Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings with its character-filled grounds, historic buildings and views over the beautiful Worcestershire countryside, is a truly unique and romantic setting for your wedding. CELEBRATE IN STYLE New Guesten Hall, located near to the Museum entrance, boasts a 14th-century roof that was originally part of Worcester Cathedral’s reception hall for guests and contains beautifully detailed medieval carpentry. It is a large and flexible space which can accommodate up to 120 guests for civil ceremonies and the wedding breakfast and can be expanded to cater for an extra 60 loved ones for the evening reception. Surrounding New Guesten Hall is a manicured lawn lined with trees and historical buildings as a backdrop and is the ideal area for couples wanting to mingle and entertain their guests. 19 acres of grounds and historic buildings provide beautiful backdrops for wedding photographs, with the Windmill, Threshing barn and Telephone Kiosk collection being favourites with couples. The Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers Railway is available to hire, which creates an unforgettable experience.

Personal Message from the Manager

Name of Wedding Contact: Lorna

Welcome to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings! Are you looking for a unique and memorable setting for your Wedding or event? Avoncroft Museum would be the perfect setting for your special day. If you would like any more information, or to book a viewing, please complete the Bridebook enquiry form.

Experience

Year Business Was Established

1967

No. of Weddings Hosted

More than 50

Public Liability Insurance

Yes

No. of People In Team

Overview of Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Venue Type

Museum

Attraction

Dining Capacity

120

Reception Capacity

180

Usual Access Time

09:00 AM

Usual Finish Time

12:00 AM

Late Night Extension

Yes

Ceremony & Reception

Church Within Walking Distance

Sound System Available

Wedding Licence

Confetti Permitted

Venue

Landscaped Gardens

Marquee Permitted

Pet Friendly

Disabled Access

Grade I/II Listed Building

On-Site Parking

Outdoor Reception Space

Food and Drink

External Catering Permitted

Asian Catering

In-house Catering

Halal Catering

Alcohol Licence

No Corkage Charge for Own Alcohol

Kosher Catering

Pricing for Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Venue Hire Only

Maximum Price

£3,600

The Simply Guesten option, which combines the charge for holding your civil ceremony in the Hall, with the charge for holding your reception in the Hall. This option is a blank canvas that allows you to plan all the details of your wedding to create a day that matches your own style. The reception charge includes: access to New Guesten Hall the afternoon before your wedding to decorate the Hall, hire of New Guesten Hall between 10.30am and midnight on the day of your wedding and use of our tables and chairs. This means you make a booking with our approved bar company and caterers yourselves, as well as decorating the Hall and booking entertainment, which gives you control over the menu, style of entertainment and decoration of the Hall to really personalise your wedding day. This option also allows you to bring up to five drinks per guests, we do not charge corkage but the bar company will charge glass hire and a service charge for these drinks.

In-house Catering
(price per head)

Prices Start At

£3,500

Maximum Price

£6,500

Packages
(price per head)

Prices Start At

£150

Maximum Price

£230

Minimum Number of Guests

Guesten Afternoon Tea Wedding, this includes our ceremony charges, room decoration, chair covers, afternoon tea for your guests, fresh flower arrangements for your tables, table linen, and bar hire; there is also an optional evening reception, which you can add on and includes evening bar hire, a DJ to entertain your guests and extends hire of New Guesten Hall until midnight. You can choose from any of our approved caterers for your evening reception catering and they would charge you separately for this to give you more choice over the menu and style of catering. There are also optional drinks packages that you can add to the afternoon tea. The price for the Guesten Afternoon Tea Wedding option is not affected by the month of the year or day of the week, there are no other reductions if you do not want to have a part of the package, such as the DJ or flower arrangements.

Reviews for Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
(3)

Sibleyls

Happy couple married in December

April 2023

We got married here a few weeks ago, and it was absolutely perfect

We got married here a few weeks ago, and it was absolutely perfect. We had the ceremony in the hall, followed by a blessing in the little chapel and afternoon tea and hog roast for the reception. The staff were very helpful and accomodating, the food was excellent and was done by the Avoncroft Edwardian Tea Room catering staff. All in all the day went very smoothly, and there was the minature railway running and a jousting event, so with all that and all the buildings, all of the guests said they really enjoyed the venue, there was plenty to do and it was quite unusual.

Katie G

Happy couple married in October

April 2023

My Wedding Reception was held in the main 'Barn/Hall' at Avoncroft Museum in April 2012

My Wedding Reception was held in the main 'Barn/Hall' at Avoncroft Museum in April 2012.. Me and my Husband loved that it was a bit 'different' from your standard Wedding Reception Venue, our guests were intrigued by the old buildings etc, and it gave guests something to do/look at whilst Photographs were getting taken - some great photos to be had here! The Events Staff were also friendly and very helpful. The Wedding was a great success, and everyone loved the Venue! -Katie G.

Nicky & Phil

Happy couple married in September

May 2017

Wedding

“Thank you all for helping to bring our big day to life, it was perfect and we’ll never forget it!”