Quarry Wood

DESCRIPTION

Quarry Wood with its quirky grottos, optional woodland ceremony setting, lawn overlooking the lake and dance pit is a fabulous setting for any event. From a bare-footed festival style event, to a traditional suited and booted wedding, Quarry Wood and Quarry Wood Lawn can accommodate either and everything in between.

Situated on the private part of the Estate, the wood with graceful mature trees is perfect for those wanting a woodland ceremony. Canvas canopies can be suspended to create a covered dining or dance area. The path continues through the wooded area opening out into a clearing where you’ll find an oval lawn, from which you look down onto the Lower Meadow and graceful swans swimming on the lake. The lawn is approximately 27m x 38m in size and can accommodate a large marquee for drinks, dinner and dancing. At one end of the lawn are a couple of grottos which look amazing lit up as it gets dusk and a secluded natural depression known as the dance pit, with a raised DJ platform – ideal for a silent disco.

Deer Park Barn, which is situated close by, is also available to use as a base for those hiring Quarry Wood.

LOCATION & TRANSPORT

Set in the stunning Wiltshire countryside, Quarry Wood is on the private part of the Fonthill Estate, near Fonthill Bishop. The Estate is situated 15 miles west of Salisbury close to the Dorset border, with easy access from the A303. The nearest train station is Tisbury, which goes into London Waterloo and is only a 10 minute car journey away from Quarry Wood.

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WEDDING CEREMONIES

The whole venue is licensed by the Wiltshire Registrar Office for civil ceremonies and there are no restrictions at this venue on the number of guests that can attend.

CAMPING

Camping is allowed in the woodland, where a bell tent ‘village’ can be set up amongst the trees.

FACILITIES

• Mature Woodland for ceremony or other use.
• Large oval lawn on which to erect a marquee if required, or to be utilised as you see fit.
• Water standpipe.
• Grottos (no access but can be lit from within).
• Dance Pit.
• Grass parking area.
• Woodland area for camping.
• Private drive with security gate.

LENGTH OF HIRE

You will have access to the venue for just short of 5 days. We will meet you at the venue, at a time of your choosing on the Thursday prior to your event to do a check-in and the keys need to be returned to us at midday on the Monday following your event, when we will meet you to complete the check-out. On occasion we may need to come to the venue to show prospective couples, or carry out essential maintenance, but we will try to keep this to a minimum.

WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

We have very few rules, but to summarise, we ask the following: to treat the venue with respect, don’t cause any damage, use your common sense with regards to the health and safety of yourselves and your guests and return the venue in a good clean state of repair. The few rules that we do have are set out in our hire agreement, which we will ask you to read and sign when you make your booking. The main points to consider are as follows:

Candles:
Please candles contained in something such as a hurricane vase or T-light holders.

Confetti:
Please only use small, dried petal confetti.

Cleaning:
You will need to return the venue in the same good clean state of repair in which we hand it to you. You must clean the entirety of the venue before returning the keys.

Rubbish Removal:
All rubbish must be removed from the venue prior to returning the keys to us. We recommend you pay to have your rubbish removed and we can suggest companies who can do this for you.

Gates:
All gates onto the Estate must be kept shut at all times.