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On Hitched.co.uk since 2023

Last update: January 2025

Blackton Grange is a unique wedding venue located in the beautiful North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in County Durham. Boasting open, uninterupted views across rolling hills & reservoirs, it really is a distinctive setting for those who love to be close to nature. This rustic space takes a fresh approach to wedding celebrations by providing couples with an 11 acre estate complete with a newly rennovated, rustic barn & luxury farmhouse acommodation which is compeltley exclusive for your nearest and dearest for the duration of your hire. Indivduality & creativity are at the heart of what Blackton Grange provide and they take pride in ensuring each and every wedding is unique.

Facilities and Capacity

Welcome up to 70 of your loved ones to Blackton Grange as you ring in married life in style. This beautiful estate will be all yours for 2-3 nights and comes equipped with an 8 bedroom luxury farmhouse to house you and some loved ones. Spanning 11 acres, this romantic haven is ideal for celebrating this momentous occasion. With it's doors only opening for the first time in 2024, you will have the novelty of being some of the first to grace this venue. Enjoy the beauty and tranquilty of this exclusive spot as you party the night away in a designated dark skies discovery site and if you're lucky, the Northern Lights may come out to help you celebrate.

Services Offered

This fairytale getaway is a dry hire venue meaning you are gifted a blank slate to fill as you wish. Let the creativity flow and run wild with your imagination as you turn this space into the place of your dreams. You are free to choose your own caterers and drinks services but they do also have a list of reccommended suppliers to help guide you if needed. his dream venue also provides a wedding co-ordiantor as standard who will bring your ideas to reality, be there to support you & co-ordiante vendors both on the run up to your day as well as on the day of your celebrations.

We'd love to hear from you if this sounds like the venue for you. Please reach out for more information and ask any questions you may have.

Jodi and Stella (Owners, Blackton Grange Estate).

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Barn
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Private catering allowed

Evening entertainment:

Entertainment licence
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Health suite

Other features:

Exclusive use
Pet-friendly
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Sparks Sent on 29/12/2024
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Elopement Wedding - December 2024

On the 9th December 2024, we had our elopement style wedding at The Blackton Grange Estate. The venue is absolutely stunning, nestled in the most gorgeous countryside surroundings and it absolutely ticked all of our requirements for our big day. The venue is a "dry hire", self-catering, dog friendly venue, which was absolutely perfect for us!

We had been looking for a wedding venue for quite some time, as we had a few requirements that we wouldn't compromise on. Our dog was the ring bearer, so it had to be a dog friendly venue (tick!). One of our party members required a downstairs disabled friendly bedroom (tick!), and we wanted a private and intimate location, set in the countryside (tick, tick and tick!).

The property is vast and fully catered for all of our needs. There were 14 of us staying at the property for 2 x nights and we didn't feel like we were in each others way at all, there were plenty of bathrooms and bedrooms for us to choose from. We made full use of the games room and cinema room and our guests felt really cosy once we had lit the log burner in the living room.

Jodi & Stella had decorated the living area with a Christmas tree & decorations. They also set out the furniture for our ceremony the following day, moving all of the sofas to the sides of the room and providing wooden chairs for our guests to sit on.

Our ceremony was absolutely amazing on the day, Jodi & Stella arrived to meet with the registrars and to ensure we had everything we needed. Following the ceremony they put the living room back together, whilst we were having our family photos taken outside, so it was an absolutely seamless change over for us. They could not have done enough for us, making sure everything had gone to plan.

Communication in the lead up to our wedding was fantastic, Jodi and Stella were very accommodating of our requests, so easy to talk to, we felt like we had known them for years!

We used Coghlans catering, who are based locally (and recommended by the venue), to provide us with our meals for the 2 days. This included a meal on the Sunday when we arrived, and everything for the full wedding day. We brought our own drinks and snacks (but there is always an option to get Tesco delivery service delivered to the Estate for your stay).

We would highly recommend this venue for a wedding, the house and grounds are absolutely amazing, sadly the weather wasn't the best on our arrival and it had just rained for 48 hours solid beforehand, but on the actual day the sun shined brightly and the photos are amazing.

There is a converted barn for bigger wedding parties which we obviously didn't require for our small elopement, but Stella & Jodi very kindly showed us around it and it looks absolutely stunning!!

The venue is an absolute credit to the hard work that these two ladies have put into it, long may it continue to be a wedding venue and thank you for letting us be the first couple to tie the knot at Blackton Grange.

Mark & Anna
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