Sofitel London St James
St James's, London, Italy
Hotel
Up to 160 guests · 204 rooms
A five-star hotel in the former Cox's and Co. bank on Pall Mall, behind a listed neoclassical façade, with planner-led weddings under one roof.
St James's wedding venues
Palaces, historic clubs and The Ritz, between Piccadilly and St James's Park.
- Character
- Palaces, clubs and Piccadilly
- Best suited to
- Formal hotel weddings with dinner in a historic private dining room
- Setting
- The royal quarter south of Piccadilly, around St James's Palace
- Exclusive use
- Available at selected venues
Weddings in St James's
St James's preserves an atmosphere of old London, with royal associations, historic gentlemen's clubs and elegant streets extending between Pall Mall and Piccadilly. Its grand hotels, private dining rooms and historic reception spaces provide refined settings for weddings, particularly for couples drawn to classical architecture and established British traditions.
St James's Palace has played an important role in royal history for centuries, while nearby St James's Park forms part of London's celebrated ceremonial landscape. Jermyn Street is known for traditional shirtmaking and specialist retailers, and the neighbourhood's galleries and historic shops reflect generations of craftsmanship. The architecture ranges from distinguished Georgian buildings to imposing institutional landmarks. St James's retains a sense of continuity with London's past that gives the neighbourhood its unmistakable character.
Find your venue in St James's
St James's wedding venues
116 Pall Mall
St James's, London, Italy
Luxury Wedding Venue
Up to 250 guests
116 Pall Mall is a Grade I listed building by John Nash in St James's, hired exclusively at weekends, with a Grand Staircase licensed for civil ceremonies and room for up to 1,000 guests across the whole house.
Carlton Club
St James's, London, Italy
The Carlton Club is a Georgian building on St James's Street, London, used for exclusive weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining.
Haymarket Hotel
St James's, London, Italy
Hotel 5.0 (1)
Up to 160 guests · 53 rooms
Haymarket Hotel is a Firmdale hotel designed by Kit Kemp inside a Regency building by John Nash, with a civil-ceremony gallery, an 18m underground pool for parties and 53 rooms and suites in London's West End.
The Ritz London
St James's, London, Italy
Hotel 5.0 (3)
Up to 200 guests · 136 rooms
William Kent House, the Grade II listed mansion beside The Ritz on Piccadilly, holds the hotel's wedding rooms, with Green Park outside the windows.
Spencer House
St James's, London, Italy
Up to 120 guests
Spencer House is an eighteenth-century private palace at 27 St James's Place in London, hired for one wedding at a time, with eight first-floor State Rooms, receptions for 450 and seated dinners for 120.
Why St James's
Why marry in St James's?
St James's lies between Piccadilly and St James's Park, around St James's Palace, and it has been the quarter of royal London, gentlemen's clubs and fine shops since the seventeenth century. Pall Mall and St James's Street are lined with historic clubs, and Green Park and St James's Park are on its doorstep, with Buckingham Palace at their western end.
The Ritz London, the St James's venue, stands on Piccadilly facing Green Park. Its wedding dinners take place in the private rooms of William Kent House, with rooms and suites in the hotel for the wedding party.
For photographs, the parks and the palace frontages are a few minutes' walk away. Green Park station, on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, is beside the hotel.
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