A relaxed, exclusive-use DIY wedding venue for couples who want something different.

 

Moonacre is a woodland and field wedding venue in Dorset, created for couples who want the freedom to build a wedding that actually feels like them.

Think long tables under fairy lights, drinks around the fire pit, music in the woods, guests camping under the stars and no conveyor belt of another wedding arriving behind you.

You get the space, structures, facilities and support already in place — then you make it your own.

No rigid packages. No hotel carpets. No copy-and-paste weddings.

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A DIY Wedding Venue Without Starting From Scratch

A completely blank field might sound exciting, but hiring marquees, toilets, showers, furniture, power, lighting and event staff separately can quickly become expensive and complicated.

Moonacre gives you the creative freedom of a DIY field wedding, with the essential infrastructure already on site.

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Your hire includes:

• Exclusive use of approximately five acres of private woodland and event space

• Permanent 24m × 9m wedding marquee

• Licensed woodland ceremony areas

• Indoor and outdoor furniture

• Professional sound and lighting equipment

• Dance floor, stage and DJ booth

• Fully equipped and staffed bar

• Flushing toilets and hot-water showers

• Mains electricity and water points

• On-site parking

• Venue management and event support

• Fire pit, festoon lighting and woodland features

You can bring your own ideas, styling, suppliers and personality without having to construct an entire wedding venue from an empty field.

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Moonacre One-Day Wedding Hire

 

High Season

May to September

Saturday — £9,995

Tuesday or Wednesday — £5,950

Low Season

April and October

Saturday — £7,250

Your hire runs from 9am until 11pm.

A £1,000 deposit secures your date, with flexible payment plans available for the remaining balance.

 

What’s Included?

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Exclusive Woodland Wedding Venue

 

Moonacre is yours for the day.

You will have exclusive use of our private woodland, main celebration area, ceremony spaces and outdoor guest areas.

 

There is room for drinks, dining, dancing, photographs, lawn games, live music and all the wonderfully chaotic bits that make a wedding memorable.

 

Permanent Wedding Marquee

 

Our 24m × 9m permanent iron-framed marquee gives you the atmosphere of a marquee wedding without the cost and stress of hiring one separately.

It includes:

• Wooden barn-style sides and doors

• Chiffon ceiling

• Fairy lights and decorative lighting

• Floral roof rings

• Heating

• Dance floor

• Stage

• DJ booth

• Professional sound system

• DJ and dance-floor lighting

• Coloured uplighting

• Fire pit

• Secure overnight lock-up

The structure is already built, powered and ready to transform.

 

Licensed Woodland Ceremony Spaces

 

Choose a ceremony surrounded by trees rather than four beige walls.

Moonacre includes:

• Licensed wooden ceremony platform

• Licensed wooden ceremony teepee

• Additional wooden platform on the main site

• Outdoor ceremony sound system

• Festoon lighting

• Woodland uplighting

• Seasonal natural decoration

You can hold your legal ceremony and celebration in one location, without needing to move guests between

separate venues.

 

Tables, Chairs and Relaxed Seating

 

Your hire includes a mixture of practical dining furniture and relaxed lounge seating:

• Six wooden trestle tables

• Twelve wooden benches

• Fifty whitewashed Chiavari chairs with ivory seat pads

• Four Chesterfield sofas

• Six outdoor picnic benches

• Three whiskey-barrel poseur tables

• Two large decorative olive trees

Style them heavily, keep them simple or move things around to suit your plans.

 

Fully Equipped and Staffed Bar

 

Moonacre has a permanent bar with:

• Drinks refrigeration

• Beer taps

• Glassware

• Bar equipment

• Setup and preparation

• Professional bar staff

• End-of-night bar cleaning

You do not need to arrange a temporary mobile bar or recruit your own serving staff.

Drinks purchased by guests are charged separately.

 

Proper Toilets, Showers and Utilities

 

A field wedding does not need to mean questionable portable toilets and extension cables running through the grass.

Moonacre includes:

• Eight flushing toilets

• Six hot-water power showers

• Six outdoor water points

• Three-phase mains electricity

• Waste-management facilities

• Security cameras

• On-site overnight parking

These facilities are permanently installed and maintained as part of the venue.

 

Support When You Need It

 

DIY does not mean doing everything alone.

 

Our team provides:

• Wedding and event coordination

• Supplier liaison

• Site preparation

• Venue handover

• Event-day troubleshooting

• Parking support

• Facilities management

• Security and site monitoring

You keep the creative control. We help keep the practical side moving.

 

Stay Under the Stars

 

Make more of your celebration by adding Moonacre’s accommodation and camping options.

 

Six On-Site Accommodations

£750 per night

This includes all six of our individual accommodation units:

• Jabba the Hut

• Bertie the Bus

• The Treehouse

• Monty the Motorhome

• Dan the Van

• Retro

That works out at an average of £125 per accommodation when all six are used.

 

Private Camping Field

 

£150 per night

 

Give your guests the option to camp on site after the wedding.

 

Standard departure time is 11am the following morning.

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Need More Time?

Additional Setup Access

£450 Get four hours of site access on the day before your wedding for styling, deliveries and preparations.

 

Late Departure

 

£450

 

Extend your checkout and departure time from 11am until 3pm.

Perfect for slower mornings, breakfast with guests and clearing up without feeling rushed.

 

The Freedom of a Field Wedding. The Facilities of an Established Venue.

 

Hiring an empty field can mean separately arranging:

• A marquee

• Flooring

• Furniture

• Toilets

• Showers

• Electricity

• Water

• Lighting

• Sound equipment

• A bar

• Staffing

• Waste collection

• Parking

• Licensing

• Event management

 

At Moonacre, those foundations are already in place.

You still get the freedom to choose your caterers, styling, entertainment and overall feel, but without having to build an event venue from the ground up.

Comparable facilities, equipment and services sourced separately could cost more than £26,000, before delivery, installation, collection, fuel and VAT.

Moonacre one-day hire starts from £5,950.

 

Is Moonacre Right for You?

 

Moonacre could be the right fit if you are looking for:

• A DIY wedding venue in Dorset

• A relaxed outdoor or woodland wedding

• A festival-style wedding venue

• A field wedding without hiring everything separately

• A venue with camping and accommodation

• A blank-canvas wedding venue

• Exclusive use without multiple weddings taking place

• A rustic, boho or alternative wedding setting

• The freedom to choose your own suppliers

• A wedding that feels personal rather than packaged

 

Come and See Moonacre

 

Photos show the woodland, but they cannot fully capture the space, atmosphere or possibilities.

Arrange a private viewing, walk through the ceremony areas and see how your wedding could work at Moonacre.

 

A £1,000 deposit secures your chosen date.

Flexible payment plans are available.​