We cannot thank the team at Auchen and their vendor partners enough - from start to finish they were incredibly helpful, kind and professional. We had even planned our wedding day all the way from Canada (utilizing the 'all taken care of' package), during covid, and it still went off without a hitch! While the venue and grounds themselves are stunning, it's the team that made it what it is - from planning to day-of, it was definitely a world-class experience.

The food was absolutely delicious as well. Seeing as we and our guests were all visiting from another country, we chose our menu from the selections available to be as local as possible, and it did not disappoint! We still have people raving to us about the food (the best they'd ever had at a wedding)!

We would 100% recommend choosing to have your wedding at Auchen Castle, and hope to be back ourselves.

My husband and I held our wedding at Auchen Castle on 20th July this year, and we were absolutely blown away!
The staff were honestly amazing, nothing was too much trouble both in the run up to the wedding & on the day itself. My wedding planning approach was rather chaotic so poor Sarah and Lynne had to respond to quite a lot of emails with random things i’d suddenly remembered, but they always responded promptly and were so lovely every time.
We stayed at the castle the night before the wedding with a lot of family and the wedding party & the bbq they put on for us was 10/10. It was such a lovely relaxed start to our wedding weekend and I’d highly recommend you take the night before option if you can!
The wedding day itself truly blew all expectations out of the water. In the morning while I was getting ready with the bridesmaids, Lynne and the staff were great, bringing up some bubbles and our breakfast orders (delicious!) so we could have a leisurely morning in the bridal suite. They kept checking in with us to make sure we didn’t need anything, and then later brought up a fruit platter my mum had ordered for us which was the biggest fruit platter i’ve ever seen & so gorgeously laid out.
The rest of the day flew by, but we were so well looked after throughout and the staff were so efficient but also just really lovely. Dinner far surpassed any food I’ve ever had at any other wedding - everyone adored their meals and friends & family are still raving about it to us whenever they see us!
We’re so happy we had our wedding at Auchen and I cannot thsnk & recommend them enough for making our day as special & fun as it was.

From start to finish the staff were wonderful, the venue itself is beautiful.
We opted for the all taken care of package and it really was all taken care of, this allowed us to enjoy our wedding weekend. Guests travelled from far and wide. We took all the rooms at the Castle and had a barbecue the night before.
All the suppliers that Auchen put us in touch with were excellent. From Lucy at Mountain Daisy Flowers who understood our brief for having all our flowers to come from the UK, to Jenna the hairdresser, Hania the make up artist who understood that I wanted natural makeup and she delivered, I felt beautiful. Callum the wonderful piper, paperdoll printers who perfectly captured the feel of our wedding with the table plan, menus and place settings, Sandra Braid who created a beautiful wedding cake. The talented people from Falconry Scotland who made our ring delivery so magical and finally Nicky McMichan and his Ceilidh Band who helped make the dancing so much fun.
The staff went above and beyond looking after us and our guests, having the venue that was ours for the weekend was really special. We brought our dog and so did some of our guests, the grounds are great for dog walks. We wanted our fur baby to be part of our special weekend and Auchen made it so easy to do this.
The food was incredible, I am a chef so the food was always going to be important to me but the chefs really were excellent. They took great care of the different dietary requirements and allergies.
We cannot recommend Auchen Highly enough, they went above and beyond, so much so that when my Mum had mobility issues Fiona the manger phoned her daughter to bring an aid from her own home to help. Some of my guests also work in the hospitality industry and they were also very impressed with the standard of service.
If you want a fairytale wedding book it Auchen Castle

My husband and I got married at Auchen castle on January 8th 2023!

We couldn’t thank Sarah, Lynne and the whole team enough for helping us have the most perfect wedding day!

The venue is just stunning!
We planned our special day from America and didn’t step foot in the venue till the day before the wedding.
We utilized the ‘All on us package’ and I couldn’t recommend it enough! We had great communication through emails. Everything was stress free and all of the suppliers offered to us were wonderful!

We were delighted to have exclusivity of the venue for two days (Saturday/Sunday) Over 50 guests stayed the night before who all enjoyed a buffet meal/celebratory drink!

On the day we were so well looked after from start to finish.

Everything ran so smoothly! The management and staff at Auchen castle are so friendly and happy to help, they really are a well oiled machine!

From Breakfast, canapés, wedding meal and Buffets…. The food was amazing, and the portions were very generous! We had some guests with allergies, and the chef went over and above to make sure they were catered for! Everyone raved about the food all weekend! They have a fabulous bar area aswell!

It’s a great venue for children and we even had our family dog Rufus there with us!

Auchen castle was the perfect place for our most incredible day! We Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you so much for the most wonderful memories!

Mr & Mrs Mitchell

The team are just fantastic, the place is beyond beautiful and our day was 100x better than we expected. Since we don’t live locally I had to rely on the lovely ladies with all the planing and they’ve helped our day run smoothly, prepared everything. We have eloped here and we could of not asked for a better and more special place and team. Thank you

My partner and I wanted to have a small elopement, either in the Borders or Dumfries and Galloway, and we are SO glad that we found Auchen Castle because none of the other venues felt quite right. Auchen itself is a beautiful building - we felt like we were in a fairytale as soon as we came up the drive!

We opted for a ceremony only elopement, with an overnight stay, dinner and breakfast. We also opted to use several of Auchen’s recommended vendors (Willow & Wilde, Lindsey Mason Ross, Elegant Bridal Hairstyling), who were all amazing and used to working together. In terms of organising, Sarah made the whole process an absolute dream and was happy to answer any questions. Both herself and Lynne were super organised and reassuring which went some way in reducing pre-wedding nerves.

On the day, I don’t think we could have been made to feel more welcome. The Arran Suite was beautiful and was the perfect place to get ready (the hallway area was especially useful having 2 dogs with us). We were well looked after whilst getting ready and nobody minded the dogs in the slightest. I can’t thank Sarah, Vicki (photographer) and Lindsey (celebrant) enough for making the ceremony room look beautiful and taking care of the things that I’d completely forgotten about due to the excitement of the day!

The only thing we were concerned about prior to arriving was the possibility of it feeling too intense, with it just being the two of us. We really didn’t need to worry because everyone at the castle was absolutely wonderful and the day flowed perfectly. We were well looked after, but also had moments to ourselves as and when we needed it to take everything in as a couple.

The food was delicious and included canapés and the biggest cheeseboard I’ve ever seen! There was definitely something very magical about having the castle to ourselves in the evening and the view across the lake the next morning was dreamy. The castle and grounds are stunning and the team are a credit to Auchen. The whole experience was beyond perfect and we can’t wait to visit again - thank you.

The staff at Auchen Castle were incredible. I was unsure what to expect coming from America to get married but they went above and beyond!

They were very flexible with rooms and menus. The castle itself was exquisite. We will cherish our memories here always.

My partner and I got married at Auchen Castle on the 2nd September 2022 and it was the best experience in the world.
We had been researching online when we came across the venue and reached out for their wedding brochure and the possibility of visiting. Sarah, the general manager, got in touch with me to share the brochure and discuss the options available. She was incredibly friendly and helpful; I was pleasantly surprised that there were many different packages that the venue offered and a lot of flexibility within that to get the effect we were after. We decided to go visit and Sarah was very accommodating to get us in at a time that worked for us as we weren't local to the area. When we arrived we were just blown away by how spectacular the castle and the surrounding landscape is while also being incredibly easy to get to! Sarah and Lynne (wedding co-ordinator) were there to greet us on the day and take us through everything. Both were incredibly friendly and helpful, answering our many (many!) questions.
We ended up going with the "All Taken Care Of" package and added on falconry, a Ceilidh band and fireworks. The package really lived up to the name; the team at Auchen Castle booked us in with their recommended suppliers (food, flowers, cake, make-up, hair, stationary, band, piper, pastor etc) and made sure we had all their contact details so we could get in touch as soon as we wanted to discuss what we were after. Every single supplier delivered an impeccable standard and was even better than we could have imagined.
Paula (the pastor) really made everything feel personable and made us both feel so relaxed throughout; our guests spoke of how genuine and charismatic she is which added to the emotion of the ceremony.
The flowers were breath taking and were even better than we had envisioned; we took some home with us after the ceremony and so glad we did, the smell in our home was intoxicating in the best way possible.
The table plan and place settings were perfect – we could even see that the fonts that they had used for the table plan had incorporated our wedding theme which was unexpected and brilliant.
The cake was just perfect; the team at had reached out to our flower supplier so they could include some for the cake decoration which was just wonderful. The cake was incredibly tasty and exactly how we’d asked for it.
For the hair and make-up I had Gaynor and Charlotte who did fantastic jobs. My bridesmaids, mother-in-law and I received many compliments on the day. I showed Gaynor a few ideas I’d had on hairstyles for the bridesmaids and myself and she did not disappoint. She really listened and added her own finesse to it - there wasn’t a hair out of place the whole day! Gaynor was also incredibly kind, positive and genuine which made the whole experience even more enjoyable and we are hugely grateful. For the make-up, I often don’t wear much and have never had my make-up done professionally before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Charlotte offered a lot of advice on the style to go with and I was pleasantly surprised that it lasted the whole day and night (and that’s even after busting some moves out in the evening).
We had Callum on the bagpipes – just wow. It gave us goose bumps hearing him play and the way he personalised to songs and anthems we loved was just that extra magic touch. My husband is Italian and we had many guests from Italy attending our big day - Callum played the Italian national anthem for them – it was really appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The falconry was just magic! Pita, a beautiful barn owl, was our ringbearer for the ceremony. She was so well behaved and our guests were both massively and pleasantly surprised in the ceremony. Georgia, the falconer, had also brought her pet hawk, Bowie, for a display after the ceremony. Our guests had a wonderful time during this and were really glad to have the opportunity to get to know Georgia and learn more about the birds of prey.
The Ceilidh band was out of this world – it was so good to see our friends and family enjoy and get up on their feet – even those that I know are not ones for dancing. It really helped bring everyone together. The music was so well played, and I know the direction must have been really challenging given the language barriers but was really well handled so our compliments and gratitude to them.
Mark, the DJ, did a great job reaching those dancing feet – it has to be said that we’d supplied a rather hefty playlist, but he executed which songs to prioritise brilliantly, and our guests enjoyed their special shout out requests. The finale of the set was also well executed, there were songs that brought everyone together regardless of whether they met before or spoke the same language. It was just wonderful to behold.
The team at Auchen Castle also recommended our photographer, Vicki, from Willow and Wilde. We are so glad we went with the recommendation. Vicki was so friendly, funny and professional. The photos we've received are just beautiful!
The food was absolutely exquisite! The presentation and the flavour were just phenomenal and enjoyed by all, the adaptations to canapes and the buffet to cater to our vegan and vegetarian guests were both appreciated and really well executed. Massive kudos to the chef and everyone who helped serve. One of our vegan guests said it was the best wedding food she has ever had the delight to have. We had a BBQ the night before the ceremony for guests that were staying in the castle that night which was incredible! Not to mention the breakfasts each day were also absolutely amazing. We had had a food tasting prior to the big day to test out the wedding breakfast we had suggested but we hadn't tried everything else so we weren’t entirely sure what to expect but they definitely did not disappoint.
It was the most spectacular day, and we didn’t want it to end. We have had so many compliments on everything, both on the day itself and still getting comments on it now. The organisation of the day by Sarah, Lynne and Fiona (wedding manager) was just phenomenal, everything went so smoothly and we could really trust that they had everything in order so we could focus on enjoying our day. We also owe a big thanks to another member of staff, Ellen, for helping to bridge the communication gaps with English and Italian guests. It was a massive bonus that we hadn't planned for.
All in all, we are so so glad we chose to have our wedding at Auchen Castle and can't recommend it enough to other couples looking for a Wedding venue. It's a beautiful place, with an amazing group of people and just the perfect execution of a wedding ceremony, party and all the extra bits either side. We will definitely be going back to visit!

We got married at Auchen Castle on 27th August 2022. The venue is so so beautiful, even more stunning in person. A lovely romantic venue, with such history and beautiful decor and surroundings with modern touches in all the right places. The managers in particular are so knowledgeable and kind. Lynne and Sarah were so supportive with the planning process and very kind and helpful on the day. Everything was thought of ahead of time and I was so thankful I picked this venue. A huge thank you to manager Lynne in particular who showed such knowledge and kindness to help make our wedding extra special. An excellent venue.

I cannot fully Thank the team at Auchen Castle for all they did for our special day. From booking right up to the big day nothing was a problem and we never heard a ‘No’ in any response to any request. Sarah and Lynne at Auchen we’re always in constant communication and on the day itself the staff couldn’t have done anymore to assist my bride and her incredibly long dress!!

We can't praise Auchen Castle highly enough.
Right from booking through to the big day everything was exemplary.
Both Sarah & Lynne were superb in their communication throughout.
On the day itself my Bride was given the fullest of attention and her every need was granted.
We really benefitted from having a Sunday wedding.
Our guests had access from 3pm on the Saturday with a BBQ in the grounds prior to the Sunday ceremony. Our guests (some 30 in number) all commented on how relaxed they felt being based in the Castle itself and having the Saturday/evening/Sunday and Monday Breakfast to totally immerse in the venue.

We would love to thank the wonderful dedicated staff at Auchen Castle for making our wedding exceptional. Lynne and Oliver put in such effort to make us feel welcome and comfortable they handled everything so well and with such ease . Every member of staff we encountered went above and beyond for us, they have built such a good team that works so well to make everything perfect. The location is just stunning, the Castle is just the perfect backdrop for your photos. The interiors are just perfectly grand and the grounds were fantastic to explore from the beehives, fountain and lake there are plenty of photo opportunities around. Our guests were wowed and there is something for everyone to enjoy and take wonder at. It's a great place for all the family they welcomed our four legged friend and our nephew really enjoyed the beehives, rabbits running around and especially frog hunting. We were fortunate enough to visit while the water lilies were in bloom which just added to our wedding photos. I wish I could do it all again, we are hoping to return one day maybe as wedding guests so we can experience both sides. Thank you Auchen Castle it was magical.

Pictures don’t do Auchen Castle justice! On arrival, you’re in awe of its beauty. I got married here a couple of weeks ago and the staff here is AMAZING! From check in, to breakfast, to the bar area, rehearsal dinner and most importantly, wedding preparation, it was all first class service! Everyone in our party felt right at home and made for such wonderful memories. In our brief two nights stay (wish it could have been longer), adults and children made incredible memories to speak of. Explore the castle grounds and walk to the lake dock and also to the swing on the opposite side.

Forever grateful to Sarah and her staff for an unforgettable experience! Will definitely love to come back again!

See pictures below and as amazing as they are, being there in person is 100 times better.

Before we were even engaged we knew we wanted to get married here so when we first visited we were so happy that it was as perfect as we wanted it to be.

We had the 'all taken care of' package and cannot recommend it enough, it took away a lot of the stress of wedding planning.

The actual wedding day, well weekend as most of us stayed at the castle Friday- Sunday was just absolutely perfect. The staff were so professional and made sure the day ran so smoothly. The venue speaks for itself, stunning, someone who saw a photo asked if it was a greenscreen because it looked too beautoful to be real. The food is some of the best food we've ever tasted. Reasonably priced drinks. Such a lovely, peaceful location.

The suppliers that the castle chose for us were all amazing, cannot fault any of them. Everything was just perfect.

Most of us travelled up from Manchester, some from Wales and London and even further, and people have already said how they will visit again when there is an event such as valentines day because people were so impressed with every aspect of the castle.

Let's not forget- has anywhere else ever offered you an owl as a ring bearer? Say no more!

Absolute perfection. Wish we could do it all over again to relive such a beautifully amazing day!!

My now husband and I eloped here this past May. It was an amazing experience! Sarah was very responsive to all our emails. We came from another country and the time difference was 6 hours which made calling not really an option. But she was amazing! We got ready there and then had the ceremony and pictures. We also had the add on of an owl bringing the rings and it was amazing! We loved it! It was everything we could of ever dreamed of and if we could do it all again we wouldn’t have changed anything!