Lumley Castle Hotel, Northumbria

Lumley Castle was without doubt the right venue for our wedding and we are really pleased we chose it. Everything ran smoothly on the day, it’s a venue with a lot of experience of weddings and they know what they are doing. David was our Co-ordinator on the day and he was great, helpful, nothing was too much trouble and it felt like he really cared about everything running smoothly. We booked the Scarbrough room for our ceremony and the Baron Suite for the reception. It was lovely to have the two options for the two elements of our day. The Baron Suite is really quirky - if you book it and go for table flowers I recommend utilising the candelabras, we did and they looked fab with trailing flowers arranged by our florist. Emma and Holly were excellent in terms of the planning, very helpful, knew their stuff and were very responsive. One of the things I found stressful with wedding planning was when suppliers didn’t get back very promptly but that was never an issue with Lumley. Always consistent in terms of communication. Price wise, we went with the sapphire package and it felt reasonable for what we got, our guests loved the food. There wasn’t much negotiation on price for things, some prices/pricing strategies were set in stone. So if you are looking for a lot of negotiation price wise then this may not be the venue for you. However I don’t know that other venues are big on negotiation either. If you want to get married somewhere that’s extremely picturesque for photos, quirky for guests and with staff who genuinely are lovely then I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Lumley Castle. We had a brilliant day and our chosen venue was definitely part of this.

We had an overnight stay with breakfast. The room was spacious with a comfy bed. The breakfast was tasty. The buffet style continental breakfast was outstanding. They had thought of everything. Then a good choice of hot food. We had a lovely walk around the grounds Would definitely stay again. Highly recommend.

Just spent 3 days here on a business trip and had a Classic Courtyard room. The room was spacious and comfortable and decorated in line with the character of the castle. The water was hot and the fittings were suitable. Beautiful grounds and a lovely location. The food in the Knights restaurant was excellent and good value for money. Breakfast was also excellent and a good start to the day. I will visit here again with family and spend more time exploring the castle. The service from all staff was excellent, and the castle cat even came to say goodbye at checkout 😀.