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Hayley T. Sent on 21/10/2024The perfect English summer garden wedding
What can I say… we had the most amazing weekend, 40th birthday and wedding day! A weekend we will never forgot!
Starting the Friday we celebrated my 40th with a selection of friends, Claire and the team set us up a beautiful graze board for everyone to enjoy and it was the definite start to a celebratory weekend.
After some terrible early summer 24 weather, the wedding day was just perfect in every way.
Claire, Hannah and their team at Bardney Hall made sure it all ran smoothly from start to finish.
The whole place looked stunning and the cocktails flowed all day.
Our guests all said that is was the best wedding they had ever been to which is so lovely to hear.
The day was so relaxed, as we wanted it to be and everything just seemed to run seamlessly (although we know this is due to the hard working team they have there).
Thank you for making our wedding day all we had dreamed of. 😍
Bardney Hall's reply:
Thank you Hayley for your glowing review, we thoroughly loved your wedding weekend, it really was spectacular.
We enjoyed the entire process of planning it with you and meeting with the suppliers. From concept to the big day, you were so thoughtful in ensuring everyone had an amazing time.
It was a pleasure to get to know you and Richard and an honour to host your wedding, and special Birthday. -
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Lara D. Sent on 24/08/2024
Absolutely Stunning
As soon as we went to view this venue, we were in love! The place is so beautiful and Claire was so lovely and accommodating. She supported every step of the way and on the day, the team moved around the venue seamlessly to where ever setup of the rooms and changeover happened without us or the guests noticing! It's like they waived a magic wand! The rooms and facilities were everything we needed on the day and it was one of the best days ever 💕Bardney Hall's reply:
It was an absolute pleasure to host your special day, and what a wonderful day it was! Wishing you all every happiness together. -
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Natasha Sent on 16/08/2024The whole team felt like family by the end of the night!
Honestly, I could write a ten page essay on how wonderful Claire, Hannah and the team at Bardney Hall were.
We loved the venue from the second we laid eyes on it all the way back in February 2022. Since then, there have been refurbs and updates, and Claire was amazing at always inviting us back to see what they’d done with the place. In the (very long!) lead up to our wedding, the communication was incredible, and they answered every question I had no matter how random! By the time the wedding rolled around, it felt like we’d known Claire and Hannah for a lifetime. They couldn’t do enough to help us set up on the day before the wedding, and were so supportive from start to finish. Everything ran perfectly on the day, and it was so clear to see that everyone in the team really loves what they do and is so passionate. Hannah even let me drag her onto the dance floor for our last song of the night (I couldn’t let a fellow Swiftie watch Love Story from the sidelines!).
Special mention to our bartender Ioan, who could not do enough for us - he was an absolute star the night before the wedding, keeping myself and my bridesmaids laughing and drinking, but more importantly making sure I wasn’t stressed! Nothing was too much trouble, and every time I asked him for something, it was done in a blink of an eye. His thoughtfulness in saving the empty Filey Bay bottle for us after a toast to an absent friend really touched us both, and we were so grateful. He was immensely fun and engaging, and a real credit to Bardney Hall.
The venue itself is stunning everywhere you look. The gardens made a beautiful backdrop to our photos, and everything had the perfect regency air for our vibe.Bardney Hall's reply:
Thank you so much for this glowing review. We genuinely loved every moment of your wedding, and all the attention to detail you invested in it.
The Jane Austen theme was in perfect keeping with the venue, and the Taylor Swift vibes just rocked!
Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness
Hannah and Claire -
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Hannah W. Sent on 27/04/2024
Stunning venue, amazing team and the most perfect day!
We got engaged in January 2022 and married at Bardney Hall on Saturday 5th August 2023. Having never been to, or have heard of Barney Hall, prior to looking for wedding venues I was excited to visit the venue after my husband found the venue online. Our first visit confirmed it was the perfect venue for our wedding, and after touring the stunning grounds, house and talking through the package options with Hannah, we booked straight away.
In the lead up to the wedding we visited the venue on two open days and made additional visits to discuss further details. Claire and Hannah couldn’t have been more helpful, they answered all our questions, talked us through every detail, helped plan our order of the day and welcomed us back multiple times to photograph the venue to help us plan out styling. Our wedding photographs are amazing as there’s so many different locations to have your pictures taken in. The garden goes back even further at the back and there are two trees with swings.
As a venue, my husband and I can’t recommend it enough! Every part of our day, starting the night before as we booked the venue from Friday – Sunday, took place at Barney Hall which took all the stress out of the day. We arrived at 2pm on the Friday evening and were greeted upon arrival and started unpacking. I had a box of decorations (name cards, sweets station, arrival sign etc) which I’d left in reception with instruction on where to place them and 15 minutes after I’d arrived everything was set up exactly as we wanted.
Originally, we’d planned to have our wedding ceremony outside, followed by our wedding breakfast in the garden room and first dance into early evening outside on the patio, however it was heavily raining when we arrived and therefore made the decision to move everything inside. Whilst contingency plans for rain had been discussed at our previous meetings, they were put into place the night before quickly and without even the slightest hassle and I felt at ease that the following day was going to run smoothly. As we’d initially planned to marry in the floral garden, we didn’t arrange for any additional flowers. Claire kindly offered us all the flowers that they’d used earlier that week to style the venue for an open day. Not only did she kindly allow us to use these, but she helped my sister style the ceremony room which looked amazing when our stylist added candles, lanterns and chair decorations the following day.
After that we decided to practice ‘the walk’ as we hadn’t previously done this inside. Hannah was on hand to guide everyone to their positions and helped me time my arrival into the room perfectly with the song I’d chosen to walk down to, which if I had got married outside like I’d originally planned might not have been timed as perfectly.
Alongside decoration, we also brought lots of buffet items for us and those who were staying the night before to eat. These were all put away in the fridge when we arrived and then beautifully set out in the sitting room later in the evening with cheese knives and cutlery. The bar was open and serving drinks just for us and we used the hot tub in the garden outside, which was beautifully lit up with all the outside fairy lights.
The next morning, the house was ours to start getting ready until Hannah arrived to start our breakfasts at 8am. Myself, my 9 bridesmaids, two mother in laws and two hairdressers all got ready in the extremely spacious bridal suite and ensuite spa bathroom. The bathroom also has a fantastic shower, as well as a giant bath, lots of towels and Molton Brown toiletries, which was a nice moment alone before starting the busy day. I did my own make up and can say the lighting in the room is excellent, and both the room and bathroom has ample mirrors and electrical outlets. Each room also had an iron, ironing board and lots of hooks to hang dresses and do final touch ups.
Whilst my husband and groomsmen went down to the bar for their breakfast, Hannah brought ours up to our room on beautiful serving stands, with toast, croissants, yoghurt, fruit, tea, juice and more. Having this brought up and not having to worry about going down for breakfast, and bumping into the groom, made the whole morning even easier. Everything was then cleared away before we all started getting ready.
Throughout the day we didn’t worry or get involved with anything, Hannah, Claire and the catering team dealt with everything which allowed us to enjoy the day to its fullest. After our ceremony we were all handed prosecco and went outside for pictures before going back indoor for drinks at the bar. The bar and sitting room provided more than enough space for our 50-day guest before the wedding breakfast, they even had a little wooden trolly that they used to house our sweets and snacks station and another table for our cake.
We opted for a three-course wedding breakfast but were also given numerous alternative options including a BBQ and afternoon tea. After we were introduced, we all enjoyed our food, which was amazing, alongside wine and another glass of prosecco to toast. We can’t recommend choosing the garden room option enough as it was adorned in fairly lights and had a beautiful view of the garden. We chose to forgo traditional wedding speeches and booked a magician instead. We’d passed his details onto the venue ahead of the day and they made sure he found our guests when he arrived. Whilst he worked his way around each table, Hannah and Claire set up a tea and coffee station outside which was the perfect place for the day guests to move to after their food to meet with the arriving evening guests.
As we moved into the evening our DJ arrived and the team set him up in the ceremony room, which I was extremely grateful for as I’d forgotten to tell him about the original plans for outdoor music changing last minute. We then had the cutting of the cake, which was brough in for us alongside a cake knife and then taken away and cut whilst we had our first dance. Once our evening food, we opted for sharing boards, had been set up back in the garden room, Hannah came and found myself and my husband and took us to get a first look, and the first plates, at the food. Whilst I already knew the food was going to be amazing, I cannot explain how blown away we both were by the picture worthy layout against all the fairy lights. Hannah then brought wedding cake around to all our guest and we dance until the end of the night.
We had a wonderful night's sleep in the bridal suites four poster bed and then went down to the garden room with family who stayed the night for breakfast. This again was beyond what I’d expected. Tables were set up in the garden room and were lightly dressed using our table decorations and floral arrangements from the day before. We were served a full English breakfast with hot drinks and juice, and they catered for my husband's vegetarian grandparents and our four-year-old niece.
Neither of us can fault the venue, the team, the food, the accommodation or any part of our experience getting married at Barney Hall and would pick this venue again in a heartbeat. It truly was the best day of our lives, and that of members of our close family. We’ve had so many compliments from guests on how smooth the day ran; how nice the venue was and how much they loved the food. One thing that we, and our guests enjoyed, was having the bar, dance floor and evening food in separate rooms of the house. They said it allowed guests to move around as they pleased whilst providing a different environment to eat and have conversations away from the dancing. I can honestly say that it never once felt disjointed and just made the whole day more perfect.
We can’t thank Hannah, Claire and the team at Bardney Hall enough for making our day exactly what we wanted it to be and more. We would recommend the venue to everyone and would say book it for the full weekend....and not to panic if it rains!! -
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Marianne H. Sent on 25/01/2024Stunning venue, a hidden gem
The venue is stunning both inside the house and out in the gardens. Claire and her team are exceptional at hosting weddings and making the day seamless. Claire goes above and beyond and not just provides a venue but keeps everyone to time, finds lost guests and makes the day run like a dream. The team work with you to find something that fits your wedding requirements, no matter how unusual or your budget. I wanted an outside wedding with a more laid back feeling which the gardens were perfect for. I loved the venue so much I just want to live there!!! The photos we got of the day were just stunning. They will even let you bring your dog so they can walk you down the aisle. -
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Ryan S. Sent on 28/12/2023Lovely, attentive staff - extraordinary venue
Claire, Hannah & their staff made our day incredibly special. They were incredibly organised and always helpful if we needed anything and did a lot of behind the scenes work to make sure everything ran smoothly.
They were extremely helpful with preparation and no call/email was too much.
The venue itself is beautiful, decorated tastefully in line with the chosen theme. The grounds are well looked after, everything inside was clean and presentable.
The bar was expensive which is the only negative I have to say and this is all our guests complained to us about.
Other than that everything was fantastic and our day was incredible all thanks to the staff and their beautiful venue.
Bardney Hall's reply:
Hi Ryan and Beth,
Thank you for your wonderful review. Your wedding was a joy to host and we are delighted yourselves, friends and family had a great time.
We wish you both all the very best for your future as a married couple. -
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