Luxury wedding planning at
penicuik estate
At the heart of the estate, Penicuik House is the centrepiece of every wedding. With sixteen bedrooms, it brings everyone together under one roof, creating a welcoming home for your celebration. Light-filled drawing rooms provide the perfect setting for intimate ceremonies and champagne receptions, while the Courtyard and Rose Garden offer beautiful spaces to gather outdoors.
Whether you’re planning an intimate wedding for fifty or a lively gathering for two hundred, Penicuik House remains at the heart of your celebration, entirely yours for as long as you’d like.
Planning your wedding at
Penicuik Estate
At Coleen McKay Weddings, we work closely with the estate to help couples navigate every stage of planning — from choosing the perfect ceremony setting to designing the flow of your day across the various locations on-site.
Penicuik Estate is one of Scotland’s most exciting luxury wedding venues, offering couples the opportunity to create a truly immersive wedding experience across its stunning grounds and beautifully restored spaces.
Our team is here to make the process feel effortless, offering creative direction, logistical expertise, trusted supplier recommendations, and a calm, hands-on approach throughout your wedding journey.
Your Penicuik Esate Wedding Planned to perfection
the Glass Orangery · the High Pond · The Courtyard · The Rose Garden
The Spaces at Penicuik Estate
From romantic garden ceremonies to elegant indoor celebrations, Penicuik Estate offers a collection of beautiful spaces to exchange your vows and celebrate your marriage.
Each location across Penicuik Estate offers its own atmosphere, logistical considerations, and guest experience. During the planning process, we’ll guide you through the best options based on your guest numbers, wedding vision, styling preferences, and the overall flow of your celebration.
The Glass Orangery
Elegant, modern, and flooded with natural light, the Orangery is one of the estate’s most iconic ceremony settings. Its glass structure creates a beautiful indoor-outdoor feel, allowing guests to remain immersed in the surrounding landscape whilst enjoying the comfort and practicality of an indoor space.
The Orangery works beautifully for both ceremonies and dinners and is particularly ideal for couples wanting a refined, luxury atmosphere with a contemporary edge. Its neutral backdrop also allows for a wide range of styling directions, from soft romantic florals to dramatic large-scale installations.
The highpond
The High Pond offers one of the most breathtaking outdoor ceremony locations on the estate. Surrounded by woodland and overlooking the water, this setting feels peaceful, immersive, and incredibly atmospheric.
Perfect for couples wanting an outdoor celebration connected to nature, the High Pond works beautifully with sailcloth tents, floral-lined aisles, and relaxed drinks receptions that flow into the wider grounds of the estate.
This area creates an especially memorable guest experience, particularly during the summer months and golden evening light.
The Courtyard
Set against the historic architecture of Penicuik House, the courtyard offers a refined and atmospheric setting for ceremonies and guest gatherings. The stone backdrop and symmetry of the space create a timeless European feel, particularly suited to elegant editorial-style weddings.
The courtyard can also work beautifully for welcome drinks, live music moments, or candlelit evening experiences as part of a multi-day celebration.
The Rose Garden
Romantic and timeless, the Rose Garden provides a softer and more intimate ceremony setting within the estate grounds. Surrounded by seasonal blooms and manicured gardens, this location offers a beautiful balance of elegance and relaxed charm.
The Rose Garden works wonderfully for couples wanting an outdoor ceremony with a classic English garden feel and can transition seamlessly into drinks receptions and garden entertainment afterwards.
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accommodation at Penicuik Estate
Penicuik Houses & The Cottages
At the heart of the estate stands Penicuik House, a lovingly restored, sixteen-bedroom house made for gatherings, celebrations, weddings and quiet escapes.
With its blend of historic grandeur and modern warmth, this is a place where every corner invites you to linger a little longer. Here, memories unfurl in elegant rooms and sunlit gardens, and every occasion feels a touch more special.
Penicuik House is more than a setting, it’s a place where togetherness comes alive, thoughtfully designed for shared stories and stolen moments.
Catering at Penicuik Estate
For couples planning a wedding at Penicuik Estate, exceptional food and service naturally form a central part of the guest experience. The exclusive caterer we work closely alongside is The Edinburgh Catering Company — a modern Scottish catering team known for their thoughtful service, beautifully presented menus, and flexible approach to luxury weddings.
Their approach to weddings is highly bespoke, allowing couples to create a dining experience entirely tailored to their celebration — whether that’s elegant plated dining within the Orangery, relaxed sharing-style feasting beneath a sailcloth tent, or multi-day catering experiences across the estate.
The Edinburgh Catering Co
the house bar
Tucked within the historic Penicuik House, The House Bar offers an intimate and atmospheric setting for wedding celebrations. Combining the character of the estate with a warm, inviting ambience, it's a beautiful space for guests to gather, unwind and enjoy a moment together.
From welcome drinks and pre-wedding gatherings to evening cocktails, The House Bar provides a charming setting for the quieter moments and memorable conversations that make a wedding weekend so special.
As your Penicuik Estate wedding approaches, we take care of the final preparations, schedules and logistics. From coordinating suppliers and managing the wedding day to overseeing every moment of your celebrations, our team ensures everything runs seamlessly, allowing you and your guests to simply enjoy the experience.
Scheduling & Wedding Day Management
We bring your vision to life through considered design, exceptional suppliers and meticulous planning. Working closely with Penicuik Estate and our trusted network of Scottish wedding professionals, we oversee everything from styling and floral design to supplier coordination, budgets and the finer details.
Design, Vendor & Budget Management
With an intimate knowledge of Penicuik Estate and its beautiful surroundings, we help you make the most of this exceptional Scottish wedding venue. From exploring the estate's spaces and planning your celebrations to coordinating guest accommodation and travel, we ensure every element is thoughtfully considered.
Venue & Destination Planning
Your wedding planner will work with you to create a once in a lifetime wedding experience. Your dream wedding will be like no other.
Your Penicuik Estate wedding planning experience
Coleen McKay Weddings is a luxury wedding planning and design boutique creating exceptional celebrations throughout Scotland and beyond.
Led by Coleen McKay, our experienced team works with couples from across the world, offering a highly personalised approach to wedding planning. With an intimate knowledge of Scotland's most beautiful wedding venues, exceptional suppliers and the intricacies of destination celebrations, we ensure every wedding is thoughtfully considered and flawlessly delivered.
From elegant Edinburgh celebrations and romantic castle weddings to spectacular Highland estates, our approach combines timeless design, impeccable organisation and an unwavering commitment to creating something truly extraordinary.
A Leading Scottish Wedding Planning Boutique
Every wedding we create is unique, and our planning services are tailored to the scale, setting and individual requirements of your celebration.
Our full-service Scottish wedding planning begins at £7,500, with bespoke proposals available for larger celebrations and multi-day weddings.
We would love to hear more about your plans and help you create an extraordinary wedding in Scotland.
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