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Top 10 Wedding Venues Allowing DIY or Dry Hire in Dorset

Coco Wedding Venues is the first place to kickstart your wedding planning. We strip back the noise and overwhelm in those first steps of planning your wedding, focusing on the most important and time-consuming one of all – finding your perfect wedding venue.

Dorset has a whole host of wedding venues allowing DIY or dry hire, and we’ve chosen an ideal selection for you here. But why stop there? You’ll find plenty of other beautiful and stylish wedding venues allowing DIY or dry hire in Dorset and beyond in the pages of our Venue Finder.

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Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton House & Gardens
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Mapperton House & Gardens
From £11,450

Based on a weekend wedding in July. Includes 2-night venue hire and accommodation.

Undiscovered, exclusive and wildly romantic. Nestled in the rolling hills of West Dorset stands Mapperton, voted the UK's finest manor house by...
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Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
Deans Court
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Deans Court
From £5,500

Based on a weekday wedding in June.

Deans Court is an elegant historic house set in ancient gardens, a stone's throw from the centre of Wimborne Minster in Dorset. Weddings at Deans...
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
Hale Park
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Hale Park
From £6,700

Based on a weekend wedding in July.

Hale Park is a dry-hire venue offering a wide choice of ceremony, dining and party options-cofE church in the gardens, several civil locations,...
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
Boutique Marquees
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Boutique Marquees
From £6,500

Based on a weekend wedding in July.

Boutique Marquees are the Sperry Tent specialists, licensed to provide the only authentic Sailcloth Tent to the wedding and events industry across the...
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
Sopley Mill
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Sopley Mill
From £2,695

Based on a weekday wedding in November.

The Mill offers privacy and flexibility, allowing couples to create their own unique wedding. Sopley Mill is a blank canvas for designing the perfect...
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Big Capacity Wedding Venues
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
London
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
London
De Vere Wokefield Estate
Berkshire, South East
De Vere Cotswold Water Park
Gloucestershire/Cotswolds, South West
Froyle Park
Hampshire/Surrey, South East
West Barn Lodge
Wiltshire, South West
The Night Yard
Kent, South East
Hopetoun House
West Lothian, Scotland
The Bond
Birmingham, West Midlands
Achnagairn Castle
Inverness-shire, Scotland
The Octagon Barn
Norfolk, East of England
Abbey Farm Weddings
Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Hidden River Cabins
Cumbria, North West
Blackfriars Priory
Gloucestershire, South West.
The Grand Château
France, International
The Hurlingham Club
London
Greentrees Estate
West Sussex, South East
Brunswick House
London
Hampton Court House
Surrey, South East
Eden Project
Cornwall, South West
Stratton Court Barn
Oxfordshire, South East
Hotel Café Royal
London
Aswanley
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
Sopley Lake
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Sopley Lake
From £3,995

Based on a weekend wedding in August. Includes accommodation.

Sopley Lake spans 25 acres on the edge of the New Forest, offering an exclusive and private space for marquee wedding receptions. This Dorset venue is...
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
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The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate
From £5,000

Based on a weekend wedding in April.

A hidden gem, The Tithe Barn at Hinton St Mary sits in the grounds of Hinton Manor. Exclusively yours for the weekend, on a dry hire basis so you can...
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
Hooe's Yurts
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Hooe's Yurts
From £2,000
Hooe’s Yurts provide beautiful yurts with stunning decor, textiles and furnishings. With an extensive range of sizes available, you can have one...
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
Minterne House
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Minterne House
From £6,500

Based on a weekend wedding in November. Includes 2-night venue hire.

Minterne House is grand and inviting, ideal for intimate and large weddings. Whether you seek the elegance of a stately home or wish to design your...
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