Somerset

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Prior Park Bath

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Price: £2,900 – £3,950

Guests: 120

Deals available: 1

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Description

Prior Park College in Bath was originally completed in 1741 and offers far reaching views from the Portico & Terrace across beautiful National Trust landscaped gardens, including the magnificent Palladian Bridge. The Mansion house is constructed of Bath stone ashlar and is composed of a central corps de logis, connected by two curving galleries to a west and east pavilion. It has been described as 'the most ambitious and the most complete re-creation of Palladio's villas on English soil'. Prior Park offers couples the opportunity to enjoy your special day in gated surroundings, extending to 57 acres of private parkland. Academy Hall accommodates up to 120 guests for Wedding Breakfasts, with a choice of menu styles available. Evening entertainment may be enjoyed in the Palladian restaurant and Garden Room, providing level access for disco's, bands and performers. Traditional, Contemporary, fine dining or family platters, Weddings are designed around your choice and style. With only a small number of weddings hosted each year, we provide regular viewing and meetings to ensure the venue will meet your expectations for the perfect day.

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Name of Wedding Contact: James Lindsay

I would be delighted to welcome you to Prior Park during a Friday evening or weekend for a full tour of venue and the extensive suite of rooms available for your wedding. We only ever host one Wedding a weekend to ensure all our weddings are exclusive, providing a truly unique and personal experience for every couple.

Experience

Year Business Was Established

1740

No. of Weddings Hosted

Between 30 and 50

Public Liability Insurance

Yes

No. of People In Team

Overview of Prior Park Bath

Wedding Venue Type

Country House / Manor House

Wedding Venue Capacity

Dining Capacity

120

Reception Capacity

150

Wedding Ceremony & Reception

Wedding license

Church within walking distance

Dancefloor available

Wedding Venue Details

Exclusive use

Marquee permitted

Outdoor Reception Space

Wedding Catering

Alcohol license

Corkage Charge for Own Alcohol

In-house catering

Pricing for Prior Park Bath

Wedding Venue Hire Only

£2,900.00 – £3,950.00

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What's Included?

Exclusive use

Day before set up available

Furniture included

Wedding coordinator available on the day

Multiple course wedding breakfast

• January to March £2900 • April to September £3750 • October & December £3100 • NYE £3950 All prices are subject to VAT.

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In-house Catering (price per head)

£50.00 – £75.00

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Reviews (35)

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Annabel and Will
21/07/2025
HUGE thank you!HUGE thank you!
I just want to give you a HUGE thank you and your team for the most amazing wedding day we could have wished for! The whole thing went better than I could have possibly imagined, and was genuinely one of the best days of my life! Walking down the aisle on to the portico with the spectacular view of Bath was a very surreal moment! So many of our guests commented that it was 'the best wedding' they had ever been to, everyone was honestly blown away and had such a good time!I just want to give you a HUGE thank you and your team for the most amazing wedding day we could have wished for! The whole thing went better than I could have possibly imagined, and was genuinely one of the best days of my life! Walking down the aisle on to the portico with the spectacular view of Bath was a very surreal moment! So many of our guests commented that it was 'the best wedding' they had ever been to, everyone was honestly blown away and had such a good time!
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Flo and Dom
21/07/2025
Amazing time!Amazing time!
Hope you're doing well and thanks so much for everything you did to make the wedding run so smoothly! It really was an incredible day all round!Hope you're doing well and thanks so much for everything you did to make the wedding run so smoothly! It really was an incredible day all round!
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Christine and Guy
21/07/2025
A million thank you's!A million thank you's!
Firstly, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your many months of incredible support and hard work in making our wedding day an unbelievable success! We regret that we didn’t make time to properly thank you both on the Sunday after the wedding, but wanted to share some of our thoughts now that we have settled down a bit post the big day. We have talked with some of our family and friends since, and the most common responses we have had is that the day felt like a real fairytail wedding.Firstly, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your many months of incredible support and hard work in making our wedding day an unbelievable success! We regret that we didn’t make time to properly thank you both on the Sunday after the wedding, but wanted to share some of our thoughts now that we have settled down a bit post the big day. We have talked with some of our family and friends since, and the most common responses we have had is that the day felt like a real fairytail wedding.
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N&L
28/04/2025
Faultless!Faultless!
We could not imagine a better venue than Prior Park! The venue: Prior Park College is absolutely stunning with the most amazing view. Our guests couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. The rooms also all looked fantastic, and barely needed any additional decoration from us. James and Niamh: We found James and Niamh to be very helpful and communicative throughout the planning process. They were more than happy to accommodate any of our ideas in a constructive way - for every single thing that we wanted to do, they suggested a way to make it work. This really helped make our planning smooth and as stress-free as possible. We really appreciated all of their efforts in the set up. Niamh stayed late with us so we could finish our set up the night before the wedding and then on the morning, she arrived early and worked her way through a long list of specifics that needed to be done on the morning - she did all of this with a smile even though she must’ve been tired! She also really helped with the clear up - we had tied bows on the backs of all of the chairs and were slightly dreading taking them down the next day, but we arrived on the day after the wedding to find that Niamh had already done this for us! We were really impressed with the rest of the clear up that had been done - all of our things were neatly put together in one place so it couldn’t haven’t been easier for us to sort and collect. The wedding day moved like clockwork. We have attended a number of weddings and on almost all of them, the timeline has slipped significantly but James and Niamh ensured that everything went to plan on our day. We could really enjoy our day, knowing that we could completely trust James and Niamh to organise our suppliers and sort out everything that needed doing behind the scenes. Unfortunately one of our guests got overly inebriated and James dealt with this incredibly professionally and effectively. We really appreciated the flexibility in timings for setting up, clearing up and parking. So many other venues are so strict on these things so we were very grateful that James and Niamh were so relaxed about it. James and Niamh are also just genuinely lovely people and their enthusiasm when discussing our plans with us really made us feel special and not at all like yet another couple getting married. The catering team: Having not tried any of the food in advance (purely because we hadn’t had time to come to Bath again before the wedding), we weren’t quite sure what the food was going to be like but it was absolutely fantastic. Many of our guests commented on how delicious it was. The breakfast platter for the bridal party was a thing of beauty and the bride’s only regret is that she was too nervous to eat much of it! It really exceeded expectations! One of our guests is gluten-free and she commented that this was the best that her dietary requirements have been catered to at any wedding that she’s ever attended. As well as the food being delicious, the catering team were very professional and we were really impressed with their service. Overall: We couldn’t be happier with our decision to get married at Prior Park College - our experience was utterly faultless. We could not imagine a better venue than Prior Park! The venue: Prior Park College is absolutely stunning with the most amazing view. Our guests couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. The rooms also all looked fantastic, and barely needed any additional decoration from us. James and Niamh: We found James and Niamh to be very helpful and communicative throughout the planning process. They were more than happy to accommodate any of our ideas in a constructive way - for every single thing that we wanted to do, they suggested a way to make it work. This really helped make our planning smooth and as stress-free as possible. We really appreciated all of their efforts in the set up. Niamh stayed late with us so we could finish our set up the night before the wedding and then on the morning, she arrived early and worked her way through a long list of specifics that needed to be done on the morning - she did all of this with a smile even though she must’ve been tired! She also really helped with the clear up - we had tied bows on the backs of all of the chairs and were slightly dreading taking them down the next day, but we arrived on the day after the wedding to find that Niamh had already done this for us! We were really impressed with the rest of the clear up that had been done - all of our things were neatly put together in one place so it couldn’t haven’t been easier for us to sort and collect. The wedding day moved like clockwork. We have attended a number of weddings and on almost all of them, the timeline has slipped significantly but James and Niamh ensured that everything went to plan on our day. We could really enjoy our day, knowing that we could completely trust James and Niamh to organise our suppliers and sort out everything that needed doing behind the scenes. Unfortunately one of our guests got overly inebriated and James dealt with this incredibly professionally and effectively. We really appreciated the flexibility in timings for setting up, clearing up and parking. So many other venues are so strict on these things so we were very grateful that James and Niamh were so relaxed about it. James and Niamh are also just genuinely lovely people and their enthusiasm when discussing our plans with us really made us feel special and not at all like yet another couple getting married. The catering team: Having not tried any of the food in advance (purely because we hadn’t had time to come to Bath again before the wedding), we weren’t quite sure what the food was going to be like but it was absolutely fantastic. Many of our guests commented on how delicious it was. The breakfast platter for the bridal party was a thing of beauty and the bride’s only regret is that she was too nervous to eat much of it! It really exceeded expectations! One of our guests is gluten-free and she commented that this was the best that her dietary requirements have been catered to at any wedding that she’s ever attended. As well as the food being delicious, the catering team were very professional and we were really impressed with their service. Overall: We couldn’t be happier with our decision to get married at Prior Park College - our experience was utterly faultless.
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Georgia & Dan
24/04/2025
best day of our livesbest day of our lives
Dan and I wanted to say a HUGE thank you for helping create the best day of our lives - we are still not over it!!! Everything was just so perfect and you delivered us the day we’d been dreaming about. It really was wonderful, and you two and the team worked so hard; we can’t thank you enough! It really did, the whole day was just perfect! ✨ Thank you so much again, our day was an absolute fairy tale dream! ✨Dan and I wanted to say a HUGE thank you for helping create the best day of our lives - we are still not over it!!! Everything was just so perfect and you delivered us the day we’d been dreaming about. It really was wonderful, and you two and the team worked so hard; we can’t thank you enough! It really did, the whole day was just perfect! ✨ Thank you so much again, our day was an absolute fairy tale dream! ✨
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Lukas & Nathalie
24/04/2025
best day imaginablebest day imaginable
We had the best day imaginable thank you! It is still on our list to write you a proper thank you and a testimonial, we have just been very busy but we will get to it!We had the best day imaginable thank you! It is still on our list to write you a proper thank you and a testimonial, we have just been very busy but we will get to it!
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Hannah & Nate
24/04/2025
massive thank you massive thank you
James we just wanted to say a massive thank you for everything on Thursday! It was just the best day ever and everything ran so smoothly - please thank everyone involved on our behalf! Everyone has commented on how incredible the venue was and the photos are amazing!! James we just wanted to say a massive thank you for everything on Thursday! It was just the best day ever and everything ran so smoothly - please thank everyone involved on our behalf! Everyone has commented on how incredible the venue was and the photos are amazing!!
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Al & Joanna
24/04/2025
Absolutely the best dayAbsolutely the best day
Just want to say thank you again, we had absolutely the best day, made all the more enjoyable by the team at prior.Just want to say thank you again, we had absolutely the best day, made all the more enjoyable by the team at prior.
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Lauren & Alex
24/04/2025
energy as supportenergy as support
We just wanted to say again a huge thank you to the whole Prior Park team! We had the best wedding day and your energy as support throughout the whole process was incredible!We just wanted to say again a huge thank you to the whole Prior Park team! We had the best wedding day and your energy as support throughout the whole process was incredible!
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Emily & Harry
24/04/2025
absolute joyabsolute joy
Thanks James, it was an absolute joy hosting our special day with you. I have no doubt we'll be in touch in the future! Thanks James, it was an absolute joy hosting our special day with you. I have no doubt we'll be in touch in the future!

Location & Contact Details for Prior Park Bath

Wedding Venue Address

Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, Somerset, BA2 5AH, England, United Kingdom

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Describe the best wedding that happened at your venue?

Guests from across 4 continents coming together for the first time in many years on a traditional British summers day. Prosecco, strawberries, lawn games, great food and super company. Family tired out and asleep on the sofa's by 11.00pm!

What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?

Ensure your venue provide a direct contact for your planner, you never know when you might need them!

What’s your favourite personal touch you’ve seen at a wedding?

Couple secretly both organised and booked the same surprise singer for each other!

Describe your venue in 5 adjectives.

Historic, landscaped, unique, refurbished and accommodating.

Where’s the best photo spot at your venue?

View from the Portico

Have you had any celebrity guest or wedding at your venue?

Not yet...

What’s your favourite canapé?

Chilled Watermelon wrapped in Serrano Ham on a hot day

What’s your favourite midnight treat?

Bacon baps!

What is your venue's most unique feature?

Palladian bridge, one of only 4 in the world!

What part of your business are you most proud of?

The chance to work with couples to provide style, service, tastes and experiences of their own choosing.

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