HELP! Wedding Venue for Tipi Tent

Thanks for your response. Yeah we have considered that the venue will be the main expense of the Wedding, especially if it is a Tipi. Rough quotes have been for around £3-£4K including dance floor, fire pit, tables and chairs etc. So it is just finding that plot of land as you have stated above. We have asked a few people we know to see if we can get anything at a reasonable price if not free (in a perfect world). We are currently in Hoi An, Vietnam and looking at tailors here to do suits ($70 USD). Not bad.

Surely the Midlands has some land available for this type of thing. All has to be who you know I guess.

Cheers again

A quick google threw up this list - any use?

http://www.pearlmarquees.com/marquee-venues-leicestershire/

Maybe not ideal, but if you're planning for a wedding in non-term time over summer it might be worth getting in touch with the University of Leicester.

There are large, pretty scenic areas of land which are part of the student village over in Oadby- which in itself is beautiful (former UoL student, can you tell ? )

Just one quick pic from GMS

I know they also rent the rooms out over summer, and have an on site licences bar so that might be helpful if you'll be needing a bar and accommodation for guests? There's also a fully equipped kitchen used to catering for hundreds of students, so that shouldn't be a problem either.

Transport links are good with buses right outside going into town and the train station is local. Ample on and off street parking too.

I can't say for sure if it's something they'd be open to, but there's plenty of space and they're used to holding large events with the student balls at Christmas, Easter and Summer.

There's an awesome guy called Geoff Amos who is also a master of pretty much everything who lives near enough on site. He'd be a great help I'm sure and I can pass along his details for you if it's something you're interested in ?

We're also planning our own tipi wedding for next year so if there's anything I can help with in that respect give me a shout.

Good luck, hope you manage to find somewhere perfect!

Hi Deb11

Thanks for your response.

Have looked at most of those venues. We are waiting for a response in regards to the Cedar Tree land. The Foxlands Farm is also one that we look at. In a perfect world we would be hoping to find just a private owner of Land/farm land who is willing to rent at a small price if not free (yeah right), but you never know.

The search goes on.

Sorry if you already know this, it's just not clear from your post, you do know you won't be able to get married there? It can't be for your actual ceremony as it won't be licensed. Sorry if you knew that xx

I worked a tipi wedding at Nosely Hall in Leics, but I have a feeling that they no longer do weddings there. Maverick we're the people who co-ordinated it all, and they have a few venues (including the one we are getting married in)

My only memory of it was it looked awesome, but it was a nightmare to serve as there are poles at odd angles everywhere just waiting to trip you up!! Also, if you have a tipi, think about HOW you seat your guests. Because the walls slope in, when we were serving we had to walk around the edge and basically lean over any guests that were seated near the edge of the tent. (I've probably not explained it very well) but it was so awkward for us, and the guests!

Photos here if you need to see inside tipi

There's a company called "Fields for venues" that offer sites for weddings. I think they may be based more up north though.

If you email Elite tents, they will let you know where they can erect their tents around the midlands.