Planning your perfect Kent wedding? Discover why couples are choosing our award-winning Victorian country house for their special day. When you picture your wedding day, you imagine more than just a venue — you imagine a feeling. The moment you drive through our gates, past rolling lawns and ancient trees, you'll understand why so many couples fall in love with Salomons Estate before they've even stepped inside. Here are five reasons why this could be the perfect place for your celebration.
1. The Entire Estate Is Yours
Unlike many venues that host multiple events simultaneously, Salomons Estate offers complete exclusivity. When you book your wedding here, the Victorian mansion, the 36 acres of gardens, and every elegant corner belongs to you and your guests alone.
This means no strangers wandering through your photographs, no competing music from another function room, and no rushing to clear the space. Your wedding unfolds at your pace, in your space, exactly as you've dreamed it.
2. Everyone Can Stay Together
One of the most common wedding frustrations? Guests scattered across different hotels, taxis booked for midnight, and that inevitable moment when someone has to leave early. At Salomons Estate, that simply doesn't happen.
With 47 bedrooms in the mansion house and a collection of luxury self-catering cottages dotted across the grounds, your nearest and dearest can stay exactly where the celebration is. Picture breakfast together the morning after, stories from the dance floor still fresh, with no one checking out and rushing off. It transforms a wedding day into a wedding weekend.
3. A Setting That Photographs Beautifully in Every Season
Our grounds offer something rare: genuine variety within a single location. The sweeping driveway lined with trees. The south-facing terrace overlooking the Kent countryside. Woodland paths dappled with light. The formal gardens in full bloom. The mansion's striking Victorian architecture.
Whether you're planning a spring ceremony surrounded by blossom, a summer reception spilling onto the terrace, an autumn celebration rich with golden leaves, or a cosy winter wedding by candlelight — the backdrop is always extraordinary. Your photographer will thank you.
4. An Award-Winning Team Who Genuinely Care
A beautiful building is only part of the equation. What makes a wedding truly seamless is the team behind it, and ours has been recognised as the Best In-House Events Team at the Kent Wedding Awards.
From your first viewing to your last dance, you'll have a dedicated wedding coordinator who knows the estate intimately and cares about the details as much as you do. They've seen hundreds of weddings here and know exactly how to bring your vision to life — while quietly handling everything you hadn't even thought to worry about.
5. Just One Hour from London, Yet A World Away
Location matters. You want somewhere your guests can reach without expedition-level planning, but you also want to feel like you've escaped somewhere special.
Salomons Estate sits on the edge of Royal Tunbridge Wells, just two miles from the historic spa town and an hour's drive from central London. Close enough for convenience, but the moment you arrive, the outside world fades. You're surrounded by countryside, birdsong, and the kind of peace that makes everyone slow down and savour the moment.
Your Next Step
Every love story is different, and every wedding at Salomons Estate reflects that. Whether you're imagining an intimate gathering of thirty or a grand celebration of two hundred, we'd love to show you around and talk through the possibilities.
Book a private viewing and see for yourself why this Victorian country house has been the backdrop to so many happy beginnings.
Salomons Estate is an award-winning wedding venue in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Set within 36 acres of gardens with 47 bedrooms on-site, we offer exclusive use of our Victorian mansion for weddings of all sizes.