7 beautiful wedding barn venues in Sussex

When it comes to finding beautiful barn wedding venues with dreamy wedding flowers in Sussex, couples are spoilt with some of the best venues in the UK when selecting the perfect location set against the rolling hills of the South Downs for their rustic wedding at a barn venue.

We love a barn venue – the twinkling fairy lights draped from ceilings, textured stone walls, exposed wooden beams, rustic charm, plus a stunning countryside setting to compliment, they make for an excellent blank canvas for putting your unique stamp on them with dreamy wedding flowers.

Our couples love choosing these types of rustic barn wedding venues for their celebrations, here is a list of our favourite locations to help you find your dream barn wedding venue in the South East and how to decorate them with the most impressive West and East Sussex wedding flowers.

Cissbury Barn wedding venue

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Cissbury Barns is well-known as one of the most beautiful barn wedding venues in West Sussex South Downs for good reason. 

This romantic setting offers several idyllic spaces for couples to marry in depending on their requirements. 

The East Barn is a ceremony barn space that features white voile drapes from the wooden beams from above and rustic stone walls, making it a beautiful space for a wedding ceremony that can seat up to 120 guests.

Cissbury Barns barn venue also offers couples the choice of romantic outdoor ceremonies in their ‘The Glade’ ceremony space, with the West Sussex countryside as their backdrop. 

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Both options provide an abundance of choice when looking at ways to enhance the space with high-impact wedding flowers that wedding guests will remember.

After your ceremony, enjoy the picturesque gardens and courtyard, eventually moving to the impressive main barn, the West Barn ,which can hosts a Wedding Breakfast and evening celebrations for up to 200 guests.

We often repurpose wedding flower arrangements from the ceremony space to the West Barn so that couples and wedding guests can enjoy them for longer.

This Sussex barn wedding venue has it all, and we fall in love with it all over again every time we visit.

Address: Cissbury, Nepcote, Findon, Worthing BN14 0SR
Phone number: 01903 899638
Website
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couples & Guests: Yes

 

READ MORE: Real Wedding Blog – Cissbury Barn Wedding Flowers

 

Upwaltham Barn wedding venue

A rustic barn with heaps of charm, Upwaltham Barn is considered one the prettiest and most beautiful barn wedding venues in the South Downs. 

Beautifully restored, these tradditional Sussex flint barns also boast modern features such as wall-to-ceiling glass windows in the East Barn, where couples can host their romantic barn wedding ceremony for up to 150 people. 

The East Barn door is a popular choice to decorate with Sussex wedding flowers, thus creating even more incredible wedding photography when couples exit their wedding ceremony and into the perfectly manicured gardens of the courtyard towards the Stable Bar for a drinks reception, this stunning wedding venue is a truly picturesque location for your wedding day.

The celebrations can then move to the South Barn later in the day, which can host up to 150 guests for a delicious wedding breakfast and dancing into the evening. 

Its neutral colour scheme suits most wedding flower colour palettes, and here you will find again those beautiful rustic beams and warm fairy lights, plus underfloor heating, it’s no wonder this Sussex barn wedding venue is considered one of the best barn wedding venues in the South East by couples.

Address: A285, Upwaltham, Petworth GU28 0LX
Phone number: 01903 899638
Website: http://www.upwalthambarns-weddings.co.uk/
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple: Yes

Long Furlong Barn wedding venue

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Well-established as a firm favourite amongst couples looking for a rustic setting for their big day, this countryside barn wedding venue in West Sussex is located close to Patching, West Sussex, and offers a truly relaxed atmosphere for couples looking to marry at a Sussex barn wedding venue.

The wedding coordinating team at Long Furlong Barn have an excellent reputation as being incredibly helpful to couples when planning their dream rustic wedding, reflected in the hundreds of Google reviews.

This barn wedding venue offers many romantic spaces to marry in, including the option for outdoor ceremonies in front of their stunning oak archway, which can be decorated with incredible West Sussex wedding flowers and floaty draping for instant impact with wedding guests and your photographs.

Couples can also choose to marry inside the ceremonial barn, The Cartshed, which can host 130 seated guests and is perfect for intimate weddings in a rustic yet modern setting whilst being a great blank canvas to decorate as they wish.

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The south-facing courtyard is the perfect central space for couples to mingle for post-ceremony drinks and enjoy nibbles. 

Later in the day, move into The Granary which hosts fantastic wedding breakfasts and celebrations into the night. The space can be beautifully decorated with wedding flowers such as flower archways behind your top table, stunning table centre pieces, and meadow flower boxes.

For couples looking for a beautiful Sussex barn wedding venue in a stunning rural setting, Long Furlong Barn is an excellent choice for a beautiful barn wedding venue just outside of Worthing.

Address: Long Furlong Barn, Worthing BN13 3XN
Phone number: 01903 871594
Website
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple: Yes

 

READ MORE: Real Wedding Blog – Long Furlong Barn Wedding Flowers

Hendall Manor Barn wedding venue

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Lovingly restored, Hendall Manor Barn is a stunning barn wedding venue in East Sussex, south of the Ashdown Forest, and provides couples with a quiet and dramatic backdrop for their dream wedding.

Their Stone Barn is a beautiful space boasting stone cobbled walls dating back to the 17th century and modern lighting. It’s the perfect blank canvas for couples to decorate with statement Sussex wedding flowers and wow their wedding guests on their wedding day at this fantastic barn venue.

Couples love how flexible their choices are when it comes to making their wedding day their own, and how hospitable their excellent wedding team is at this barn wedding venue.

The south-facing terrace is a charming outdoor space for guests to mingle and enjoy their day with nibbles and post-ceremony celebration drinks following the beautiful barn wedding.

What’s more, there is an on-site two-bedroom (sleeps 6) 17th-century Holiday Cottage which can be rented by the wedding party. 

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Hendall Manor is one of the best beautiful barn wedding venues in East Sussex  ideally suited for couples looking for an exclusive wedding venue that has a modern edge.

Address: Hendall Manor Barns, Heron’s Ghyll, Uckfield TN22 4BU
Phone number: 01825 732561
Website
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes, covered
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple: Yes

 

READ MORE: Real Wedding Blog – Hendall Manor Barns Wedding Flowers

 

Montague Farm wedding venue

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A relatively new and exciting barn wedding venue in East Sussex area, 18th-century Montague Farm offers couples two incredible barn wedding options for their dream rustic wedding to decorate with their East Sussex wedding flowers.

Boasting the perfect backdrop for a rustic wedding with scenic views over the rolling Pevensey marshes to the sea, there are so many incredible spaces at this barn wedding venue for wedding parties to enjoy, and is also an exclusive use venue.

The Pigs Palace is the smaller of the two barn venues and is a beautiful space to hold romantic ceremonies and barn weddings. 

Boasting stone barn flooring, gorgeous flint walls, a beamed wooden ceiling and unparalleled views from the glass wall overlooking the lawns and rolling countryside, this highly-versatile space would perfectly suit aisle flowers and a statement flower feature at the top of the aisle for your wedding day.

Next door to the Pigs Palace sits the Big Barn, a stylishly-converted cattle barn that’s been transformed into a unique wedding venue complete with wagon wheel lighting and a pretty white-draped ceiling adorned with fairy lights. 

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This spacious barn wedding venue can host wedding breakfasts of up to 200 people in several table formations and has been styled with unique features including chesterfield sofas, Persian rugs and Scottish whisky barrels, this wedding venue is hard to beat when it comes to originality. 

Finally, Montague Farm is an exclusive wedding venue which features a wooden cabin bar, making it one of the most beautiful barn wedding venues in East Sussex in our eyes.

Address: Hankham Hall Rd, Hankham, Pevensey BN24 5BB
Phone number: 07598 920285
Website
Social Media: Instagram
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple: No

 

READ MORE: Real Wedding Blog – Hendall Manor Barns Wedding Flowers

 

Rathfinney Wine Estate Flint Barns wedding venue

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If wedding barns are your thing but you’re looking for something a little different, Rathfinney Wine Estate Flint Barns in East Sussex could be just the ticket. 

Originally a farmhouse at Rathfinny Farm, The Flint Barns, connected to the ceremonial outdoor courtyard, has been lovingly restored and transformed into one of the most stylish barn venues with warm reclaimed oak structures and flooring, exposed brickwork and contemporary glass windows for intimate wedding days.

The Flint Barns wedding barn offers an outdoor sheltered courtyard where couples can marry in the sunshine in the presence of their loved ones.  The space would perfectly suit a wide range of stunning Sussex wedding flowers such as broken archways, archways, and pillars as a floral backdrop for their ceremony.

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This barn venue can host a sparkling celebration for up to 120 guests, and make full use of its connections to local, artisanal suppliers to provide delicious catering services for guests to enjoy.

Rathfinney Farm Flint Barns is a modern countryside wedding venue in East Sussex that is perfectly suited for couples looking for barn wedding venues that offer refined experiences for their wedding day.

Address: Flint Barns, Rathfinny Wine Estate, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5TU
Phone number: +44 (0) 1323 87 00 22
Website
Social Media: Instagram
Exclusive use: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Confetti permitted: Yes
Overnight Accommodation for Wedding Couple: Yes

So there you have it, some of our favourite barn wedding venues that offer a multitude of features for couples to make their wedding day truly their own and wow guests with rustic charm at a countryside wedding venue. 

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