Woodland venues

You may need to think slightly differently.....instead of looking for a woodland venue, as you are planning to go somewhere else for the reception,Mehta dont you look for someone with woodland who would be happy to rent you the use of their land.

As the land probably wouldn't be licensed,my out would need to consider a celebrant-led ceremony rather than a registrar but it would open up where to have the ceremony and could save you thousands of pounds.

look at campsites and farms who have attached woodland and want to earn some extra cash.

When you say you want to cater for yourselves, do you mean you want to literally prepare the food yourselves beforehand and take it to the venue, or that you want to choose a catering company that works for you rather than having the catering provided by the venue?

Not sure where in the UK you are looking, but if in the London area, Cuffley Camp might fit the bill - I spent many a happy childhood week there & they do weddings there - if we hadn't moved from the area this would have been my #1 choice:

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/hertsoutdoors/cuffley/site_hire.shtml

Escrick Park have a woodland bit that you can hire but I'm not sure if it's licenced, most woodlands can't be as there had to be a fixed structure by law for you to marry in it. We were looking for that kind of venue too with the same kind of budget, we're coming in slightly over budget at the moment and are desperately trying to get it back down somehow. There is also Catton hall but they aren't licenced to have a legal wedding.

This link might be helpful.

http://cocoweddingvenues.co.uk/the-blog/plan/coco-wedding-venues-collection/10-glamping-wedding-venues/

and also this link: http://festivalbrides.co.uk/venuesland-hire/

I love woodland weddings and some venues are licensed too.

You may be able to save money looking for a non-wedding venue e.g. a campsite it it would be a lot of work to manage all the different suppliers and costly too.

Hi, im a uk wedding photographer based in Essex and have a few suggestions for woodlands weddings if it would help?

Here is captains woods barn in essex

https://josephkinerman.co.uk/blog/captains-wood-barn-essex-wedding-photography-sarah-and-oliver/

and the new forest

https://josephkinerman.co.uk/blog/new-forest-wedding-photography-holly-and-olly/

hope this helps,

Joe Kinerman

The Dreys in Kent is AMAZING! They have bell tents for the guests to sleep in, an undercover dance floor and bar, honestly it's got everything