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On Hitched.co.uk since 2021
Last update: September 2025
Sandhole Oak Barn is a family-run country wedding venue nestled in the heart of the beautiful Cheshire countryside. For rural bliss and a delightful rustic escape, this breathtaking barn is the perfect place to celebrate your special day and is yours exclusively for a truly bespoke wedding. With rolling fields all around, Sandhole Oak Barn feels miles away from anywhere yet is easily reached, making it the ideal place for any country-loving couple to hold their big day.
Facilities and Capacity
The traditional barn stands proud beside the peaceful lake and surrounding greenery. The oak beams and frame offer an authentic feel, while floor-to-ceiling windows let the light flood in. Sandhole Oak Barn is wonderfully versatile and can be divided into two parts for the different aspects of your day. Tie the knot in the Ceremony Barn with views of the lake in front of you and celebrate in the Dining Barn, which is idea for wedding breakfasts and evening receptions for 40 to 140 guests. The lakeside Dining Barn offers a cosy atmosphere in the colder months with underfloor heating. For something truly different, you could hold your ceremony outside under the majestic oak Clock Tower just a few feet from the lake. You and your guests can then take to the verandah overlooking the water with a glass of bubbly and delicious canapés to toast your newlywed status. In the winter, the barn provides plenty of space to mingle with your guests while still enjoying the stunning views through the windows. As well as exclusive use of the Oak Barn, you will also have the Small Barn to enjoy. This characterful space sits just a few metres away and is ideal for welcoming guests before your vows, entertaining younger guests, or for unwinding with your nearest and dearest at the end of the evening.
Services Offered
Sandhole Oak Barn is a charming space to host your wedding ceremony and reception. Our in house caterers and wedding coordinators, will assist you in all aspects of the planning of your wedding and will ensure a stress-free wedding day. Offering a wide choice of mouth-watering menu options for you and your loved ones to enjoy. Exclusive use of the entire venue gives you access to the gorgeous bridal dressing room and Shepherd Hut from 9am as well as all 17 beautifully restored guestrooms onsite at Sandhole Farm B&B providing accommodation for up to 40 of your guests.
New for 2026 – an exciting new chapter at Sandhole Oak Barn
In early 2026, Sandhole will undergo an exciting transformation to make your wedding day even more amazing. We’ll be reimagining The Dressing Room as a calm, light-filled prep space, creating a brand-new kitchen to bring catering in-house, redesigning the Breakfast Room with farmhouse charm, and giving The Granary Cottage honeymoon suite a luxurious makeover.
Every update has been carefully planned to keep comfort, atmosphere and those all-important details at the heart of your day. Visit our website blog for more details.
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Reviews for Sandhole Oak Barn
It was perfect! 👌🏻
The most beautiful venue
Dream day! ❤️💒
We had a whole list of venues to visit - Sandhole being the 2nd on our list … and we stopped right there - we knew instantly it was the right venue for us. So picturesque and romantic … you will definitely not be disappointed in choosing this venue.
The price was reasonable for the quality of service and venue we received. Maybe not the cheapest - but you get what you pay for!
Sandhole - we thank you for an amazing experience from start to finish 🙏❤️🥰
A Beautiful Venue, but Some Disappointing Experiences
Firstly, the venue is not well equipped for handling heat. Many of our guests were uncomfortably hot throughout the day, despite us being reassured beforehand that high temperatures would not be a problem.
Secondly, we were required to use Top Table as caterers. Unfortunately, this was not a completely positive experience and, by association, it lowered our overall impression of Sandhole. Our main concern was with the bar and drinks service. The management of the tab was unclear and, at times, felt rather questionable. When it came to settling the bill, there was no proper breakdown of the charges, and I even noticed that beers I had personally purchased and pre-agreed to provide — due to the limited selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic options — had been added to the tab.
In terms of recommended suppliers, we feel Sandhole should review their list. Precious Things, who are on their recommendations, were a disappointment. They changed the flowers we had chosen for our centrepieces without consulting us, which left us unhappy with the final arrangements.
Because of being tied to these suppliers and the issues we experienced with them, our overall experience was not as good as it could have been. While the barn itself is beautiful, future couples should be aware of the supplier restrictions before booking. We understand the venue has recently changed ownership, so it is possible that many of these problems may already have been resolved.
Sandhole Oak Barn (we loved it!)
The sandhole team were brilliant and responded to all our questions and queries. It was the most perfect day.
Beautiful Venue - an absolute dream
From every open day, and opportunity to see the venue again we took it in a heartbeat. We were lucky enough in January to see the venue during snow. Whilst this would not have been my preferred time of year to get married it looked so stunning even in the cold months of winter. Added some photos below of our winter day visit!
Our guests commented highly on the standard of the venue and its grounds. Some describing our wedding as the best wedding they had ever attended. What an amazing compliment that was and we have Sandhole oak barn and caterers top table to thank for making it such a memorable day for not only myself and my husband but every single guest that attended.
The rooms were promptly made up for everyone’s arrival. Early check in was granted for our parents rooms so they had a place to change prior to our 2pm ceremony.
The granary cottage was promptly made available in the morning allowing myself and bridesmaids to spill in to there from the dressing room giving us more room to move around.
The whole experience from start to finish has been like a fairytale and I’m sad it’s over.
Highly recommend! Thank you to everyone involved in making our day so special!
The perfect wedding venue!!
The service they provided all the way through our wedding planning, but especially on our wedding day was exceptional. Everybody was so warm and friendly and they couldn't have been more helpful in making sure our wedding day went without a hitch!
Sandhole Oak Barn was the perfect venue for us with the incredible lake and oak barn along with enough accommodation to host all of our family. We had so many compliments from all of our guests on the beautiful setting and they really have everything you could need for an incredible wedding day all in one place.
Thank you to all of Sandhole Team for making our day so special!
Amazing wedding day
The most beautiful venue
On the day, the getting ready room and small barn/shepherds hut were the perfect spaces to get ready. We were also able to leave all our DIY'd stuff in the cool room the day before so didn't need to stress about that.
All of our guests said how beautiful the venue was, the space was perfect for our 82 guests and the lay out was great. We were so lucky with the weather and were able to spend plenty of time outside (and even got the perfect golden hour shots!)
The guest rooms and the bridal suite were lovely and breakfast was great.
We couldn't recommend Sandhole more and would happily do it all over again!! THANK YOU!
Thank you for our perfect day.
Fantastic Wedding Venue
Having accommodation on site was the cherry on the cake. Can't praise enough.
Stunning venue with amazing staff!
A Fairytale Barn Wedding
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Your events
Join the team at Sandhole Oak Barn for their first look event, where you can explore every part of this family-farm venue, from their extensive grounds and panoramic countryside views to the showstopping barn. Their dedicated team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Immerse yourself in this rural retreat and experience first-hand the exceptional service and attention to detail that Sandhole Oak Barn is renowned for. Enjoy seasonal drinks and sample some sweet treats from their tea and coffee station, plus experience their interactive pop-up bars, which make a dynamic addition to your wedding day!The venue will also be beautifully dressed for a wedding, making it easy to envision your unforgettable day there.
This event is by appointment only. To book your place, call the Sandhole team or visit the Sandhole Oak Barn website.
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