Find your dream wedding venue: Attending an open evening
5 Things You’re Missing Out On If You Skip Our Wedding Open Evening…
Photographed by Freckle Photography. Written and published July 2025 by Caitlin Spowage.
Congratulations on your exciting recent engagement, its time to embark on your pathway to the altar! Between guest list drama, colour scheme compromises, dress shopping and big cake decisions, there are so many huge choices to make before your wedding day.
Here’s why going to just one wedding open evening may just make choosing your wedding venue ever so much easier…
1. Make Your Planning Personal
We all love using social media platforms like Pinterest, Instagram, and Tik Tok to inspire us and help us visualise décor, flower choices and set up designs. By attending an open evening at Pentillie, you will be able to wander the very halls you may soon be married in. Seeing the natural lighting, the gorgeous array of colourful plants filling the garden ceremony locations and experience the general aesthetic feeling and vibe of the house.
Wedding open evenings help you begin to envision the terrific day you desire in person, making it feel that much more special.
2. Our Very Own Dream Team!
Throughout an open evening here at Pentillie, our Wedding Manager Rachael will be positioned on standby to answer any questions, share some interesting ideas and help show you just how magical your wedding could be.
Other members of our friendly team will also be here to guide you through weddings at Pentillie, how they work and what they can look like.
3. Seeing the Castle as a Blank Slate
The castle will be without wedding decorations, showing the base of the house which you will be able to work with. This opportunity is endlessly helpful to spark up your imagination and let it run free in a relaxed evening environment with your loved ones.
4. Exploring the Little Things…
Wedding open evenings are a brilliant blend of practical and fun! While you can be considering whether a venue will fit your guests or which ceremony locations would be your preferred backdrop, walking the grounds and the house will also reveal a Pandora’s Box of easy to overlook features.
Pentillie holds many of these with a riverside view that’s perfect for a photo opportunity, our 11 separately designed bedrooms or even hidden orchard pathways for quite moments with your loved ones. Small treasures like these may be the hidden details you didn’t realise you were looking for.
5. Research, research, research!
Designing your dream wedding includes A LOT of research, it’s key to know your dos and don’ts, your must haves and your definitely nots. When researching wedding venues, there is nothing more helpful than seeing them in person. It will ensure you feel more confident planning and preparing all the other other aspects for your big day.
The team at Pentillie would love to welcome you…
Whether you have recently began searching for the one (the venue that is), or you have viewed a few venues, visiting Pentillie allows you to have a nosy around all our bedrooms and bathrooms, stroll through our 55 acres of woodland gardens, admire the views, explore all the activities your guests will be able to enjoy during your stay, from the games room to the terrace fire pit to the Old Tennis Lawn games. You could even book a swim or sauna session on the night!
For these reasons and more, the team at Pentillie would love to welcome you for as you explore what could be a chance to find the perfect wedding venue for you!
If you would like to see the estate and can’t make it to one of our wedding open days, why not book a private viewing or take a virtual tour.
