Weddings at Beechenhill
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We offer exclusive use of Beechenhill Farm for your wedding weekend. We are lucky enough to live in this beautiful place, we would like to share it with you on your special day. A wedding at Beechenhill is not a ‘hotel experience’; it is more like getting married in the country home of friends who care about you and the planet. Click for green wedding ideasWe are allowed to do only 10 weddings or events each year, so you do need to book early. |
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All 2010 and 2011 wedding spaces are now booked. Keep an eye on the website to find out about 2012!
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'The setting was superb and all the arrangements were perfect but above all the warmth and good humour with which we were all received was overwhelming. Bless you for making it a wonderful day for all of us.'
Stephen and Margaret Pettitt, Tyne and Wear
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If you don’t want: |
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- Formality
- Frills and furbelows
- Fireworks
- To be rushed off the premises because the next wedding is due
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If you do want: |
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- A place that cares passionately about the environment and tries to be as sustainable as possible
- Peace and tranquillity
- Giggles
- A relaxed wedding for around 75 guests looked after by our family where your family comes first
- To do it yourself, decorate with apples, flowers in jam jars or gorgeous arrangements, you decide (with our help if you want)
- A lovely place to stay for the wedding weekend, from Friday afternoon to Monday morning
- Organic cows next door
- Plain and simple white crockery and glass wear
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A beautiful place in Britain’s first National Park, the Peak District
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Organic sheep in the fields
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A simple hay barn
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Entertainment for the children during the day |
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To give saplings as wedding favours
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To bring your wellies to a wedding
- Paper table cloths or linen, you decide
- Afternoon tea, cake, champagne followed by a party and hot buffet- or the other way round- what ever you decide!
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Trestle tables
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Local music, be it a ceilidh or a swing band!
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A low carbon wedding
- Real, local food, some measured in food meters not food miles
- Generous food with big flavours
- Local beer, organic wines
- Fairtrade and organic products
- The possibility of the hens, cat or sheep dog wandering into your photos
- To bask in a Swedish style, wood-fired hot tub
- Your guests staying in little B&Bs and cottages in and around Ilam
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A mini-bus shuttle service for your guests so they can relax |
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Then maybe we are for you! We have:
- Beechenhill Cottage, a romantic hideaway cottage for two
- The Cottage by the Pond, for six people (with wheelchair access)
- One double en-suite B&B room (sleeping up to two)
- One Family en-suite B&B room (sleeping up to four)
- In total sleeping up to 14 people on the farm. Click to check availablity and prices
- We can offer big family breakfasts for the whole party staying at Beechenhill.
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The Haybarn at Beechenhill
The ground floor, with stone flags and under-floor heating, still has the original hayrack and sturdy Victorian pine benches, has a small bar, cloakroom and WCs, one wheelchair accessible.
Up the oak staircase, the first floor has glass-fronted gallery overlooking the ground floor and a high roofed, beamed Hayloft where most ceremonies take place.
The Hayloft seats approximately 50 guests, beside the baby grand piano. Other guests arrange themselves along the gallery where they witness the special event.
The trestle tables laid ready downstairs to seat your guests.
You can arrange it just how you want- we are there to help you have the perfect family event. |
"The day all too quickly came to evening, and again the arrangements were faultless in every regard right down to arranging for transport to take tired, from the dancing and emotional, from the champagne, guests back to their beds in the surrounding area. We enjoyed the extra luxury of staying at the farm and so did not have far to totter.
From dawn (practically) to well beyond dusk it was perfect - the sun shone and the stars twinkled in the clear night sky – although I don’t know how Sue managed to arrange that.
For several weeks after the wedding friends and family were waxing about our lovely Derbyshire day, and rightly singing the praises of Beechenhill Farm."
Anne & David Wood
Holgate, YORK |
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Green ideas for your wedding:
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Invitations made from recycled stuff
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Have your ceremony and reception at the same place- cuts down on transportation
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Communiations via website and email
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Ask for local food, with no air miles
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Ask for local beers, English wines, organic wines
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Public transport, bicycles or buses
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Alternative wedding cakes
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Ask florists for local, Fairtrade or organic flowers
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Use potted plants and give away afterwards
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For the bride to have organic makeup applied
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Buy a dress from Oxfam or Ebay
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Choose vintage wedding rings
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Donate your wedding dress to charity afterwards
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Use your printed material (menus, order of service) to tell your guests how important the environment is to you, and all the things you've done to try and make your wedding green |
"We found the whole experience at Beechenhill Farm for our son’s wedding in September a truly memorable occasion. The attention to detail, which was evident throughout the whole day, was exceptional."
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Email your green wedding ideas to us at info@beechenhill.co.uk |
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The Rules
We don't have many but:
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We can only park up to 15 cars, so we work with our little bus company Warringtons in Ilam.
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We don't do discos- it just doesn't go with the place. We think real people and live local music fits with our philosophy and the barn.
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We can't have candles or tea lights, the fire officer doesn't approve, so we use lots of lovely fairy lights and LED tea lights and everybody can relax!
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If you would like to use confetti, please choose natural flower petals and only use on the grass.
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Thank you!! |
"We had in the bridal party someone who has a very specialised and restrictive diet. Sue and Terry went to great lengths to ensure that all our requirements were met, and indeed were exceeded, the result being a very relaxing and worry free day – no small achievement." |
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