garden and orchard.
Boasting more than 15 acres of naturally beautiful grounds, the venue is perfect for nature lovers — and with the chance to snap photos with the farm residents too, it’s also a treat for animal lovers!
Water’s Edge at Ewen
Lakeside wedding ceremonies take place in a beautiful garden, which has an abundance of wildlife including swans and dragonflies. The grounds of Water's Edge offer ample places for photos, whether among willow and oak trees or beside the shimmering waters.
Couples can stroll across luscious lawns and take a moment together to appreciate the breathtaking views. Tucked away on the outskirts of the quaint Cotswold village of Ewen, the venue offers secluded grounds and a wonderful sense of serenity.
Owlpen Manor
With historic gardens described as 'spellbinding' by House & Garden magazine and 'a dream' by acclaimed gardener Vita Sackville-West, Owlpen Manor near Nailsworth, includes a kitchen garden, orchards and mill pond along with terraces rising in tiers like a wedding cake.
The romantic setting, in its own private valley, bodes well for married bliss with the hanging gardens on seven terraces being said to represent the 'Seven Gardens of Paradise' with peace and beauty in abundance.
Sezincote House and Garden
Could it get more romantic than a Persian Garden of Paradise set amongst rolling green Cotswold hills? Sezincote House and Garden, near Moreton-in-Marsh, boasts temples, grottoes, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.
The stunning venue hosts just nine weddings a year. Couples can make the most of water gardens surrounding the house with pools and stepping stones under an Indian bridge offering wonderful settings for wedding photographs.
Stanway House
Formerly owned by Tewkesbury Abbey, Stanway House near Winchcombe, boasts a tranquil setting, stunning water garden and, most impressively of all, a 300-foot-high fountain.
Surrounded by enchanting gardens with broad terraced lawns and herbaceous borders as well as parkland, the 14th-century Tithe Barn is also perfect for rustic wedding celebrations, with plenty of photo opportunities around the remarkable stately home, too.
