Alternative Weddings : unusual and affordable wedding venues

Do you want an unconventional venue for your big day.  Something rustic and charming or an unforgettable location that celebrates everything you and your partner love.   There are hostels and bunkhouses that provide alternative weddings in a woodland Tipi, rustic barns and in the grandeur of a stately home or haunted castle.  As well as a unique venue and friendly help from the manager you can also be sure of great value accommodation onsite for your guests.  Find a unqiue place to say ‘I do’ in Britain’s most unusual and affordable wedding venues.

Get Married in a Welsh Castle – Alternate Wedding Venues

Criag Y Nos Castle in the Brecon Beacons provides grand weddings in a castle, with a day room for the wedding banquet and an evening room for the party afterwards.  There is guests accommodation in the castle and the adjoining “old nurses quarters” bunkhouse.

The icing on the cake is the  wedding ceremony itself,  which takes place in the historic opera house at Craig y Nos.  The opera house was built by a world-renowned opera star to entertain her society guests and European Royalty.  Let the theatre be your stage, the back-drop for your Wedding Ceremony.

Get married on a farm – Alternative Weddings

Cholderton Farm, home of Cholderton Stonehenge Hostel, is licensed for marriages.    Cholderton Charlie’s rare breeds is licenced to hold ceremonies in different parts of the farm so you can celebrate in a Marquee, a Tipi or Yurt.

The Youth Hostel onsite provides value accommodation for wedding guests and the farm has some great areas for celebrations including a  Wedding barn.   Make your dreams come true at Cholderton Farm.

Barn Weddings in Yorkshire

Howgills Barn is a registered venue for Civil Wedding ceremonies.  Seating from 40 (or 120 in a marquee), the Barn provides a picturesque back drop for your special day.

Nestled between the Yorkshire Dales and South Lake District, Howgills Barn is hidden away up a winding lane and is situated in 5 acres of green fields and rolling hills which form the Howgill Fells.  If Informal and ‘characterful’ is what you desire, then look no further!  The wedding barn is large enough to accommodate 45 guests, and can also be made into a more intimate setting for smaller groups.  Marquee hire is also available where the marquee fits directly on to the Barn building if you are looking for a larger wedding to accommodate up to 80 guests.   A Registrar from the Carlisle Registry Office can carry out your service either within the Barn hall, or there is glazed gazebo looking on to the Fells, which is also a registered area for saying your vows. The Barn provides guest accommodation in  8 ensuite bedrooms sleeping up to 35 guests and also in apartments 5 minute walk  away (sleeping up to 40 guests). Onsite camping is available and Bell tents with futon beds! The Barn is very much a ‘blank canvas’ to mould to your theme and requirements and the only limitation is your imagination!  There is no charge for corkage and you are welcome to organise your own catering (or ask if you want this done for you). There  are stunning woodlands, streams and fields for photographs,   5 acre field for parking.

Alternative woodland wedding in a Scottish forrest.

Marthrown of Mabie  provide alternative weddings near Dumfries in South West Scotland.  You can get married in a forest glade, inside a Roundhouse, or with breathtaking views over the Solway Firth.   Bring your wellies or summer sandals for a uniquely special day that everybody will remember for years to come.  Marthrown of Mabie provides great value accommodation for 26 guests in their bunkhouse and Tipis, a bridal suite in the Yurt and a camp site for those extra adventurous guests!  The helpful staff have all the contacts you may need to arrange the celebrations including a Scottish piper, humanist and religious celebrants,  local brewery, ceilidh band and catering for all needs and budgets. (Spit Roasts are always a favourite!).