Summer SaturdayImogen and Tariq
Saturday 12 June 2026 · 118 guests
We looked at nine barns. At Hollins we stopped looking.
- Food
- Feasting table
- Flowers
- Wild Rye Flowers
- Music
- Ceilidh band and a string trio
- Stayed
- All nine rooms
Summer Saturday
Exclusive-use wedding venue, Bakewell, Peak District
Candlelight and stone, one wedding a day.
Hollins Tithe Barn is a sixteenth-century barn on a working Derbyshire farm. Ceremony and dinner for up to 140, an orchard, nine bedrooms across the courtyard, and the whole place to yourselves until midnight.
Ceremony and dinner for 140, nine bedrooms and music till midnight.
- One wedding a day
- Exclusive use of the whole farm
- Ceremony and dinner for 140
- Evening guests up to 200
- Late licence to midnight
- Nine bedrooms, sleeps 22
- Food hygiene rating 5
- Prices include VAT and service
- Regional winner 2025 (demo)
The barn
Built to hold the harvest. Kept for the best day of your year.
Hollins was a tithe barn, where the parish brought its tenth of the crop. The oak trusses went up in 1584 and have not moved since.
Inside there is nothing to hide: two-foot stone walls, a flagged floor and a roof you could lose a string quartet in. We do not dress it up. We light it, with candles, and then we get out of your way.
You have the whole farm for the weekend. No second wedding in the courtyard, no stranger at the bar, and nobody asking you to wrap up early.
See the spaces and rooms- 1584Year the oak roof was raised
- 140Seated for ceremony and dinner
- 200Evening guests, in all
- 9Bedrooms across the courtyard
A day at Hollins
From afternoon light to the last song
- 1pm
Guests arrive
Cars park in the paddock, jackets come off in the courtyard, and there is elderflower and something stronger while the farm cat inspects everyone's shoes.
- 2pm
The ceremony, in the barn
One hundred and forty seats under the oak trusses, a registrar from the council, and doors that open onto the orchard when it is time to walk out.
- 4pm
Drinks in the orchard
Long grass, old apple trees and the afternoon light your photographer has been waiting for. Canapés come out as the sun goes down behind the ridge.
- 6pm
Dinner, by candle
The barn is reset while you are outside. Long tables, linen, and several hundred candles lit by us, not by you. Speeches over pudding, so nobody eats cold food.
- 8pm
First dance, evening guests
Evening guests arrive to a lit courtyard. The tables go, the floor opens, and the barn becomes the one room in Derbyshire where everyone dances.
- Midnight
The last song
Music runs to midnight under our late licence. After that, the courtyard lanterns, a short walk across to the shippon and a very quiet field.
The spaces
Four places, one party
Ceremony, dinner and dancing under 400 years of oak. Underfloor heating and two wood burners, so January is as good as June.
Drinks, photographs and, weather permitting, an outdoor ceremony among apple and damson trees.
Festoon lights, a fire pit and the cobbles everyone ends up on at 11pm.
The old cowshed, converted into nine bedrooms. Breakfast the morning after is included, and the walk up to the edge is five minutes.
What a date costs
The price is the date. The rest is your choice.
Venue hire is set by the day you pick, not by your guest list. Prices include VAT and service: no service charge is added at the end, and nothing is hidden in the small print.
| Day | WinterNovember to March | ShoulderApril and October | PeakMay to September |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | £5,450 | £7,950 | £9,450 |
| Friday or Sunday | £3,950 | £6,450 | £7,950 |
| Monday to Thursday | £3,450 | £3,450 | £3,450 |
The bars show the Saturday price through 2027. Midweek is £3,450 all year.
Real weddings
Six couples, in their own words
- Summer Saturday
- Autumn Friday
Hannah and Ruth
Friday 3 October 2025 · 72 guests
The orchard was the exact colour of the invitations. We did not plan that.
- Food
- Seasonal three courses
- Flowers
- Dahlias cut on the farm
- Music
- Acoustic duo and a playlist
- Stayed
- Six rooms
- Midweek in May
Callum and Mo
Wednesday 13 May 2026 · 54 guests
A Wednesday in May for £3,450. Our guests did not mind. The weather was free.
- Food
- Family-style sharing
- Flowers
- Hedgerow and cow parsley
- Music
- A friend with a fiddle
- Stayed
- Five rooms
- Winter Saturday
Priya and Joe
Saturday 6 February 2026 · 96 guests
Frost outside, a wood burner and four hundred candles inside. The barn did the rest.
- Food
- Seasonal three courses
- Flowers
- Winter foliage and amaryllis
- Music
- Soul band
- Stayed
- All nine rooms
Peak SundayEleanor and Sam
Sunday 28 September 2025 · 140 guests
On Sunday morning everyone walked up to the millstones. Nobody wanted to go home.
- Food
- Feasting table
- Flowers
- Late roses and grasses
- Music
- Brass quintet, then a DJ
- Stayed
- All nine rooms
- Winter Saturday
Nia and Gareth
Saturday 22 November 2025 · 84 guests
One long table, a lot of candles, and Gareth's nan still dancing at midnight.
- Food
- Family-style sharing
- Flowers
- Moss, ivy and white hellebores
- Music
- Folk trio
- Stayed
- Seven rooms
My dad walked in, looked up at the roof and said nothing for a full minute. For him, that is a standing ovation.Imogen, married 12 June 2026
Come and see it
Come and stand in it.
Viewings last 90 minutes, come with tea and something from the farm kitchen, and carry no pressure and no pushy follow-up emails. Bring your parents. They will want to see the roof.
0161 496 0142