You are planning a wedding the the Charleston, West Virginia area. Here are four fantastic places for weddings, big and small. Whether you need a venue intimate and cozy or grand and expansive, there is somewhere perfect for your and your beautiful Charleston wedding. The Hampton Inn in Charleston Southridge has the perfect set-up for an intimate wedding. Their well-appointed meeting rooms offer flexible seating and standing arrangements to suit your small wedding. Their exceptional catering services and peerless service are also sure to impress. The Woman’s Club of Charleston have a beautiful clubhouse that you can use as a setting for your small wedding and reception. The inside of the clubhouse features rich wooden flooring and decadent interiors, while the facade of the clubhouse is especially breathtaking during the fall. The clubhouse welcomes outside catering to handle food and drinks, however some restrictions do apply.

Clay Center has a number of spaces that you can rent out for your wedding. Some of them are beautiful large spaces great for big weddings — like the Benedum Grand Lobby and the Clark Performance Terrace. There are also smaller spaces for more intimate weddings, such as the Intermezzo Cafe and the Sculpture Garden. The Ramada Charleston has a Conference Center with close to 12,150 square feet of space — wide, expansive, and impressive for wedding parties of more than three hundred guests. The Center also has adjoining meeting rooms that you can utilize as green rooms for the wedding party and the wedding organizers. The Ramada also offers delicious catered meals to fit every budget, and you can also rely on the well-trained professional staff to help pull your wedding off without a hitch.

West Virginia is a southern state. Rich in natural resources, physical beauty, and traditional culture, West Virginia’s charm is that of being “off the beaten path.” West Virginia is a destination for white water rafting, kayaking, skiing, climbing, golf, mountain biking, hiking, and off-roading. It is the only state that is entirely contained in Appalachia. Its location between the midwest and eastern seaboard of the United States means that over 60% of the United States population lives less than 500 miles from West Virginia.

West Virginia is abundant in natural resources, being primarily known as a major producer of coal since the 1800s—in fact, it’s the number two coal-producing state in the U.S. *