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Last update: October 2024

Breckenhill is a stunning wedding venue located in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim. The stone structure was originally built in 1755 by the millowner who ran watermills in the valley below—the associated farm buildings date from the same period.

We have extensive gardens with lots of lovely spaces for photographs.

The Stone Barn and the Green Barn make up a wonderful, flexible venue and an outstanding location for one of the most important days of your life. Lovingly and sensitively converted for the celebration of weddings, you have two barns and the great outdoors in which to celebrate your wedding.

Facilities and capacity

Breckenhill has a licence for civil wedding marriages and civil partnerships celebrations. We can hold ceremonies outdoors and indoors on site. For your reception you can seat 80 upstairs, or up to 150 in the Green Barn.

Services offered

You will be free to decorate in the style of your choice and make the venue your own for the big day. They can also supply anything you may need: tables, chairs, linen, crockery, cutlery, glasses etc.

Breckenhill has loads of space, even for bouncy castles and outdoor garden games. We can even offer an archery session to entertain your guests!

Cuisine

We have a wide range of suppliers with most of our weddings being of the less formal type. We have a well-equipped kitchen and bar facilities etc.

Accommodation

We have a beautiful camping area overlooking the lake with composting loos! You can hire accommodation nearby as well.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Woodland and festival
Barn
Outdoor license
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence
Religious ceremony license

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Private catering allowed

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities
Outdoor fireworks permitted

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
Pet-friendly
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Tracey
Tracey Sent on 26/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Venue and service provider

Absolutely fantastic day & night at Breckenhill.. All our guests had a fantastic time and everyone who came up in the evening had an absolute ball also.. ❤️💒❤️💒❤️ xoxo

Tracey & I can’t thank Henrietta & David of Breckenhill enough for all the amazing help & advice they give us in setting up & organising our Wedding on Wednesday 10th July 2024..❤️💒❤️💒❤️ xoxo

If anyone is looking for venue for their Wedding - check Breckenhill out - it is absolutely beautiful & amazing - Highly recommended by us.. ❤️💒❤️💒❤️

Thank you Henrietta & David for letting Tracey & I have our Special Day at Breckenhill.. All our family & friends had a fabulous time.. A day we will never forget.. ❤️💒❤️💒❤️ xoxo
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Teresa Sent on 26/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Heartily recommend!

Teresa and I had our wedding at Breckenhill in July, 2024. We had the most amazing day and experience and are so grateful to Henrietta and David for sharing their gorgeous venue with us.

From the forestry to the rewilding, scenic views and beautiful converted barn Breckenhill is spectacular. They also allowed us to tailor every aspect of the day from décor, to where we had our ceremony, food/catering and drinks/alcohol. They also gave us unfettered access to the venue in the days before and after the wedding.

We chose - and recommend - Breckenhill for several reasons:

1) They are dog friendly.

2) It is such a beautiful venue ideally located in the middle of nowhere but still in close proximity to Belfast and the main airports. There were lovely options for the ceremony (we chose overlooking a lovely lake), beautiful photo opportunities and a really nice indoors hall if the wet weather plan was required. We had the meal and party in a converted barn that was suitably informal for us.
3) Henrietta and David are exceptional at what they do and immediately made us feel calm, and they helped us through every step. We didn’t want anything too formal or fast-paced and this place suited us to the core. While lots of venues have a relentless calendars these days, Henrietta and David choose to space theirs out and gave us two full days to set up, offered us all items they had in storage (from décor items to games, different table and chair designs etc) and were in no hurry for us to piss off the morning after so we could really let our hair down on the day.

4) Their business model is such where they provide the venue but we were able to source our own catering and beverage suppliers. This allowed us to bring in Castaway Catering (Roger and Craig are amazing – highly recommend!) who created a bespoke menu that suited our – very particular - culinary tastes. We were also able to supply the bar at cost price, which was delivered by hospitality professionals that Breckenhill recommend / provide.

5) Teresa didn’t allow it, but they offer archery!!!

Heartily recommend!

Rory and Teresa
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Karen M. Sent on 17/02/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Breckenhill was the perfect location for our wedding it allowed us to look after our guests, the children had space to play and we could arrange all additional services we wanted without being tied to only what was on offer. Henrietta and David have a beautiful home and the gardens are amazing for photos etc. I could not rate them high enough! 5* plus all the way!
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45 Breckenhill Road, Doagh BT39 0TB Ballyclare (Co Antrim)
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