Borthwick Castle

We attended our friends wedding at Borthwick Castle on 30th November. We knew it was going to be a very special venue as our friends have such good taste we knew they would choose a really exceptional venue…………..we were right, but it actually exceeding all expectations. The castle is simply stunning, set in secluded private and such pretty countryside. Right from the second we arrived all of the team at the venue were super friendly, really helpful, engaged with all of the guests and really made us feel so welcome. We stayed in the Sinclair room and oh my goodness what a breathtakingly beautiful suite it is. 2 members of the team helped us to our room with all of our luggage and explained everything about the room and where everything was within the castle, again service with a smile and such warmth and friendliness. The whole day and night just ran like clockwork and the service from staff from start to finish was 100% first class. This is a dream wedding venue for sure, magical, stunningly beautiful, immaculately clean and beautifully decorated. Borthwick Castle is THE place in Scotland for your big day.

Such an amazing castle! We stayed in the Red Rose Room for a wedding and everything was excellent. The staff was wonderful, the castle was a warm refuge from the cold, and the rooms were very comfortable. Every floor is beautiful furnished and overall quite cozy!

My partner and I got married here a week ago. It was absolutely amazing. All of our guests were in awe at the surroundings, the attention to detail, the decor, the food (the food!!) and most of all the wonderful team at Borthwick! They contributed to an unforgettable day - it ran so smoothly!

Borthwick Castle is the wedding venue that every little girl dreams about. My (now) husband and I are based in Boston, MA USA and we booked the castle without ever having visited Scotland (or Borthwick) in person. We knew we wanted to get married in a UK castle (ideally Scotland due to the history and culture) and decided on Borthwick from the pictures, online reviews and research I conducted on Scottish castle wedding venues. Borthwick stood out from the rest for a many reasons, but mainly the distance from Edinburgh (an international airport), the amount of people who can stay in the castle overnight (26, but 28 if you use the daybeds), how stunning the inside of the castle is and all the awards they win each year. I looked at multiple other venues, but couldn't get Borthwick out of my mind. When we got engaged I reached out to them and was connected to Aine who I worked with over the next year and a half of wedding planning. Aine was absolutely outstanding throughout the entire process. We exchanged well over two hundred emails, a video tour of the castle, a few zooms and an in person visit to handle all the tastings and such. A lot of people were shocked when I told them I booked a wedding in a country I had never been to at a venue I've never seen in person, but I never felt worried about it due to the help and support I received from Aine. No question went unanswered and no request was too "in the weeds." Aine helped me with everything. When we arrived at Borthwick, with about 50 guests on Sunday, we were greeted by Borthwick staff at our shuttle bus with umbrellas and reassurance that we didn't need to touch any of our luggage. It would all be handled by the staff. We arranged for Sunday afternoon to have a Highland Games (arranged with Reel Time Events) and I was very worried all morning about the rain/flooding, but when we arrived the Borthwick staff had already worked with Reel Time to move the games inside the castle. I didn't need to do a thing! This was a theme during the entire Borthwick experience. I walked into the castle with the games set up and staff following me with guests luggage. We didn't need to touch the luggage during our entire stay with staff bringing them up and down the stairs for us. All we needed to do was enjoy. We played the games inside and after we were done, dinner was served! There was not a shred of food leftover, that's how good the food was! Everyone was thrilled and came up to me personally to compliment the food. The ice cream sandwiches were particularly amazing in my opinion. After dinner some of my guests were supposed to board a shuttle to their hotel and they were not wanting to leave Borthwick! Seriously, they wouldn't leave. Aine and the staff informed me they were trying to negotiate with the shuttle driver to come back later and asked me if I was okay with this. After I told Aine no the guests needed to leave for the evening Borthwick handled it for me! I thought I'd need to go and deal with

Lovely Castle we briefly visited only from the outside as no access for the public unless booked fir an event such as a wedding Only about 40 minutes from Edinburgh it is down some small country roads We visited due to being descended from Borthwick’s in this area of Scotland Would have loved to have the opportunity to go inside

I have nothing but positive feedback for Borthwick Castle. We wanted to have a destination wedding in Scotland (we're based in the US) and lucked out with choosing Borthwick as a venue and with Aine as our wedding planner. It was incredibly easy to work with them over emails/zooms and Aine did a lot of the leg work to coordinate with our vendors since we weren't local. We didn't even see the castle in person until far down the wedding planning path (booked it after a zoom tour) and it was even better in person than I could have thought possible. And the execution of the wedding was flawless; there is nothing we can think of that we would have improved over our experience. The castle and it's staff is a five-star experience with high levels of service, professionalism, and outright kindness. Not to mention how incredibly beautiful and unique the castle itself is. We have zero regrets in choosing Borthwick as a wedding venue and would encourage any couple deciding on it to book it as soon as possible!