Althorp, Northamptonshire
Althorp was built in the 1508 and is proudly set in a beautiful 550 acres of walled park. It has been home to Princess Diana’s family - the Spencer’s for 500 years. It is very rich in history and is a very grand stately home that can be yours exclusively on your wedding day. It is private family home and you can expect a very cosy yet grand, warm setting for your wedding with some of Europe’s most impressive and finest collections of furniture, pictures and ceramics to provide stunning backdrop on your special. It is a wedding venue that will be enjoyed, loved and apprecaited by all your family and guests.
The Picture Gallery
There are various rooms in the house that are licensed for civil ceremony and can cater different number of guests from 40 to 160. There are also different rooms where you can host your first dinner and dance as newly weds and some of the rooms can cater up to 240 guests so space here will never be an issue. The rooms in the house are all reasonably sized and can be very flexible. All you need to do is to tell the hospitality team exactly what you want to do on your wedding day and they will tailor things according to your needs.
The Marlborough Room
Library rooms, billiard room, ante room, drawing room are some of the many other rooms that you and your guests can enjoy when you hire the whole house on exclusive use. Althorp as a wedding venue will surely give you a memorable day that will be remembered by all your guests. You can get a glimpse of the life that Princess Diana had in this house - where she ate, read, entertain and the like. All the rooms have its own character and will give you plenty of beautiful areas for taking your wedding photographs too.
The Library
The Sunderland Room
Althorp has a very beautiful grounds that you can enjoy when the weather is at its best. You can choose to have an outdoor pre-drinks so that you can enjoy the scenery and the weather with your friends and then later move in the warmth of the indoors. This will also prove to be stunning in all your outdoor wedding photos too. The choices are yours and you will be happy with the endless possibilities that they can offer you here.
Pronovias, a leading bridal designer shop in Barcelona with international shops in London and New York to name a few can confirm this fact that it is a magnificent venue to choose for any accossion. In their case, they chose Althorp for the photoshoot of their 2008 bridal collection that you can see in many magazine publications around the world and in shops like Harrods and in New Bond Street.
Grounds of Althorp
Pronovias models in the Drawing Room
Stunning venue to enjoy on the day itself and later when you look through all your wedding photographs. This place is beautiful inside and out with hospitality team to help assist you make your dream wedding come to life. Another thing to mention that is good about this wedding venue is that it is very accessible. It is within good driving distance to many parts of England and London only 90mins away.
Althorp: Northampton NN7 4HQ www.althorp.com www.hospitality.althorp.com
Tel: +44 1604 770107
Pronovias: www.pronovias.com
94 New Bond Streetm London W1S 1SH Tel. +44 20 7518 8470
Harrods, Knightstbridge, London SW1X 7XL Tel. +44 20 7893 8433