Bickleigh Castle

Very helpful and excellent venue for reception for 90 people. Lovely location and good food and drinks. Also has comfortable and characterful accommodation for many guests. Needed location at short notice and they were very supportive and good value.

Bickleigh Castle is a beautiful place. I had the pleasure of being hosted here for a wedding this weekend. The staff are very friendly and approachable. The grounds themselves are beautiful, with stunning buildings, lawn area (with croquet), tennis court and court yard. The venue are amazing at hosting, the food was on point, the decorations were fit for a princess and for myself the violinist playing modern songs meant my Bridgerton dreams were granted. The room were spacious, ours had an on-suite bathroom, hot drinks making facilities and TV. You can get appliances such as irons also at reception, although it would be great for them to be available in the rooms themselves. The beds are very comfortable with lovely soft bedding, full pillows and adjustable heating with the radiators. For weddings, I cannot recommend this place enough, our whole family and friends stayed on site and we had all buildings and the castle segment to ourselves. We were treated with respect and hospitality, and had the best time. There is plenty of room for wedding breakfasts, room for children to play and space to enjoy the sunshine and a dance floor with a bar. The staff are always available to help and to chat to, with this being said you had freedom to roam and play, it was an unforgettable weekend. Staying over two nights gave our families chance to get to know each other and make amazing memories. Thank you to all who made our stay special!

Fascinating historic castle in a beautiful setting. The tour was incredibly interesting and informative. You really understood how proud the current owners are of their home. and combined with a cream tea incorporating locally sourced delicious scones we had a wonderful afternoon. Would totally recommend.

I stayed here for one night. It is basically a B&B which transforms into a hotel for wedding events. Accommodation is in listed thtached cottages, with one room in the castle itself. Continental breakfast was good - cooked costs extra. No evening meals but there's a good pub not far away. Staff were great. Highlight was John's knowledgeable and enthusiastic tour of his castle after breakfast - allow time for this! Overall impression - a bit amateurish, but in a good way. Great value.

We visited because I'd been given a voucher for a tour and cream tea. We thought at one point we were at Fawlty Towers .. confusing signage about whether or not the property was open, no-one milling around to make enquiries, when we eventually found out where to report to we were greeted with a very brusque attitude and to be informed we were lucky they had decided to open today because they were soooo busy, told to sit in the 'lovely seats' and generally spoken down to - we never discovered what they were busy doing. We felt we were an inconvenience to them. Cream tea was OK, much the same as you'd get from in any supermarket cafe - no choice of scones, seedless jam - mine didn't have any fruity lumps. I was disappointed we were asked if we wanted one or two scones. Didn't realise the state of the milk jug until after we had used some - inside could do with a good scrub so the inside is as white as the outside. We wandered around the castle and gardens - took us 30 mins max - very small. The Chapel was locked so we couldn't look in there. Fortunately we are able to find humour in our experience but we certainly won't be going back or recommend friends visit. We will, however, go back to Fisherman's Cot pub and Bickleigh Mill, both of which are around a mile from this venue, where staff are immensely more hospitable and crockery is clean!

What a lovely place to stay in a cottage in the grounds of the castle. The hosts were wonderful and John took us on the tour of the castle. There is so much history and we went over to the small chapel and had a little recital on the organ. She host made us we welcome and the breakfast as well. I would certainly return again.