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Places to stay in England that host weddings – and that are just as good for the other big days: a milestone birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, a christening or a family get-together. Book direct with the venue to talk through your plans, then book rooms nearby for your guests.
Wedding venue guide
33 wedding venues in Cheshire that aren’t hotels – barns, country houses, castles, estates and something a little different.
Filter by guest numbers, the style you love and the things that matter on the day, then find somewhere nearby for your guests to stay.
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33 venues
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Exclusive-use country house wedding venue in the Cheshire countryside near Prestbury, with 4 bedrooms on site.
£3,450 – £8,995 (Bridebook listing)
Enquiries: enquiries@hilltop-countryhouse.com. Details from wedding directories – check with the venue.
Address: Flash Lane, Prestbury, Macclesfield SK10 4ED
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Barn and country estate with parkland and gardens beside the Jacobean Dorfold Hall.
From £2,000
Nantwich, approx. 2 km
Run by Cripps & Co.
Address: Dorfold estate, Acton, Nantwich
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Farmland barn on the edge of Tatton Park with lawn ceremonies and two farmhouses on site.
Venue hire from £10,500
Ashley, approx. 1 km
Main Barn up to 280; Stables Barn for small weddings. Preferred caterers offered; corkage applies.
Finish time: Late licence until 3am
Address: Ashley Road, Ashley, Altrincham WA14 3QF
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Historic abbey estate with a mere, walled gardens and a fruit-tree maze for open-air vows.
Venue hire from £2,500
Catering £75–£127 pp; external caterers not permitted.
Address: Combermere Abbey, Whitchurch SY13 4AJ
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Weddings at Britain's oldest racecourse, the Roodee, right beside Chester's city walls.
Price on request
Chester, approx. 1.5 km
Address: Chester Racecourse, Chester CH1 2LY
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Two wedding spaces in Grade II-listed buildings (Victorian Oakfield mansion and The Square stable-block extension) in the heart of the national conservation zoo.
Venue hire from £2,500; Intimate Mon–Thu package £5,294
Bache, approx. 3 km
Oakfield takes up to 80 day / 120 evening; The Square 200 (380 full venue). Exclusive hire of The Reserve lodges (51 rooms, opened 2025) from £29,150; catering minimum numbers apply.
Address: Chester Zoo, Caughall Road, Upton-by-Chester, Chester CH2 1LH
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Georgian riverside manor house (1751) overlooking The Groves and the River Dee, with a private garden terrace and outdoor kitchen.
Venue hire from £2,650
Chester, approx. 1.5 km
Exclusive-use. Advertises savings of up to £1,500 on 2027 weddings.
Address: Little St John Street, Chester CH1 1SN
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Family-run oak barn beside a lake in 400 acres, with an open-air clock-tower ceremony space and lakeside vows.
Venue hire from £3,425
Congleton, approx. 4 km
External caterers not permitted; food truck available. Late-availability (2027) and evening-only hire deals; confetti permitted.
Address: Manchester Road (A34), Hulme Walfield, Congleton CW12 2JH
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Country inn licensed for civil ceremonies, with a historic barn and gardens.
From £3,025
Has guest rooms but markets itself as an inn.
Address: Eaton, Congleton
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Exclusive-use manor near Delamere Forest with indoor and outdoor spaces.
From £6,000
Cuddington, approx. 2 km
Address: Cuddington, Northwich
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Contemporary-styled manor in the Cheshire countryside with 19 bedrooms for the wedding party.
Venue hire from £7,000 (off-peak Mon–Wed, to end 2026)
Chelford, approx. 3 km
Exclusive use only; peak July–August up to £19,250. In-house catering £46–£62 pp.
Address: Chelford Lane, Snelson, Knutsford WA16 8UG
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Grade I Palladian mansion where ceremonies are held in the picture gallery, with blessings possible in St Peter's Chapel.
From £1,000
Knutsford, approx. 4 km
Outside caterers permitted.
Address: Tabley Lane, Knutsford WA16 0HB
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Neo-classical Egerton mansion with 50 acres of 18th-century gardens and a deer park; licensed Croquet Lawn for ceremonies up to 350.
From £2,500
Knutsford, approx. 2 km
Spaces: Entrance Hall (ceremony 80), Tenants' Hall (50–350), Lord Egerton's Apartment (40); Old Hall grounds for marquee/tipi. All alcohol must be bought through Tatton; £1,000+VAT deposit.
Finish time: Access 8am to midnight
Address: Tatton Park, Knutsford WA16 6QN
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Contemporary oak-framed barn with a licensed outdoor pavilion and countryside views.
From £4,400
Address: Lower Peover, Knutsford
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Grade II* Jacobean-style hall with lakeside gardens, a family chapel for blessings and a separate Lakeside option.
Venue hire from £3,950
Barretts in-house catering only (£49–£120 pp, minimum numbers). Midweek (30% off) and last-minute offers listed; confetti and fireworks permitted.
Address: Congleton Road, Siddington, Macclesfield SK11 9JY
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Tudor half-timbered manor house in the village of Gawsworth.
Price on request
Macclesfield, approx. 5 km
Address: Gawsworth, Macclesfield
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Family-run hillside farm venue with converted barns, water gardens and views over Cheshire and Staffordshire.
Venue hire from £4,650
Exclusive use included up to 200 guests; catering from £58 pp. Winter and late-availability deals; confetti and fireworks permitted.
Finish time: Bar until 11.45pm, carriages midnight
Address: Heaton House Farm, Rushton Spencer, Macclesfield SK11 0RD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Licensed rural venue in the Malpas area.
Address: Bulkeley, Malpas
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Family-run barn on a working farm hosting both ceremony and reception.
From £3,100
Address: Mobberley, Knutsford
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Victorian Jacobethan hall with celebrated double herbaceous border and a licensed garden Alcove; evening party in the Olympia barn.
From £8,500
Ceremony rooms 30–100; Gallery and Drawing Room seat 160 for wedding breakfast. Arley is a visitor attraction so other activity may be on site during hire.
Address: Arley Hall & Gardens, Northwich CW9 6NA
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Award-winning luxury exclusive-use hall near Holmes Chapel with rooms for 50 guests.
Venue hire from £5,800
Catering £55–£75 pp, set menus; corkage on own alcohol. Off-peak VAT-inclusive deals (up to 20% off) advertised; top price up to £21,500.
Address: Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford WA16 8TW
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Country house wedding venue in the village of Pickmere.
From £5,000
Address: Pickmere, Knutsford
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Secluded historic estate with formal gardens and a contemporary wedding barn.
From £6,500
Plumley, approx. 2 km
Address: Plumley, Knutsford
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Medieval priory ruins, museum and Georgian walled garden in woodland.
From £3,500
Runcorn East, approx. 2 km
Address: Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Farm-based wedding venue near Sandbach.
Address: School Farm, Sandbach
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Outdoor woodland wedding venue in the Delamere area.
From £2,000
Cuddington, approx. 2 km
Address: Sandiway, Northwich
Ask about holding the ceremony here
A countryside opera theatre and farm setting for an unusual Cheshire wedding.
From £1,980
Goostrey, approx. 5 km
Address: Clonter, Swettenham Heath, Congleton
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Country pub in a quiet village near Holmes Chapel licensed for ceremonies.
Goostrey, approx. 4 km
Address: Swettenham, Congleton
Ask about holding the ceremony here
70-acre rural estate with apple orchards, a pond and a stream, for marquee and tipi weddings.
From £4,950
Address: Duddon, near Tarporley
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Victorian hall in public parkland with six ceremony spots including bandstand, woodland hideaway, tipis and the Vinery; Cheshire Tourism Awards Wedding Venue of the Year 2024.
Venue hire from £1,575 (low season); packages from £7,295 for 40
Warrington Bank Quay, approx. 4 km
Council-owned historic house; private rooms are non-exclusive use. Peak is July–Sept Saturdays, low season midweek Jan–Mar.
Address: Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, Warrington WA4 6SN
Ask about holding the ceremony here
Weddings at the home of Widnes Vikings rugby league.
Price on request
Widnes, approx. 2 km
Stadium function rooms.
Address: DCBL Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Farmhouse events venue near Wilmslow.
From £4,000
Address: Wilmslow
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Exclusive-use family-home country house set in parkland near Nantwich.
Venue hire from £11,000; packages from £210 pp
Wrenbury, approx. 2 km
Packages minimum 60 guests; corkage on own alcohol. Late-availability and Spring 2027 (15%) offers; fireworks and confetti permitted.
Address: Wrenbury Hall Drive, Nantwich CW5 8EJ
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