Festival Wedding Venues: 18 Cool Spots for Fun-Loving Couples
Festival-loving couples will love our edit of the most sought-after festival wedding venues from across the UK
Are you looking for the perfect festival wedding venue near you to host your fun-filled day? Whether you love the rustic and creative vibes of Latitude or the VIP styling of Glastonbury, the UK has some of the best music festivals in the world - and some of the best festival wedding venues where you and your partner can host your own outdoor party!
From warehouse wedding venues and handmade yurts to giant tipis and rustic woodland spaces, we’ve got all the inspiration you need to plan your ultimate festival wedding with our edit of incredible festival wedding venues in the UK.
Festival Wedding Venues: 18 Spots for Fun-Loving Couples
And it's not just outdoor festival wedding venues in our round-up. Seeing as the British climate likes to keep us on our toes, we have a number of weather-friendly festival wedding venues to ensure that even the biggest British showers won't rain on your parade. Wellies and plastic cups anyone?
Once you’ve got the perfect festival-style venue, there’s loads of great touches to bring your theme to life, from your wedding cake to live entertainment to cute rustic DIY décor.
1. Houchins – Essex
Houchins is a Grade II-listed farmhouse with gorgeous grounds that house three modern wedding barns, a wooded glade, a romantic marquee and an outdoor loggia, all perfect for indoor and outdoor ceremonies.
The modern décor is totally on trend and brings a chic feel to the entire space. From the rustic Chitting Shed where you can host reception drinks and play garden games, to the cool industrial Grain Store for your wedding breakfast which features 35 foot high ceilings, a mezzanine gallery, huge windows and an open fireplace - every part of Houchins is Insta-worthy.
This beautiful wedding venue in Essex is surrounded by picturesque grounds that are perfect for hosting festival-style ceremonies and receptions, while the stylish indoor spaces are ideal for year-round celebrations.
2. Thoresby Weddings – Nottinghamshire
Thoresby Weddings, in the heart of the Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, is a rustic festival wedding venue with plenty to shout about.
The brick-built Victorian Riding Hall makes for such a dreamy wedding venue and is packed with magical soaring ceilings and fairy lights. At the back of this festival-style wedding venue is their new Secret Garden escape, which is the ideal spot for drinks receptions and outdoor wedding games.
The Hall has the the most incredible outdoor festival wedding setting where you can host a woodland wedding or put up a rustic tipi or marquee. It's a versatile space for your festival-themed wedding and can be styled to suit whatever kind of al-fresco dining style you want to throw at it.
The woodland area at Thoresby Weddings is so photogenic and offers endless opportunities for couples to capture festival-chic wedding pictures. With the addition of a marquee, you can host a large wedding here, too
3. The Woodlands - Leicestershire
Described as a 'rustic luxe woodland venue', the aptly named Woodlands combines both natural, outdoorsy style with luxury, contemporary inside spaces. From the gorgeous Hideaway to the treehouse honeymoon suite, every corner of this festival wedding venue is bursting with something magical to discover.
With giant snakes and ladders, crazy golf and splat the rat to fire pits and s'mores stations, there's endless outdoor wedding games to entertain your wedding guests. Add in the gin bar and grazing table feast, the atmosphere here is convivial and relaxed.
The Woodlands can host 60 guests for the reception and dining, and 150 guests for the evening party where you can dance the night away. There's dreamy wood-clad chalet accommodation for up to 54 on-site so you don't need to worry about ending the merriment early.
4. The Tipi at Beaumont Hall – Hertfordshire
Beaumont Hall is a beautiful Grade II-listed Georgian farmhouse surrounded by gorgeous grounds and paddocks where you can host an outdoor tipi wedding.
The Natural Tent Company work alongside Beaumont Hall to offer seriously stylish-yet-relaxed tipis, tents and marquees, which are bursting with rustic charm and laidback festival vibes.
The tipis are beautifully constructed and give couples the opportunity to add their own finishing touches. From fairy lights and fire pits to bunting and benches, the flexibility of The Tipi at Beaumont Hall is what makes this festival wedding setting such a unique wedding venue.
5. Tip Top Venues – Buckinghamshire
Dreaming of a colourful ceremony in a festival wedding venue? Nestled within an 800-acre estate lies Tip Top Venues, a picturesque and family-run outdoor event spaces which can host tipi and marquee weddings synonymous with festival styling.
Secluded and tranquil, their two wedding spaces are bursting with amazing views and can accommodate a host of activities. The Lakeside spot and the Paddocks both offer dreamy surroundings for your day, whether it's an intimate wedding of 45 or a larger celebration of up to 260 guests.
You and your guests can enjoy the zorbing football arena, organised Segway games and more during your time at Tip Top Venues. Their experienced team are excited to bring your festival wedding ideas to life and create an unforgettable day for both you and your guests.
6. Kingston Estate Totnes - Devon
How about a festival wedding venue with a secret nightclub? If that doesn't scream VIP festival, we don't know what will. Kingston Estate in Totnes is a stunning Georgian country mansion that you can hire out for a whole wedding weekend for 70 to 300 guests.
Before the big day you can host pre-wedding events like cocktails in the library, a pizza party in The Big Yurt, games on the lawn or a pamper night. On the day itself, there's so many gorgeous spots to exchange vows and take photos, from the Marble Hall to the Walled Garden, Rose Garden, Linhay Barn and sweeping staircase.
After the ceremony, you and your guests can enjoy the bespoke cocktail and food menus - we love their street food offerings which feel like an alternative wedding food idea right out of a festival, but you can choose plated meals or table feasts too. Once that's all done, dance the night away in the Undercroft nightclub or take a dip in the hot tub with a night cap!
7. Wyresdale Weddings – Lancashire
We’re totally obsessed with Wyresdale Weddings. Their venue encompasses a collection of rustic barn wedding venues, a country house, boating lake and glamping, all on the western slopes of the Forest of Bowland. The grounds are absolutely stunning, making them the perfect setting for food trucks, garden games and live music outdoors.
After getting ready in the North Wing, the Ceremony Barn is the perfect place to exchange vows. After that, the stunning White Barn is where you will have your dinner and dancing, with high ceilings, balconies, original beams and old stables. It’s a hugely characterful building that feels intimate with 70 guests or atmospheric with 170.
Perfect for a festival-style celebration, the estate has two beautiful glamping sites to choose from. We love The Orchard because it’s adjacent to the venue and can sleep 20 to 25 people in 10 bell tents. There are also the Feather Down Lodges, a selection of five safari tents with log burners and outdoor hot tubs that sit on the edge of the lake. How romantic!
8. Kielder Waterside Tipis – Northumberland
Kielder’s rustic tipi wedding venues act as a stunning blank canvas for the ceremony of your dreams. Exclusively yours for the entirety of your celebrations, you could enjoy a drinks reception in the secluded courtyard before dancing the night away under the darkest skies in England. You could even set up a stargazing area for guests!
When the celebrations are over, you and your guests can retreat to Kielder Waterside’s luxurious range of overnight accommodation. Allowing you to extend your stay in this slice of wild Northumberland paradise that little longer, there is no better place to wake as a newly married couple.
9. The Gardens – Kent
The Gardens is an exclusive festival wedding venue set within 12 acres of beautiful grounds. Thanks to its endless photo opportunities, amazing outdoor ceremony options and delightful gazebo, it’s perfect for a festival-themed wedding.
Start your day by saying your vows under the pretty outdoor gazebo where there is space for up to 130 guests. Afterwards, enjoy a stroll around the 12 acre garden and shoot some romantic pictures.
For your wedding breakfast, the two interlinked tipis would be perfect for those who really want to embrace the festival wedding venue theme. Romantic fairy lights cascade from the stunning wooden beams while the fire pits exude subtle light and warmth. The sides of the tipis can be lifted, revealing impressive views of the gardens and creating an extended magical space.
In addition to the beautiful function spaces is a gorgeous dressing room. It’s located on the upper level of the barn and will be available from 9am on your wedding morning until midnight. It’s the perfect place to get ready for your big day as well as escaping from the madness.
10. High Billinghurst Farm - Surrey
Joe Wicks chose this enchanting celebrity wedding venue, set in 65 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside, for his wedding - and it's clear why. Two beautiful interlinking barns allow your creativity to run wild, while the gardens are perfect for a fun fairground experience.
The Haybarn at High Billinghurst Farm is a festival wedding venue that can hold up to 164 guests and comes complete with a huge inglenook fireplace and glamorous chandeliers for a rustic-luxe vibe.
In addition to the dreamy festival vibe, guests can glamp here with a toilet pavilion and showers available (no wet wipes here!), plus you're free to bring your own alcohol as this venue offerspackages with no corkage charges or bar set-up fees.
They only hold a limited number of weddings a year so you're guaranteed that Glasto-esque exclusive feel.
11. Victoria Warehouse - Manchester
The industrial-chic Victoria Warehouse is a unique spot for a festival wedding. With a DJ or live band, your guests will feel like they're dancing away in a super club, while the exposed brick walls and stone floors make for a raw, urban backdrop that will suit those who don't want something outdoors.
The Warehouse is a blank canvas for you to stage all your rustic wedding ideas, and looks amazing filled with flowers, fairy lights and classic rustic festival touches, but also lends itself to a more modern, minimalist style.
If you love nothing more than dancing to the DJ sets at Creamfields, a warehouse wedding venue where you can host amazing light, sound and visual productions is the place for you.
12. The Ventnor Botanic Garden – Isle of Wight
The Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight is a green space with endless opportunities for gorgeous photos for you and your guests. What better place to host a festival-themed wedding than an island that hosts its own famed music festival - and was formally home to Bestival? And what about in your very own paradise-like botanic garden with over 33,000 rare, exotic, and beautiful plants?
Exchange vows in the New Zealand Garden before enjoying a meal and dancing in the Palm House or in a stylish marquee. Alternatively, inside, you'll find the Echium Room, with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the Mediterranean pond surrounded by 16-foot-tall Echium flowers. Wherever you choose, your wedding day will be truly unique and you can make even more of a mark with your festival spin.
Along with the beautiful scenery, there's also stunning beach views and a Victorian-built tunnel leading to the cliff edge looking over the sea, perfect for couples who want a blend of festival and coastal wedding venue.
13. Camp Katur – North Yorkshire
Couples looking for an unusual festival wedding venue that will totally wow their guests will adore the look of Camp Katur in North Yorkshire. This woodland wedding venue is a labyrinth of breath taking, festival-style spaces that are totally wedding-worthy.
At Camp Katur’s 250 acre estate, couples have the choice between the rustic barn, a pop-up tipi or yurt, the meadow or the venue’s very own orangery to host their festival-themed nuptials. With space for up to 300 people, no one needs to be left off the guest list, which is lucky, because your festival wedding will be the event of the year if hosted here!
14. The Crazy Bear - Oxfordshire
This opulent hotel venue is like stepping into The Great Gatsby set and is perfect for that extravagant VIP tent energy you find at festivals. The Crazy Bear in Oxfordshire is bursting with unique character and dramatic décor with a cool Moroccan vibe, offering you a unique twist on the often classic festival wedding theme.
You can host receptions for up to 300 guests in an exclusive area of the hotel so your celebrations will be completely private. The space opens up onto a secluded terrace, gardens and 80 acres of woodland and farmland.
You'll have your own personal wedding co-ordinator on hand who can help arrange entertainment with anything from live bands and DJs to burlesque performances and wedding fireworks. The day before your wedding, how about clay shooting or Thai massages?
15. Jimmy’s Farm – Suffolk
Made famous in the Channel 4 TV of the same name, Jimmy’s Farm is the perfect outdoor festival wedding venue. Nestled in the heart of the Suffolk countryside, this stunning farm wedding venue is now available for exclusive hire.
Against the beautiful backdrop of an old working farm, you can wander through ancient woodland, explore the outbuildings, walk with nature and enjoy incredible seasonal food straight from the surrounding land.
You can choose from the 17th century barn or the Celebration Tent which is situated in the newly landscaped Herb Garden, a stunning spot for photos and reception drinks. Afterwards, you can return to the marquee for a wedding breakfast and party to remember. This place is festival wedding perfection.
16. Gisburne Park Estate – Lancashire
Nestled within 1000-acres of historic Ribble Valley countryside, Gisburne Park Estate is one of Lancashire’s finest private estates.
It would be perfect for your festival-themed wedding as it boasts a spectacular tipi which is hidden within its own private 10-acre valley on the tributary of two rivers. The tipi is also surrounded by cliffs, bridges, lawns and the stunning Riverside House.
Gisburne Park Estate is a licensed venue, meaning you can get married either on the small private island upstream, at the ancient St Mary’s Church or on the edge of the estate. The venue will be exclusively yours for either three or four nights, so whether it’s a pre-wedding dinner, a day-after brunch or simply a stress-free set-up you’re after, the venue is yours to use as you wish.
Oh, and the best part? This is a gorgeous wedding venue with accommodation - there's space to sleep over 220 guests across cosy cottages, historic houses and luxury lodges. Every property boasts a hot tub, there’s a swimming pool, bar and restaurant on site, and the team are also able to offer luxury bell tents that can be pitches by the river. T
17. Bower in the Wood - East Sussex
Boho couples listen up! Bower in the Wood is here to meet all your stylish festival needs. Here you can tie the knot under a rustic wooden bower, or if you prefer an indoor ceremony, head to the Grand Home which has a beautiful tree-lined aisle and high ceilings.
The team at this gorgeous festival wedding venue are happy to offer you a unique experience with exclusive hire and the creative freedom to decorate the venue to your tastes. When it comes to food, you're free to bring in external caterers and enjoy your meal in the great outdoors or the Great Hall.
Beautiful open spaces and rustic aesthetics makes this venue the perfect backdrop for a boho wedding dress. After the ceremony, photos and food are down, head on over to the in-house bar and converted horsebox bar before finishing your night relaxing by the fire pit under the stars.
18. Cornish Tipi Weddings - Cornwall
There's no shortage of beautiful wedding venues in Cornwall, and Cornish Tipi Weddings is no exception. There are several unique places to get hitched or renew your vows here, including a wedding pavilion accommodating up to 300 guests, and on the shores of a private lake.
After the ceremony, you and your new spouse can wander through the breath taking grounds, which are perfect for capturing any wedding photo ideas you have - there's even a beautiful rowing boat! When the time comes for cocktails, the Grand Lodge is the place to be and is perfect for toasts and drinks receptions.
Wedding breakfasts and receptions can be held in the marquee before rounding the night off beside the dreamy fire pit. If you want to stay over, there are on-site tipis that can host two people each.
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