Celebrate in Style: The Top 4 Wedding Venues in Congleton, Cheshire
In the heart of Cheshire, Congleton boasts a small collection of beautiful venues that are sure to paint the perfect backdrop for your dream wedding. Congleton is a market town in Cheshire close to the Peak District. Congleton is famous for being known as the Beartown, originating from a story called ‘Bear and Bible’. This article delves into the top four wedding venues in Congleton, each offering its own unique blend of charm and ambiance. Alongside these venues we’ll touch upon a Cheshire wedding videographer's tips for each venue for the perfect footage.
The venues listed below are in or around Congleton and include mainly barn style wedding venues. This is mostly due to the area being surrounded by nature so the venues naturally fit into this aesthetic.
Alcumlow Wedding Barn
Nestled in picturesque countryside, Alcumlow Wedding Barn welcomes couples into their venue to celebrate the perfect wedding. The Dutch barn has been transformed into a rustic wedding venue, exclusive use and only takes on a select number of weddings a year. By doing so it means the team can really concentrate on ensuring every wedding has the same meticulous attention to detail.
Licensed for civil ceremonies you can have up to 100 of your guests enjoy your ceremony on location and then enjoy cocktail hour in the Spanish inspired courtyard. More importantly the venue is dog friendly which is a highlight in itself. The evening reception can then expand to 180 guests to celebrate the party.
Cheshire Wedding Videographer Tip: Alcumlow Wedding Barn offers a lot when it comes to your couples shoot. The huge wooden doors are a centerpiece and the lake can be the perfect setting for your film.
W - https://www.alcumlowweddingbarn.co.uk
E - maisondeboisweddings@gmail.com
T - 01260 279966
Sandhole Oak Barn
This venue sits next to a tranquil lake and acres of green luscious fields. Sandhole Oak Barn is one of Cheshire's most sought after barn venues. Exclusive use and accommodation for close friends and family means you can rest assured all those closest to you can enjoy the whole day.
Your ceremony can take place either inside the barn or outside under the clock tower. After the ceremony you and your guests can enjoy the cocktail hour outside looking out to the lake. Couples shoots can start on the driveway, moving to the Sandhole farm B&B gardens, back to The Oak Barn where you will rejoin your guests.
The wedding breakfast will be served in the Oak Barn with food made fresh by Top Table. After the toasts the curtain to the dancefloor will be unveiled to wow your guests with either your DJ or band of choice. Having been a wedding videographer at this venue I can safely say the staff are very attentive and will go above and beyond to ensure your day runs smoothly.
Sandhole Oak Barn Wedding Videographer Tip: With the lake and lucious grounds to walk around, the couples shots are beautiful and easy to capture. If you’re looking for some more artsy shots using light, there is a barn near the entrance which, depending on the time of day, can have some stunning light shapes beaming through the wood.
W - https://www.sandholeoakbarn-weddings.co.uk
E - mywedding@sandholeoakbarn.co.uk
T - 01260 224215
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The Plough Inn
Steeped in history and intimate charm, The Plough Inn presents a historic yet cozy venue for weddings. Over 400 years old, this half brick, half timbered wedding venue is the perfect setting for your intimate wedding. Licensed for civil ceremonies you can enjoy the whole day in the one venue with accommodation on site for your nearest and dearest. Ceremonies can be up to 85 strong and the evening can host up to 115 guests.
The venue is equipped with a sound limiter for the evening, however, there are plenty of bands that can accommodate this so there is no need to fear about the evening being too quiet. This small wedding venue gives barn type feel for you and your guests to enjoy and leaves room for you as a couple to style it as you wish.
Cheshire Wedding Videographer Tip: The Plough Inn is a no brainer for the smaller wedding option. There are fields to the rear where you can have cattle grazing in the backdrop to your couples shots, and, a grand barn door which is perfect to showcase you two as a couple.
W - https://theploughinncheshire.com/weddings/
E - enquiries@theploughinncheshire.com
T - 01260 280 207
The Swettenham Arms
The Swettenham Arms is a gastropub dating back to the 16th century. Civil ceremonies can take place in the grounds surrounded by Cheshire countryside or within the Lovell suite for up to 120 guests. The Lovell suite will be of exclusive use for you and your guests to enjoy in privacy. Also in the summer Lavender is in full bloom which is perfect for your cocktail hour.
Cheshire Wedding Videographer Tip: The grounds here boast a lot of options for your couples shoot. Whether you’d like some candid moments of you two interacting or some staged shots under the bagoda, this venue can be the perfect venue to tell your story.
W - https://swettenhamarms.co.uk/functions/weddings/
E - info@swettenhamarms.co.uk
T - 01477 20571284
In the serene market town of Congleton, Cheshire, these top four wedding venues—Alcumlow Wedding Barn, Sandhole Oak Barn, The Plough Inn, and The Swettenham Arms—stand as testaments to rustic beauty, elegance, and charm. Each venue offers a unique approach to your wedding, from rustic charm to lakeside serenity, intimate historic appeal, and quaint countryside elegance, catering to diverse preferences of couples.
Choosing your wedding venue in Cheshire, especially Congleton, is now made much easier with the four above. With the right venue and a skilled wedding videographer, you can be confident in the knowledge that your wedding day will be exactly as you envisioned.
Having your day captured by a videographer can be the most important supplier you can hire. Watching the wedding back in 30 years time, hearing those voices again, you can relive the day and also have a family heirloom to show future generations.
If you’re looking for a wedding videographer to capture your wedding, i’d love to hear from you. My style is unobtrusive, natural and my goal is to curate a wedding film that truly reflects your day.
