Sky Garden Weddings, London – Your Complete Guide
If you’re looking for a stunning London wedding venue with unrivalled outdoor space and views, Sky Garden in the City of London, the UK’s highest outdoor public garden, is the number one choice.
Situated in a spectacular location in Fenchurch Street, in the iconic Fenchurch Building, fondly known as The Walkie Talkie because it looks like one from the outside, Sky Garden in East London is a top London attraction and a dazzling, unique luxury London wedding venue.
Best Outdoor Indoor Wedding Venue in the City of London
From high in the clouds, in your riverside location by the River Thames, you and your guests will have an incredible view across the city and beyond.
This is premium London territory so the Sky Garden in the Fenchurch Building sits besides a smattering of London’s most famous structures including: The Shard, The Tower of London, Horizon 22, Tower Bridge, The Gherkin, City Hall, St Paul’s Cathedral and so much more.
As you and your guests take in the views, you’ll be able to see up and down the river, with panoramas down towards Canary Wharf and Greenwich beyond and up to the Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe, St Paul’s Cathedral, the London Eye and beyond, over to the West End – London’s theatre land and more.
An Incredible Location For a Wedding in London
This a beautiful, buzzing, historic and must-do part of the city so a luxury wedding at the Sky Garden is guaranteed to deliver a fantastic wedding to remember.
Top Attractions
On your doorstep are top London attractions, restaurants, bars, theatres, shopping, entertainment and more. Whether it’s the National Gallery, the Houses of Parliament, Borough Market, Covent Garden, Oxford Street – everything is here.
Superb Transport Links
This area is a hub for transport of every kind. Major London train stations that travel all over the UK and Europe are located right here. Charing Cross, London Bridge, Cannon Street, Waterloo and Liverpool Street train stations are all nearby. Tube lines criss cross the area whilst buses and boat zip up and down the roads and river.
Fantastic Hotels and Airbnbs
For accommodation there’s endless choice of hotels and Airbnbs for every guests’ taste and needs. From The Four Seasons to Double Tree By Hilton, Corinthia, Leonardo Royal Hotel, The Savoy, L’Oscar, The Ned, Hotel Saint, Holiday Inns, The Tower Hotel, Citizen M and the Kimpton Fitzroy – there’s something for everyone.
Sky Garden in The Fenchurch Building (The Walkie Talkie) – Top London Attraction
With its floor to ceiling glass, beautiful botanicals and huge expanse of space, think Eden Project, Kew Gardens and cool rooftop bars and you get the vibe here. Look up and you have an exhilarating view of the sky through the vaulted glass ceiling whilst on all sides, you have breathtaking, 360 degree panoramas across London on every side.
Even though you’re inside, it feels like you’re in an outdoor space – beneficial for London so you can use the space throughout the year, in any weather. For warmer weather and opportunities to view from outside, Sky Garden does have an outdoor terrace making it both a rooftop garden and indoor outdoor space – exactly what you need in London for use throughout the year.
What’s Inside
Located on the 35th floor, 155m above ground, in addition to the outdoor terrace, Sky Garden in the Fenchurch Building also has: 3 restaurants, 2 bars, a gift shop, lots of seating, 3 floors and lush displays of interesting plants, trees and flowers across its landscaped botanical garden areas. With free entry, you can take in the stunning views across London at your leisure.
Stunning Views
At 155m high, your views across London are fantastic. Coming in at mid-high for the area, Sky Garden gives you uninterrupted scenes almost at the quality of The Shard, Horizon 22 and The Gherkin who have views many floors higher whilst the London Eye sits below.
Restaurants and Bars
Bars
Sky Garden’s two bars are: Sky Pod Bar and City Garden Bar.
Sky Pod Bar is located right next to Sky Garden’s floor to ceiling windows for beautiful views all night - with the option to enjoy them from the terrace if you wish. Sky Pod Bar has live djs, drinks of every kind and a range of tasty bar snacks, such as gyozas, tacos, charcuterie and smoked tuna. The dress code is smart casual (no flip flops, football shirts, sportswear etc.) and a cover up is recommended as the terrace is usually open for use.
City Garden Bar is a smaller space on Sky Garden’s top floor, serving a wide range of drinks plus sharing platters like charcuterie boards, tacos and sliders plus small bites like nuts and olives.
City Garden Bar and Sky Pod Bar are popular destinations so it’s recommended you book a table or tickets for nights when there’s live music – which is most nights.
Both bars are open every day, with City Garden Bar open from 11am every day whilst Sky Pod Bar opens at 7am on weekdays and 8am on weekends.
Apart from Sundays when it closes early at 6pm, City Garden Bar closes at 12am on every other day. Sky Pod Bar closes later at 1am Wednesday to Saturday and 12am Sunday to Tuesday.
Restaurants
Sky Garden is home to 3 highly recommended restaurants: Darwin Brasserie, Fenchurch Restaurant and Fenchurch Terrace.
Located beside Sky Garden’s floor to ceiling windows, Darwin Brasserie sells the usual brasserie fare, such as: steak, burgers and fish and chips.
Meanwhile, delivering 360 views from its central position, Fenchurch Restaurant offers fine dining at a higher price point, serving everything from sea bass to grilled lobster and torched jerk salmon.
Fenchurch Terrace is an intimate, relaxed bar space at the top of Sky Garden, where you can dine on snacks like gyoza, sliders and chicken satay as you enjoy your drinks.
Darwin Brasserie and Fenchurch Restaurant are open all day whilst Fenchurch Terrace is only open in the evening from 6pm – 10.15pm on weekdays and 9pm – 10.15pm on Saturdays.
Darwin Brasserie opens at 7.30am on weekdays and 8am on weekends. Closing time is 10pm Sunday to Thursday and 10.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Be careful though because between 10 – 11.30am and 4.30pm – 5pm Darwin Brasserie is closed on weekends this switches to 9.30am – 11.30am and 3.30 – 5.30pm.
Fenchurch Restaurant opens from 11.45am – 10.15pm with an afternoon closure from 2.45pm – 5.45pm switching 3.30pm – 5.30pm on weekends.
Botanical Gardens: London’s Highest Public Garden
The reviving botanical garden areas at Sky Garden were designed by Gillespies, award-winning London landscape designers. The subterranean gardens feature striking plants from the Mediterranean and Southern Africa. Drawing inspiration from ancient forests, Sky Garden is home to 3 garden collections: The Shade Tolerant Forest, The Transition Zone and Florals.
Spread across Sky Garden’s 3 floors,he botanical gardens reflect the evolution of plants with shade-loving fig trees and ferns on the top terrace, warmth-loving plants on the second and colourful florals on the first.
The Fenchurch Building: 20 Fenchurch Street
The Fenchurch Building, officially called 20 Fenchurch Street, was designed by Rafael Vinoly, a renowned architect known for his distinct yet highly functional, curvaceous, modernist buildings constructed with state of the art engineering. 20 Fenchurch Street was completed in 2014 and is owned by Lee Kum Kee Groups.
One of the Fenchurch building’s most distinct features is that it gets wider, the higher up you go, finishing with the curved roof of Sky Garden at the top - features which together create the building’s famous walkie talkie shape.
20 Fenchurch Street is 160m tall with 38 floors, 32 of which are home to prime London office space. Beyond office space and Sky Garden at the top of the building, the Fenchurch Building has a huge double height reception on entrance and two lower ground floors.
Lifts
Sky Garden’s super fast lifts will take you to its location on the 35th floor of the Fenchurch Building in an incredible 30 seconds.
Tickets
If planning a visit rather than your wedding, although entry is free, London’s Sky Garden is a popular attraction so it’s best to get a ticket from their website to ensure you can get in. You can book your free ticket up to 3 weeks before you want to go.
Opening Times
Sky Gardens is open from 10am - 6pm, Monday – Friday and 11am – 9pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Sky Garden’s bars remain open throughout the night, closing at 12am, with late opening on Fridays and Saturdays until 1am. Some bars and eateries also do early bird opening between 8am and 8.30am.
Nearest Stations
The nearest stations to Sky Garden for trains and tubes are: Cannon Street, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Aldgate, Mansion House and Monument.
But for you, this stunning botanical garden space in London, will be all yours for your wedding. From the London skyline backdrop to the light-filled botanical surroundings, prime riverside location, facilities and more– your wedding at Sky Garden is guaranteed to be amazing.
Add your wedding decor to this type of botanical garden wedding venue and the results are stunning – with 360 degree views of the city of London as your backdrop - you have a luxury London wedding venue that’s really, really special.
Weddings at Sky Garden in The Fenchurch Building, London
With such a great range of facilities at Sky Garden, you have every option open to create a wedding that suits you both perfectly. With everything from the terrace to the restaurants, bars, djs, live music and open space at your disposal, you can plan your wedding on the scale of your choice.
You could just use the 35th floor and terrace, giving you a jaw-dropping botanical garden wedding space with an outdoor terrace and sublime 360 degree views across London. Or you could spread the experience over two levels or even three – the choice is yours. For an intimate gathering, you might choose to hire a different floor or just one of the restaurants and bars – it’s up to you.
One thing’s for sure, once you add your wedding decor to this spectacular backdrop, you’ll have a wedding you and your guests will be talking about for years to come.
Wedding Menu
Sky Garden’s much-praised restaurants mean for your wedding breakfast, there are lots of options from Sky Garden’s in-house catering team. Bespoke wedding menus use the finest, seasonal British ingredients, with Sky Garden’s range of restaurants giving you an idea of the scope for your custom wedding menu.
Executive Chef, Kieran Reilly, says you can expect: light, elegant starters, beautifully balanced mains and refined desserts, delivering food that feels generous, elegant and memorable. From glazed short rib of Hereford beef to Launceston lamb and South Coast Stone Bass, there’s much to inspire a wedding breakfast to remember.
However, you can also use your own choice of caterers if you wish.
Hire Times
You can both party to the early hours and set up with ease because Sky Garden is available to hire between 6am and 6am the following day.
Parking
If you need any parking on the day, there’s no parking in the Fenchurch Building but there is a car park close by.
Small, Large and Extra Large Weddings at Sky Garden, London
Sky Garden can host up to 700 guests for a champagne reception and 300 seated guests for wedding breakfasts so you’ll have no challenges with guest numbers.
Wedding Ceremonies and Receptions at Sky Garden, East London
Sky Garden is not licensed for wedding ceremonies but there are tons of beautiful ceremony spaces of every kind nearby.
Churches close by for a church ceremony include: St Olave’s, Southwark Cathedral, St Botolph, St Andrew's Undershaft, St Helen's, St Michael Cornhill, Christ Church Spitalfields, Fitzrovia Chapel and St Mary Abchurch. For civil ceremonies there are endless options from hotels like Kimpton Fitzroy to unique spaces.
Multi Day and Destination Weddings in London
Needless to say, if you’re planning a destination wedding in London or a multi-day London wedding, everything from Sky Garden’s views to its facilities, location, local amenities and sky high botanical gardena make it an unrivalled choice. Whether your wedding celebrations last for 1 day, 3, a week or more – a luxury wedding at Sky Garden will be a wedding to remember.
Wedding Costs at Sky Garden
Your Sky Garden wedding costs will depend on how many of the spaces you use. At the highest end of the scale, an extra large wedding for 350+ using all 3 floors and all facilities could cost around £70,000, a smaller guest list of 200 using the same range of facilities could cost around £40,000. For smaller plans, you’re probably looking at between £5000 - £20,000. Message the Sky Garden Events Team to find out exact costs for the range of facilities you plan to use.
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