Wedding venue hire cost
in Bath
Hire starts from £3,000, typically around £4,000 — from 6 venues in our directory.
These are venue hire fees — the cost to book the space — drawn from 6 wedding venues in Bathlisted on Shortlist Wedding. They are starting (“from”) prices, so the real figure for your date and guest count may sit higher.
They exclude catering, drinks, photography, flowers and other supplier costs, which typically add up to more than the venue itself. Treat the hire fee as your anchor, then build the rest of the budget around it. These prices reflect our current listings in Bath, not a market-wide survey.
Venues behind these prices
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The Beneath at The Botanist
Beneath The Botanist's street-level dining room, The Beneath carves out an arched basement restaurant where 20–150 guests find jewel-box intimacy rather than cramped claustrophobia. Warm lighting and curved stone…
Balcony restaurant hire at The Botanist
One floor above The Beneath, the Balcony at The Botanist positions 20–100 guests elevated both architecturally and in visual register, with sight lines across the main dining floor creating natural spatial connection.…
Ground floor bar hire at The Botanist
The Botanist's ground-floor bar opens to 20–200 guests where movement between spaces and flexible table planning appeal more than fixed dining formality. British kitchen supports everything from standing reception to…
Entire Venue at Komedia
Komedia in Bath opens its entertainment-focused space to 615 guests where scale becomes deliberate feature rather than accident. The room's theatrical bones (stage, tech infrastructure, acoustic design for performance)…
The Botanist
The Botanist's full-venue exclusive use spans 20–400 guests across multiple rooms each with distinct character—ground-floor bar, upper dining, private alcoves—creating natural flow rather than single-box warehouse…
Field Good Bar
Within Bath's pedestrianised centre, Field Good Bar expands to accommodate 20–350 guests across multiple zones where aperitif bars convert into dining theatre. The clean-lined interior and established cocktail…
Wedding venue costs in Bath — your questions
How much does it cost to hire a wedding venue in Bath?
Based on 6 venues listed on Shortlist Wedding, wedding venue hire in Bath starts from around £3,000, with a typical (median) starting price of about £4,000. Higher-end venues reach £6,500 and above. These are venue hire fees — the cost to book the space — and exclude catering, drinks and other supplier costs.
Is venue hire the full cost of a wedding in Bath?
No. The figures here cover venue hire only. Catering, drinks, photography, flowers and entertainment are charged separately, and together they usually make up well over half of a total wedding budget. Use the hire price as your starting anchor, then build the rest of your budget around it.
Why do venue prices in Bath vary so much?
Hire fees move with season, day of the week, guest capacity and whether a venue is 'dry hire' or all-inclusive. A peak-summer Saturday at an exclusive-use country house sits at the top of the range; an off-peak weekday at a smaller space sits at the bottom.
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