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Nestled in woodland and surrounded by fruit orchards, The Night Yard is located in the heart of Kent, just 10 minutes from Canterbury and only an hour from London via the fast train.
Dating back to 1898, the Historic Night Yard was once a brick-built cattle shelter. Retaining its original charm and history, and with the new addition of a stunning glasshouse, The Night Yard makes for a truly relaxed Kentish Wedding Venue.
As an award-winning wedding venue in the heart of the Kentish countryside, The Night Yard’s philosophy is flexibility. Surrounded by acres of apple orchards, The Night Yard provides couples with a neutral palette, allowing you to dress the venue to match the wedding of your dreams. With a portfolio of handpicked suppliers, the day can be created to suit you.
The Courtyard
Under the eaves in the intimate courtyard, you and your guests can be mesmerised by the beauty of love and soothed by the open space lawn. The Courtyard is an outdoor wedding ceremony option situated at the heart of the venue, licensed for civil ceremonies with a unique set-up. It allows you to walk down the aisle together, as a couple, with its two gated entrances: how romantic! After your ceremony, it will be transformed into a whimsical open space for you and your loved ones to enjoy drinks and delicious canapés before your wedding breakfast in The Glasshouse.
The Glasshouse
There is no place as calming as The Night Yard’s Glasshouse. To ease those ceremony nerves, this stunning indoor option, also licensed for civil ceremonies, gives you all the space, air and light to make your wedding day as tranquil as can be. With oak flooring, warm festoon lighting and dimmable chandeliers to fit the mood of your wedding, this is the perfect spot to tie the knot. The space can then be transformed into your reception and evening celebration setting.
Plus so much more…
The Gallery is a flexible space with cosy seating, which can be used throughout the day to take a moment and reflect on your wedding day. With vaulted, beamed ceilings and large bright doors, it can house so many things-from photo booths to dance machines!
The Snug begins as a secret entrance to prepare before the ceremony and remains open throughout the day for the couple to freshen up.
The Bar is always a popular location during any wedding, so with a fully stocked and staffed bar included in the hire price, your guests won’t go thirsty!
Animals are welcome as long as they are well-behaved. Why not have your furry friend walk with you down the aisle for an extra sweet entrance?
The Orchard is an idyllic location for your wedding photography, or a moment away together from your guests, admiring the acres of apple orchards that surround you.
Thank you all so much for making our day so amazing! You all really went above and beyond and made us and our guests feel so welcome.
We had our wedding here and loved every single minute of it! We cannot recommend the staff and venue enough! Everything was seamless and nothing was too much trouble for the staff. All our guests were to impressed with the venue and staff too, so proffesional yet so warm and welcoming at the same time. So so beautiful, we couldn’t have picked a more perfect place for the day!
It can seem daunting when you have to organise suppliers but don’t let that put you off The Night Yard. It’s 100% worth the price and it is beautiful. Everyone at our wedding complimented us on how amazing it was and we did barely any decorations.
Recently came for a friends wedding, from the moment we arrived to when we left, everything was seamless. The staff were friendly and so organised. The venue was clean, well set up and magical. What a unique and special place.
My daughter’s wedding was on Thursday at The Night Yard and we cannot praise them enough. The venue is amazing and so are the staff. I am disabled in a wheelchair and a girl came out to greet me and looked out for me all day – even bringing sun cream out to me. I cannot recommend this venue enough.
Thank you so much for all your help and support to give us the most perfect wedding day. You went above and beyond and we are super grateful. We will always recommend you.
Nothing was ever too much. We got so many comments on how lovely the venue was and how nice the staff were!
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for all of your help in helping us create our perfect wedding. We truly had the best day with the best venue we could ever have hoped for. We hope our friends choose you and The Night Yard for their weddings so we can come back!
From the moment we viewed the venue right up to the day, the team there have made the whole thing so relaxed and enjoyable.
The venue and staff were amazing throughout the whole process and we couldn’t have asked for anything more!
- Exclusive use of the venue from 09:00am on the day of your event until the time as specified in your Confirmation of Booking email. Friday and Saturday dates have access until 11:30pm and midweek dates have access until 11:00pm
- We can accommodate receptions of up to 240 people (140-day guests and an additional 100 evening guests). We also offer bespoke packages for larger weddings
- Onsite venue coordination and unlimited planning meetings
- Choice of two designated ceremony areas (Under the Eaves and The Glasshouse)
- The Gallery
- The Snug
- Stunning Glasshouse with festoon lighting, oak flooring, dimmable bespoke lighting with room for formal dining for up to 140 guests
- Toilet and cloakroom facilities
- Vintage 'chill out' corner
- Fully staffed, stocked and licensed bar
- Fully licensed wedding venue
- Guest Wi-Fi
- 12 variegated decorative trees in rustic wooden baskets
- Vintage cake table
- Cake knife
- 6ft round tables and 6ft x 3ft trestle tables available
- Chiavari chairs with velvet cream seat pads
- Wooden folding ceremony chairs
- Outdoor furniture
- Grass courtyard
- Great photographic opportunities with Bertie our vintage tractor and in the apple orchards
- Overnight storage facilities
- Car parking for up to 80 cars
- Indoor and outdoor power sockets
- Fantastic sound system throughout the venue
- Wireless microphone for speeches is available on request
- Well-behaved pets are welcome at the owner's responsibility
The venue is exclusively available to you from 09:00 - 23:00 (Monday - Thursday) or 09:00 - 23:30 (Friday and Saturday) on your wedding day. This is subject to licensing regulations and any restrictions on your chosen date.
The beauty of The Night Yard is that you can decorate it however you wish - we provide the canvas, you provide the paint! There are numerous styling opportunities; cable ties and Blue Tack may be used, but we do not allow screws, nails or staple guns. If you need any help or inspiration, we are on hand to help!
Catering is not included in the venue's hire price. However, we have a list of four handpicked suppliers with whom we work closely. Whether you would like a traditional three-course wedding breakfast or a relaxed BBQ, we are certain that our caterers can provide it. Please see our catering tab under the weddings heading on our website for more information.
We have a fantastic on-site bar that will be fully stocked and staffed on your day. We also offer a comprehensive drinks package that can be entirely customised to suit you! We do not allow any drinks purchased off-site to be brought into the venue.