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Our fully licensed wedding pavilion is deep in the heart of a hidden valley, just down the lane from a blue-green lake - which is also licenced for the most memorable of ceremonies on the rustic jetty.

This hidden 20 acres is clothed in ferns & bluebells, ancient oaks & meadowsweet, and we’ll arrange your fairytale day from 20 to 220 people anytime from Easter to early October. 

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  • Ceremony & Reception

    You'll walk through the woods down a light dappled path to our pavilion of canvas & willow. It’s bordered on two sides by the stream & under a great ash tree. There’s daisies and buttercups, pink campions, meadowsweet and lacy white rounds of cow parsley. Hazel, willow and oak are watched by the elder, guardian of the woods. Giant ferns and hart’s tongue give a feel of another time, another place.

    It's the same if you decide on the most romantic option of all – a lakeside ceremony – you just turn down to the lake where everyone stands except for a row of chairs for VIP’s (usually Grandparents etc) at the front.

    Back at the pavilion there’s seating for 100 and if your wedding is 100+ then we'll arrange more seating outside - we’ve got plenty of chairs. Straw bales with coloured rugs look rustic on the grass for bigger numbers or kids at the front.    

    You'll have space for the Registrars (the two Council officers who officially marry you) - make sure you contact them pronto to arrange your ceremony date & time   or 0300 1234181.

    There's room for musicians, perhaps a full size piano or Celtic harp. Big clear windows are stitched into the canvas which roll up nicely in sunny weather letting in the sounds of water & birdsong. Big beams & cross members in the roof are perfect for decoration, whether it’s a simple strand of white wedding bunting, a twist of wild ivy or more elaborate floral work.

    One thing worth pointing out here is that we always make provision for anyone with mobility issues (or just really high Jimmy Choo’s) & provide a car & driver (usually a staff car) to take them to and from according to your wedding timetable. Ceremonies tend to take place early to mid- afternoon with your reception in the main marquee closing down at midnight.

    Opposite the pavilion sits our biggest tipi, the Grand Lodge – a great focal point for all outdoor weddings, & a perfect cocktail tent for post-ceremony drinks & canapes. We've got other heavy duty gazebos we can put up for wet weather days or to protect musicians etc (string quartets are very particular about their instruments getting damp).

    Lakeside ceremonies come here for drinks and canapes in just the same way.

    After about an hour and a half in this lovely glade its up to the marquee meadow for your main reception; speeches and hugging, dining and dancing until midnight. There'll be room on the marquee lawn for little people to run and play and the big firepit will be lit at dusk so you can come outside and sit round the fire with a drink, maybe with marshmallows on sticks, all under the stars...