A Magical Rustic Barn Wedding in a Lakeland Paradise

A SMALL RUSTIC BARN WEDDING

Nestled in the Rydal valley, Cote How is the perfect setting for a fantastic Lake District rustic barn wedding in our small, exclusive-use barn wedding venue.

Natasha & Chris booked in May, hoping for a beautiful sunny Lake District barn wedding. The weather did not disappoint! We were blessed with wall-to-wall sunshine all day. They chose an indoor ceremony, which took place in our beautiful Fairfield room, filled with twinkling fairy lights and candles. Natasha’s flowers, featuring sunflowers and a bright, vivid colour theme, dressed the room perfectly.

The ceremony was emotional, and young bridesmaid Maddie’s reading brought a tear to everyone’s eye. Photographer Tiree expertly captured some lovely shots during and after the ceremony as the wedding party relaxed and enjoyed a glass of fizz in the sunshine on our upper terrace.

Post Ceremony CELEBRATIONS

Following their intimate ceremony, Chris and Natasha enjoyed relaxing with their closest family and friends, taking in the beautiful Cote How gardens. The grounds are filled with an incredible display of summer plants and flowers. Earlier, Natasha arrived in style, and Tiree snapped some lovely moments of the newlyweds together in a fabulous vintage VW camper van. It perfectly matched the barn wedding theme!

MAKING THE MOST OF THE superb location and amazing SCENERY

Next, Natasha and Chris headed off to the caves to enjoy some precious first moments together as a married couple. Their photographer, Tiree, captured beautiful images of them enjoying the majestic scenery, with views of Rydal valley and our Lake District wedding barn in the distance. Later, when they returned, it was time to have their first look at the barn.

ELEGANTLY STYLED SMALL BARN WEDDING

Before guests arrived, our elegantly styled small barn wedding venue was filled with Natasha’s beautiful sunflowers, adorned with candles and dressed in twinkling lights, ready for the wedding party to enjoy a delicious two-course wedding breakfast.

Natasha and Chris selected their playlist to accompany their meal. The room was filled with summery music, laughter, and love!

Best Best Man speech ever...

After dinner, the couple’s small barn wedding reception finished with an emotional speech from their son Alex. Alex blew us away with his eloquently spoken words about his mum and dad. It was one of the greatest speeches we have witnessed, especially as he is only 12 years old! WELL DONE, Alex!

A Wedding Location like no other

This is what Natasha and Chris had to say...

A Magical Day

Thank you so much to Caroline, Steve, and the team for bringing our dream to reality at the beautiful Cote How. We chose the mid-week all-inclusive package which was a perfect intimate wedding of 18 guests in the glorious sunshine on Tuesday 9th August.

Cote How is a very special place and all the staff were very warm, friendly, professional and responsive in communication from start to finish.

All our guests were blown away at how beautiful our wedding was – the location of Cote How is spectacular, and there are so many stunning spots for photographs after the ceremony, such as Rydal Caves. We chose Tiree Dawson for our photography who is phenomenally talented, and it was so lovely to share our special day with her!

Thank you so much for your varied menu, which included many options for our gluten-free and vegan guests.

Thanks again to Caroline and the team at Cote How; we are so happy to have found you. Every little detail about Cote How made our day magical!