Venue advice, any Bristol Brides?

Yay a fellow Brizzle bride!

What kind of venue do you want - hotel, hall, etc? Westbury on Trym village hall is fantastic and very affordable, if you don't mind going for a more informal day. It gets booked up mega quickly though! The Southville centre is similar but a bit more expensive, again this is villagey hall kind of wedding.

We also considered Paintworks - don't know if you want something more modern but this place is wicked and you can do what you want to it. Last time I checked, hire fee was £1000.

Have you looked at Arnolfini or Mshed? They hire out their huge spaces for weddings. What about Glassboat or Riverstation?

I know these are all quite modern, somewhat quirky places...if you wanted something a bit more traditional, Avon Gorge hotel isn't as expensive as you'd think, particularly in the less popular months and it does have those amazing views!

Hope that helps. Feeling all happy thinking of Brizzle... :-)

Although looking back on my post, I've probably made your wobble even worse!

Arnos Vale and Hilton (is this the Cadbury one?) are lovely too :-)

Hiya,

I'm a Bristol based bride to be too! I love the look of Westbury on Trym village hall but am ideally looking for something a bit more rural, ideally with cottage accommodation, B&B or camping on site. Does anyone know of cheaper farms / barns around Gloucestershire or Somerset? I've looked at a lot online and they are all at least £3,000 just for the space (or field pus cost of hiring marquee). There just seems like there is nothing that is actually affordable!

Ideally, I would like a hotel, mainly because I really love the idea of all our family and friends staying at the hotel and all coming down to breakfast the following morning and keeping the celebration going that little bit longer.

Also, I don't want to have to fork out on cars and worry about how our families and our four children are getting from one venue to another if we decided to have the ceremony and reception in different places, as no one in our families drive. I always said to my other half that we could get married at Ashton Gate (he's a huge city fan) but when we first started looking it was way over budget. At the moment they are currently doing an offer but I'm not so keen now

Arnos Vale is not perfect, the carpet has seen better days and the paint is slightly peeling on the ceiling of the chapel, but it pretty and I do like it. But shouldn't I love it?

I did fall in love with the Hilton (the one in Bradley Stoke, Cadbury Hilton is MEGA expensive) but I think I more fell in love with the enthusiasm of the wedding planner than the venue itself, she was really nice and great with the children and its about 25 minutes from where we live.

Hey there Bristol Brides

We are having 2 venues, ceremony on the SS Great Britian ( not a cheapy but intresting) then going to Circomedia on Portland Square for Reception, there are loads of hotels close so you could still have that Breakfast next morning if you state that your stopping at X hotel ... but Circomedia is not including Food but they are very accomodating and you get perfomances included in the cost of the Package - but food is not covered. But My budget is not massive but not that tight either. I think we will just be under 10K in the end for 120 ceremony and 150 evening guests ....

But if you go the the Bristol wegbsite it states which venues are licenced for Weddings

http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/805cc42b#/805cc42b/1

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages/approved-venues-for-marriages-and-civil-partnerships

it gave me and the OH ideas when we were working out what we wanted

If you don't mind travelling a bit, Leigh Park Hotel in Bradford on Avon offers a fantastic mid week deal of less than £2,800 for the whole lot.

I am getting married there next year and have been more than happy with the service I have so far received and it really is a beautiful venue. The pictures don't do it justice. I too am on a budget.

We are getting married at Coombe Lodge, Blagdon which is near Bristol. LauraWin try Wiltshire? Wick farm is one off the top of my head x