Southern Highlands Wedding Venues
Looking for a wedding venue in the Southern Highlands, NSW? Here's 20 picturesque places to get married in the Southern Highlands. All of these wedding venues are all-in-one locations with both ceremony and reception venues onsite. Most also offer accommodation for the couple or extended wedding party.
Southern Highlands wedding venues include a mixture of DIY places where you bring your own suppliers and all-inclusive locations that cater for you. The cost of all inclusive wedding packages at venues in the Southern Highlands ranges from $100 - $480+ per person. Average wedding packages are in the $160 - $240 range.
The regions of the Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands are particularly popular for historic wedding locations, garden venues, luxury hotels and weekend wedding destinations. There are plenty of places for a relaxed country celebration where outdoor venues make the best of the picturesque landscape.
These are the most recommended wedding venues in the Southern Highlands region of NSW.
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Top 20 Southern Highlands Wedding Venues
Mali Brae Farm
- Location: 562 Nowra Rd, Moss Vale, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 30 - 110
- Venue Type: Farm
- Wedding Packages: Elopements, Micro Weddings & 60+ People
- Accommodation: Complimentary for 2
Mali Brae Farm is a boutique wedding venue on a private 90 acre farm in the heart of the Southern Highlands. There are 6 ceremony locations to choose from onsite including landscaped gardens and rustic ruins that enjoy extensive views over dams and surrounding farmland.
Mali Brae Farm has two reception venues including a large rustic hay shed that seats up to 110 guests and a modern luxe space for smaller weddings from 10 - 55 guests.
The Gardens - Growwild Wildflower Farm
- Location: 916 Old Hume Hwy, Alpine, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 145
- Venue Type: Floral farm
- Wedding Packages: $7,000 flat venue hire fee
Growwild Wildflower Farm is an elegant & affordable wedding venue on 25 spacious acres just 15 minutes from Bowral. Garden paths connect native wildflower plantings, natural bushland and manicured lawns providing a choice of picturesque locations for garden ceremonies.
Reception venues include a micro wedding barn & for larger wedding receptions there's a permanent marquee with light wood flooring - a perfect blank canvas. Growwild is a registered sanctuary with the Wildlife Land Trust and home to a wide variety of native flora & fauna. Wedding packages include exclusive use and BYO alcohol & catering.
Briars Country Retreat
- Location: 653 Moss Vale Rd, Burradoo, NSW 2576
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: 80+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 130
Briars is a romantic wedding venue on 15 rural acres of tranquil gardens in the Southern Highlands. All inclusive wedding packages include a lakeside ceremony, access to private gardens for wedding photos & a fully catered reception in the light-filled conservatory.
Next to Briars Conservatory (a mere wander across the lawn) The lodge & Inn provides large hotel style accommodation for 130 guests and an atmospheric country club style pub for guests between the ceremony and reception. Offering the best in convenience for a destination wedding in the Highlands, the Inn also has private dining rooms upstairs that are ideal for pre & post wedding events.
Augustine's Room - Mali Brae Farm
- Location: 562 Nowra Rd, Moss Vale, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 30 - 55
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive micro weddings
- Accommodation: Complimentary for 2
Augustine's Room at Mali Brae Farm is the newest small wedding venue in the Southern Highlands. Catering for wedding receptions of between 30 - 55 guests, the brand new purpose built space is ideal for intimate, country-luxe weddings.
With floor to ceiling windows, Augustine's Room is a light-filled reception venue that features stunning views over the farm's 90 acres. With 6 ceremony sites to choose from on the property and accommodation for two, Augustine's Room is an ideal destination for micro weddings in the Southern Highlands.
The Barn - Growwild Wildflower Farm
- Location: 916 Old Hume Hwy, Alpine, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 50
- Wedding Packages: $7,000 venue hire
- Accommodation: next door
At Growwild Wildflower Farm you hire the entire property for your exclusive use which includes access to the gorgeous rustic barn. Ideally renovated for micro weddings of up to 50 seated guests, the barn can be utilised as your ceremony venue, reception venue or both. Access to the light-filled garden marquee gives you the option of using both onsite wedding venues.
Set amongst beautiful native wildflowers on 25 acres in the Southern Highlands, Growwild Wildflower Farm offers an abundance of wedding photo opportunities onsite. BYO suppliers for a DIY wedding or ask owners Jane & Lukas to assist with your plans.
The Barn At Leeston
- Location: 924 Woodhouselee Road, Roslyn, NSW 2580
- Capacity: 180 seated, 250 cocktail
- Venue Type: Farm
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive from $70/pp
- Accommodation: Bridal preparation in 1860's homestead
The Barn At Leeston is a purpose built, modern wedding shed on an expansive farming property overlooking the surrounding Southern Tablelands. The barn's high ceilings, exposed wooden beams and elegant lighting make it an ideal spot for luxe rustic wedding receptions.
The grounds surrounding the barn feature manicured garden venues connected by elegant pathways and established trees. The old farm is a mecca of wedding photo opportunities with amazing old sheds, machinery, long grassy paddocks and expansive country views.
The Marquee - Growwild Wildflower Farm
- Location: 916 Old Hume Hwy, Alpine, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 145
- Wedding Packages: $7,000 venue hire
- Accommodation: next door
The light-filled Growwild Marquee presents a unique and elegant blank canvas room that you can utilise as either your ceremony or reception venue. Nearby breakaway areas allow for the entertainment of guests while the marquee is transformed from a ceremony to reception space. Alternatively, you have 25 acres of gardens and a barn onsite allowing for seperate venues for seperate parts of your wedding day.
Permanently pitched with polished wooden floors and paved outdoor pathways, the Growwild Marquee is one of the most versatile wedding venues in the Southern Highlands. The slightly elevated position affords views over the established gardens and surrounding native bushland.
The Barn - Mali Brae Farm
- Location: 562 Nowra Rd, Moss Vale, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 110
- Venue Type: Farm
- Wedding Packages: 60+ People
- Accommodation: Complimentary for 2
The Barn is Mali Brae Farm's original reception venue seating up to 110 wedding guests in a refurbished hay shed. It is a beautifully renovated space featuring rustic corrugated iron, raw timber and an impressive brick centrepiece fireplace. Luxury finishes include polished floors and chandeliers.
This private 90 acre Southern Highlands farm has 6 ceremony venues onsite including a dedicated ceremony barn. Unlike many wedding farms in the Highlands region, Mali Brae offers all-inclusive wedding packages. You get the best of a relaxed farm wedding without having to coordinate food & beverage.
Peppers Craigieburn
- Location: Centennial Rd, Bowral, NSW 2576
- Capacity: 180
- Venue Type: Historic Estate
- Wedding Packages: Micro Weddings & 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 150+
Peppers Craigieburn is an elegant wedding venue in the Southern Highlands heartland. The estate features heritage listed stables and old world grandeur. Choose from multiple ceremony & reception venues including the secret rose garden, Hickory's restaurant & bar or the Carrington Room. 72 guest rooms feature balconies with beautiful outlook.
Weddings in the Wilde
- Address: 71 Ryans Ln, Wildes Meadow, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 130
- Venue Type: Forest
- Wedding Packages: 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120+
Weddings in the Wilde is a rustic wedding venue located in a bushland setting in the Southern Highlands. The property offers affordable accommodation for the entire guest list and is the ideal place for relaxed, festival weddings in the great outdoors. Wedding packages include venue hire from $14,900 for exclusive use of the whole property. BYO caterers. A very private ceremony & reception location with late curfew.
Peppers Manor House
- Location: Kater Rd, Sutton Forest, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 20 - 250
- Venue Type: Country Retreat
- Wedding Packages: Elopements & 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 100+
The timeless garden retreat of Peppers Manor House is one of the most romantic wedding venues in the Southern Highlands. The estate has luxury B&B style accommodation for 100+ guests making it an ideal spot for a wedding weekend away. Peppers Manor House has meticulously maintained grounds that suit elegant or black tie wedding ceremonies and receptions. Tennis, golf & swimming pool onsite.
Fitzroy Inn
- Location: 1 Ferguson Cres, Mittagong, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 150
- Venue Type: Historic guest house
- Wedding Packages: Elopements & 80+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 30
Fitzroy Inn is a pet friendly wedding venue on 5 acres of manicured gardens in the Southern Highlands. Reception venues include the restaurant and adjoining marquee, and there's boutique accommodation for 30 guests. Venue hire provides exclusive use of the entire property.
Sylvan Glen Estate
- Location: 570 Kareela Rd, Penrose, NSW 2579
- Capacity: 140
- Venue Type: Heritage Estate
- Wedding Packages: 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 62
Sylven Glen Estate is a country wedding venue surrounded by 60 acres of vineyards and ecologically protected woodlands. An ideal location for a wedding weekend in the Southern Highlands. There's a private golf course, huge country guesthouse, huge cottage and seperate getting ready quarters that sleeps 62.
Bendooley Estate
- Location: 3020 Old Hume Hwy, Berrima, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 250
- Venue Type: Winery, Farm, Restaurant
- Wedding Packages: 80+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 20+
Bendooley Estate is one of the most popular wedding venues in the Southern Highlands. A choice of reception venues include the book barn and a purpose built high-ceiling barn with massive cathedral style glass windows. A spectacular lake features at the centre of the farm and luxurious cottage accommodation with rural views sleeps 20 onsite.
Bundanoon Hotel
- Location: 18 Erith St, Bundanoon, NSW 2578
- Capacity: 20 - 150
- Wedding Venue: Hotel
- Wedding Packages: Elopements & 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120+
A destination wedding venue in a country setting with manicured gardens, a lake-front ceremony space within 5 minutes drive, and 60 rooms onsite for all guests to stay the night. Choose from blank canvas wedding spaces or have a pool party reception.
Petrichor Farm
- Location: 89 Haskins Way, Gundaroo, NSW 2620
- Capacity: 150
- Venue Type: Farm
- Wedding Packages: 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 2
Situated in the Southern Tablelands, Petrichor Farm is the ultimate outback wedding location. With 170 acres of grazing land & an abundance of native wildlife this is one of the most laid back wedding venues in NSW. Petrichor Farm offers a private, modern-rustic style reception space, plenty of ceremony & photo locations and a cute cottage where couples can stay. Option to glamp onsite.
The Bungalow Guesthouse
Location: 1112 Nowra Rd, Fitzroy Falls, NSW 2577
Capacity: 30 - 140
Venue Type: Farm
Wedding Packages: Exclusive venue hire
Accommodation: Sleeps 76+
Located on a 100-acre working farm, The Bungalow Guesthouse is a picturesque wedding venue where up to 76 guests can stay onsite for a weekend in the Southern Highlands. Rural vistas, rolling green hills and sprawling gardens offer an array of backdrops for wedding ceremonies and photos.
The 1920's guesthouse is a character-filled reception venue with 3m ceilings giving a sense of grandeur. There is accommodation for up to 76 guests under this roof and a swimming pool and tennis courts. Glamping can be arranged.
Southern Highlands Winery
- Location: Oldbury Rd, Sutton Forest, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 250
- Venue TYpe: Vineyard
- Wedding Packages: 50+ People
Southern Highlands Winery is a boutique wedding venue with expansive views across the vineyards & countryside. Wedding ceremonies are held in the Tuscan courtyard (have your first dance under the stars) and the restaurant, bottling room and large permanent marquee provide a choice of reception venues.
Somerley House
- Location: 7207 Illawarra Hwy, Sutton Forest, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 140
- Venue Type: Victorian Estate
- Wedding Packages: 80+ People
Historic residence & luxe-rustic wedding venue with established old world gardens and romantic Victorian facade. Ceremonies are held in the woodlands, forest, circular law or meadow. Canapes in the rustic greenery of Palm Court. And receptions in the blank canvas, rustic feel Garden Room.
The Secret Garden
- Location: 51 Blencowes Ln, Wildes Meadow, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 200
- Venue Type: Gardens
- Wedding Packages: Elopements, Micro Weddings & 60+ People
5 acres of formal and intimate garden rooms surround spacious green lawns at this budget friendly wedding venue. Bespoke wedding packages let you bring your own alcohol, drinks and catering suppliers for marquee receptions on the lawn.
Wildwood Kangaroo Valley
- Location: 407D Bendeela Rd, Kangaroo Valley, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 90
- Venue Type: Forest Retreat
- Wedding Packages: Elopements, Micro Weddings, 60+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 8 + offsite options
Popular for its spectacular cliff top ceremony deck, Wildwood is an eco friendly wedding venue secluded in Southern Highlands bushland. Reception venues include a rustic pavilion for up to 90 guests and private dining room for elopements of up to 5. DIY/BYO wedding packages.
Kalinya Estate
- Location: 60 Great Southern Rd, Bargo, NSW 2574
- Capacity: 200
- Venue Type: Private Estate
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
- Accommodation: Sleeps 34
Kalinya Estate is a luxury wedding estate on 5 private acres in the Southern Highlands. The Estate is an ideal destination for a wedding weekend away with accommodation for up to 34 guests onsite. There’s also a swimming pool, tennis court, squash court, games hall and private cinema.
The beautiful grounds feature a pretty garden rotunda and manicured lawns perfect for wedding ceremonies and a floral arbor where you can have an outdoor wedding reception under fairy lights. There’s also two indoor reception venues catering for micro weddings up to cocktail events for 200.
Montrose House
- Location: Ormond Street, Sutton Forest, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 140
- Venue Type: Heritage Estate
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive with preferred caterers
- Accommodation: Sleeps 2
Surrounded by meadows, orchards and woodlands, Montrose House is the perfect hideaway for private weddings in the Southern Highlands. The Estate’s 33 acres of park-like grounds are an elegant backdrop for wedding ceremonies and photos, with formal lawns and gardens overlooking a hazelnut grove, pine forest and lush regional views.
At Montrose Farm you get the whole property for your exclusive hire for the weekend with the owners onsite to coordinate set up and liaise with your vendors. Facilities include a Bridal Parlour, ceremony gardens, heritage photography backdrops, Greenhouse Bar, croquet lawns and Badgery Hall.
Hillview Heritage Estate
- Location: 7277 Illawarra Hwy, Sutton Forest, NSW 2577
- Capacity: 200
- Venue Type: Country estate
- Wedding Packages: 80+ People
- Accommodation: Sleeps 16
Hillview Heritage Estate is a former Vice Regal Retreat built in 1882. Wedding ceremonies enjoy a backdrop of magnificent views over the valley and waterways below. 8 Cottages provide on site accommodation for guests and you bring your own caterers and drinks.
Southern Highlands Weddings
Wedding venues in the Southern Highlands are often booked out more than 18 months in advance, so if you're planning a wedding in this region of NSW you'll want to send enquiries to your favourite ceremony and reception venues as early as possible.
Popular Wedding Locations
The three most popular spots for a Southern Highlands wedding are near Bowral, Moss Vale and Berrima. Kangaroo Valley is another popular wedding location near the Southern Highlands and is just 40 minutes away by car. These are the top wedding destinations in the Southern Highlands NSW:
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Ceremony Venues
Note that all reception venues in the Southern Highlands have beautiful spots for wedding ceremonies, so regardless of where you choose for your wedding reception, you can be assured there's a gorgeous ceremony location there too. Ceremony venues in the Southern Highlands are usually either intimate garden spaces or places with picturesque views over the landscape.
Reception Venues
The Southern Highlands has a unique choice of reception venues to cater for a wide variety of wedding types. There's rustic reception venues, elegant venues, garden rooms, modern barns, small reception venues, large reception venues and a host of other options in between.
The best reception venue for your wedding is one that logistically caters for your guest count and best meets the aesthetic for your wedding theme. It's quick & easy to find perfect reception venues for your wedding with our venue shortlists.
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