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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022
Last update: April 2025
*We have one weekend that has just opened up in July 2025 due to a cancellation. We have mid-week options in 2025 or lots of options for 2026*
Southlands Barn is a wedding venue on the outskirts of the village of West Chiltington in West Sussex. Set amidst 120 acres of picturesque farmland and overlooking the South Downs National Park, this charming 17th-century barn is the perfect setting for the celebration of a lifetime.
Facilities and Capacity
Southlands Barn is more than a venue; it's an experience. Here, you'll find a beautiful lake, lush green grass, and flowers in every colour. The property offers a choice of indoor and outdoor event spaces, including the pergola ceremony area, the 17th-century Sussex Barn, and the recently converted Cattle Barn dining hall. The stunning Sussex Barn was originally a cattle-holding barn. Today, it features an integrated sound system, hand-cut bottle chandeliers, fairy lights, and a magical ambience, perfect for intimate ceremonies and receptions. The Cattle Barn was formerly a holding barn for carving cattle. Its bifold doors open onto a beautiful courtyard. You'll also find a bar area, toilets, shower facilities, and a games room with a pool table. Southlands Barn provides seating for up to 150 guests and can accommodate up to 170 dinner and evening guests.
Services Offered
Southlands Barn is available for exclusive hire. They offer two-day midweek and three-day weekend packages. The venue fees include chivari chairs, round tables, linens, lighting and decor, a prepping parlour that can accommodate up to eight guests, and a free wine-tasting evening for you and four guests. But it's the people who make Southlands Barn what it is. They're dedicated, hardworking, and ready to go above and beyond to make your dream wedding a reality!
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Reviews for Southlands Barn
Exceptional!
They went above and beyond which made our day even more memorable. The venue and surrounds are incredible, and the staff could not do enough for us to make the day run seamlessly.
We only viewed one venue, and it was Southlands. We're so glad we did, it's the best wedding planning decision we made.
Thank you to all of you, we cannot recommend Southlands enough!
Mr and Mrs Knight
The dream wedding venue!
We fell in love as soon as we walked through the doors for a tour (even with horrific January weather) and Amy was just so helpful through the whole planning process.
The wine tasting evening a couple of months before was such a fun and special evening (great atmosphere and lots of amazing wines to try).
Setting up the day before was a really lovely, relaxed experience (and we loved the fact you had the venue for 3 days). Sitting down with Jackie and Liv to do a run through of everything at the end of the day meant we had no nerves or worries at all.
On the wedding day the team made everything run so smoothly from start to finish. From a ridiculous pre-6am start for Jackie who let us into the prepping parlour first thing, to us being given a lift back to our cottage in the village once all the guests had gone home at the end of the night. Just the best!
All of our guests absolutely loved the venue and having all the different areas was amazing (the games room was never empty!).
We felt so looked after and honestly loved every second of the lead up and the day itself. Thank you so much Jackie, Liv, Amy, Phil (the best MC!), Jamie and Harvey (and not forgetting the peacocks!). Most amazing team and venue ever!
August wedding at Southlands Barn
The setting is perfect, the barns are stunning. The staff could not be any friendlier or more helpful. They put us at ease and helped make the day run as smoothly as possible as well as making it special.
Perfect venue & amazing staff
From the moment we chose Southlands as our venue, the whole process was so easy and the team went above and beyond to ensure the wedding was exactly how we wished it to be. The wine tasting event was a real added bonus which made us feel even more excited for the big day and was a wonderful chance to show our friends and family the venue.
The entire team made everything run like clockwork on the day yet also somehow made it feel casual and completely stress free for us both from start to finish. They thought of little touches and details which hadn't even crossed our mind.
We particularly loved sharing a boogie with some of the staff on the dance floor at the end of the night! So many guests have commented on how wonderful the venue and staff were and we couldn't agree more.
The morning after the wedding the staff put on a lovely breakfast for some of our guests which was the perfect way to debrief on the night before and was such a fun addition to the whole weekend.
To Jackie, Phil, Amy, Jamie, Liv, Harvey, Trevor and Patrick - thank you to you all for making our wedding better than we could ever have hoped for!
The BEST wedding venue you could ever wish for!
The most amazing wedding day!
The venue is such a good design to help the day flow, everything is so well thought out.
I can stress enough how much I recommend this venue. If we could do our wedding over and over again we would always pick Southlands barn! :)
We just had a blast from start to finish they made every moment fun and stress free.
I can not state enough what a great team and great venue Southlands wedding venue is.
The connection to St Marys Church was just perfect and travelling between the two was so easy and quick.
Our guest all found local accommodation, air BnB's all around the village meant everyone was local and could take advantage of the shuttle bus ( what an incredible service that was).
If you want "your perfect day" please look at Southlands Barn.
The most amazing day of our lives!
An absolute dream
Even with quite a bit of rain we had a magical wedding day and reception at Southlands Barn and are so so happy in our venue choice!
The ability to set up the day before is so helpful (not to mention amazing value!!) and takes away so much of the stress as it's exactly how you want it without running around on your wedding day.
Since we first visited we knew this was the venue for us, it feels so homely and there was just something different than the other barn venues we'd visited prior to this.
All our guests complemented the venue, we barely had to decorate as it already had so much charm.
Oh, and we can't not mention the cows!!!! Hand feeding highland cows on our wedding day was just amazing, core memory made!
A special wedding venue!
When we first did the video tour we knew this was the venue for us. Something about it just drew us to it. They were so friendly, charming and realistic. They were not pushy at all and allowed you to do your own thing.
The staff are incredible, shout to Jackie, Phil, Amy and Liv were amazing throughout the whole process. They were so friendly and accomdating.
We had the best time, it was a magical day and we would choose to do it all over again at Southlands!
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Meet the team
I joined the team in 2021 and will most likely be your first point of contact with the barn, from viewings to bookings and then co-ordinating your wedding up to your special day. I also do the marketing and social media for the Barn.
I grew up across the road from the farm, where my parents still live, so I have special bond with this beautiful place!
Converting Southlands Farm into the beautiful wedding venue it is today was my idea after a friend reached out to see if they could use our barn for a wedding last minute back in 2018!
I have been involved in every step along the way from concreting to hand cutting all the hanging lights.
I oversee all aspects of running the venue and I always shed a tear during the ceremony, speeches and first dance where I can guarantee I will join you on the dance floor!
I'm nicknamed the badger as I only come out at night.
My partner Phil is the face and I bring his dreams of Southlands Barn to reality!
I work behind the scenes doing all the maintenance and accounts and I also work the farm- side of the venue.
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