P.O.A
Up to 80
20 Bedrooms
Exclusive Use
Wedding Licence
shortlisted
We host Magical Weekend Barn or Outdoor Weddings on our Organic Farm. Close friends & family stay onsite in Luxury Accommodation and you get to celebrate with them for the entire weekend Fri to Sun.
Features & Capacity
Overview
Venue Type
Barn
Dining Capacity
80
Reception Capacity
80
No. of Bedrooms
20
Bridal Suite
Honeymoon Suite
Usual Access Time
10:00 AM
Usual Finish Time
01:00 AM
Venue
Bridal Changing Facilities
Exclusive Use
In-House Wedding Coordinator
Marquee Permitted
On-Site Parking
Open Flame Permitted
Outdoor Reception Space
Pet-Friendly
Ceremony & Reception
Confetti Permitted
Dancefloor Available
Sound System Available
Food and Drink
Alcohol Licence
In-house Catering
In-House Wine List
Cultural Specialists
Weekend Weddings
Full Description
Gather your friends and family and celebrate your wedding for a whole entire weekend in the countryside. Get back to nature and sleep under the stars, at our family run, organic farm, in Hay on Wye. Nestled at the foot hills of the Welsh Black Mountains, on the border of Herefordshire & Powys.
Enjoy home grown wild feasts, cooked fresh on open fires. Roam freely on our 40 acres of farm, fields and forest, yours exclusively for your 3-day wedding weekend celebration here with us.
SPACES:
We have two gorgeous barns and stunning outdoor spaces to choose for your ceremony, reception, dance and Epic Photos.
So if you are planning an outdoor element for your wedding, no stress if the weather turns bad we can change location to one of the barns even if we decide on the Wedding Day.
ACCOMMODATION:
40-60 of your guests can be accommodated onsite in our beautifully restored, old stone Drovers cottages, all with ensuite bathrooms. Or in one of our posh glamping safari tents, perched on decks with amazing rural views, all with private underfloor heated bathrooms, wood-burners and electric blankets. Your guests can stay on site from Fri-Sun (3 nights) for £135.50 per Person, Enjoying the whole wedding weekend of festivities with you.
Minimum No for Guests Staying onsite 40 including Bride & Groom
Minimum No for Wedding Food (details below) 40 people
Minimum No for Weekend Guest Food Outside Wedding food 40 people
Personal Message from the Manager
Name of Wedding Contact: Kesri Smolas (Owner)
Hi there, if you like our photos you should definitely come visit as the photos do not do it justice. It is truly magical here on the Farm. A perfect venue for the wild and free at heart. The gypsy, the mermaid and the bohemian in us all. We created the idea of wedding weekends based on our own wedding. It was so magical and it lasted for the whole entire weekend!! We work with our couples to create a weekend that really fits our couples vision and dreams.
Experience
Year Business Was Established
2010
No. of Weddings Hosted
Less than 10
Public Liability Insurance
Yes
No. of People In Team
6
Reviews
(1)
(1)
Tom & Becci
Married in March 2019
April 2019
A Hidden Gem of a Venue
Everything was so perfect we loved it. Paul and Kesri hosted an amazing weekend for our friends and family and took care of all the details. The Food was amazing and our wedding was magical. Thank you so much
Location & Contact Details
Address
Drovers Rest, Llanerch Y Coed Farm, Hay on wye, Herefordshire, HR3 6AG, England
Travel Notes
Its best to enter our venue The Barn at Drovers on Google Maps
Nearest Town
Hay on wye
Nearest Motorway & Junction
M4
Nearest Train Station
Hereford or Abergavenny
Nearest Airport
Cardiff or Bristol
Press & Awards
(4)
Press & Awards (1)
Accreditations / Associations (1)
5 star rating for accommodation by visit Wales
Industry Awards (2)
Alistair Sawdays winner of Best Small Business Award
Trip Advisor Winner of certificate of Excellence 2017 & 2018
FAQ
(10)
Describe the best wedding that happened at your venue?
A weekend wedding celebration of love that lasted 3 days!
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Make sure to have no cars near the venue as they just get in the way of photos and mobile phones!! Imagine a gorgeous photo with everyone either staring at their phones or competing with the photographer to get the pic.
What’s your favourite personal touch you’ve seen at a wedding?
Handmade dreamcatchers hung in all the trees and every guest got one and we got two x
Describe your venue in 5 adjectives.
Magical, Rustic, Cool, Unique, Outdoorsy
Where’s the best photo spot at your venue?
So many to choose from. Against the stone walls, or down in the woodlands, in our gardens or against a rustic door of the stables
Have you had any celebrity guest or wedding at your venue?
The best new guitarist in the world played at his friends wedding here at Drovers
What’s your favourite canapé?
Arancini
What’s your favourite midnight treat?
Fish Finger butties
What is your venue's most unique feature?
The Barn. I designed and decorated the interiors which it has won awards for and has been featured in magazines. The lights are old olive buckets and the ceiling is corrugated iron with lightning that reflects off it. There are huge exposed beams and lovely chalkboards hung on meat hooks. Its well insulated and warm with underfloor heating and two massive woodburners at each end I love the polished concrete floors. The bar is an old shop counter. Its got an industrial, rustic kinda vibe thats Uber cool
What part of your business are you most proud of?
The whole business really we built from nothing and now have many repeat guests and 5 star reviews on trip advisor. We look forward to extending this success to weddings