Places · the reel
Halls and palaces that already know this kind of day.
London banqueting houses first, then the palaces and the English manors on the films. Capacities are what the venues publish. Confirm the suite, the caterer, and the date with them. This desk does not take the booking.
Count the seats
A published maximum is often standing, or both ballrooms combined. Write down who will sit for dinner. If that number is past two hundred, start with a hall. If it is inside a hundred and fifty and you want a facade, start with a house.
Name the rite
Mandap, nikkah, Anand Karaj, civil. A house that welcomes Asian weddings may still refuse a fire, a split room, or the Guru Granth Sahib. Book the room the vow needs before you book the party.
Then the picture
Halls are dressed. Manors are already a set. Read the filming notes before you fall in love with a staircase. The long piece is on the journal.
Advent Way, London N18
Their siteMeridian Grand
120–800 · two ballrooms
Purpose-built for the large day. Mandap, nikkah and walima under one roof, in-house halal catering or your own, and parking for 300 cars. Ballroom hire starts from £8,000. On this reel.
Meridian Way, London N9
Their siteArk Royal
About 650–700 seated
The yacht-shaped hall in the Lee Valley. Separate entrances when the families need them, mood lighting, and one of the larger car parks in London. Ve Mahi, Mariam & Ibrahim, and Reema & Fahad were filmed here.
Wembley, London
Their siteGrand Sapphire
Grand Ballroom, 1,000 banquet
The combined Sapphire and Emirates suites. Two foyers, bridal suites, and a floor long enough for a full entrance. The hall London families book when the guest list will not shrink.
Holborn, London
Their siteGrand Connaught Rooms
Grand Hall, up to 540
Grade II rooms and a 42-foot ceiling. Civil ceremony or mandap in the same hall. The Muslim wedding on this reel was shot here.
Udaipur
Their siteThe Leela Palace
Lake palace
The lake setting of Nachdi Phirey. A destination day that has to be filmed around the light on the water, not around a ballroom clock.
Rajasthan
Their siteSamode Palace
Courtyard palace
Akhila & Anand. A twenty-five-foot veil and a courtyard that already looks like a set. Book the palace, then the light.
Jaisalmer
Their siteSuryagarh
Desert fort
The palace the desert films are measured against. Golden hour lasts longer here than in any London hall, and the wind is part of the picture.
Goa
Their siteITC Grand
Resort, multi-day
Rakul & Jackky. Anand Karaj and a Sindhi ceremony across four days, with the sea as the second location.
Bikaner
Their siteLaxmi Niwas Palace
Heritage palace
Shweta & Arjun. The palace film that took the GIWA prize. Red stone, long corridors, and a grade that can stay warm without going orange. The link is the film, not the palace office.
Hertfordshire
Their siteThe Grove
Up to about 420
A country-house alternative when the family wants grounds and a mandap outside London. Confirm the suite and the caterer before you hold the date.
Hertfordshire
Their siteHatfield House
Old Palace, about 280
Heritage and parkland, close enough to London for a baraat that still has to arrive on time. Smaller than the banqueting halls, which is the point.