Hi All,

I'm new here and hoping you can help? We have a wedding provisionally booked for next year but really want to look into the possibility of a barn/marquee wedding outdoors before we commit as this would be much more 'us'. Trouble is, I don't know where to start? I know that Marquees are quite expensive, are there many that would also do the catering etc? We are looking at the North Yorkshire area.

Does anyone have any experience of this type of wedding? Can anyone give me a rough idea of total cost for this type of thing? We have a venue in mind and know the cost of this so just need to know what were looking at with regards to a marquee, toilet hire, catering etc

Thank you all, and congratulations on your engagements! :)

Hi Amanda and welcome :)

We've not booked a venue yet either as we are still scoping out different options. My advice would be to start by deciding on three things:

1) The date of the wedding/time of year you're planning for.
2) The total number of guests you are planning to have at the wedding (do a spreadsheet with everyone on it).
3) The ceremony - do you want your ceremony to be separate in a church or registry office followed by a reception at a venue, or would you want to have both the ceremony and reception at the same venue?

After you have this info you can start looking at venues in your area. G00gling will bring up several different sites who will offer different options in your area. Find the ones that suit your ceremony, budget and guest numbers and contact them for further information and to have a look around. There are several barn venues near me that offer complete packaged with catering etc. included but they can be quite pricey. The different options kinda become clearer the more you look into it.

As a budgeting tip, and depending how much you are willing to arrange things yourself, a good cheap option can be village halls in your area. My sister is getting married next year at a rural village hall, with a hired hogroast etc. in the evening, and the venue hire was only £450 for the Friday, Saturday (day of the wedding) and sunday. However, she is putting a lot of time and effort into decorating etc. herself, so I guess it depends on what you're after for the big day.

Wow thanks so much for your replies! It is a lot to think about. We are hoping for July/August next year and have guest numbers and even have a location we like for the reception. I'm just waiting for them to get back to me with a list of recommended suppliers but also trying to look myself for mobile bars/ice cream vans/catering vans and other entertainments etc.
Marquees are coming up far too expensive but the venue we like offers to decorate the barns and includes hay bales and bunting and fairy lights etc.
We would still need some tables and chairs hired from somewhere and entertainment
I will look into the village halls too, there is one not far from us which has lots of outside space too so that could be great!
Where are you all getting married?

Hi Amanda, there's a venue in Great Ayton called Wh!nst0n3 V!ew which is a barn, if that's anywhere close to where you are looking? xx

That's the one I saw Sam G but it's £14000 for their package which I thought was really dear, although it looks fab

Not sure if this place is near you but g00gl3 t1p1ch1c - they seem to do various sizes xx

Hiya, it's D33pdal3 F4rm, o had also seen the one you mentioned and it's way too much for us unfortunately x

Ah Thornaby not far at all! When are you getting married?

I'll have a look thanks Michelle x

I've gone full circle now and gone with my Original venue! I think the barn was going to work out too expensive, plus you can't trust the English weather, so we've decided to go back to the castle :-)
Thank you all for all your help! X

Walw0rth castle in Darlington, where did you choose? I'm so excited now! Can't wait to go dress shopping!

Thank you, we love it :-) where have you picked? X

ooh lovely, hope you get sorted with vicar soon so you can get looking! :) I cant wait to start looking for a dress now, itching to get started but everyone is always busy when I'm free - I have no patience!

oh wow! that looks amazing!

I looked at somewhere like that, I think it had a hall though so wasn't as ruined as Danby, cant remember what it was called, I love it, the pics will be stunning! :)