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The West Mill

Derby, Derbyshire4.9 · 87 reviewsWebsite

Welcome to The West Mill: Let's show you around! Here at The West Mill, we’re so much more than just a wedding venue. Imagine marrying your best friend in our beautiful riverside setting, surrounded by the people you love most, in a space filled with history, character and atmosphere. Set over four floors, your wedding day begins in our stunning Dressing Room, located just steps away from the aisl

Venue type
Unusual weddings
Capacity
50–160 guests (160 seated)
Ceremony licence
Celebration only

About The West Mill

Welcome to The West Mill: Let's show you around! Here at The West Mill, we’re so much more than just a wedding venue. Imagine marrying your best friend in our beautiful riverside setting, surrounded by the people you love most, in a space filled with history, character and atmosphere. Set over four floors, your wedding day begins in our stunning Dressing Room, located just steps away from the aisle. The excitement builds as your guests gather in our iconic ceremony space, ready to watch you say “I do”. Each floor of The West Mill has its own, unique purpose and vision. The magic of The West Mill is how effortlessly the day flows from floor to floor, unfolding naturally as guests move through the building. Moving through the timeline of your day, every floor reveals something new, creating moments of surprise and fun your guests won’t forget! What makes The West Mill special? Countryside feel, with the ease of city center location (only 1.5 hours from London!) Exclusive yours for the whole day. Seamless transition from ceremony floor to dining and partying! Private grounds for photos, garden games & drinks. Onsite dressing room just steps from your ceremony space. Optional outdoor ceremony area. No corkage - you supply the booze, we shall serve it free of charge. Incredible in-house caterers who can design a menu around your preferences. Onsite Accommodation for up to 24 guests. Lincensed for up to 160 guests.

Facilities, accommodation and access

  • Wedding coordinator
  • Accessible facilities
  • Corkage option
  • DJ facilities
  • Live band facilities
  • Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
  • Master of ceremonies/toastmaster
  • Exclusive use
  • Evening reception facilities
  • Alcohol licence
  • In-house catering
  • Car parking

The venue in photographs

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Finding us

The West Mill, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1DZ

Reviews

4.9 average from 87 reviews

Imported

The West Mill ticks all the boxes - so much space all to yourselves, excellent service before and during the wedding from all the staff, no corkage drinks, delicious food, beautiful setting and building and the staff decorate the spaces for you and tidy up your decor for collection. All of our…

Helen · 2022-12-08

Imported

We had our wedding at the West Mill in December 2022, and genuinely cannot recommend them enough. The team were fantastic throughout, with clear communication from the day of our first visit right up the big day itself where Shannon and the team took brilliant care of us and our guests and ma

Gav D. · 2023-01-29

Imported

From our first visit to view The West Mill we both fell in love with the venue,perfect was the word we both used. From the early stages to our Wedding day itself, the staff were absolutely brilliant in every way. Our ‘taster’ evening was fabulous & we were blown away by the standard of the food,so…

Adrian · 2023-02-21

Imported

We booked our wedding at the West Mills Venue, Derby on the 26th January and cancelled on the 27th February due to unforseen circumstances. We were 9 days outside this heinous contract, of which we had to pay 25% of the overall venue hire. Which left us out of pocket over £3000. There is a 10 day…

Rebecca · 2023-09-03

Imported

Words cannot express how truly incredible our wedding was. The staff at The West Mill made our day so magical and so perfect. From initial enquiry to the day itself, the team was extremely friendly, accommodating and their communication was incredible. We did a lot of DIY decor and they brought our…

Amey · 2024-08-09

Imported

We fell in love with The West Mill as soon as we pulled into the courtyard! We knew we wanted an industrial style venue, and The West Mill offered everything we were looking for and more. The fact that it’s set across four floors means that there’s no awkward kicking out whilst a room gets turned…

Rachel · 2024-08-20

Imported

Very few words can’t describe how amazingly beautiful this venue is and all of the staff on the day made our wedding day absolutely PERFECT! The whole flow of the day was seamless and required no thought/stress from my bride or I to make sure things were where they needed to be! Must mention Nikki…

Sam A. · 2024-09-15

Imported

From the very moment we entered The West Mill on our venues tour, we knew this was the place we wanted to get married!! From the stunning riverside location, to the four storey, magnificent mill building, this beautiful palce allows you to have the perfect day spread across all four floors with no…

Caroline · 2025-05-31

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