DIY Weddings
Have your Wedding your way
Your wedding day should be exactly how you want it, which means you get to choose the food and drink you love, dance or listen to the music you like and have the decorations you want without any w££dding pr£miums.
You, your family and friends can take over a whole pub for 2 or 3 nights. The White Hart provides a perfect setting and blank canvas for your DIY wedding, the rest is up to you. You will have exclusivity of our venue for the entire weekend and all of the bedrooms, sleeping 40 are included within the price – allowing your celebrations to extend beyond the big day itself.
We are licenced to hold you Ceremony at The White Hart but alternatively you may choose to just have the celebrations here.
To see two amazing sets of wedding day photographs click here for Sean & Steph and click here for Fal & Lil Wilde’s.
Please click here to see our Wedding FAQ’s and look at the section ‘Can we get married or hold our reception at The White Hart’?
The cost of the venue includes a minimum of 2 nights and you can see the prices by clicking here.
Remember to check to see if the Registrar is available click here, you are responsible for arranging. Also a representative from White Venues must be legally on site for the duration of the ceremony so you must check to see if we are also available before confirming with the Registrar.
Take a look at the floorplans to see how big the venue is and our videos to see the fun you can have!
DIY Weddings
Is there anything worse than a ‘wedding package’ where you must have this… if you choose that? And if you want that option, it will cost you twice as much because there’s an R in the month?
The White Hart is a former pub and hotel and can be your perfect DIY wedding venue. Your wedding day should be exactly how you and your partner want it which means you get to enjoy the food and drink you love, dance or listen to the music you like and have the decorations you want.
Unlike other large houses to hire for events The White Hart is a completely blank canvas for you to put your own creative stamp on whether that’s a small intimate event, ceremony with just a few friends or an all-singing, all-dancing weekend-long celebration.
If your friends and family pay for their rooms you nearly have the venue cost free!
- Stock your own bar with free drinks
- Use your own caterer
- Riverside location with patio and garden area
- Sleeps 40 residential guests, Hypnos beds and security access to the rooms
- Extra capacity for a further 10 people only on the day of your event or wedding*
- Exclusivity guaranteed
- Additional self contained cottage available for 6 extra guests if required
- We are licenced for civil ceremonies
- Check to see if the registrar is available click here – and confirm we are also available
One Extra Cost for a Wedding Ceremony and/or Reception – Extra Guests
We keep it very simple and only have one more charge if you are holding a wedding ceremony and/or having the party night with up to 10 extra guests.
To cover our attendance during the civil ceremony, the extra liability, increased capacity and cleaning the additional charge will be £750 including vat. This will reduce to £500 including vat if the ceremony is not taking place at the venue and includes the 10 extra guests. This amount will be added to the balance of your booking amount. You can see the cost of staying by clicking the above ‘Book Here’.
Please also see our FAQ’s: Can we get married or hold our reception at The White Hart?
Food & Drink
Here’s the best bit about a DIY wedding in a private venue, you get to eat and drink exactly what you want. No set menus. No restrictions. No corkage fees.
A wedding’s not a wedding without a glass of fizz or two to toast the happy couple. Having a wedding where you can supply your own bubbles is a good way to keep the costs down. But we’ve noticed that too many wedding venues charge for corkage. Not at The White Hart, you can stock your own bar. So once you’ve paid for your fizz, or any other booze for that matter, that’s it. Nothing more to pay or worrying about how many bottles of champs Uncle Harry is working his way through – and how much it’s going to cost you.
There’s plenty of room in our main kitchen for your outside caterers to provide a sumptuous feast. And how about food for later in the evening…. order in a Chinese or Indian banquet. An ice cream van or a fish and chip van always goes down well in the evening.
DIY weddings are a completely blank canvas for you and your partner to put your own stamp on.
Click here to see ‘Our Local Friends’ who have helped past guests.
Call or message to find out more about booking your wedding.
Suppliers
Whether you’re arranging a wedding, a celebration, a corporate event or a family holiday, you’re completely free to organise your own suppliers. From caterers, cocktail bars, casinos and classic house DJs to ice cream vans, fireworks and magicians: you get to choose the kind of event you want and the people you want to help you.
