From the moment we drove up the driveway of The Oaks, we knew it was where we were meant to get married! Throughout the whole process, Julie and Rianna have been amazing, answering my (many) questions quickly, recommending suppliers, and being able to see a glimpse of events hosted there through their Instagram really helped with bringing the vision for our wedding to life! Not to mention the barn and the grounds are STUNNING! The attention to detail through the whole venue makes it the perfect place for an intimate celebration, and with it being a family business, you really feel the love that has gone into creating the space. Thank you so much to everyone at The Oaks for providing the setting and helping us to create our perfect wedding day!

We got married on 15th Feb 2025 and it was the most perfect day - thanks to everyone at The Oaks that made our ideas come to life. If you're looking for the perfect rustic wedding venue, The Oaks is the place. We cannot thank The Oaks team enough from viewing, booking, preparations and everything on our big day. Due to being a family run business, The Oaks allowed us to have access to the venue the day before the wedding to set up and the day after to collect any belongings. This was perfect as it allowed us to be completely relaxed on our wedding day, not having to worry about sorting anything at the end of the night. All our guests commented on the beautiful venue and we cannot wait to get out photographs back to fall in love with the venue all over again.

It saddens me to write this review, but I don't want others to have the same experience. Our good friends got married here in 2024 - my husband was a groomsman so I was in the loop of the planning process. We all loved the look of venue! It is a great space, in a great location. What let it down was the staff in charge.

The Bride & Groom said the venue was amazing when they toured it. They made it clear that they didn't have a lot of extra cash to spend on drinks packages etc, and would be diy-ing as much as possible. Once they'd paid the deposit, the venue started to become extremely rude.

There was no flexibilitty about leaving things there after the wedding, to collect the next morning - despite the fact that there was no event on the next day. Don't be fooled by the llamas - on your day they will be OFF LIMITS to guests. Myself and others were told off for standing by the field (we weren't even feeding them - just standing there chatting looking over the fence). Prior to the drinks reception, guests also weren't allowed to stand in front of the venue (on the swings/gravel car park) chatting when we arrived, which was bit odd. Everyone was ushered inside by the coordinator. It felt like being at school with a teacher prowling the playground to tell you off for standing in certain areas!

The coordinator herself was shocingly unprofessional. I would never judge another woman for clothing, but at a wedding, you'd expect staff to at least be smart casual if they are going to be walking in amongst your guests the whole time. When everyone's dressed up, and someone is prowling around in a dirty fleece telling them off, it looks unprofessional.

The venue coordinator's attitude was incredibly unkind. Whilst bridal party photos were being taken, the coordinator and two of the younger staff were stood by the swings MAKING FUN OF the poses the bridal party were doing. I'm not joking - they were sniggering to themselves about the poses being too cliche/cheesy etc etc... this was within earshot of myself and about 3 other guests. I was actually so hurt and upset by this.

She also had an issue with the couple wanting to bring DIY sweets/treats for the after-party - even though this had initally not been an issue when they booked. The bar would also not allow guests to purchase teas/coffees at the bar, because the couple not paid extra for the coffee package.

Finally, once it was the evening/dancing time, the staff actually cleared away guests' possessions without telling anyone, whilst we were dancing. I understand they were keen to get home and wanted to take the dining tables down - but sentimental cards, groomsmens gifts and favours were all swept away and put in their office without us being told. We were sober, so realised that things were missing - and had to chase down staff to ask where cards etc had been taken. Twice this happened! It meant we couldn't relax and party - we were keeping an eye out because things were just disappearing!

This being said, our friends who got married are such lovely, genuine people. The day was beautiful because of their beautiful relationship and kind hearts. We were there to celebrate them the bad venue staff won't ruin the amazing once-in-a-lifetime day it was. But other couples deserve a venue which will support them, stick to its word about flexibility and respect their guests by not telling them off pointlessly, or saying rude things about the bridal couple beind their backs!

We couldn’t have asked for anything more. The best day of our lives! The Oaks was everything we dreamt of and more! Beautiful venue in even more beautiful grounds.

I don't know where to begin to say how perfect the team at The Oaks made our day for us.
There are probably too many things I could manage to mention so I've tried to list a few of the key highlights for us.

The first is the venue location itself, set in a stunning countryside location surrounded by woodland, fields and the lake, its just perfect.

Furthermore, the building itself is beautiful and fabulously maintained. I'd also like to add that everything was spotless. This includes the venue itself, the outside, the furniture and decor, and the bar, glasses etc.

The team were great and there were many staff on hand to help for our day. Julie, Rianna and a number of other team members were present throughout the whole day ensuring the specifics of the day went perfectly to plan.

We opted for the additional foliage package and it was definitely worth it. Rianna is incredibly skillful with these decorations on the tables, foliage archway and ceremony decorations were perfect. I could also see how much effort and time was put into organising these and it was really much appreciated and it all looks fantastic on the photos.

The partnership with Ridgway Caterers definitely works! We received so much feedback from guests about how much they loved both the wedding breakfast and the evening food. I think it helps that there is a long-standing relationship between the venue and the caterers that makes this whole process absolutely seamless.

We'd also like to thank the team for making our dream of and outside woodland wedding come true. We felt like they were as excited and invested in making this happen for us as we were and it was just beautiful!

It was also great to have the opportunity to go to the venue the day before to set up and not have to worry about collecting all our things at the end of the night as we could go back the next day to collect these (we had manage to accumulate a lot of things over the day and the team did a great job of collating everything for us to collect the next morning).

I can't not leave a review without mentioning the swings and the alpacas! I think a lot of the adult guests had as much fun swinging away and getting snaps of the alpacas as my two year old niece did!

We had a fantastic day in an amazing venue. I wish we could do it all again. Thank You!

The Oaks is such a stunning, incredible venue! We booked our wedding with them 18 months before the big day and they were so helpful from day one. They communicated everything and were so helpful and understanding. In the lead up, I arranged to go in and trial some table decor ideas which was super helpful. We had a meeting to run through the order of the day about a month before which helped to put us at ease before the day. Rianna and Julie made every step of the planning process a dream. On the day, Anna was the venue coordinator and made everything so easy and the day ran so smoothly. So many of our guests commented what a beautiful venue it is and the alpacas even came up to the fence to join the wedding reception. Thank you so much!

My husband and I are still absolutely beaming at how perfect our wedding was!

From the minute we viewed this venue we knew it was absolutely perfect for us.
The secluded, rustic woodland barn is so different from anything else locally.

As a couple, you are made to feel so special. From a private, personal viewing. To being the only wedding booked all weekend. This means you have time the day before to set up and the day after to clear up. This was super special to us meaning we didn’t have to worry about a thing on the day.

The team are so well organised meaning that they are constantly keeping the place tidy and on schedule. They collected everything up at the end making it super easy on a hangover to just swoop everything in to the car.
My visions were completely embraced and the team made it so easy for me to have the decor etc how I wanted. They even went above and beyond for me adding some extra decor in the log barn as it was too cold for us to get married outside, as we had initially planned.
Another thing that made it really special was being able to have our Labrador there who was the cutest ring bearer ever seen.

Our guests were blown away by the beauty of the venue and lots of people commented on this!

Our only little niggle was that after the meal, when the tables were cleared, the wine that hadn’t been drunk yet was all taken away. We had paid the venue prices for it and I think some were nearly full bottles. We never noticed this at the time and it didn’t impact our day, it was just feedback from our guests. If we had known this we may not have ordered as much wine.

The most special place and I wish we could do it all over again. I can’t thank you all enough! 🤍🤍🤍

Shout out to our suppliers too, a lot who were recommended suppliers by the venue. 👌🏻