Where are the best locations in St. John’s for outdoor and indoor wedding photos? Where can you go in the event of rain (or snow)? Well, we made a list of the best spots and we’re sharing it with everyone!
Family Formal Locations
Government House
Contact Pam Osborne (pamosborne@gov.nl.ca) for bookings
If for some reason the Government House is unavailable, consider:
Bowring Park
Bannerman Park
Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre (CBS)
Outdoor Ocean-View Locations
Quidi Vidi (Artisan Studios)
Cuckolds Cove (60-second drive from Quidi Vidi)
Signal Hill
South Side Hills + Fort Amherst
The Battery (overlooking St. John’s)
Newfoundland Chocolate Company (overlooking St. John’s)
Ocean locations outside of St. John’s
Middle Cove Beach (Logy Bay)
St. Philips Beach (St. Philips)
Ocean Sciences Centre (Logy Bay)
Ocean locations that are harder to get to (in a wedding dress)
Torbay Point (requires a 20min walk through woods)
Flatrock (~30min drive from downtown St. John’s)
Topsail Bluff Lookout
Cape Spear (~30min drive from downtown St. John’s)
Other outdoor locations (not by the water)
Jelly Bean Row (Downtown)
O’Brien Farm (Pippy Park area)
Mt. Scio Boardroom (Pippy Park)
George Street
St. John’s Harbour Front (by the Keg)
Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre (CBS)
Backup rain locations in St. John’s
For the formals, have a backup location if the weather looks like it’s not going to cooperate. We highly recommend booking (and paying) for a venue as opposed to a free option. If you pay to book out a venue, you know you’ll be the only wedding party there.
Indoor options that cost money
Winterholme (near Bannerman Park, ~$400/3h)
The Newman Wine Vaults (~$3/person, downtown St. John’s)
Admiralty House in Mt. Pearl (~$150 for 3 hours)
The Well Room
The Sheraton Hotel (downtown St. John’s)
Indoor options that are free (but still call)
Bruneau Centre at Memorial University
Core Science Building at Memorial University
The Rooms (no live flowers, need to book 1 week in advance, 30min limit)
George Street (your favorite bar)
Quidi Vidi Brewery
The Keg (downtown St. John’s)
Holland Nursery
The Jag Hotel (lobby and/or 8th floor bar)
Your ceremony venue
Outdoor Options (if it’s kind-of misty)
Bannerman Park Bandstand
Bowring Park Bungalow
Pippy Park Fluvarium
Bowring Park Greenhouse ($$$)
MUN Botanical Gardens ($$$)
Government House