Revealed the UK’s best venues with woodlands to achieve dreamy cottage-core weddings

modern barn with tall trees in the background Credit: Brinsop Court Manor House and Barn

A recent study revealed the UK’s highest-rated venues for woodland-themed weddings, with Creeksea Place being named the best.  The research conducted by photo wall art creator StoryBoards analysed user-generated review data*  to identify the UK regions with the highest quantity of top-rated woodlands venues by creating an overall rating score. 

The study has revealed that Creeksea Place is the most highly rated woodland in the nation. Located in Essex, the manor house, which includes picturesque woodland, has been rated five stars over 220 times giving it a perfect score of ten out of ten.   

Brinsop Court Manor House and Barn was crowned the second-best woodland venue in the nation; it achieved 3.9 out of ten, as it had less of five-star ratings than ‘Creeksea Place.’  

The third best woodland wedding in the UK was revealed to Bunny Hill Weddings in the UK; the woodland has received 78 positive reviews.  

Wyresdale Weddings in Lancashire was crowned the fifth best woodland in the UK; the woodland venue had over 60 thrilled celebrates raving about their beautiful scenic wedding. 

The fifth-best woodland was revealed to be Bredenbury Court Barns in Shropshire; the barn has 48 five star ratings.  

The top ten highest-rated woodlands in the UK 

Rank  

Venue 

Region 

Normalised Rating Score 

1 

Creeksea Place 

Essex 

10 

2 

Brinsop Court Manor House and Barn 

Cheshire 

3.9 

3 

Bunny Hill Weddings 

East Riding of Yorkshire 

3.4 

4 

Wyresdale Weddings 

Lancashire 

2.6 

5 

Bredenbury Court Barns 

Shropshire 

2.1 

6 

Stanford Farm 

Shropshire 

1.9 

7 

Cornish Tipi Weddings 

Cornwall 

1.3 

8 

The Woodlands 

Leicestershire 

1.2 

9 

Huntstile Organic Farm 

Somerset 

0.8 

10 

Colehayes Park 

Devon 

0.8 

  

A spokesperson from StoryBoards commented on the findings: “Choosing the right services and venues for your wedding is crucial to make your special day unique and memorable for both you and your partner. It's important to research and find highly rated venues in your preferred wedding destination.    

“As wedding season is approaching many couples will be looking to secure their dream wedding location, and those looking for an outdoor woodland themed wedding can use this list to guarantee they locate the most beautiful backdrop for their nuptials. Getting married at a highly rated location like Creeksea Place can put brides and grooms at ease knowing the venue is already used to accommodating the perfect wedding”   

*Research was conducted on Hitched.co.uk

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