The Royal Pump Rooms Wedding Venue
Historic Unique Wedding Venue
Prices & Key Facts
Prices
Price Band: £ - ££
Based on a typical wedding reception for 80 guests, including venue hire, wedding breakfast, drinks package and evening buffet.
About The Royal Pump Rooms
Step into history and elegance at the Grade II Listed Royal Pump Rooms, one of Leamington Spa’s most iconic landmarks. Nestled in the heart of town and opposite the beautiful Jephson Gardens. With its prime location, excellent transport links, and accessibility for all guests, the Royal Pump Rooms ensures a seamless and unforgettable experience. Please note -While the venue undergoes a roof restoration, we are now only taking bookings for weddings from March 2026 onwards.
Royal Pump Rooms History
The Royal Pump Rooms building was opened in 1814, when the small agricultural village of Leamington Priors was fast growing into a major spa resort. Since the 1780s increasing numbers of wealthy visitors had been coming to Leamington to ‘take the waters’ for their health while mixing with fashionable society. Their needs were met by several spa baths built south of the river Leam, in the area around All Saints’ Church, but the Royal Pump Rooms was the first (and as it turned out, only) spa establishment built north of the river. Its Regency assembly room and 20 baths made it the largest and most prestigious of all the spa bathing places in Leamington.
The Royal Pump Rooms’ location on the north bank of the Leam was an important step in the development of the newly laid out area which became known as the New Town. This was in contrast with Leamington’s historic core south of the river, which began to be referred to as Old Town. Leamington Prior’s arrival as a major spa town was recognised when in 1838 Queen Victoria allowed it to adopt the name Royal Leamington Spa.
The fashion for taking health cures at inland spas began to decline after the 1840s and over the next two decades the spa baths in the Old Town all closed. The Royal Pump Rooms, though, was already recognised as a major landmark building so it was refurbished and extended in 1863 to provide a Turkish Bath and swimming pool. Further redevelopments followed, notably the opening in 1890 of another swimming pool, and later the introduction of facilities for physiotherapy treatments.
The Details
Type of Ceremony
Civil ceremony licensed
Venue Type
Exclusive use
Unique & Unusual
Dry Hire Available
Museums and Galleries
Weekend Hire
Additional Facilities
Dance floor
Live music permitted
Discos permitted
Wedding coordinator
Licensed bar
Wedding packages
Bespoke weddings
Good Disabled Access
Venue Setting
Town
Catering Options
Outside Caterers Permitted
Contact & Location
The Royal Pump Rooms
The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
FAQs
Exclusive use of the Assembly Rooms, Conservatory, and the Art Gallery and Museum.
Yes.
No.
Yes, there is a corkage charge.
Yes, we do not have inhouse caterers.
We are flexible to our clients needs.
There is a late opening time available, all guests most have exited by 1am.
Yes, this is monitored as we are a town location.
No
Yes, however this must be biodegradable.
No.
No.
No.
Leamington has many hotels in town only a short distance from the venue.
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