Magic Mirror, Selfie Pod & Photography Hire at West Tower

Mill Lane, Aughton, Lancashire, L39 7HJ

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West Tower is a country house on Mill Lane at Aughton, standing in its own grounds since 1885 and given over exclusively to one wedding at a time. The Ballroom seats 145 of you for the ceremony and the wedding breakfast and then opens out to 200 and more once the evening guests arrive, and with 27 bedrooms across the main house, the coach house, the cottages and the stables, around 70 guests can stay the night rather than watching the clock for a taxi.

We know this house. We've brought the magic mirror to three weddings at West Tower now, including a Valentine's Day one, so we already know where it belongs in the Ballroom and how the room feels once the tables go back.

That jump from 145 to 200-plus is the thing worth planning around, and it is what shapes where we stand. We set the mirror for the room as it will be at nine o'clock rather than as it looks at two: along a wall near the dance floor, with the red carpet leading to it so the queue never crosses the floor. It needs a 10ft by 8ft footprint and one ordinary socket, nothing more. For a smaller or quieter day the selfie pod is the better fit, taking a five-foot square and no red carpet at all.

The Cellar Bar is where we would put the audio guest book. It is the room people drift to when they want to hear each other, and a vintage telephone on a side table down there tends to collect the messages that never get said into a microphone. With most of your party staying over, those recordings get played back at breakfast the next morning.

The terrace, the landscaped gardens and the woodland walk give our photographers real range without anyone having to travel — portraits away from the party, groups on the lawn, and the house itself behind you. Aughton also sits in open West Lancashire countryside well clear of controlled airspace, which makes aerial film of the house and grounds unusually straightforward here.

We've put together a free wedding pack for couples marrying at West Tower, downloadable below: where each unit sits, the floor space and power it needs, our full pricing, and a venue-exclusive discount code — WESTTOWER5 — that takes 5% off anything in it.

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Last reviewed August 2026 · Venue details and pricing verified current.

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