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Barley Wood House is a stunning venue in Bristol City, Bristol, where couples can host their weddings and other milestone events. Conveniently located just 4 miles from Bristol Airport and 12 miles from Bristol City Centre, this property offers couples the ideal blend of convenience, flexibility, and style. Featuring beautifully landscaped gardens, panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, and large function rooms, Barley Wood House has everything couples need to create the wedding celebration they always dreamed about.

Facilities and Capacity

Built in 1801, Barley Wood House has a rich history, and the property still has many of its original features. The house caters for weddings with up to 100 guests and has 2 function rooms, 9 large bedrooms, a self-catering kitchen, and a reception area. There are both indoor and outdoor ceremony options available. Nearlyweds can exchange vows on the stone terrace surrounded by their loved ones and with the picturesque Bristol countryside as their backdrop. There are 11 acres of woodland and beautiful grounds to explore and take photos in. Alternatively, couples can tie the knot indoors in the bright and spacious ceremony room. After the ceremony, newlyweds can host a wedding breakfast in the house for up to 100 seated guests and 175 for an evening reception. There is also the option of erecting a marquee in the gardens for up to 200 people.

Yours for the Weekend

Every couple deserves something special on the wedding day, and Barley Wood House provides precisely that. The team at this venue is dedicated to creating unique and memorable milestone occasions for each client. The property is available for exclusive use so couples can enjoy their wedding their way and make it their home for the entire weekend. Our exclusive weekend package ensures couples have time to decorate, dine and relax with family before and after the big day. Make it your own! Arrive Friday with friends and loved ones and unpack and decorate, prepare a dinner (or have a barbeque or get takeaway!) and dine in our morning room or outside on the terrace and have a truly relaxing evening before your big day. Then on Sunday, don't worry about heading straight out. With checkout not until 2 pm on Sunday, you, your family and friends can rest, sleep in, have breakfast and lunch together, play lawn games, take it all in and leave with wonderful memories.

Services Offered

Barley Wood House is a dry hire venue, but we are proud of the amenities we have and the team can provide a list of trusted local suppliers if needed. As a part of your wedding package, we provide:

  • Exclusive use of the venue, including our gorgeous grounds, spacious morning room, main hall, reception and summer house and accommodation from Friday through Sunday.
  • Luxurious accommodation with 9 large bedrooms sleeping up to 25 people all included in total package price.
  • Option to be married inside in our morning room or main hall or outside underneath the summer house.
  • A dedicated venue manager to help you through your wedding journey and to explore what is possible.
  • 100+ inside chairs for the wedding breakfast.
  • 100+ outside chairs for the ceremony.
  • 10+ Roundtables for the wedding breakfast.
  • 10+ Long tables for the wedding breakfast.
  • 6 Trestle tables
  • White linens (enough for all tables)
  • Numerous high chairs and booster seats available.
  • Fairy lights in the morning room and main hall.
  • Onsite bar company with % of drinks corkage free.
  • Speakers for ceremony & evening music.
  • Wireless microphone for speeches.
  • 5 Fold out beds
  • 2 Travel Cots.
  • Iron & Ironing Board.
  • 3 Easels.
  • 6 A4 Sign Holders
  • Signage for Parking/Dropoff/Lawn Games.
  • Lawn games including Boules, Giant Connect Four, Croquet, Cornhole and Lawn Jenga.
  • Ample kitchen space including a double oven, large Combi oven, 4 refrigerators and 2 freezers.
  • 2 Large Urns for Tea & Coffee
  • 2 Drip Coffee Machines
  • 2 8L Kilner Vintage Glass Drinks Dispensers with stands
  • Separate kitchen for caterer use with easy access to main hall for serving food.
  • Gas BBQ.
  • Terrace Firepit.
  • Ample Parking Space for Guests.
  • Dog friendly (including for overnight!)
  • Outside Suppliers Including Caterers Allowed.
  • Recommended Local Suppliers List Provided.
  • Group Discount Hotel Block at Hampton Inn at Bristol Airport (subject to availability)
  • 20% Future Discount to wedding couples for a future weekend house hire (subject to availability)

We are a Charity

We are proudly owned by the Dulverton Group YMCA and all of the money raised supports our charitable efforts. Ask us about our story!

*Note, this venue is for exclusive wedding weekend hire. £7500 is our total price (inclusive of VAT) for use of the venue from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. If desired, subject to availability, we can allow for early arrival for an additional fee.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Stately home
Historic
Woodland and festival
Outdoor license
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Fire ceremony
Civil ceremony licence
Religious ceremony license

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Private catering allowed
Alcohol licence

Evening entertainment:

Entertainment licence
Evening reception facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
Changing room for wedding guests
Pet-friendly
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Reviews for Barley Wood House

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4.8 out of 5 rating
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Ds Sent on 18/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Marquee wedding at barley wood

We had an amazing wedding at Barley wood in August.

We had our drinks reception in the Italian Garden to make the most of the amazing views. It really felt like we were abroad in the sun.

As it was a large wedding we opted to have a marquee on the lawn for our wedding breakfast, before moving into the main house for the evening.

The main hall worked perfectly for the evening with space for the band and a large dance floor.

Barley wood was the perfect venue for us. They were so accommodating and supportive in helping us create the day that we wanted. Big shout out to Zach at Barley Wood for helping us organise in the build up - he was absolutely brilliant throughout.

We couldn’t recommend this venue more.
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Katie S. Sent on 08/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The most magical wedding!

We got married at Barley Wood in October and had the most wonderful, magical weekend! The views are truly spectacular, and having the entire house meant we could plan everything the way we wanted it, making it more flexible and personal to us. The house is gorgeous and spacious (the bedrooms are enormous!) and the grounds are truly beautiful - we set up a woodland walk with bunting, outdoor games and had the ceremony in the summer house overlooking the walled garden and Mendip hills.

Everything ran perfectly, all our guests had a wonderful time and being able to have our pup there too was really special! Would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking to get married in the area - this is an amazing venue run by a great team. Thank you Barley Wood!
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Amy H. Sent on 16/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Such an amazing venue!

We loved the look of Barely Wood when we first came to have a look at it, as it’s a house that has some character to it and Amy and I loved that about it.
Everyone really enjoyed the venue, from the spacious rooms to the vast open space of the gardens that have all been well kept. I believe everyone made themselves at home and felt comfortable at the house.
The guest all were all saying the same in that it’s such an amazing venue with beautiful views and lovely garden space, all were very complementary about the venue, and the kids all loved the vast open space so that they could run around freely haha.
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Sinead Sent on 16/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A Magical Weekend!

I got married here last month and it was such a magical weekend. The staff here went above and beyond to help and make everything go swimmingly. They also must have sorted out the weather as it was such a nice day! The grounds look absolutely stunning and everyone commented on the ace venue. Having some rooms on site was lovely and really felt at home for the weekend. I want to do it all over again. Thanks again xx
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Louise S. Sent on 15/08/2024
4.4 out of 5 rating

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Barley wood is a really beautiful venue. The grounds are stunning and the house itself is really lovely. It’s great as you can spend the whole weekend there which makes it more special.
It’s great as you can use your own suppliers and plan a completely unique day which really helps keep the costs down.
Communication was quite tricky at times and it was hard to hear back from the venue when trying to arrange visits in the months leading up the wedding but the current manager is very responsive.
We had a fabulous wedding weekend there and would recommend.
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Elsa G. Sent on 15/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A truly magical day

We can’t recommend Barley Wood enough, it is truly the most beautiful and romantic venue and the team are so attentive and supportive, our guests had a wonderful time and the rooms and gardens are gorgeous. Thank you for our magical wedding!
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Andrea K. Sent on 15/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A Magical Venue!

Barley Wood House is a magical place in the stunning countryside with magnificent views. The house and bedrooms are full of character and the whole place has a relaxed and welcoming vibe. We're so glad we chose Barley Wood House as the venue for our special day and weekend.

We received an exceptional and responsive service from Zach - nothing was too much trouble and he repeatedly went above and beyond to make our experience throughout as easy and pleasurable as possible.

We felt supported and understood - we couldn't have asked for a better day and all our guests raved about how lovely Barley Wood House is and couldn't believe they hadn't heard of it previously.
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Ceri Sent on 29/07/2024
3.8 out of 5 rating

Magical Venue

Barley wood house was an amazing venue to bring to life our dream wedding with picturesque scenery and spacious rooms it was ideal for our magical day.

We booked our venue two years in advance and had some issue with contacting the venue being passed around to different staff never talking to the same person. This made booking visits a difficult process.

Although difficult to book they were amazing at letting us visit as many times we liked in the run up to the wedding which helped massively.

In the week before the wedding we were introduced to Zach who was lovely and put my mind at ease straight away answering all my questions promptly and giving me a direct number to contact him. He was amazing! I would have loved a consultation with him before the wedding to have ironed out concerns earlier.

The rooms were extremely comfortable and the facilities were clean and maintained well.

It was a great dry hire but you do have to use the bar company provided . Steve and Bev were lovely to talk to before the day and were able to arrange all the drinks we needed but would of been nice to have met them on the day and ensured someone kept the drinks back for myself and my now husband . As they were given to guests. Leaving us with out.

All in all the venue was beautiful and I would highly recommend it to others.

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Emily K. Sent on 17/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfectly relaxed and special experience

We absolutely love every aspect of Barley Wood. The house itself, gardens, outdoor ceremony area, the location, facilities are all brilliant and every supplier we spoke to was equally as excited as us to be supporting our wedding at Barley Wood. Having the freedom to make our wedding what we wanted it to be at a venue that is so naturally stunning made the experience very enjoyable. The house is beautiful and has many options depending on your preferences. Our family could stay and they were all delighted with the quality and size of the rooms. And the little ones loved having one big sleepover for the weekend! Zach, Connor and the team were lovely to work with, very accommodating and put our nerves at ease at every step. They truly went over and above to make our weekend perfect. We were so sad to leave on the Sunday but can't wait to find an excuse to come back!
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Kate F. Sent on 16/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing day!

We had such and amazing wedding day at Barley Wood! The venue is gorgeous and thankfully the weather held out for us. Zach, Connor and all the team were so helpful and friendly, leading up to, and on the day. A lovely relaxed atmosphere. We are hoping to re-visit for other celebrations.
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