COGGES MANOR FARM, WITNEY, OXFORDSHIRE This beautiful family-run farm set on 17 acres boasts more than 1000 years of history and is an integral part of the local area, plus a popular filming location. It’s conveniently located close to Oxford in the heart of Witney and is less than a two-hour drive from London. It’s home to two adjacent 18th-century barns providing a wonderful wedding setting and a blank canvas for couples to personalise their day. The pretty outdoor grounds reveal a manicured walled garden, perfect for a drinks reception, and the manor lawn can be used for croquet and garden games. This versatile venue suits an outdoor barbecue, hog roast and street food-style vans and there’s a firepit for toasting marshmallows. Music can be enjoyed outside and everything is set against a beautiful rural backdrop ideal for photographs that the resident farm animals love to be included in! There’s a covered canopy in case of rain and wedding parties can enjoy exclusive use after 5 pm. Ceremonies take place in a choice of two Cotswold stone barns adjacent to one another. The Wheat Barn – the more spacious of the two – can seat up to 250 guests while Barley Barn, the smaller adjacent one, can accomodate up to 100 loved ones. There’s also St Mary’s Cogges Witney parish church located next door. The wedding breakfast and reception can be held in one (or both) of the barns and spill outside on to the lawn. The Wheat Barn can seat up to 200 guests banqueting-style or host up to 130 loved ones at round tables. The Barley Barn is home to a dancefloor and bar and can also provide a quiet space for children. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact: 01993 772 602, www.cogges.org.uk COTSWOLDS CAMPING, NEAR COGGES MANOR FARM As Downton Abbey returns to the big screen, and season two of Bridgerton drops on Netflix, wedding guests can visit and stay close to the locations that made these epic period dramas famous with Cotswolds Camping that’s located a few miles from Cogges Manor Farm, the setting for Yew Tree Farm, the quaint farmhouse home to the Drewe Family in Downton Abbey. Historic houses, museums and market towns are all within close proximity to the site, ensuring visitors have the full Downton Abbey experience. Options range from a grass tent pitch (electric optional) which starts from £17 per night for up to three people, going up to a Gypsy Caravan from £80 per night. Contact: www.pitchup.com Photography of barn interior courtesy of www.alexisjaworski.com 20
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