An oak-framed barn with its great doors open and lit inside, beside an old oak tree, a wildflower meadow in front glowing in golden evening light

Near Tarporley, Cheshire

A barn, a meadow,
and one wedding a day

Oakfield Barn

A Victorian dairy barn in twelve acres of Cheshire farmland, two and a half miles from Tarporley. Oak beams, lime washed walls, a cobbled courtyard and a small orchard. On your day, all of it is yours.

Weathered timber barn doors open onto a candlelit dining room, climbing roses framing the entrance at sunset

The Barn

Under the old oak

The double height hall was built for a dairy herd in the 1880s and opened for weddings in 2019. You marry beneath the beams, then step out to the courtyard while our team turns the room for dinner.

Above it, the Hayloft Bar looks down over the dance floor, with a lift for anyone who would rather not climb.

Ceremony120 seated
Wedding breakfast120 seated
Evening150 guests

Candlelit wedding tables with linen runners and wildflowers inside the oak-beamed barn, festoon lights overhead and the great doors open to the countryside

Long tables, candlelight, and no one else on the farm but the people you love.

A mown grass path through the orchard towards the oak-framed barn, blossoming fruit trees catching the evening sun

The Grounds

The Orchard Pergola

Twelve acres of meadow, orchard and open sky. From May to September you can marry outdoors beneath an oak pergola among the apple trees, licensed for up to 120 guests. If the sky has other ideas, we make the call with you at ten that morning and the Barn is set separately, ready.

Drinks follow in the festoon lit courtyard, and the wildflower meadow is there for photographs and lawn games as the light softens.

Weddings

Exclusively yours, from nine until one

One wedding a day, with the Barn, Hayloft Bar, courtyard, orchard, meadow and bridal suite reserved for you alone. A small in house team looks after everything. Midweek and winter weddings start from forty guests, and an elopement for up to thirty has no minimum at all.

A wedding dress hanging in a tall window, soft morning light through the glass

The Dairy Loft

A light filled getting ready suite for up to eight, open from nine on the morning, and your room for the night.

White chairs set out on the lawn beside a flower-dressed arch beneath a great oak, ready for an outdoor ceremony

Ceremonies

Licensed for civil ceremonies and partnerships, in the Barn all year or beneath the Orchard Pergola in summer.

The brick courtyard at dusk, festoon lights strung to the barn and its open doors glowing over tables laid for dinner

The Courtyard

Cobbles, festoon lights and a timber canopy for drinks in the afternoon and evening food at nine. The bar closes at midnight.

Peak, May to September£4,950Saturday hire, 2027

April and October£4,350Saturday hire, 2027

November to March£3,450Saturday hire, 2027

Venue hire including VAT. Fridays and Sundays from £3,950, midweek from £2,850. Sample figures.

A rustic oak table laid in the barn with a jug of wildflowers, a board of fresh bread and candlelight

Dining

Long tables, local ales

Three approved Cheshire caterers cook to our menus, from a relaxed sharing feast to a plated dinner, with a tasting for the two of you before the day.

The bar is ours: local ales and cider, good wine, proper cocktails and something thoughtful for those not drinking.

A cream jug of loose meadow flowers on a weathered oak table inside the barn

A calm cottage bedroom under a sloping ceiling, with linen bedding and a wool throw

Stay

The Cart Shed Cottages

Four self catering cottages across the yard sleep fourteen of your closest guests, so the morning after can be slow. One is on the ground floor with a wet room, and one welcomes dogs.

Cottages4, sleeping 14
From£180 a night

Enquire

Ask Willow anything

Willow knows the barn as well as we do: dates, prices, menus, timings, where your guests might stay, what happens if it rains. Ask in your own words, at any hour, and when you are ready she will arrange a viewing.

Private viewingsTuesday to Saturday
Next open daySunday 8 November
Getting here20 minutes from Chester

Willow is an AI assistant. Oakfield Barn is a sample venue and all details are illustrative.

A barn, a meadow,and one wedding a day