Outdoor venue ideas

Sorry I cant help with the marquee, the prices you have quoted sound fairly standard to me, but you could look for something in between the two extremes you have described. An indoor wedding reception doesnt have to be formal. For example could you hire a village hall, or local club house it will be cheaper than a marquee and although you lose some of the outside element, you might find somewhere with a nice garden or grounds.

We wanted a relaxed atmosphere and we're having our reception at a local golf club, we have the outside elememts if we want them with a patio and gardens available to us and the views of the cojrse beyond make it seem quite outdoorsy. The club hire is only £75 for the whole day, so heaps cheaper than a marquee. One of the catering options the club offered was a bbq although we chose a banqueting buffet instead. With a village hall you'd have to self cater anyway, so you could have whatever you want.

I tried and failed to find a cost efficient way to do the marquee wedding without owning the land already. By the time we'd factored in everything (piping in water, generators, toilets, catering, tent flooring etc etc we ended up compromising on a barn venue with outdoor space which actually worked out better for our numbers in the end. If I had been looking in North Wales I'd have gone for this: not cheap, but everything organised for you and entirely customisable.

https://www.fforestweddings.co.uk/

Hi have you looked at church farm at thurstaston on the Wirral, its an organic farm. Easy to get to from not north wales and Cheshire. Premier lodge at heswall if people want to stay over and a holiday inn at hoylake. Beautiful views over the river dee too !!

It might be worth you getting a quote from Hilltop Country House (near Prestbury?) as they have a marquee, or they have space for one. The cheapest way to do a marquee wedding is to find a venue that has a permanent marquee.

http://www.hilltopcountryhouse.co.uk/hilltop-weddings.html

I tried to plan a yurt wedding and in South Wales, and the land costed 1500. Needless to say we couldnt afford it all, the cost mounted up so quickly. In Wales the castle venues are beautiful, and only cost a few hundred pounds, they come with a lot of land, so plenty of room for an outdoor ceremony.

For the reception, how about a village hall that also has land big enough for a marquee? My local vh is 90quid to hire for 3 days, so fairly cheap! You can use the hall as a caterers tent!

Hth

I remember looking at Cricket clubs and Rugby clubs and found the land hire to be cheaper. Also, what about schools with playing fields that may be looking to support their tight funding by hiring out in the summer holidays? May be worth asking a few country pubs too, as this way, you would not need to hire toilets and could look at options for them to cater...

Have a look at campsites.

Where abouts in cheshire are you? Im in Cheshire too and looked at marquee as also want it more informal, but prices were higher than i expected. We have just this week booked ceremony and reception at Leicester Warren Hall in Knutsford. Its a converted barn with lots of wooden beams so a lovely country feel and we can pretty much decorate it in the same way we would have done a marquee. We are having ceremony at 2pm followed by afternoon tea, then hog roast later in evening when some more guests arrive. Its really reasonably priced and means that they do all of the organising for me rather than me having to source marquees, hog roast etc seperately. Its not the biggest place in the world, think they can cater for up to 120, but have a gorgeous big lawn at the front so u can keep that outdoor theme/feel