Booking your wedding venue is the ‘first step’ to planning your wedding.
Shoreditch London’s railway arch wedding venues Shoreditch Studios and Kachette are licensed with Hackney Council for civil ceremonies and perfect for wedding receptions with 80 to 180 guests.
Our unique East London wedding venues are an unforgettable urban setting for your special day. Both venues can be dry hired, so you have total freedom for to hire any caterer or BYO drinks. You can also decorate the venue to your own personal style. Alternatively, you can work with our trusted wedding suppliers or wedding planning partners.
Need wedding ideas and inspiration? See how other couples transformed the venues below, visit the wedding planning blog or get in touch and let’s start planning your wedding, your way!
Venue Availablity
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Shoreditch Studios
Shoreditch Studios is a unique East London wedding venue to host your ceremony and reception. The popular warehouse wedding venue has plenty of space with two connected ‘blank canvas’ studios with high ceilings and white cove feature walls. The venue also comes with the added bonus of a huge courtyard with city views. As the venue is dry hire, you have total freedom to work with any wedding suppliers including catering or BYO drinks to have your wedding, your way.
Shoreditch Studios Address
37 Bateman’s Row, Shoreditch, Hackney, London, EC2A 3HH
Ideal Guest Numbers
Shoreditch Studios is perfect for wedding ceremonies and receptions with 80 to 165 seated guests.
Ceremony Capacities
Studio 1 can seat up to 165 guests (with room for more)
Studio 2 can seat up to 120 guests
Reception Dining Capacities
Studio 1 can seat up to 165 on long tables (banquet style)
Studio 1 can seat up to 110 on round tables (cabaret style)
Standing Reception Capacities
Standing receptions can accommodate up to 350 guests but wedding generally cap guests numbers at 200-220 to so there is enough room for everyone to dance!
- Air conditioning
- BYO alcohol welcome
- City views
- Dry hire or bespoke package
- Exclusive use
- Exposed brick walls
- External caterers welcome
- External suppliers welcome
- Floor to ceiling white feature walls
- Green rooms
- High ceilings
- Industrial lighting truss
- iPads
- Late license available
- Large courtyard for guests & catering
- Mezzanine lounge
- No corkage on BYO drinks
- PA systems in both studios
- Pet friendly
- Spiral staircase
- Street food catering welcome
- Supplier flexibility
- Free WiFi
- Wheelchair access & facilities
Shoreditch Studios dry hire from £7,200 including VAT. Fully catered wedding ceremonies and receptions at Shoreditch Studios with 100 guests spend between £32,000 and £36,000 on their weddings inclusive of food, drinks, staff, decor, furniture, lighting, security, registrar, entertainment, photographer and late licence.
Kachette
Kachette is a perfect East London wedding venue for couples seeking a unique warehouse space for a late-night reception party in the heart of Shoreditch. The exposed brick warehouse wedding venue is housed in the former ticket hall of Shoreditch railway station on Old Street which operated 1865 to 1940. Kachette can be hired exclusively as a two or three room wedding venue. The new room will be open from March 2024.
- Air conditioning
- Arched ceiling
- Basic lighting included
- BYO alcohol welcome
- Dry hire or bespoke package
- Exclusive use
- Exposed brick walls
- External caterers welcome
- External suppliers welcome
- White feature walls
- Industrial lighting truss
- Late license available
- No corkage on BYO drinks
- Old Street location
- PA systems in both studios
- Pet friendly
- Shoreditch street art
- Spiral staircase
- Street food catering welcome
- Supplier flexibility
- Railway station clock
- Free WiFi
Kachette Address
347 Old St, Shoreditch, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LP
Ideal Guest Numbers
Kachette is perfect for wedding ceremonies and receptions with 90 to 180 seated guests. Or late night standing reception parties for up to 330 people.
Ceremony Capacities
Arch 1 can cater for up to 80 seated plus there is plenty of room for extra standing guests
Arch 2 can seat up to 160 in a semi circle with a central aisle with extra room for 20+ standing guests at back of room
Reception Dining Capacities
Arch 1 can seat up to 80 on long tables (banquet style)
Arch 2 can seat up to 180 on long tables (banquet style)
Standing Reception Capacities
Standing receptions can cater for up to 200 guests
The new space, Room 3 can also be hired for an additional fee if you would like additional space for reception breaks. The room has 100 guest standing capacity as is a bright sun lit room with floor to ceiling windows.
Kachette dry hire from £6600 including VAT for Arch 1 & 2. Fully catered wedding ceremonies and receptions at Kachette with 100 guests spend between £30,000 to £33,000 on their wedding inclusive of food, drinks, staff, decor, furniture, lighting, security, registrar, photographer, entertainment and late licence.
Get In Touch
Our venues are perfect for weddings with 80 to 180 seated guests or 200 guest standing receptions. Please provide details of your wedding plans and we will get back to you soon.
Let's Chat
Before diving into viewings and quotes. all over London, you need to find out if the venues you like tick all your boxes!
Best way to do this is chat to your favourite venues, see how they operate, how responsive (and excited) they are about your wedding. Ask venues what budget you will need for your wedding based on your wedding plans and guest numbers.
What is the most important part of your wedding day? What wedding suppliers have you sorted? How will make your wedding day unique to any other weddings you have been to? What wedding traditions make you cringe? Make a shortlist and book a book a chat with our in-house planner Travis Collins.
If there’s time, we can also talk about your budget, costs at our venues, any concerns you have, and introduce you to other wedding suppliers. Moving from emails to Zoom calls has sped up the decision-making process for many couples and helps reduce planning stress. We can continue planning on Zoom right up to your wedding day.
Helpful Information
IS THIS THE RIGHT WEDDING Venue For US?
Here are some of the reasons couples choose to get married at Shoreditch Studios and Kachette.
Looking for something more than a traditional off-the-shelf package wedding?
Want control over your caterer, food and drinks?
Want to BYO your drinks?
Need a venue that allows really late-night parties with DJs and dancing?
Prefer choosing your own wedding suppliers?
Want to skip boring wedding traditions?
Love decorating and adding your personal touch?
Want to avoid a ‘wedding factory venue’ where you are lined up outside while another wedding is finishing?
Want to get married somewhere convenient, surrounded by hotels and 24/7 public transport? Local hotels are essential if you want to sleep in and get ready close to the venue the morning of your wedding. Shoreditch has unlimited options for local hotels and cafes for brunch the next day!
Want to step outside the door of your wedding venue to take wedding photos in front of cool and colourful street art walls and urban architecture?
Found your self saying YES repeatedly? Get in touch!
There is so much flexibility for how you set up the venue on your wedding day. Start with a blank canvas and allocate budget to where it matters most. You can plan everything yourself or make use of our full wedding planning support right up to your wedding day. Don’t let your wedding venue take the fun out of your wedding day. Make every aspect of your wedding day your own!
Wedding Suppliers
As well as providing the perfect venue for your wedding, we also offer in house wedding planning support and a trusted list of wedding suppliers.
Already have a caterer you would like to use? No problem, you have freedom to work with any wedding supplier or caterer in our venues.
Find more planning advice on our wedding blog including our 20 Favourite UK Wedding Blogs. Happy planning!
WHAT’S THE COST FOR Our Wedding?
Venue setup costs range from £8,000-£10,000 at Kachette and £10,000-£12,000 at Shoreditch Studios. This includes venue hire, VAT, security, furniture, lighting, and a late license. Food, drinks, photography, flowers, and entertainment are extra.
For 100 guests, weddings at Kachette typically spend £30,000-£35,000, and at Shoreditch Studios, £31,000-£36,000. These prices cover all venue hire and setup, a bespoke menu, bar and drinks, registrar or celebrant, decor, furniture, lighting, sound system, DJ, staff, security, setup, transport, cleaning, and a late license to 1am or 2am.
Read Shoreditch London’s helpful wedding planning checklist which included a download link to a wedding budget template.
Can WE have a wedding for under £30,000 in the venues?
External suppliers (caterers, florists, DJs, photographers, service and bar staff, security) have all increased their prices considerably in recent years so you will likely need to increase your budget to £30k or more to cover everything you need. On average, weddings in our venues have budgets between £30,000- £38,000. Food and drinks cost per guest is something to consider when making your guest list. Feeding lass guests can save you a lot of money!
Not sure you can have the wedding you want with your budget? We are more than happy to chat through your options in our venues. We never push any couple to book the venue if we don’t think their budget is going to cover everything they need! We also offer lots of wedding planning advice and money saving tips. We have helped many couples plan their weddings so are happy to help!
Couple FAQ’s
Read our wedding couple FAQs page for more information on everything couples ask us including corkage (no charge in our venues), late licence extensions, rules on pets, confetti, balloons or candles (all accepted here).
Booking A Registrar
Our venues are licensed by Hackney Council for weddings. Please contact them directly to book in a registrar for your wedding to be legally married. See Hackney Council’s ‘approved venues fees’ via their website link below. For couples not looking to host a legal ceremony, we also welcome humanist ceremonies. Both venues can also be hired for receptions only.
Registrars across England are still experiencing high volumes of enquiries and can take a couple of weeks to get back to you. We advise all couples planning a 2022 wedding to get in touch with Hackney Council to check registrar availability ASAP to ensure you have time to secure a registrar for your wedding date.
Hackney Council Website: https://hackney.gov.uk/registrars-fees
Phone 020 8356 3355
Email: ceremonies@hackney.gov.uk
When Can We View The Venues?
Shoreditch Studios viewings:
Monday to Friday at 8am or 6:30pm
Shoreditch Studios is a really busy venue so it’s not possible to accommodate viewings at other times during the day or on weekends. We have photoshoots, weddings or events booked every day of the year so 6:30pm after photographic shoots finish is the best time to get in and see the venue when it is empty.
Kachette viewings:
Monday to Friday between 9am - 6:30pm on any non-event day.
If you would like to view both venues, we would start at Kachette at 6pm followed by Shoreditch Studios at 6.45pm.
Couple Testimonials
Wedding Films
Films from recent Shoreditch Studios weddings via This Modern Revelry. Loud music warning 🔥 Turn volume down/up before pressing play. Especially if viewing at work or up late in bed :)
Read Shoreditch London’s comprehensive wedding planning checklist. Planning a wedding requires careful planning. To make your wedding planning easier, we have created a step-by-step wedding planning checklist with a complete timeline of things-to-do in the lead up to your wedding day.
Need to know when to book your florist or what to pack in your overnight bag? It’s all covered on this checklist. Take a look.