Personalised Groomsmen Gifts UK 2026: The Practical Guide for Best Men With a Budget

Buying for groomsmen is a different job from buying for bridesmaids. Bridesmaids tend to keep their gift on a shelf, while groomsmen, in our experience, either lose it or use it to within an inch of its life. The right groomsmen gift assumes the second outcome and is built to be used.

This guide is the companion to the bridesmaid gifts piece, written for grooms (and bridesmaids buying for the men in the wedding party) who want personalised gifts that get carried, used, played with or kept somewhere visible. It is built around what Keep It What makes well: engraved golf accessories, slate coasters, photo blocks, music plaques and small useful objects that survive a glove box.

Most of the gifts here sit between £15.99 and £29.99, which keeps a four-groomsmen order under £120. Free UK delivery applies on orders over £75, which a multi-piece groomsmen order will usually clear in one go.

The engraved ball marker — the gift that lives in the pocket

The single most reliably-received groomsmen gift in the catalogue is the Custom Engraved Ball Marker Coin at £15.99. It comes in two sizes, 30mm (compact, pocket-sized) and 40mm (tournament standard, +£4), both precision-engraved with custom text on the face.

The reason it works is the form factor. A ball marker is a thing a golfer carries on every round, sometimes for years. Engrave it with the wedding date, the groom's name and the groomsman's name, or a short line that makes sense to the wedding party, and you have given them something that lives in a pocket instead of a drawer. Years later it is still in use, with the wear to prove it.

For non-golf groomsmen, the marker still works as a weighty engraved coin for a desk or keyring. Many groomsmen who do not play end up keeping it in a wallet pocket alongside a few cards.

Pricing for four groomsmen: 4 × £15.99 = £63.96 if all 30mm, or 4 × £19.99 = £79.96 if all 40mm. Either way clears free UK delivery.

Personalised golf balls — the easy upgrade

If the groomsmen are golfers, a 12-pack of personalised golf balls per groomsman is the obvious add-on or alternative. The Custom Golf Balls — Callaway Supersoft at £6.99 (3-pack) is the impulse-priced option: a sleeve of three soft-feel balls with the groomsman's name or initials, or the wedding date.

For a more serious gift, scale up the pack to a 12-pack of personalised Callaway Supersofts, or for proper golfers, the Custom Golf Balls — TaylorMade TP5x Stripe at £11.99 with the tour-grade TP5x line. Add a sleeve of Custom Printed Bamboo Golf Tees at £5.99 and the gift looks layered without being expensive.

A neat pairing for a golf-mad groomsman: the Custom Engraved Ball Marker Coin at £15.99 + 12-pack of personalised TP5x stripes + bamboo tees at £5.99. Total around £35-40, depending on ball pack size, which sits at the right level for a four-groomsmen order.

Slate coasters — the gift for groomsmen who do not play

Not every wedding party plays golf. The Engraved Slate Coasters (Pack of 4) at £18.99 is the answer for groomsmen who would rather have something for the kitchen than something for the course.

100mm x 100mm laser-engraved natural slate. Four pieces in the pack — engrave the same design on all four (the groomsman's surname, the wedding date, a shared joke), or do four different designs across the set. It comes across as solid and useful.

The Full Colour Slate Coaster Set (4 Pack) at £18.99 is the photo-friendly upgrade, with the same dimensions and UV-printed full colour. For a groomsman whose pet, kid or recent holiday photo would land (particularly a younger brother or a long-time mate), the printed version feels less formal than engraved.

Pricing for four groomsmen at £18.99 each: £75.96, free delivery automatic.

Music plaques — the personal angle

If there is a song that means something to the wedding party, such as a song from a holiday, a karaoke moment or a track from the stag do that none of you can hear with a straight face, the music plaque is the right gift.

The Round Music Plaque LED Night Light at £24.99 is the vinyl-style version on a wooden base, with RGB colour-changing LED on a remote. Album artwork, song details and Spotify-style playback display, plus your custom photo as the centrepiece. Different song, different photo, different message per groomsman if you want to make each one specific.

The Music Plaque — Spotify Song Display at £24.99 is the framed-piece version, with the same Spotify display style with album art, title, artist and progress bar, edge-lit, no remote. The frame format suits a desk or a hallway shelf better than the night-light format does.

For the best man, this is one of the few gifts worth the upgrade. Pick the song that meant something at his wedding (if married), at the stag or at some moment that defined the friendship, and it will mean more than the gift everyone else got.

Photo blocks — the lower-effort, higher-impact pick

The 25mm Photo Block 100x100mm at £19.99 is the right groomsmen gift if the photo carries the weight: a getting-ready photo from the morning of the ceremony, a group photo of the wedding party at the reception, or a candid from a previous trip. Order four pieces with four photos and send them the week after the wedding.

Pricing for four groomsmen: £79.96, free delivery applies. The gift is more memorable than a generic engraved item because the photo is specific to the wedding itself.

For the best man, the 25mm Photo Block 180x130mm at £29.99 is the upgrade, bigger and with more presence on a shelf. Send it with a hand-written note instead of a card.

The hole-in-one display angle for golf groomsmen

If your wedding party includes a golfer who has had a hole-in-one (or looks likely to), the Golf Ball Display Box — Personalised Photo at £29.99 is a niche but well-judged groomsmen gift. Crystal-clear acrylic display case, fully customisable back panel printed with a photo and details (course, date, distance, hole number).

It suits one specific groomsman and doesn't work as a four-piece set. For a best man with a ball worth displaying, whether from a hole-in-one, a tournament prize or a memorable round, give the display box on its own.

Memory boxes for groomsmen

The Memory Box — 95mm Crystal Clear Acrylic Display at £29.99 is the groomsmen gift that ages best: a 95mm clear acrylic cube with a customisable UV-printed back panel.

The wedding-specific angle: the box becomes the place the groomsman keeps the bits from your wedding, such as the order of service, the boutonnière pin, the place card from the reception, the disposable camera the wedding planner handed out, or the speech card. Print the back panel with a wedding-day photo of the groomsman and a date.

The contents are what keep that box on a shelf for years.

Groomsmen gift sets that work as packages

A few combinations priced for a typical four-groomsmen wedding party:

• The golf-set version: 4 × Engraved Ball Marker Coin at £15.99 + 4 × Callaway Supersoft 3-pack at £6.99 = £91.92, free delivery, four golf-ready gift bundles.
• The mixed version: 1 × Best Man memory box at £29.99 + 3 × Engraved Slate Coaster Set at £18.99 = £86.96, free delivery, the best man gets the upgrade and the rest get a strong consistent piece.
• The photo version: 4 × 25mm Photo Block 100x100mm at £19.99 = £79.96, free delivery, each groomsman gets a different wedding-day photo.
• The music version: 4 × Round Music Plaque LED at £24.99 = £99.96, free delivery, each groomsman gets a song that matters to them and the wedding party.

Delivery and returns

All Keep It What gifts are personalised and made to order. Production runs 1-2 business days. Standard UK delivery is 3-5 business days from dispatch, and it is the only UK service offered. Free on orders over £75, £4.95 below.

For a wedding gift, allow at least three weeks before the wedding date to comfortably handle production, delivery and any wrapping or note-writing. For groomsmen gifts going out as thank-yous after the wedding, standard delivery from the week after is fine.

Because every piece is personalised, we cannot accept returns or refunds for change of mind. If a gift arrives damaged or defective, email us with photos and we will replace it or refund in full.

Where to start

If the groomsmen are golfers: the Custom Engraved Ball Marker Coin at £15.99. It is well received and lives in pockets for years.

If the groomsmen are not golfers: the Engraved Slate Coasters (Pack of 4) at £18.99. They are useful and unlikely to be thrown out.

If you want to differentiate the best man's gift: the Memory Box — 95mm at £29.99 or the Round Music Plaque LED at £24.99. Both are a clear step up.

If you want a wedding-day-specific photo gift: the 25mm Photo Block 100x100mm at £19.99 each, sent the week after with the right photo and a hand-written note.

The right groomsmen gift does not need to be expensive, but it does need to be specific: engrave something that means something to them, pick the photo deliberately, and send a note with it.