A Rowton Castle Bride & Groom had the pleasure of top Radio 1 DJ Greg James playing at their wedding reception last month.

The Radio 1 DJ agreed to play for free at the couple’s wedding reception at the castle, after John,the groom, suggested it during a chat on Greg’s afternoon BBC radio show.

True to his word, 24-year-old Greg turned up to entertain guests at the evening wedding reception at Rowton Castle Hotel.

Bride Ruth said: “It has been a fantastic wedding day and to have Greg James here as well makes it just brilliant, it is such a thoughtful thing for him to have done.”

The Radio 1 DJ got into the party mood by joining in the applause as John and Ruth took to the floor in this prestigious wedding venue  for their first dance as a married couple to the sounds of Time of My Life from the movie Dirty Dancing.

Greg, the DJ, who was accompanied to the exclusive use castle wedding venue by two of his Radio 1 producers, said: “I am delighted to be here, they are such a nice couple that I just thought why not?”

“I have never played at a wedding before so this is a first for me. I have to say this must be the classiest place I have ever played.”

“I am just so pleased to be here and be part of this special wedding day.”

We got married at Rowton Castle on 24th Feb this year and it was amazing in every single way!  The staff were fantastic from the moment we first set foot in the wedding venue over a year ago.

The castle itself is a beautiful, romantic wedding venue, decorated to an amazing standard (one of our ushers who travels a lot with his job said it was the nicest room he had ever stayed in) and has wonderful grounds for pictures. The staff were probably my favourite people on the planet for the 24 hours that we had the place!

John, the master of ceremonies on the wedding day kept me exactly where I needed to be all day, he even sorted out the order my bridesmaids and pageboys would walk down the aisle!  He took care of literally everything, ever the little last minute bits that I had forgotten about until I got there!

Debbie was lovely, incredibly helpful and funny, and seemed to be there every time I thought of a daft question, Danni on the reception was an absolute darling and was so lovely to all our guests and Lewis was a complete star!  From helping to lug crates full of table decorations in through the delivery entrance the night before, to ringing the florists husband on the morning to get her to bring extra flowers that I suddenly realised I needed, nothing was too much trouble!

The civil wedding ceremony was beautiful and the room looked incredible, the turnaround for the wedding meal was PERFECT, I had spent loads of time planning exactly how I wanted my tables decorated and a big chunk of our budget went on asthetics, I nipped in to see how things were looking after the pictures, expecting to have to move stuff, and I swear I nearly fainted – it was all perfect and looked stunning!

The food was gorgeous, the service was fantastic, even the bar staff in the evening were absolute diamonds!  Breakfast the next day was lovely as well and a great opportunity to chat again to all our guests before they left.  I honestly cannot recommend Rowton Castle highly enough as a castle wedding venue, after reading the wedding reviews on here I was already feeling confident but it completely blew us and our guests away.

Wendy (resident florist) did a wonderful job of our flowers, Linda (makeup) made me look lovely and told me I look like Holly Willougbhy which is always a bonus lol! Mel (Hairdresser) was also wonderful and SO many people told me how amazing my hair looked on the day.

Will Tudor (DJ) is essential for anyone booking a wedding reception at this venue, he seriously seemed to have access to any song my guests requested, no matter how obscure and was an all round excellent bloke!

Think that covers it, but I am so terribly glad that we booked Rowton, can’t imagine having had our wedding elsewhere!

We just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and all your staff for all your hard work and effort on our big day.  Your staff made it all run so smoothly and attended to our every need with enthusiasm and care.  The professionalism and attention to detail is commendable and we are so grateful for everything that you all did for us.

Please do pass on our thanks to everyone – you all helped to make our day the best day of our lives.

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Caroline ~ Please accept my grateful thanks for the wonderful service you and the rest of the staff provided last Monday at Chris and Zena’s wedding.

It was a truly magical day. We were so impressed too that you switched on the sun so that the guests could truly appreciate the lovely grounds!

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Debbie and all the superb staff at Rowton Castle ~ We want to thank you for all your effort in making our wedding day so perfect…..

We cannot imagine it having been any better in any way! Rowton Castle is the best and it will always hold a special place in our hearts and mind. Thanks for everything.

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We would like to express our thanks to all member of staff at Rowton Castle for making the Wedding of Suzy and Richard such a memorable day.

We had an amazing time and it was agreed by all that the location, the staff and the way in which the Wedding was handled was excellent.

Thank you for providing us with now wonderful memories of our special day.

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Thank you all at Rowton Castle.  It is not hard to see why you are considered as one of the top wedding venues in the midlands!!

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We would like to thank you and the whole team for making our Wedding Day so special.  Everyone at the venue worked so hard to ensure there were no problems on the wedding day.  Many of our guests commented on how helpful the staff were and how amazing the castle venue is.

We would especially like to thank you Keith for all of your hard work.  You made everything run so smoothly and we could not have asked for a better Master of Ceremonies.  I would like to send my biggest thank you for such a perfect wedding day, I really could not of asked for anything better.  The staff at Rowton Castle were all fantastic.

In January 2009, all first floor bedrooms were refurbished, with the second floor bedrooms refurbishment just completed this January 2010.

Bride’s & Groom’s searching for a dream wedding venue are extremely complimentary of the sumptuous decor and design that is now present throughout the entire castle.

With the hotel having an excellent reputation for wedding excellence, demand for appointments and available dates are extremely high.  If you wish to view the wedding facilities at Rowton Castle, please call our wedding department on 01743 884044 during office hours, or alternatively to request a wedding brochure click here, or to download a wedding brochure click here.

We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you soon to one of the most sought after Midlands Wedding Venues.

On the 1st floor there are six four poster rooms (Rooms 1,2,4,7,8,9) two superior double rooms (Rooms 3,6) and one superior twin room (Room 5)

On the 2nd floor there are five double rooms (Rooms 11,15,17,18*,20) three family rooms (Rooms 12,14,19) one twin room (Room 16) and one single room (Room 10).

(*Room 18 is a Four Poster Room)

A recent Rowton Caste Wedding Bride & Groom very kindly took the time to write to us to say thank you for an absolutely perfect wedding day……

I am just writing to say a huge thank you on behalf of my wife and I for an absolutely perfect wedding day!! This is a rather belated thank you as we got married with you in October 2009!!

Now things have settled down and I have some photos to show you we would like to pass on all out huge thanks to all your staff. The whole day from start to finish was organized to perfection by your staff. We met Caroline initially to organise our wedding in advance. She was both helpful and very professional. It was so pleasant to be able to sit and chat about our wishes and requirements for our ‘Big Day’ in the comfort of the lounge with a very friendly atmosphere.

All the staff on the day did an amazing job from the cleaners (who are excellent may I add) to the chef’s. The food was amazing and wine selection was very good.

Our special thanks goes to Keith for being our organizer on the day! He did an amazing job keeping us both apart before the ceremony despite the pair of us wanting to wanting to move around the castle for photos and videos. He did an excellent job ensuring we kept to time but more importantly he kept us very calm!!

We are a large family and had just over 100 guest. They all commented on what an amazing Castle Wedding Venue Rowton Castle is. Like us they thought the food was perfect and the organization was second to none.

We ended the evening with comments from our guests like:

‘This is the perfect wedding venue’ the castle is magical, if only we had gotten married here and this is the most perfect wedding we are had ever to, and we have been to a few!’

This not only made us immensely but also very proud to have had our wedding at Rowton! Your staff should all be very proud at what they had achieved and we cannot begin to thank you enough for making our wedding so perfect!!

Many many thanks to you all and have an amazing new year.

A recent wedding Bride And Groom very kindly took the time to write a review on our castle wedding venues hosting of their big day ……..

Keith & Caroline ~ Thank you both, for all your help in arranging our wedding. The day itself was amazing, Keith you were brilliant, you did a wonderful job on the day and all our guests said how professional you were, and how much they enjoyed the day and the stay at the castle!!!

Please thank your chef (the food was fabulous, especially the brushetta starter), the waiting staff and the rest of the staff for all their help both before and on the day. We could not have asked for a better day, it still all seems a dream. I was so nervous about everything but Keith eased my nerves by talking me through the day and gave me clear instructions. I didn’t have a clue what side of the aisle I walked down, how to arrange the bridesmaids etc..etc.. and he was just brilliant and I am sure if it wasn’t for you Keith the day wouldn’t have ran so smoothly.

The castle itself is a beautiful place and hopefully somewhere that we will return to in the future. I know my brother (our Bestman) is planning to have his wedding with yourselves in either 2010 or 2011 and we are already both excited about returning as a guest at his wedding so we can just relax and enjoy the day without the nerves of our own wedding.

Thank you both again, we had a truly magnificent time at the castle, everyone was so professional but friendly. We both really didn’t expect it to be as amazing as it was, it’s just a shame that it all went so quick.

There is not a single thing that I can grumble about, everything went so well, the cleanliness, the hospitality, the rooms, the food, the staff..etc..etc… just an absolutely fabulous wedding venue. Hope to stay again soon. Thank you.

What can we say!!!! You made our dreams come true!!! Our wedding was absolutely fabulous.

From the moment we arrived to checking out on Friday we felt like the King and Queen of the castle. All our guests said it was the best wedding they had ever been to.

When we were trying to find a wedding venue, we read peoples comments and wondered if it is a good as they make out. Well, for us it was and more. We couldn’t have asked for more.

One of our guests had forgotten his shirt. His partner rang down to reception to see where the nearest shop was so they could go and get another. No need, the staff sorted the problem and came up with two shirts for him to borrow. Nothing was too much trouble.

Every little detail that was important to us was sorted out by the staff. Everyone had a smile on their face; All the staff are a credit to the hotel. Fantastic!!!!

Thank you so much. I’m afraid that there aren’t really the words to say how fantastic it was but I hope this helps someone else make the right decision and book their wedding at Rowton Castle for a day to remember.

Gorgeous Wedding Venue, Wonderful Food, Fun & Friendly Staff…

Just a note to say thank you to each and every one of your staff that helped make our wedding day so magical.

The day couldn’t have been any more perfect for us, from the gorgeous wedding venue, wonderful food, fun and friendly staff who couldn’t do enough for both us and all our guests. It truly made for a very special day.

Special thanks go to Keith for his fantastic organisational and toast mastery skills; it really kept the whole day going as we planned. All who came have said it was the best wedding ever and that is thanks to all of your hard work.

In 2007 we were nominated for Wedding Venue of the Year; unfortunately we were not the overall winners but we were delighted to have been nominated.   Voting for the 2010 Awards is now open and we would love to be nominated again in this section and hopefully be one of the winners.

The company who host the awards have a specially designated website weddingideasmag.com/surveys/index.php?sid=77422&lang=en 

Voting gives an opportunity for Brides and Grooms to acknowledge the contribution that the variety of wedding service providers made to their special day.

If you have recently held your wedding with us or have booked with us for the future it would be very much appreciated if at some stage before 30th November 2009 you were able to find the time to visit the website and register your appreciation for ourselves and the other companies you used.  We know we speak for us all when we say we would be delighted if you were able to nominate us.

Dream Castle Wedding Venues that treated “us like royalty”

Thank you for making our day the most amazing day of our lives – we could not have asked for any more – it was absolutely perfect!

From the moment we arrived we felt like a king and queen. You listened to every single details of our planning – what can we say? The wedding room looked beautiful, stunning, just what we had pictured.

Caroline kept us very calm and helped us organise things up until the last day or two – thank you for putting up with our requests and making everything perfect.

A special thank you to Gareth who looked after us all day! You were amazing – nothing was too much trouble. You treated us like royalty and made us feel very special. Thank you for all your hard work.

We cannot wait to come back to stay at the hotel very soon, everyone commented on how perfect the Castle Hotel was and how beautiful the food was. Thank you again.

Rosie and Stephen, Rebecca and Richard, Tara and Mark, Chrystal and David, Chloe and Andrew, Louise and Lee, Beth and Greg

A Magical Wedding Venue….

I would like to thank you and all your staff for a truly magical day. What a day!! The Castle, the grounds, the food, your staff, that was just the start. It really was a fairytale wedding. We were made to feel so very special from the moment I arrived until the moment we left.

Special thanks must go to Caroline for all the help and advice she offered leading up to the day and on the day itself what a star we had in Kate. We could never have experienced such magic without her, not detail overlooked made the day more magical and memorable for us. No one could wish for a better venue, you must be so proud of your building.

Rowton Castle is now etched in so many peoples’ hearts and souls and that this Wedding and Venue will never be forgotten.

Sarah and Jonathan, Claire and Paul, Hayley and Oliver, Sarah and Justin, Anne-Marie and Kieran

Rebecca and Richard, Julia and David, Sara and Oscar, Jemma and Stephen, Vicky and David, Wan Sim and Chris

Debbie and Craig, Alison and John, Louise and Dylan, Deborah and Thomas, Leanne and Stuart, Amy and Paul

Andrew & Jenny entrusted Rowton Castle with the privilege of hosting their fairytale wedding day, and very kindly took the time to post the following wedding venues review…..

Just wanted to write to say a massive thank you for everything you and your team did for us on our Wedding Day – it truly was the best day of our lives and that was largely due to your venue and your amazing team.

When we got engaged at the start of 2009, we didn’t look at any other potential reception venue as Jenny had always wanted Rowton Castle for our Wedding.

Throughout the planning of the Wedding, Caroline and your team made the whole process extremely easy so everything was all ready for the big day with minimum fuss.

On the day itself, things could not have been more perfect. We already knew the setting of the Castle would be magical and all the guests were in awe of the surroundings – the weather was extremely kind to us so the sun shone all day, allowing us and the guests the opportunity to spend time in the wonderful gardens and woodland areas which were breathtaking.

We cannot speak highly enough of Gareth and the team looking after us on the day, he was absolutely fantastic, made the guests welcome and ensured everything ran like clockwork all day. All the guests commented on how professional the staff were and the high quality of the meals served, both the Wedding Breakfast and the Hog Roast.

Finally, all the guests staying over were so impressed with the standards of the rooms, we in particular loved the Bridal Suite.

So from us both, all our guests, please accept our sincere gratitude and thanks for providing us with the perfect setting and service for our unforgettable day.