The Compasses at Pattiswick Reviews
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Katy F. Sent on 14/04/2024
Incredible venue!!
The Compasses are literally the best venue out there. From when we first visited the site, they were so welcoming, open and honest about what they can offer and so flexible to what we wanted from our day.
You get a dedicated team to help plan your day and on the day itself, they literally bent over backwards to make every detail perfect for us. They looked after us every second and the whole day was perfect!
All our guests said it was such a brilliant venue, amazing recommended suppliers from them - resulting in the best wedding!
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Sophie R. Sent on 31/03/2024
Fantastic venue, somewhere different
From the moment we left the open day at The Compasses, we knew it was the wedding venue for us. If you’re looking for something different to a barn or stately home, then this is the place for you! It was large enough to host us and around 115 guests but also had that cosy feeling too and obviously some great spots for photos. Jono and Charlaine were fantastic helping us with the planning and Della, Tracey and Jordane did a great job with helping the day and evening run as smoothly as possible, we cannot fault a single thing! If the opportunity arises for another event, we would not hesitate to have it here again. -
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Sarah B. Sent on 07/04/2024Our perfect wedding day - 02.03.24
We got married at the compasses on 2nd March 2024 and could not recommend this incredible venue enough!!! From start to finish we were blown away by their kindness, attention to detail and thoughtfulness to make sure our day was everything we wanted it to be. We fell in love with the compasses as soon as we arrived and so did all our guests.
There is so much we could say about how incredible this venue is but our top 3 stand out points are:
- the ceremony room!! We were able to create a true fairytale and our guests felt close to us during the ceremony. This was so important to us.
- the bridal room! Truly spectacular use of space and to have it all day to pop in and out of was fantastic.
- the people! Nothing is too big or too small, and the team ensured everything ran smoothly.
This really is the perfect countryside wedding. All our guests felt super comfortable and made use of the entire venue.
Thank you to all the team. You made our dream a perfect reality.
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Matthew S. Sent on 19/11/2023Wedding Matt and Carolyn Stone
From start to finish we found all the staff helpful, caring and supportive in organising our special day and ensuring everything went to plan. We would not hesitate to recommend The Compasses to anyone. We were made to feel very special, not just “another wedding”. Special thanks to Jono, Charlaine, Jordane, Della and Tracey, all who worked so hard to make our day very special. THANK YOU! -
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Jasmine R. Sent on 30/11/2023Jasmine & Ryan Priest - 04/11/2023
We booked at The Compasses for our November 2023 wedding. We chose here because of the scenic location, cost, capacity and the rustic feel of the venue- we particularly loved the wooden beams and fireplaces. We had also attended a wedding here in October 2021 which was lovely, so we felt confident to go ahead with The Compasses knowing we'd be looked after.
The planning process was very smooth and Charlaine tried to accomodate us wherever possible. Charlaine was very professional throughout, easy to get ahold of, and knowledgable about the venue as a whole. She was able to make recommendations to us when we asked questions and the bundle she provided helped us to find other suppliers.
On the whole the day of our wedding was smooth. It was unfortunate that we couldn't access the venue before 10am as we needed to start getting ready long before this and subsequently had to transfer with our makeup artist to the venue partway through, but we were able to negotiate this with some extra planning and it was absolutely fine. We were given time to set the venue up the day before which avoided extra stress in the morning and had a wonderful helper in the bridal suite who brought us tea and coffee and checked that everything we needed was there.
The staff had taken lots of care of decorate the space beautifully and perfectly executed our vision, and the venue really shone once the sun had started to set and candles were lit., making everything very cosy and intimate, which was perfect for a cold November day.
We were made aware of noise limitations (for the neighbours and wildlife) which is as to be expected from any venue, but I wouldn't have asked for anything louder or different if we could have. The way that the speakers are angled means that the dance floor is a loud party that you still have to shout over to be heard, but if guests want to get away from it they can go to the quieter spots like the 2nd bar area to chat which our older guests and those with children really appreciated. One of Charlaine's great ideas was a board game table in this section which was a big hit with the children.
Our day flew by and we both had an absolutely amazing time.
Our only wishes were that we could have accessed the venue the next day to collect our items ourselves as we had left items in the bridal suite in the rush to leave at the end of the evening and then couldn't get them back for three days, one of our items was unfortunately lost, and another returned slightly damaged. There was not a wedding the next day so I wish the venue could have been more flexible on timings to allow us 20 minutes to clear down our things while we were there collecting our cars. The venue do provide tear-down services which is helpful, however I'd have been happy doing this myself to be able to get our things the next day and check everything was there. I'd recommend future couples clear the bridal room completely earlier in the day and perhaps put everything into the boot of their car, and ensure that you take all sentimental items like guestbooks, Photo Booth books, cards etc. with you that night.
We would also recommend hiring a day-of coordinator. At the wedding we had attended here previously there was a coordinator who was employed by the venue, so we had assumed we would also have one. However by our wedding that gentleman had left, and I'll be honest I'm not sure if we had a coordinator or not as no one introduced themselves as such and we had several people telling us what to do on the day. As we didn't have a clear coordinator we felt that at times we or our guests weren't sure what we were meant to be doing or what was happening next, and I found myself answering lots of logistics questions, such as whether we were having a cake cutting before or after the first dance or who would be introducing us, that I wish I'd have been able to go over with a coordinator ahead of time so that I didn't have to do anything else during the actual wedding. There were also some other small issues, like our guests coming into the ceremony room too early and opening the curtains themselves, and my father-in-law and brother-in-law having to run in because no one had told them the ceremony was about to start while they were outside, that I think could have been avoided if there was a coordinator there to take charge of the day and tell everyone where they needed to be.
That being said, I still wholeheartedly give The Compasses 5 stars as we thoroughly enjoyed our day and would do it all over again. The venue is beautiful and has come out as well as I'd hoped in our photos, and other than a couple of picky bits our day was perfect.
Thank you so much to everyone at The Compasses team for your hard work making our day so special. -
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Michelle P. Sent on 12/10/2023Amazing experience
We had such an amazing day at the compasses, beautiful venue, everything went to plan, very professional but also very friendly genuine people that run the compasses.
Couldn't have asked for a better day, we are so happy, thank you. -
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Rebecca W. Sent on 22/11/2023Perfect in every way.
We fell in love with the Compasses the minute we arrived for one of their open days. It wasn’t our first wedding venue to view but was going to be our last. Totally sold by the genuine warmth from every staff member and even the suppliers we met along with the beautiful venue itself. So full of character and a perfect layout that made us feel completely comfortable and at home.
Jono and Jane, the owners, and the entire team couldn’t have done enough. Planning was made super simple thanks to the wonderful Charlaine who, even though she had so many weddings to organise, still managed to make us feel like we were the only couple she had!
The wedding and reception itself was beyond our expectations, absolutely perfect. Sarah was such a blessing to have in the bridal room and Della and Jordane had everything completely under control. They made us feel so relaxed and confident that we didn’t need to worry about a thing and just get on with enjoying our day.
Choosing the Compasses was the best decision. If only we could do it all over again. Thank you so much to the whole team for making it truly wonderful.
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Sarah M. Sent on 16/09/2023The best day ever
Wow, what can we say The Compasses at Pattiswick really made our day everything we wanted and more. The care of the team on the two year build up from booking to getting married was superb and every time we had any questions they were always answered quickly. We visited a few of the open days once we had booked so we could show our family the stunning countryside venue and was always made to feel very welcome. Safe to say we completely fell in love with The Compasses at Pattiswick as it had a homely feel and the staff were always kind, helpful and honest. On the day of the wedding Della and her team were there to welcome us and our suppliers throughout the day, they made sure we were all comfortable on what was the hottest day of the year and made sure the whole day run smoothly. We loved every minute of our wedding day and definitely would not change anything especially the stunning venue. We had so many lovely comments from all of our guests about how lovely the venue was, how delicious the food was during the day and how much they enjoyed themselves. However I think what made the whole experience of wedding planning even better was that when we had our very first meeting with them we were asked “what do you want from your wedding” and that’s when we knew we really could have the wedding of our dreams without any over the top packages. We loved every single moment of our wedding and to see all our our friends and family together and enjoying the day was all we ever wanted. We could not have asked for anything else from the team as they made every part of the day special.
Thank you to everyone at The Compasses at Pattiswick for all your hard work. We would 100% recommend your beautiful venue to anyone looking to get married. -
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