Three Day Weddings at Butley Priory

Create your own fairytale

Butley Priory is an enchanting wedding venue with accommodation for 47 guests in the Suffolk countryside

Winding your way through the countryside, enjoy a drive through the forest before Butley Priory majestically appears, surrounded by an unmistakable Suffolk landscape. Just a few miles from the coast and close to the pretty towns of Woodbridge and Orford, Butley Priory is situated just two hours from London and 90 mins from Stansted.

The exterior of Butley Priory, a Suffolk wedding venue with accommodation for guests, from the gardens.

Butley Priory is a Grade I listed former gatehouse, offered as an exclusive-use, fairy-tale countryside wedding venue with accommodation for guests in four newly refurbished bedrooms. An enchanting setting for creating your own exclusive ‘wedding village’ with the addition of Butley Abbey Farmhouse, Butley Priory Cottage and Paddy’s Cottage, offering a total of 20 bedrooms across four charming and unique properties, surrounded by beautiful Suffolk countryside.

With the flexibility to create your own exceptional wedding over two nights or more, there is also a dedicated site to add a marquee, tipi or sailcloth tent to host dinner & dancing for up to 200 guests.

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Intimate Weddings

Luxurious celebrations for your closest loved ones
up to 40 guests

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Priory Weddings

All the romance of a country house wedding
up to 80 guests

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Marquee Weddings

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up to 200 guests

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The Priory offers something rare, there is no other venue quite like it. Steeped in history with its unique architecture, it is set in private grounds surrounded by ancient oaks and ponds where the monks once fished. In Spring, the woodland is carpeted in bluebells and daffodils.

Each wedding is bespoke; our experienced, knowledgeable and friendly team will be here to help you, or assist your wedding planner, every step of the way. Weddings vary from the intimate to the extravagant, the classic to the more unusual. We are happy to be adaptable to help deliver your vision of a truly personal wedding.

“From the outset of the planning process, Libby’s warm, calm and professional guidance was just what we needed. By the time the day came we were confident everything was taken care of and as calm as we could be (in the circumstances!). And then yes, it really all did go superbly!”

— Robert & Imogen - April 2023

Wedding Guest Accommodation

The Butley Priory Estate can host up to 47 guests across four luxurious properties

Butley Abbey Farmhouse

Butley Abbey Farmhouse overlooks its large garden, tennis court, thatched summerhouse and croquet lawn, with meadows and woods beyond. With twelve charming bedrooms (sleeping 24), it is the ideal setting for gathering friends and family together for special occasions and holidays on the Suffolk coast.

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Butley Priory Cottage

Butley Priory Cottage is an 18th century flint cottage beside the Priory. Once used as a stable for the Priory and later as a summerhouse, it is available for midweek and weekend stays. It has two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, open plan kitchen/dining room and a double sofa bed in the sitting room.

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Paddy’s Cottage

Paddy’s Cottage adjoins the Farmhouse and offers our only ground floor bedroom, complete with spacious and contemporary wet room. It has two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, open plan kitchen/dining room and a double sofa bed in the sitting room. A pretty courtyard garden for sunsets & daiquiris.

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