Choosing Your Kent Wedding Venue

Blog by Married In Kent

Choosing your Wedding Venue in Kent is going to be one of the most important decisions you make when it comes to planning your wedding. You will need to find one to suit your tastes and budget, and you will also have to consider the venues location, size, catering and whether it has accommodation for your guests.

Researching your Dream Wedding Venue in Kent will be key, and we have come up with a small guide on the different types of Venues that are on offer.

Outdoor Wedding Venues

Outdoor Wedding Venues are the perfect blank canvas to style your wedding exactly how you want it. There are a variety of different choices, from a woodland wedding, to a beach wedding or to a barn wedding.

An Outdoor Wedding Venue is perfect for you, if you:

Love Nature and the Outdoors

Don’t mind the Great British Weather, and its surprises

Want the freedom to customise your wedding

Open to a humanist or spiritualist ceremony, if needs be

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Image Credit: Knockwood Bespoke Receptions

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Hotel Wedding Venues

A Hotel Wedding Venue is an easy option for when planning your wedding. Many hotels come with beautiful event rooms, guest accommodation, breath-taking grounds, expert staff and on hand catering. Many offer customisable packages, and at the end of your wedding night, if the hotel offers guest accommodation, your guests can retire to their rooms and meet you again in the morning for a delicious breakfast. This way you are truly making the most of your wedding day with your loved ones.

A Hotel Wedding Venue is perfect for you, if you:

Have Guests travelling from afar

Want on-site catering

Planning a big wedding

Want Guest Accommodation

Like a wedding co-ordinator to help you with the logistics

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Barn Wedding Venues

Kent is known as the “Garden of England” and is brimming with beautiful countryside. A Barn Wedding Venue is the perfect choice for a Rustic themed Wedding. They are beautifully versatile, from modern converted barns to vintage barns with romantic fairy lights. Barn Venues create such a relaxed and romantic atmosphere and offer perfect photo opportunities.

A Barn Wedding Venue is perfect for you, if you:

Love a vintage theme

Love the countryside

Are flexible when it comes to the reception and ceremony set-up

Want something that works in all seasons

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Country House Wedding Venues

Kent’s breath-taking countryside is home to some of the most beautiful country houses, estates and manors. If you are looking for a fairy-tale wedding, then an elegant country house is the right choice for you! Country Houses and Stately Homes have the most stunning spaces for both ceremonies and receptions. Imagine a ceremony in the orangery, followed by drinks on the manicured lawns, then dance the night away in the ballroom.

A Country House Wedding Venue is perfect for you, if you:

Want a fairy-tale wedding

Like the thought of an outdoor element to your wedding

Want a variety of different photo opportunities

Want a small amount of luxury accommodation for yourselves and loved ones