Top Wedding Venues around Cambridge & Suffolk UK
Two Hoots Barn, Suffolk UK
Are you trying to find a place to get married? Cambridge and Suffolk have no shortage of amazing and lovely structures that make for the ideal wedding venue.
Here are some of the top wedding venues around Cambridgeshire and Suffolk that are sure to provide you with a special wedding day and will look stunning in your wedding photos, to help you make the best decision.
Swynford Manor
Graduate Hotel
Cromwell Barn
South Farm
All Saints Hotel
Two Hoots Barn
Otley Hall
The Granary Estates
Lanwades Hall
The Garden Barn
Wedding Venues in Cambridgeshire
Swynford Manor
Swynford Manor is a pleasantly unique wedding venue close to the city of Cambridge, where urban-luxe meets rural beauty.
This wedding venue in Cambridge is surrounded by lovely countryside and immaculately kept green gardens, and as soon as you enter, you are sure to feel pampered. You will get exclusive access to the venue, including the Bridal Preparation Room, Garden Room, and patio.
The Garden Room, which can accommodate 50 to 150 people, is the ideal gathering area. Imagine a space with windows for walls, a glittering checkerboard dance floor, enormous velvet wingback chairs, lighting with metallic tassels, and beams that contrast modern architecture with the manor's old-world, rural heritage. You can see the beautiful grounds from here, so why not encourage your guests to go outside and enjoy the sunshine?
Since I have not had the opportunity to Photograph a wedding here yet, I’m linking the venue’s instagram page & website so that you can see for yourself how gorgeous it is.
Graduate Hotel
Graduate Cambridge is a waterfront hotel and wedding venue in Cambridge with a modern yet retro look. The team at this venue are committed to making your special day a beautifully organised event. This location can comfortably fit between 10 and 250 guests.
You can say your vows on your wedding day while looking out over the River Cam, and then toast with cocktails in the exquisitely planted gardens. A beautiful altar with a backdrop is created by a charming riverside garden gazebo. The River Suite, which is the largest accommodation available, offers a regal ballroom-style ambience with access to the riverside garden.
Graduate Cambridge provides a variety of thoughtfully crafted wedding packages, from all-inclusive to customised, to ensure that your big day truly reflects your vision.
Cromwell Barn
Cromwell Barn is the perfect Cambridge wedding venue if you are looking for a beautiful rustic barn setting. You can design the barn how you desire and it is perfect if your vision is simple, stylish and atmospheric, as it is a super cosy setting that looks so romantic with fairy lights and delicate design!
South Farm
This wedding venue in Cambridge offers 20 acres of gorgeously planted grounds and gardens containing a lovingly renovated country home. Beautifully renovated barns, granaries, and stables, all ideal for your wedding, surround the main house.
Regardless of the season, South Farm is the perfect location for your special day, whether you're planning a summer wedding or a romantic winter wedding. On your wedding day, you will have exclusive use of the location, allowing you and your guests to spend a private and special day at the stunningly remote South Farm.
They offer a selection of exquisite, award-winning cuisines for your wedding feasts and are happy to design a custom dining experience if you have any unique requirements or personal preferences that you would like to incorporate into your menu.
Wedding Venues in Suffolk
All Saints Hotel, Bury St Edmunds
All Saints Hotel, nestled right in the city of Bury St Edmunds, is a lovely location for a lush green wedding.
This is an all inclusive hotel venue, you can book the Bridal suite to prepare for the day and be ready to go as soon as you wake up on your wedding day.
This wedding venue in Suffolk has a beautiful green estate, as well as large reception and ceremony rooms with a lot of natural light.
If you want to see a full wedding day, check out this blog
Two Hoots Barn
The 18th-century oak-framed Barn at Two Hoots Barn, which is situated in Sternfield is a small village in the middle of the Suffolk countryside. It can accommodate up to 110 guests for weddings.
At Two Hoots Barn, you can experience what the country is all about. Many couples are choosing more intimate venues like Two Hoots, which is tucked away in the Suffolk countryside and created to give you and your guests an intimate vibe and total solitude.
Otley Hall
Otley Hall is a Grade I listed structure surrounded by ten acres of lovely English gardens. Otley Hall, a true one-of-a-kind and incredibly romantic venue that is only two hours from London and right on the doorstep of Suffolk's picturesque coastline, enabling you to plan the custom wedding of your dreams.
This wedding venue in Suffolk has a moat that is encircled by tranquil Suffolk countryside, nestled amid 10 acres of lovely grounds. The Hall is a private family house, and only a few weddings are held there each year. Otley Hall is a genuinely unique location for wedding couples searching for something spectacular for their special day thanks to its historical charm, magical sceneries, and isolated countryside setting.
The Granary Estates
In the quaint Suffolk village of Woodditton is the award-winning and distinctive wedding venue. This is a genuinely unique location ideal for laid-back and private festivities, complete with flint walls, old timber beams, and lovely cornfields encircling the grounds.
The Granary Estates is made up of two authentic barns connected by an outdoor glass walkway and has a secluded courtyard that's ideal for summertime reception drinks in the sun. The tiny Flint Barn can hold up to 88 guests, while the larger Granary Barn seats 180. Both areas are available year-round for exclusive use and provide you and your visitors with peace and tranquilly.
Lanwades Hall
Lanwades Hall, a stunning stately home wedding venue tucked away in Newmarket, Suffolk is a hidden gem in the countryside. This setting, which is all yours for your special day, will make you fall in love all over again. This house is adaptable to host weddings of different kinds.
The stunning entry to Lanwades Hall, which is situated on 12 acres of the gorgeous English countryside, is surrounded by mirrored gatehouses with eye-catching wrought-iron gates. The lavish mansion dominates the landscape at the end of a half-mile-long driveway surrounded by towering trees, providing the perfect backdrop for your wedding photos.
The Garden Barn
The Garden Barn, located on the picturesque grounds of Little Bradley Hall in Haverhill, is a lovely location for a rural wedding.
The barn's towering ceilings, wood beams, and muted modern furnishings are the definition of rustic elegance. For a formal wedding breakfast, the beautiful Barn can seat up to 80 people; for a more laid-back occasion, it can hold up to 125 people. An adjacent marquee can be set up to provide extra capacity for larger guest lists.
This wedding venue in Suffolk has a door opening onto the lovely grounds and a view of the wide-open pastures and paddocks. The lovely gardens have blossoming floral borders that make for a great daytime atmosphere and stunning backgrounds for your wedding photos.
Bonus Wedding Venues Nearby - that I also LOVE!
Wellington Wood
Dodford Manor
Chippenham Park
Wellington Wood
For laid-back weddings and somewhere with beautiful nature, Wellington Wood in Norfolk is an ideal eco-friendly, pet-friendly, and family-friendly tipi wedding venue near Suffolk. The perfect location for your wedding is nestled in 70 acres of private woods and wildflower meadows that are utterly remote yet still conveniently accessible.
Along with celebration tents, there are other stunning outdoor locations for wedding ceremonies, ranging from the wild Giant Hat Tipis to the classic beauty Canvas Marquee.
I have had the pleasure of working with Vicky when I did my Styled Shoot there in April and she is an absolute gem! Working with her was so lovely and I know she would make your wedding day dreams come true with this gorgeous venue. They also have a couple accommodations in the way of a small apartment and shepherd huts on the property for you to stay the night before or after your wedding.
Dodford Manor - Northamptonshire
Dodford Manor is a luxurious country home barn wedding location nestled in the rolling hills of Northamptonshire. It is a lovely wedding venue to enjoy breathtaking rural views.
The family-owned wedding venue takes great pleasure in providing attentive, individualised service. The staff will make it their duty to make sure your wedding day is simply perfect, from inspiration and ideas to scheduling and organising the smallest details.
Chippenham Park
Chippenham Park is a stunning wedding venue around Cambridge and Suffolk, located in the quaint village of Chippenham.
The ideal rural setting for your wedding celebrations is Chippenham Park which is a grade II listed building from the 18th century. It is approached by a tree-lined avenue, setting a classy mood for the day.
You can hold your entire day here, with spaces available for ceremonies and receptions. You can host your wedding day with up to 120 guests in one of three beautiful venues on the property. They offer a lovely rose-covered summerhouse, which overlooks the stunning lake.
With space for 200 guests, the outdoor marquee is the ideal location for your wedding breakfast. The marquee offers breathtaking views of the lovely surroundings and lake for a tranquil ambience as dusk approaches.
You have so many choices of wedding venues around Cambridge and Suffolk which is ideal, but I understand that it can be a hard decision but that is why I am here to help! Let’s have a chat whether that is remotely or with a coffee and discuss how I can capture your wedding memories!
