Layer Marney Tower

Layer Marney Tower

You won't forget your first sight of Layer Marney Tower \u2013 one of the most beautiful and romantic places in Britain. Whether for your wedding ceremony, your wedding reception, or both, Layer Marney Tower is the perfect setting for your special day.

The beautiful Tudor buildings are surrounded by picturesque gardens set in attractive parkland, with breath-taking views to the Blackwater Estuary. The Tower and gardens combine formality and intimacy, ensuring a Layer Marney Tower wedding will leave you with wonderful and lasting memories.

A unique wedding venue in Essex, Layer Marney Tower has been skilfully adapted to meet the requirements of the twenty first century bride. You, together with your friends and family, may now sip champagne and nibble canapes where Henry VIII and Elizabeth I once strode.

We have been helping couples make their dreams come true for over 25 years and the single most important thing we have learnt is that every wedding is different. You may be sure that everyone at Layer Marney Tower will work with you to ensure that your wedding dreams become reality.

Civil ceremonies may take place in several rooms \u2013 the most popular is the Corsellis Room which seats 120 people. For smaller parties the Hall of the gatehouse will hold up to 20 guests, whilst Tuke's Chamber has a capacity of 60. Each room has its own character, and the ambiance may be enhanced with live musicians such as harpists or string trios.

The gardens, surrounded by acres of farm and parkland, provide wonderful opportunities for photographs - the boardwalk over the pond is particularly popular. The ancient York-stone steps leading up to the Tower offer an ideal opportunity for photographs not only of the wedding couple, but also of all the guests together \u2013 with the Tower in the background. There are parts of the garden that are formal and others that are more natural, echoing the building themselves that are both grand yet welcoming.

With oak panelling, fine tapestries, a Jacobean fireplace and huge glittering chandeliers, the Long Gallery is the perfect backdrop for your Wedding Reception, seating up to 140 guests. Whether you treat it as a blank canvas, decorating it with flowers, favours, chair covers, candelabra and the like to make it your very own, or just use simple table centrepieces. However you theme it, you can be assured that your Wedding Breakfast will be memorable for both the setting and the food and drink.

The experience we have gained over the many years we have been hosting weddings at Layer Marney Tower means that you can have complete confidence in us \u2013 and in our ability to work with you, to make your wedding day everything you hoped and dreamed it would be.