38 Quirky, Cool and Unusual Wedding Venues in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

It’s fair to say, that as a Mid­lands Doc­u­men­tary Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­ph­er I get around a bit, see­ing lots and lots of cool Wed­ding Venues in Birm­ing­ham City Cen­tre and the sur­round­ing area. 

*** UPDATED FOR 2023!! ***

I get to see the best West Mid­lands wed­ding venues. Ones which are amaz­ing, awe­some, cool or quirky.

Being tied to just one venue to pho­to­graph wed­dings would, quite frankly, do my head in!!! In fact I work hard to ensure that across the year I’m booked for a vari­ety of the best quirky, unique and unusu­al cen­tral­ly locat­ed Birm­ing­ham wed­ding venues and across the West Midlands.

So I thought I’d share some of this expe­ri­ence with you to help with find­ing your own awe­some alter­na­tive wed­ding venue.

I’ve sep­a­rat­ed the lists up into two sec­tions. The Best Birm­ing­ham Wed­ding Venues in the first part and then the Best West Mid­lands Wed­ding Venues in the sec­ond part.

You can just click on the links and it will take you to each section.

Cool Birmingham Wedding Venues

8 Unusu­al / Arty / Cul­tur­al Wed­ding Venues in Birmingham

7 Historical/Stylish/Urban Birm­ing­ham Wed­ding Venues

Then, if you go slight­ly fur­ther afield, but still with­in about an hour’s dri­ve of Birm­ing­ham we’ve got 

Funky West Midlands Wedding Venues

7 Rustic/Chilled Vibes/Outdoor/DIY West Mid­lands Wed­ding Venues 

9 Quirky/Unique Wed­ding Venues in the West Mid­lands with a WOW Factor

7 Secret Space/Make it your own Mid­lands Wed­ding Venues

8 Unusual / Arty / Cultural Birmingham Wedding Venues

These are some of the Best Birm­ing­ham Wed­ding venues when it comes to arty and cul­tur­al vibes, def­i­nite­ly a bit alter­na­tive from your nor­mal places. 

• The Elec­tric Cinema
• Birm­ing­ham Library
• The Rep
• Think Tank — Mil­len­ni­um Point
• Ikon Gallery — Brind­ley Place
• Kitchen Gar­den Cafe
• The Blue Piano Bar & Restaurant
• Birm­ing­ham Botan­i­cal Gardens

Electric Cinema

Are you a movie lover? Ever fan­cied being the stars of your very own love sto­ry?! Well The Elec­tric Cin­e­ma in Birm­ing­ham, at the back of Grand Cen­tral, could be the per­fect place for you The old­est work­ing cin­e­ma in the land, this art-deco pic­ture house is quirk­i­ness per­son­i­fied! As cool wed­ding venues in Birm­ing­ham go, this is v cool!

Red & black vel­vet clad inside the audi­to­ri­um they real­ly do a great job of giv­ing you a movie themed wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny. From your names above the door as you arrive ( the lat­est big fea­ture) to a movie post­ed in the lob­by and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to show your own high­lights reel as the reg­is­ter is signed, it’s all there

After this wed­ding the new­ly­weds head­ed off through Chi­na­town to The Loft for a night-club vibe wed­ding party

PLEASE NOTE

The Elec­tric Cin­e­ma is not cur­rent­ly tak­ing book­ings for wed­dings, but hopes to do so again soon

Birmingham Library

Right in the heart of the city, over­look­ing Cen­te­nary Square, you have the amaz­ing build­ing which is the ‘new’ library (it opened in 2013) Described by some as a wed­ding cake, because of its exte­ri­or appear­ance, it ris­es up from the ground with 10 floors, with inter­con­nect­ing ele­va­tors, esca­la­tors and trav­e­la­tors (it’s all about the ‘tors!!)

The sur­prise when you make it up to the top, is that inside this homage to mod­ern design is a piece of his­to­ry. Trans­plant­ed from the ‘old’ library is The Shake­speare Memo­r­i­al room, a wood pan­elled exam­ple of 19th cen­tu­ry civic pride, now avail­able for your wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny. Here’s a blog about a wed­ding at Birm­ing­ham Library.

After the cer­e­mo­ny you get the chance to explore both the inside of the library but also the out­side areas/gardens which give amaz­ing views of the city

At this par­tic­u­lar wed­ding they had drinks in the Rep The­atre bar next door and then walked along­side the canal to The Dis­tillery for the party.

Birmingham Library Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 40 for a cer­e­mo­ny, 20 for a wed­ding breakfast
• Web­site — www.uniquevenuesbirmingham.com
• Phone Num­ber — 0121 245 2066
• Email — enquiries@uniquevenuesbirmingham.com
• Address — Cen­te­nary Square, Broad Street, Birm­ing­ham, B1 2ND

The Rep

Talk­ing about The Rep, you can also get mar­ried there!

If you’re a the­atre lover, then how about say­ing ‘I Do’ on the stage!! You can also have your wed­ding break­fast on the stage after­wards, ful­ly themed to suit your cre­ative ideas. Be as quirky as you want.

With Cen­te­nary Square out­side and the library next door there are lots of great archi­tec­tur­al spaces for wed­ding photography. 

Birmingham Rep Theatre Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Lit­er­al­ly hundreds!
• Web­site — www.uniquevenuesbirmingham.com
• Phone Num­ber — 0121 245 2066
• Email — enquiries@uniquevenuesbirmingham.com
• Address — Cen­te­nary Square, Broad Street, Birm­ing­ham, B1 2ND

Think Tank

A Night at the Muse­um for all you sci­ence lovers!! 

Think Tank is at Mil­len­ni­um Point, near Moor Street Sta­tion and is Birm­ing­ham’s Sci­ence Muse­um. Although it’s not licenced, you can have a cel­e­brant led cer­e­mo­ny in the plan­e­tar­i­um, how flip­ping cool is that??!! Then after­wards, you could sip your recep­tion drinks with a Spit­fire hang­ing overhead!!

Ikon Gallery

In a neo-goth­ic for­mer school build­ing is this acclaimed art gallery in the heart of the city, at Brind­ley Place. So you’ve got lots of water­ways, right out­side the door!

With a mix­ture of old and new archi­tec­ture you’ve got a bright and light space, with con­tem­po­rary art as the back­drop to your wed­ding. All in all a pret­ty cool place to get married.

Plus, Ikon is a char­i­ty so by hav­ing your wed­ding there you’re sup­port­ing the future of the gallery.

Ikon Gallery Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 40–60
• Web­site — www.ikon-gallery.org/venuehire
• Phone Num­ber — 0121 248 0708
• Email — hire@ikon-gallery.org
• Address — 1 Oozells Square, Brind­ley Place, Birm­ing­ham, B1 2HS

Kitchen Garden Café

This place is a tran­quil oasis, just out­side the City Cen­tre in Kings Heath. 

Home-cooked food, eth­i­cal sourc­ing, Fair Trade tea & cof­fee, plen­ty for veg­e­tar­i­ans & veg­ans, local and sea­son­al. Don’t know about you but I’m lik­ing these vibes already!

Their main venue is The Kitchen Gar­den, with pri­vate bar and out­side court­yard. It’s quirky, rus­tic and fam­i­ly-friend­ly with art­work across the walls. They also have a sis­ter venue called Fletch­ers Bar & Eatery which has venet­ian walls, idyl­lic chan­de­liers and cham­pagne fairy lights.

(This is a pho­to­graph from a court­yard at anoth­er Birm­ing­ham wed­ding. I’m using it to illus­trate peo­ple danc­ing out­side in a courtyard!)

Kitchen Garden Café Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 70 seated/120 buffet
• Web­site — www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk
• Phone Num­ber — 0121 443 4725
• Email — events@kitchengardencafe.co.uk
• Address — 17 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birm­ing­ham B14 7SA

Blue Piano

This is an inde­pen­dent restau­rant, bar and guest­house in Edg­bas­ton, not far from the cen­tre of Birm­ing­ham. It’s in a char­ac­ter­ful Edwar­dian build­ing with a gar­den court­yard at the rear.

They’re not licensed so you’ll need to have the actu­al wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny else­where. But it’s a great choice for the recep­tion and par­ty. A wed­ding I did there recent­ly had amaz­ing Asian fusion food, a steel­pan drum­mer, a vin­tage dou­ble deck­er bus, car­i­ca­tur­ist, ice cream van and band!

Blue Piano Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No (But you could have a Cel­e­brant-led ceremony)
• Capac­i­ty — 20–200
• Web­site — www.thebluepiano.co.uk
• Phone No. — 0121 454 6877
• Email — info@thebluepiano.co.uk
• Address — 24–26 Har­borne Rd, Birm­ing­ham, B15 3AA

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Founder in 1829, Birm­ing­ham Botan­i­cal Gar­dens is much the same today as when it was first created. 

With three suites to choose from there are loads of dif­fer­ent sizes of space for your cer­e­mo­ny and recep­tion. Out­side you’ve got the beau­ti­ful­ly land­scaped gar­dens, a sun ter­race and even peacocks!

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 60, 200 or 350 for a cer­e­mo­ny. 60, 180 or 432 for dinner
• Web­site — venue.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
• Phone No. — 0121 393 4479
• Email — botanical-events@aramark.co.uk
• Address — West­bourne Road, Edg­bas­ton, Birm­ing­ham, West Mid­lands B15 3TR

7 Historical, Urban and Cool Birmingham Wedding Venues

Next we have a selec­tion of 7 of the Best Birm­ing­ham Wed­ding Venues if you’re after a his­tor­i­cal slant, some­where with urban vibes or gen­er­al­ly just very cool and alternative!

• Faze­ley Studios
• Dig­beth Old Library
• The Bond Company
• Fac­to­ry Works, Digbeth
• The Engine Room, Digbeth
• The But­ton Factory
• Sher­bourne Wharf Canal Boat

Fazeley Studios

These days, Dig­beth is the go to place if you want a cool, urban wed­ding venue, with a bit of history.

We start with Faze­ley Stu­dios (right across the road from The Bond) which is a restored Uni­tar­i­an Chapel, a blend of Vic­to­ri­an eccle­si­as­ti­cal archi­tec­ture cou­pled with urban indus­tri­al vibes.

The cer­e­mo­ny at this wed­ding was held in the won­der­ful Gar­den Room, light and airy and look­ing out onto the courtyard. 

Then there’s the Faze­ley Room for food and speech­es before back to the Gar­den Room for the party!

Plus, being in the heart of Dig­beth, you’ve got some real­ly cool stuff going on out­side too!!

Fazeley Studios Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Cer­e­mo­ny 150, Recep­tion Seat­ed 200, Evening Recep­tion 300
• Web­site — www.digbeth.com
• Phone No. — 0121 224 8486
• Email — fazeley@digbethweddings.co.uk
• Address — 191 Faze­ley St, Dig­beth, Birm­ing­ham B5 5SE

Digbeth Old Library

We’ve looked at the newest library in Birm­ing­ham and here we have the last of the orig­i­nal free libraries in the city, in Dig­beth. It’s right across the road from the icon­ic Cus­tard Fac­to­ry and uses the Zel­lig Build­ing for some of your day.

If you want a wed­ding venue that is right in the heart of a hip, vibrant part of the city, then give this place a look!! The whole area just oozes cool and the library is anoth­er light and airy venue space, just off the main route pedes­tri­an route through the area but eas­i­ly missed as you walk past

With all that indus­tri­al funk and graf­fi­ti just around the cor­ner who would­n’t want to have a wan­der, after the confetti!!

Digbeth Old Library Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 130 for cer­e­mo­ny and sit down meal. 250 for evening party
• Web­site — www.theoldlibrary.co
• Phone No. — 0121 667 1000
• Email — oldlibrary@zellig.com
• Address — Zel­lig, Gibb St, Birm­ing­ham B9 4AT

The Bond, Digbeth

Right next to the Grand Union Canal, in an old fac­to­ry and with its own wharf, I present The Bond!! This is anoth­er fab space to get mar­ried, once again in Dig­beth (there are a whole lot of cool wed­ding venues in Dig­beth!) Hav­ing the canal at the back real­ly adds anoth­er cool dimen­sion, just be care­ful not to fall in!!

The Bond Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Inti­mate cer­e­mo­ny room for 25 or 120 for larg­er cer­e­mo­ny. 160 for sit down meal
• Web­site — www.digbeth.com
• Phone No. — 0121 766 7400
• Email — thebond@digbethweddings.co.uk
• Address — 180 ‑182 Faze­ley Street, Dig­beth, B5 5SE

Factory Works, Digbeth

This is the new kid on the block when it comes to Birm­ing­ham wed­ding venues, but the indus­tri­al space def­i­nite­ly has his­to­ry and character. 

With­in the Cus­tard Fac­to­ry the inte­ri­or is a blank can­vas with the huge fac­to­ry floor, fac­to­ry gallery and river­side room.

I’d say hav­ing your wed­ding par­ty inside an old cus­tard fac­to­ry is pret­ty alternative!

Factory Works Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — Large indoor space for a reception
• Web­site — www.digbeth.com
• Phone No. — 0121 224 7777
• Email — hello@digbethweddings.co.uk
• Address — Cus­tard Fac­to­ry, Deri­tend, Birm­ing­ham B9 4BF

Engine Room, Digbeth

The Engine Room, on Flood­gate Street in Dig­beth is a space which is cool and quirky — think Shored­itch or Hox­ton vibes.

Also used for DJ nights you can either use it as a blank space, to dress as you want or incor­po­rate the indus­tri­al vibes into your day. 

Engine Room Digbeth Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 60 sit down, 200 standing
• Web­site — www.theengineroomdigbeth.com
• Phone No. — 07700 161030
• Email — events@theengineroomdigbeth.com
• Address — Unit 25c, Flood­gate St, Deri­tend, Birm­ing­ham B5 5SL

The Button Factory

In Birm­ing­ham’s famous Jew­ellery Quar­ter we have The But­ton Factory.

As the name might sug­gest, it’s a ren­o­vat­ed indus­tri­al space, retain­ing many of the old features.

Con­sid­er­ing how many peo­ple buy their wed­ding rings from this part of Birm­ing­ham (me includ­ed!) you might think there would be lots of wed­ding venues. But at the moment, The But­ton Fac­to­ry seems to be the lone torch bearer.

How­ev­er, it’s doing a grand job and offers Lon­don gas­trop­ub vibes for your wed­ding recep­tion venue. 

It’s also next door to the Fred­er­ick Street Town­house so per­fect to get your head down after­wards in bou­tique hotel comfort!

The Button Factory Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 70–150
• Web­site — thebuttonfactorybirmingham.co.uk
• Phone No. — 0121 236 4653
• Email — hello@thebuttonfactorybirmingham.co.uk
• Address — 25 Fred­er­ick Street, Jew­ellery Quar­ter, Birm­ing­ham, B1 3HH

Sherbourne Wharf Canal Boat

Maybe you’ve got mar­ried at Birm­ing­ham Reg­istry Office and want some­where to go in the after­noon for a drinks recep­tion with a difference.

How about cruis­ing along the qui­et canals of Birm­ing­ham on a nar­row boat!!

You embark at the quay­side at the ICC and then trav­el along the back street canals that were once a key part of the indus­tri­al his­to­ry of Birmingham. 

(This pho­to is from a wed­ding drinks recep­tion on a Black Coun­try canal, rather than one around Birm­ing­ham. But it should still give you some good canal vibes!)

Sherbourne Wharf Canal Boat Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 45
• Web­site — www.sherbornewharf.co.uk
• Phone No. — 0121 455 6163
• Email — email@sherbornewharf.co.uk
• Address — Sher­borne Street Birm­ing­ham, B16 8DE

7 Rustic/Chilled/Outdoor Weddings near Birmingham

We’re head­ing out of Birm­ing­ham now and look­ing at 7 of the best wed­ding venues for out­door, fes­ti­val kind of vibes.

• Over­grown Acres — Not­ting­hamshire Wolds
• Cut­tle Brook — Sami Tipi — Swarke­stone, Derbyshire
• Alcott Wed­dings — Alvechurch, Warwickshire
• Cat­tows Farm — Ash­by de la Zouch, Leicestershire
• Enchant­i­ng Wood­land Wed­ding at Umber­slade Adventure
• Royale For­est Wed­dings — Derbyshire/Staffordshire
• The Hid­den Hive — Swadlin­cote, Derbyshire

Overgrown Acres

This is a sus­tain­able tipi wed­ding venue in South Not­ting­hamshire Wolds, which is only an hours dri­ve from Brum (I googled it!)

They’ve got 3 tip­is sur­round­ed by mead­ow and wood­land and are dog-friend­ly (by arrange­ment I think!) with their own ponies, sheep and chick­ens nearby.

Overgrown Acres Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 140
• Web­site — www.overgrownacresweddings.com
• Phone No. — 0115 9376877
• Email — michelle@overgrownacresweddings.com
• Address — Cot­grave Road, Not­ting­ham NG12 5PE

Cuttle Brook — Sami Tipi

Here we have a river­side, DIY tipi venue, right by the Riv­er Trent.

Nes­tled in the Der­byshire coun­try­side it’s less than a mile from Sami Tipi HQ and close to Swarke­stone Pavil­ion. In fact, you can hire it for your pre-wed­ding prepa­ra­tion if you want.

Then there’s a lit­tle walk across a foot­bridge over the Cut­tle brook to get to the area where you can have your cel­e­brant led ceremony.

Then after­wards, you could have food vans, mini golf, music and mak­ing mer­ry!! You can see lots more of this Der­byshire Tipi Wed­ding on the blog.

Cuttle Brook Sami Tipi Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No, but can arrange your own bless­ing with a Celebrant
• Capac­i­ty — It’s a big field!
• Web­site — www.samitipi.co.uk/cuttle-brook
• Phone No. — 01332 806040
• Email — team@samitipi.co.uk
• Address — Old Hall Farm, Der­by Road, Der­by DE73 7JB

Alcott Weddings

To Worces­ter­shire now, near the vil­lage of Alvechurch, and anoth­er tipi option. Alcott Wed­dings is great if you want to go for a rus­tic of fes­ti­val vibe where you can glamp or camp to spend the night there too!

There are a range of struc­tures you can hire, like tip­is, yurts and mar­quees, so you can cre­ate exact­ly the feel you want for your day.

Alcott Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No, but can arrange your own bless­ing with a Celebrant
• Capac­i­ty — If it’s an out­door bless­ing then no limit
• Web­site — www.alcottweddings.co.uk
• Phone No. — 07725 882097
• Email — lucy.poole@alcottweddings.com
• Address — Ick­nield Street, Weath­eroak, Alvechurch, Worces­ter­shire, B48 7EH

Cattows Farm

Cat­tows Farm is a work­ing farm, near Ash­by-De-La-Zouch in Leices­ter­shire with tipi or mar­quee options. 

They work with Sami Tipi who are real­ly expe­ri­enced in the whole wed­ding space biz!

The fam­i­ly that own Cat­tows Farm have been farm­ing for over 120 years and give you the option to hire a pad­dock for your coun­try­side wedding. 

Cattows Farm Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No, but can arrange your own bless­ing with a Cel­e­brant or there are a cou­ple of church­es nearby
• Capac­i­ty — If it’s an out­door bless­ing then no limit
• Web­site — www.cattowsfarmweddings.co.uk
• Phone No. — 01530 264200
• Email — weddings@cattowsfarm.co.uk
• Address — Swep­stone Road, Heather, Coalville, Leices­ter­shire, LE67 2RF

Enchanting Woodland Weddings at Umberslade Adventure

You want a wood­land wed­ding, right in the heart of the War­wick­shire coun­try­side? You got it! In ancient oak wood­land, amongst a canopy of trees there is a clear­ing. Per­fect for a bless­ing, a tipi and a party

Plus, what this place has to offer to make it even more awe­some, is that there’s an adven­ture play­ground and you get exclu­sive use of it on your wed­ding day!!

Sure­ly rea­son to do a hap­py dance!!

Enchanting Woodland Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No, But they have a wood­land clear­ing for a blessing
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 100
• Web­site — www.enchantingwoodlandweddings.com
• Phone No. — 07792 804 409
• Email — enchantingwoodlandweddings@hotmail.com
• Address — Chal­cot Wood, Cut Throat Lane, Hock­ley Heath, B94 6SE

Royale Forest Weddings

This is a brand new wood­land tipi venue in a 200 acre for­est on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border. 

Royale For­est Wed­dings have a tipi that has 5 hats! So lots of space to spread out for the indoor part of your day.

(This pho­to isn’t from a wed­ding at Royale For­est wed­dings, as it’s new venue. But it gives you an idea about the con­fet­ti throw­ing vibe at a tipi wedding!)

In the heart of the for­est they have a cer­e­mo­ny area which includes a stone chapel (non-reli­gious), a cov­ered area to get mar­ried and reclaimed 250 year old pews. 

Royale Forest Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes! 
• Capac­i­ty — 160 for Cer­e­mo­ny and sit down meal, 250 for evening 
• Web­site — www.royleforestweddings.co.uk
• Phone No. — 01283 330 060
• Email — info@rfweddings.co.uk
• Address — Cald­well Road, Drakelow, Bur­ton Upon Trent, Stafford­shire, DE15 9TU

The Hidden Hive

The last of the tipi options I’m going to men­tion is in Der­byshire and in the heart of the Nation­al For­est, The Hid­den Hive

It’s sur­round­ed by trees, lakes and nature with roman­tic Nordic tip­is. There’s the option to have lux­u­ry glamp­ing bell tents on side or glamp­ing pods next door at Bee­hive Wood­land Lakes campsite.

The Hidden Hive Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes, they have recent­ly added a licenced cer­e­mo­ny barn
• Capac­i­ty — 120 for cer­e­mo­ny, 150 for the reception
• Web­site — www.thehiddenhive.co.uk
• Phone No. — 0344 411 3460
• Email — info@thehiddenhive.co.uk
• Address — Lulling­ton Rd, Roslis­ton, Swadlin­cote DE12 8HZ

9 Quirky, Unique West Midlands Wedding Venues

This sec­tion of 9 of the best West Mid­lands wed­ding venues is quite a diverse mix! Three muse­ums, an old mill, a steam rail­way to name just a few!

• Avon­croft Museum
• Arley Arbore­tum
• Church­field Dairy Farm
• The Fleece Inn
• Blists Hill Museum
• The West Mill
• Sev­ern Val­ley Railway
• Cas­tle Bromwich Hall Gardens
• Eras­mus Dar­win House

Avoncroft Museum

It’s a museum.…of old build­ings!! We’re talk­ing an incred­i­bly eclec­tic col­lec­tions of his­toric build­ings that have been painstak­ing­ly trans­plant­ed from their orig­i­nal loca­tion and rebuilt here, near to Broms­grove, in Stoke Heath

You can get mar­ried in the New Guesten Hall beneath its four­teenth cen­tu­ry, Grade II* list­ed roof. They’ve also got a Vic­to­ri­an Mis­sion Church, an old wind­mill and the Nation­al Col­lec­tion of Phonebox­es (who knew!)

Avoncroft Museum Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 120 for cer­e­mo­ny and seat­ed, 180 for evening reception
• Web­site — www.avoncroft.org.uk
• Phone No. — 01527 831363
• Email — bookings@avoncroft.org.uk
• Address — Stoke Heath, Broms­grove B60 4JR

Arley Arboretum

How does get­ting mar­ried in an Ital­ian Gar­den sound? With lime trees, a dove­cote, foun­tain and pos­si­bly the odd pea­cock, it’s just the most beau­ti­ful place for a ceremony.

Or, you’ve also got the choice of Arley House, for an indoor cer­e­mo­ny, or St Peter’s church, which is part of the estate. 

I’ve vis­it­ed Arley Arbore­tum many times with my own fam­i­ly and it’s sim­ply stun­ning, Over­look­ing the riv­er Sev­ern at the bot­tom of the val­ley and with­in earshot of the Sev­ern Val­ley Her­itage Rail­way you feel like you’re in a real­ly mag­i­cal place.

Then after­wards, after drinks in the walled Ital­ian Gar­den you’ve got the choice of a recep­tion in Arley House, or a marquee/tipi on the lawn in front of the arboretum.

Arley Arboretum Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 250
• Web­site — www.arleyhouseandgardens.co.uk
• Phone No. — 01299 861368
• Email — weddings@arleyestate.co.uk
• Address — Arley House, Lion Lane, Upper Arley, Worces­ter­shire, DY12 1SQ

Churchfields Dairy Farm

Church­fields is a work­ing dairy farm/cafe in Worces­ter­shire with a fan­tas­tic approach to sustainability. 

A farm that has been in the Davis fam­i­ly for over 100 years and it’s seen 5 gen­er­a­tions take stewardship. 

This is a quote from their website;

“It’s impor­tant to us that we pass the farm on to our chil­dren in a bet­ter state than we found it. In every­thing we do we con­sid­er our envi­ron­men­tal impact, and seek to pro­tect and enhance the farm’s bio­di­ver­si­ty and reduce our car­bon foot­print.”

Church­fields has got a bio­mass con­vert­er and solar pan­el sys­tem and are involved with The High­er Lev­el Stew­ard­ship Scheme.

So all in all, lots of good stuff going on there.…and they do wed­dings too…YAY!!!

They’ve now got a choice three spaces for your wed­ding, The Old Barn, The New Barn and Cook­shill Field. The last of these gives you the space for a mar­quee or tipi with view fab views over­look­ing the coun­try­side of The Sal­warpe Valley.

The fam­i­ly farm has mead­ows, an orchard and rolling coun­try­side but, at dif­fer­ent times of the year they also have a Fairy Trail, Maize Maze and Pump­kin Patch that can be incor­po­rat­ed into your day.

Did I men­tion that they make their own ice cream too?? Nom, nom!!

Churchfields Dairy Farm Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 120 indoors, 150 outdoors
• Web­site — www.churchfields.wedding
• Phone No. — 01905 451 289
• Email — enquiries@churchfields.wedding.
• Address — Sal­warpe, Droitwich, Worces­ter­shire, WR9 0AF

The Fleece Inn

The Fleece Inn is a pub dates back to the ear­ly 15th cen­tu­ry and remained in the same local fam­i­ly until it was bequeathed to the Nation­al Trust in 1977

The pub is in the Cotswold vil­lage of Bret­for­ton, not too far from Evesham.

The pub gar­den is HUGE — it has it’s own orchard!

You can book the Mas­ter’s Bed­cham­ber in the pub, over­look­ing the vil­lage. Or go for their vin­tage bow top car­a­van for a ‘moongaz­ing glamp­ing’ choice! It’s nes­tled at the bot­tom of their apple orchard and is a minia­ture pri­vate campsite!

The Fleece Inn Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 60
• Web­site — www.thefleeceinn.co.uk
• Phone No. — 01386 831173
• Email — info@thefleeceinn.co.uk
• Address — The Cross, Bret­for­ton, Nr Eve­sham, Worces­ter­shire WR11 7JE

Blists Hill Museum

Per­haps when you hear Blists Hill you think ‘Iron­bridge’, but it’s much much more than that, it’s an entire Vic­to­ri­an village! 

You real­ly need to check out their wed­ding brochure to see all the dif­fer­ent options they have for wed­dings but they include the Engine Shop, the Fur­nace Kitchen, the For­est Glen Pavil­ion and a tra­di­tion­al pub.

You’ve even got the option of hir­ing the Vic­to­ri­an fairground!

Blists Hill Museum Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Between 40–200 depend­ing on which part you book
• Web­site — www.ironbridge.org.uk
• Phone No. — 01952 435941
• Email — venuehire@ironbridge.org.uk
• Address — Legges Way, Telford TF7 5UD

The West Mill

The West Mill is a Grade I List­ed for­mer indus­tri­al mill dat­ing back to the ear­ly 1800’s on the bank of the Riv­er Der­went with views over the his­toric mill weir.

The Cot­ton quar­ter is where you can have your cer­e­mo­ny and the room has exposed brick­work, met­al beams and a unique cast iron ceiling. 

Then you move to The Break­fast Room for your recep­tion where there are orig­i­nal bar­rel-vault­ed arch­es and Geor­gian paned windows. 

Final­ly you head for The Spin­ning Room to par­ty the night away!

The West Mill Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 160
• Web­site — www.thewestmillvenue.com
• Phone No. — 01332 229029
• Email — events@thewestmillvenie.com
• Address — Dar­ley Abbey Mills, Haslams Ln, Dar­ley Abbey, Der­by DE22 1DZ

Severn Valley Heritage Railway

A wed­ding recep­tion on a mov­ing steam train? Yes please! 

The Sev­ern val­ley rail­way is one of the many her­itage rail­ways that have been set up around the coun­try to pre­serve some of our indus­tri­al her­itage. It runs from Kid­der­min­ster in Worces­ter­shire to Bridg­north in Shrop­shire through some beau­ti­ful coun­try­side and pret­ty lit­tle hamlets.

You can have your cer­e­mo­ny in The Engine House at High­ley, then take a trip along the length of the line for food before dis­em­bark­ing at Kid­der­min­ster for your evening reception. 

Severn Valley Railway Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes 
• Capac­i­ty — 20–150
• Web­site —
• Phone No. — 01746 860904
• Email — mailto:weddings@svrlive.com
• Address — One, Comber­ton Place, Kid­der­min­ster, DY10 1QR

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens

Cas­tle Bromwich is just 5 miles from the cen­tre of Birm­ing­ham but you could imag­ine you’re deep in the countryside.

The 17th Cen­tu­ry Jacobean man­sion and gar­dens are now run sep­a­rate­ly with the walled gar­dens run by a char­i­ta­ble trust

So you’ve got 10 acres of beau­ti­ful­ly restored his­toric Grade II* list­ed walled gar­den, where you can hav­ing your wedding!

The gar­dens aren’t licensed so you’d either have to have the cer­e­mo­ny some­where else or go down the cel­e­brant route. But either way, you’ve got a stun­ning back­drop for your fes­tiv­i­ties and handy access from the M6 too!

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 50 to 250
• Web­site — www.castlebromwichhallgardens.org.uk
• Phone No. — 01217494100
• Email — weddingsinthegarden@gmail.com
• Address — Chester Road, Cas­tle Bromwich, Birm­ing­ham, B36 9BT

Erasmus Darwin House

I have a con­fes­sion to make. Until I came across this wed­ding venue I’d nev­er heard of Eras­mus Darwin!

He was an 18th cen­tu­ry doc­tor, inven­tor and poet and his house is near to Lich­field Cathedral.

It’s now run as a muse­um and is avail­able for hire for your wed­ding in a venue with a lot of history.

Erasmus Darwin House Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 30 for the cer­e­mo­ny, 40 for the wed­ding breakfast
• Web­site — www.erasmusdarwin.org
• Phone No. — 01543 306260
• Email — enquiries@erasmusdarwin.org
• Address — Bea­con Street, Lich­field, Stafford­shire, WS13 7AD

7 Secret Space/DIY/Make it your own Cool West Midlands Wedding Venues

Final­ly, we have 7 of the best West Mid­lands wed­ding venues if you’re look­ing for a secret space, some­where your friends prob­a­bly haven’t heard of or some­where to make entire­ly your own.

• Old­ber­row House
• Rock Vil­lage Hall
• Springhill Barn
• Ingestre Orangery
• The Cow­shed — Wood­hall Farm
• Deck­er­dence
• Comp­ton Verney

Oldberrow House

A Vic­to­ri­an Coun­try House, with an out­door cer­e­mo­ny and mar­quee recep­tion. Old­ber­row House is anoth­er fab War­wick­shire Wed­ding venue Fam­i­ly owned and run this place is won­der­ful­ly friend­ly and flex­i­ble to give you the day that you want

Although there were some show­ers dur­ing the day it real­ly did­n’t seem to mat­ter. Dry inside the mar­quee and per­fect for an amaz­ing party

Oldberrow House Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Appyling for one
• Capac­i­ty — 100
• Web­site — www.oldberrowhouse.com
• Phone No. — 01564 794407
• Email — info@OldberrowHouse.com
• Address — Hen­ley-in-Arden B95 5NT

Rock Village Hall

As vil­lage halls go, this is the busi­ness!

It’s in the rur­al vil­lage of Rock, in the Worces­ter­shire coun­try­side, but with with very mod­ern facilities.

Rock Vil­lage Hall has a ful­ly stocked kitchen with sep­a­rate space have a bar and there’s a decked area at the rear, so def­i­nite­ly very wedding-friendly.

Just along the lane is a 12th cen­tu­ry Nor­man Church, or have the cer­e­mo­ny else­where and then use the vil­lage hall for the party.

Rock Village Hall Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 100
• Web­site — www.rockvillagehall.co.uk
• Phone No. — 0751 747 5823
• Email — carolfranklin.rvh@gmail.com
• Address — Porch­brook Rd, Kid­der­min­ster DY14 9SD

Springhill Barn

Now on to a lake­side house in the Vale of Eve­sham, Springhill Barn, near to The Cotswolds and Shake­speare country.

They’ve got a tra­di­tion­al barn where you can hold your wed­ding par­ty with a huge court­yard outside.

Water, gar­dens, wood­land, plus a great par­ty venue!!

Springhill House & Barn Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — 120
• Web­site — www.springhillhouse.co.uk
• Phone No. — 01386 861390
• Email — jgbomford@aol.com
• Address — Salters Ln, Low­er Moor, Per­shore WR10 2PE

Ingestre Orangery

Def­i­nite­ly a secret space here, hid­den in the Stafford­shire coun­try­side. The Orangery, Ingestre, is a stun­ning build­ing, in a tran­quil loca­tion over­look­ing Capa­bil­i­ty Brown landscapes.

A char­i­ty run it with wed­dings going towards the upkeep of the building. 

There’s a church 2 min­utes away or you can have a cel­e­brant led ceremony

Ingestre Orangery Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No, but apply­ing for one. Can have cel­e­brant led at the moment or a local church
• Capac­i­ty — 120
• Web­site — www.ingestreorangery.co.uk
• Phone No. — 07860 206584
• Email — manager@ingestreorangery.co.uk
• Address — The Orangery, Ingestre, Stafford ST18 0RF

The Cowshed — Woodhall Farm

This is def­i­nite­ly a DIY venue, with the 18th cen­tu­ry cow­shed work­ing as a blank can­vas for your wed­ding plans. 

The Cow­shed has got seat­ing space for up to 120 and then a sep­a­rate dance barn!

You get the venue from Fri­day to Sun­day too, giv­ing plen­ty of time to get every­thing set up.

The Cowshed Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — 120
• Web­site — www.woodhall-farm.co.uk
• Phone No. — 07825 505723
• Email — thecowshed@woodhall-farm.co.uk
• Address — Wood Road, Cod­sall WV8 1QR

Deckerdence

I saved the most quirky, DIY option for last. If you’re want­i­ng a real­ly cool wed­ding venue in the Birm­ing­ham area.

With Deck­er­dence you’re get­ting a mobile wed­ding, you find the space and they’ll bring the venue!

It’s a 1967 Ley­land dou­ble-deck­er bus with a wrap around mar­quee. The bus becomes your bar in the cen­tre of the mar­quee and then the upper deck is a cock­tail bar!

So find your­self a field and you’re good to go!!

Deckerdence Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — No
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 160
• Web­site — www.deckerdence.com
• Phone No. — 01675 463555
• Email — enquiries@deckerdence.com
• Address — Blyth Hall, Farm Blythe Rd, Coleshill, Birm­ing­ham B46 (but can be tak­en anywhere)

Compton Verney

If you are look­ing for a wed­ding venue with a dif­fer­ence, then Comp­ton Ver­ney could be it. 

With­in the stun­ning man­sion is an art gallery where you can have your wed­ding reception.

A short walk from the house is the restored Grade 1 Capa­bil­i­ty Brown Chapel which is licenced for civ­il ceremonies.

Sur­round­ing the house are is beau­ti­ful park­land to enjoy

Compton Verney Weddings — Useful Stuff to Know

• Licenced? — Yes
• Capac­i­ty — Up to 60
• Web­site — www.comptonverney.org.uk
• Phone No. — 01926 645500
• Email — info@comptonverney.org.uk
• Address — Comp­ton Ver­ney Art Gallery and Park, War­wick­shire. CV35 9HZ

So there you have it, my round up of 38 cool wed­ding venues in Birm­ing­ham and the sur­round­ing area. 

In view my, some of the best Birm­ing­ham and West Mid­lands wed­ding venues around.

Hope it’s been of use!! 

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Or if you’d like to dis­cuss your wed­ding plans then please get in touch