Royal palace of the 1630s inside the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for small exclusive-use weddings
Kew Palace is a red-brick royal house of about 1631 within the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, hired through Historic Royal Palaces for small weddings of around thirty to forty guests.
Kew Palace is a red-brick, Dutch-gabled house of the 1630s standing inside the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It is the smallest of the royal palaces, and in the eighteenth century it served as a family retreat for George III, Queen Charlotte and their daughters. Historic Royal Palaces looks after it now and hires it, together with the Royal Kitchens, for a single wedding at a time. The scale is deliberately small, with around 40 guests for a ceremony and about 30 for a seated wedding breakfast.
Civil ceremonies are held in the Georgian State Rooms, including the King's Dining Room and the Queen's Drawing Room. Dinner or a reception moves to the Royal Kitchens, where an open range and whitewashed vaults hold up to around 40 seated or 60 standing. In summer, drinks can be taken in the enclosed Queen's Garden. There are no bedrooms, so guests stay at hotels in Richmond, Kew or elsewhere in London. Catering comes from an approved list of caterers on a dry-hire basis. Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens stations are a few minutes away, and Heathrow is about half an hour by road.
Kew Palace
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Kew Palace is a red-brick, Dutch-gabled house of the 1630s, tucked among the Royal Botanic Gardens. In the eighteenth century it was a family retreat for George III, Queen Charlotte and their daughters, and that domestic scale still defines it. Historic Royal Palaces cares for the house today.
Ceremonies take place in the Georgian State Rooms, where panelling and paintings surround the guests. The King's Dining Room and the Queen's Drawing Room are both available, and the day moves on to the Royal Kitchens and the Queen's Garden, all kept for a single wedding.
The Georgian kitchens, with their open range and whitewashed vaults, are set with long tables for dinner. Approved caterers provide the food, and in summer the party can step out to the walled Queen's Garden for drinks beside the fountain.
Britain's smallest royal palace, a red-brick Georgian home of c.1631, hired whole for an intimate wedding.
The PalacePanelled Georgian rooms hung with paintings, the King's Dining Room and the Queen's Drawing Room, for the ceremony.
The Ceremony
A candlelit wedding dinner among the open ranges and whitewashed vaults where royal banquets were once cooked.
The DinnerAn enclosed seventeenth-century parterre of clipped box and a fountain, for summer drinks beneath the palace.
The Garden
The King's Dining Room, panelled and hung with portraits, dressed for an intimate wedding breakfast beneath a moulded ceiling, the room where George III once dined with his family.
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The Queen's Drawing Room, oak panelling and old master paintings, a red sofa drawn up to the chimneypiece, an intimate room for the ceremony or drinks.
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The Georgian Royal Kitchens, with their open range, charcoal stoves and whitewashed vaults, a characterful setting for a wedding dinner or reception where cooks once prepared royal banquets.
EnquireThe enclosed Queen's Garden, laid out in seventeenth-century style with a box parterre, a fountain and a raised gazebo, for summer drinks and receptions beneath the palace walls.
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Kew Palace and the Royal Kitchens, hired for a single wedding.
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Kew Palace stands within the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the Surrey bank of the Thames in Richmond upon Thames, a short walk from Kew Green. It is steps from Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens stations, minutes from Richmond, and within easy reach of central London and Heathrow, so guests reach a royal palace and a world garden with ease, with hotels of every kind nearby.
Kew Palace, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew Green, Richmond upon Thames, TW9 3AB, England
Kew Bridge (South Western Railway) is the nearest station, about 0.5 miles from the venue in a straight line.
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It stands inside the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, off Kew Green in Richmond upon Thames. Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens stations are a few minutes away.
Yes. Kew Palace and the Royal Kitchens are hired through Historic Royal Palaces for a single intimate wedding, so the palace and its garden belong to the couple for the day.
It is a small venue by design. A civil ceremony in the State Rooms takes around 40 guests, a seated wedding breakfast about 30, and the Royal Kitchens hold up to around 40 seated or 60 standing.
In the panelled Georgian State Rooms, which include the King's Dining Room and the Queen's Drawing Room. Both are licensed for civil ceremonies and receptions.
No. Catering is on a dry-hire basis with caterers from the approved list kept by Historic Royal Palaces, so menus can follow the couple's wishes, including dietary and cultural needs.
No, there are no bedrooms. Overnight stays are at hotels close by, in Richmond, Kew and elsewhere in west and central London.
Yes. The Queen's Garden lies directly behind the palace, a seventeenth-century style garden with a box parterre, a fountain and a raised gazebo. It opens in summer for drinks and receptions.
These Georgian kitchens keep their open range, charcoal stoves and whitewashed brick vaults, and royal banquets were once prepared here. With long tables and candlelight they make an atmospheric dining room.
About 30 minutes from the palace.
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