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Price: £1,500 – £6,000
Guests: 200
Bedrooms: 16
Deals available: 1
Limited-Time Offers & Deals (1)
Description
Description
Built on the site of Warden Abbey, a monastery founded in the time of the Doomsday book, stands the former home of the Shuttleworth family.
A 5000 acre site in the heart of rural Bedfordshire, with rolling parkland vistas and steeped in compelling history, the Shuttleworth estate offers an extraordinary setting for weddings and celebrations all year round.
From smaller, more intimate ceremonies to opulent gatherings of up to 1000 guests, Shuttleworth has a choice of three stunning venues to make your day unique and memorable.
The House and Parkland offer an unrivalled wedding experience. Take use of the Jacobean-style country house and choose between an array of grand rooms to hold your ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception. Suitable for ceremonies for up to 200 guests and seated dinners for up to 150 guests. Additionally, The Summer House, set within a sunken garden makes for a charming, idyllic outdoor ceremony venue. Finally, the abundance of mature parkland is ideal if you wish to build a marquee or tipi.
For a magical, serene affair The Swiss Garden, designed in the late Regency era, is a rare example of period landscape design. Within the garden, surrounded by beautifully manicured lawns, are two licenced venues for wedding ceremonies: The Swiss Cottage and The Grotto & Fernery.
The Collection’s Hangar 3 is a thrilling venue to host your day. With tables peppered around masterpieces of aviation and automotive history, this unique space lends itself to a stylish ‘vintage’ celebration.
As a multi-venue property, Shuttleworth offers the opportunity to host your ceremony and your reception in more than one location.
All weddings at Shuttleworth are offered with the close assistance of an experienced wedding planner, to assist in the lead up to and during the wedding - this is complimentary to ensure excellence of service.
Message from the team
Name of Wedding Contact: Georgia French
Firstly, congratulations on your engagement!
Welcome to Shuttleworth, we are very unique as we have a variety of venues available able to cater for all weddings from small intimate ceremony only bookings to large reception celebrations of up to 600 guests.
For more information about the options available for your special day please email [email protected] or alternatively call 01767 627922.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Experience
Year Business Was Established
1996
No. of Weddings Hosted
More than 50
Public Liability Insurance
Yes
No. of People In Team
6
Overview of Weddings at Shuttleworth
Wedding Venue Type
Country House / Manor House
Wedding Venue Capacity
Dining Capacity
200
Reception Capacity
600
Wedding Venue Accommodation
No. of Bedrooms
16
Sleeps No. of People
35
Bridal Suite
Honeymoon Suite
Wedding Ceremony & Reception
Wedding Venue Details
Wedding Catering
Cultural Specialists
Jewish Wedding Specialist
Muslim Wedding Specialist
Asian Wedding Specialist
Pricing for Weddings at Shuttleworth
Pricing for Weddings at Shuttleworth
What's Included?
Exclusive use
Non consumables (e.g. linen, lights etc.)
Private room(s) included (non-exclusive use)
Couple accommodation included
Furniture included
Choice of preferred caterers
Wedding coordinator available on the day
Reviews (37)
- LLaurence & Katie02/11/2025An amazing day at an amazing wedding venueAn amazing day at an amazing wedding venueShuttleworth is an amazing wedding venue - it is great to have it all to yourselves, the different rooms can accommodate different parts of the day really well, Georgia and the team were brilliant at helping us to arrange everything, and the day itself went perfectly.Shuttleworth is an amazing wedding venue - it is great to have it all to yourselves, the different rooms can accommodate different parts of the day really well, Georgia and the team were brilliant at helping us to arrange everything, and the day itself went perfectly.
- CChloe & Dan20/09/2025The most beautiful dayThe most beautiful dayCannot recommend Shuttleworth enough. Georgia is such a joy to work with, she really put me at ease for our wedding planning, she is very attentive and remembered all the little details that were important to us l. We also were fortunate to work with Steph who I met when we first looked round Shuttleworth. Steph is so lovely and was great at showing us on the day the best places for photographs. We were so fortunate to get beautiful weather on the day. The Swiss gardens were we had our ceremony is truly such a beautiful venue. I really did feel like I was in a fairytale. Cannot recommend Shuttleworth enough. Georgia is such a joy to work with, she really put me at ease for our wedding planning, she is very attentive and remembered all the little details that were important to us l. We also were fortunate to work with Steph who I met when we first looked round Shuttleworth. Steph is so lovely and was great at showing us on the day the best places for photographs. We were so fortunate to get beautiful weather on the day. The Swiss gardens were we had our ceremony is truly such a beautiful venue. I really did feel like I was in a fairytale.
- SStephen and Amanda17/12/2024Wedding at Swiss Cottage Shuttleworth Wedding at Swiss Cottage ShuttleworthGeorgia was so helpful in helping us organise our day. Nothing was any trouble. Beautiful day. Would highly recommend 👌 thank you Georgia!Georgia was so helpful in helping us organise our day. Nothing was any trouble. Beautiful day. Would highly recommend 👌 thank you Georgia!
- IIan & Craig26/09/2024Everything and more!Everything and more!Our wedding day was even more than we had expected. The calmness on the day was amazing with Georgia's oversight on every aspect of catering, cake and flower deliveries, as well as orchestrating the whole event, even putting on our button holes. The venue was simply beautiful with superb grounds for photo's, but my husband and I can honestly not praise Georgia enough for all the support leading up to our special day and her commitment on the day to make it a truly amazing experience with a real wow factor.Our wedding day was even more than we had expected. The calmness on the day was amazing with Georgia's oversight on every aspect of catering, cake and flower deliveries, as well as orchestrating the whole event, even putting on our button holes. The venue was simply beautiful with superb grounds for photo's, but my husband and I can honestly not praise Georgia enough for all the support leading up to our special day and her commitment on the day to make it a truly amazing experience with a real wow factor.
- SSophie & Tobi10/09/2024What a day..What a day..From start to finish our wedding was seamless! Georgia is absolutely amazing, she is an asset to shuttleworth. No request is too much and her attention to detail is something else. The house and grounds have made amazing photographs! If you are looking for a stately home venue, this is the best around. From start to finish our wedding was seamless! Georgia is absolutely amazing, she is an asset to shuttleworth. No request is too much and her attention to detail is something else. The house and grounds have made amazing photographs! If you are looking for a stately home venue, this is the best around.
- MMathew and Steven Butler-Cairns08/08/2024Wedding of the year Wedding of the yearGeorgia and the team at shuttleworth were outstanding! They made us feel so special on our wedding day. The surroundings are incredible, and we were honored to be married at such at beautiful place. Highly recommend!!!!!Georgia and the team at shuttleworth were outstanding! They made us feel so special on our wedding day. The surroundings are incredible, and we were honored to be married at such at beautiful place. Highly recommend!!!!!
- HHannah and Kieran07/08/2024An absolutely perfect day An absolutely perfect dayOur wedding in the Swiss gardens at shuttleworth was absolutely perfect. We already wanted to have an intimate private ceremony and the Swiss Cottage was perfect. The attention to detail in the gardens was wonderful and the staff are absolutely brilliant! We could not have asked for a more perfect day! Our wedding in the Swiss gardens at shuttleworth was absolutely perfect. We already wanted to have an intimate private ceremony and the Swiss Cottage was perfect. The attention to detail in the gardens was wonderful and the staff are absolutely brilliant! We could not have asked for a more perfect day!
- SSteve and Julia White06/08/2024Just perfect!Just perfect!Fantastic location and superb staff who thought of everything..and they organised beautiful weather! Would highly recommend Fantastic location and superb staff who thought of everything..and they organised beautiful weather! Would highly recommend
- JJessi & Jack24/07/2024A perfect venueA perfect venueOur ceremony in the Swiss Cottage at Shuttleworth was so perfect. The team at Shuttleworth are fantastic, we were given plenty of opportunities to visit the venue in the run up and Georgia every detail was organised and confirmed to make our day carefree and perfect. The gardens are absolutely stunning for photos and the staff are all so lovely. Would definitely recommend Shuttleworth as a venue.Our ceremony in the Swiss Cottage at Shuttleworth was so perfect. The team at Shuttleworth are fantastic, we were given plenty of opportunities to visit the venue in the run up and Georgia every detail was organised and confirmed to make our day carefree and perfect. The gardens are absolutely stunning for photos and the staff are all so lovely. Would definitely recommend Shuttleworth as a venue.
- SS20/07/2024Cannot recommend for a weddingCannot recommend for a weddingWe were told by Shuttleworth c.2months before our wedding that they had accepted a corporate booking on the same day/time as our wedding, for c.4000 people with a ferris wheel, fairground rides, live music, a PA system, food trucks etc. This huge event would be situated next to the main house that we had booked exclusively for our wedding. Their contract terms and language around exclusivity mean this is technically possible (despite promising otherwise when we booked). Our expectation of being able to hear our own guests speak during the drinks reception or being able to have a videographer record our wedding with sound would not have been possible with the close proximity and noise from the adjacent event. We found Shuttleworth's decision to agree to another booking that would detrimentally impact our wedding appalling. Georgia the Wedding Manager did not even apologise once. Whilst the venue itself is of course picturesque, the team asserted that it is normal for them to have weddings alongside other events disturbing each other in parallel. For a once in a lifetime event like a wedding, we found this hard to accept and we were thus forced to cancel. We could not recommend this venue given this is what Shuttleworth considers to be standard event management practice for them. I would not wish on any couple what they did to us, and hope no one else's wedding at such short notice becomes collateral damage to a corporate booking , like ours.We were told by Shuttleworth c.2months before our wedding that they had accepted a corporate booking on the same day/time as our wedding, for c.4000 people with a ferris wheel, fairground rides, live music, a PA system, food trucks etc. This huge event would be situated next to the main house that we had booked exclusively for our wedding. Their contract terms and language around exclusivity mean this is technically possible (despite promising otherwise when we booked). Our expectation of being able to hear our own guests speak during the drinks reception or being able to have a videographer record our wedding with sound would not have been possible with the close proximity and noise from the adjacent event. We found Shuttleworth's decision to agree to another booking that would detrimentally impact our wedding appalling. Georgia the Wedding Manager did not even apologise once. Whilst the venue itself is of course picturesque, the team asserted that it is normal for them to have weddings alongside other events disturbing each other in parallel. For a once in a lifetime event like a wedding, we found this hard to accept and we were thus forced to cancel. We could not recommend this venue given this is what Shuttleworth considers to be standard event management practice for them. I would not wish on any couple what they did to us, and hope no one else's wedding at such short notice becomes collateral damage to a corporate booking , like ours.
Location & Contact Details for Weddings at Shuttleworth
Location & Contact Details for Weddings at Shuttleworth
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FAQs
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Describe the best wedding that happened at your venue?
On one of our weddings the groom arrived by landing his own aircraft on our runway and then later on the couple had a full air display with Pyrotechnics.
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Take it one step at a time with the planning, we are always happy to help with recommending suppliers and advice on what works well from our previous experience.
What’s your favourite personal touch you’ve seen at a wedding?
The father of the bride growing all of the wedding flowers from his own private garden.
Describe your venue in 5 adjectives.
Exceptional, Unique, Accommodating, Stunning and Heritage
Where’s the best photo spot at your venue?
Everywhere, the grounds truly are a photographers' paradise. Whether you are having photos with our spitfire, within The Swiss Gardens by the bridges, or on the grand staircase at The House or within the gardens as the sun sets for golden hour. There are so many possibilities.
Have you had any celebrity guest or wedding at your venue?
Yes
What is your venue's most unique feature?
It's hard to pick just one but we would have to say The Swiss Gardens are truly magical and we call them Bedfordshire's hidden gem.
What part of your business are you most proud of?
The unique offering within The Collection, everything you see there still flies. We have the oldest aircraft in the world plus running spitfires and also a hurricane.
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