The Threshing Barn is the heart of Donington Park Farmhouse – a striking, authentic wheat barn dating back to the 1720s. Originally used for the threshing process, where grain was separated from the chaff, this age-old tradition is what gives the barn its name.
Today, it’s our most popular ceremony space and also the setting for the evening wedding party. With its exposed brickwork, soaring beams, and plenty of rustic charm, it’s full of atmosphere from start to finish. The barn is equipped with an integrated sound system for your ceremony music and there’s plenty of room to bring in a live band or DJ to get the celebrations started.
The 25 acres of grounds at Donington Park Farmhouse include woodland, open fields, our herb garden and our little duck pond, with plenty of rustic spots and backdrops for your wedding photography. For couples who want to stay on-site, we have 20 bedrooms so you can make a weekend of it.
It is! You can exchange vows in the Hitching Room, which seats up to 80 guests, or in the larger Threshing Barn, which holds up to 150.
The Hitching Room is perfect for more intimate ceremonies of up to 80 people, while the Threshing Barn can host up to 150. In the evening, we can welcome as many as 300 guests to celebrate with you.
Yes, we do have minimum guest numbers on certain days of the week. For a Friday we ask for 50 adult guests in the day and 90 at night. For a Saturday it’s 70 adults in the day and 100 at night. We can sometimes be flexible on this depending on availability, so don’t be put off if you’re under those numbers.
There are many nearby Churches for traditional religious ceremonies. The most popular Anglican Churches on our doorstep are Breedon Priory Church (St Mary and St Hardulph) and Melbourne Priory Church (St Michael with St Mary’s Church) in
Melbourne, Derbsyhire. There is also All Saints Church in Isley Walton, a small church will a fascinating history linked to the 12th Century Knights Templar. Our most popular nearby Roman Catholic Churches are Our Lady of Mercy and St Philip Neri in Melbourne, and Our Lady of Lourdes & St Charles Borromeo in Ashby-de-laZouch.
Our bar closes at midnight, and the music runs until 12:30 am, so there’s plenty of time for a proper party! With 20 beautiful bedrooms, guests staying in the hotel don’t need to leave at all!
Bands and DJs will need to bring their own PA, as they would expect to at any venue. However, we have sound systems throughout the Barn Wedding Venue for background music, including for the ceremony.
Yes, our Threshing Barn transforms into the perfect dance floor for wedding evening parties, with a stage that your evening entertainment takes place on. We are known for being a great wedding party venue!
Our 350-year-old Threshing Barn is our party room and has great acoustics. Bands and DJs can setup on the stage and there is a large dancefloor area. We have a few recommended DJs (along with other wedding suppliers we recommend) but you can bring your own entertainment. If you don’t use one of our recommended DJs, we send a short contract to your entertainment supplier, and there is a small £60 fee for this process.
Yes children and babies are very welcome, and we have highchairs and changing facilities.
Absolutely – we are a Dog Friendly Wedding Venue! Four legged friends are important members of the family and we’re happy for them to be involved in your Wedding Day at Donington Park Farmhouse. Dogs are even able to be part of your ceremony. We do allow them to stay overnight in our bedrooms too, with a little cleaning supplement.
No. Our wedding coordinator will take the stress out of the day, managing all timings and ensuring your day runs as planned. They will make any announcements, manage the catering service and will liaise with suppliers on the day. (But we don’t get involved in decoration, so we do recommend that you bring in a third-party wedding stylist).
We believe Donington Park Farmhouse offers great value as a wedding venue. Our pricing and packages are affordable whilst maintaining the very high standards you would expect from a premium wedding venue.
Yes, the Barn is fully heated so it feels cosy even in the middle of winter. As a Sustainable Wedding Venue, the heating is produced by our on-site biomass boiler, helping make us a Climate Positive Estate.
Yes, we’ve got plenty, including accessible toilets both in the Barn and the Farmhouse.
Yes, Donington Park Farmhouse is a fully wheelchair accessible wedding venue, catering for those with impaired mobility. We have several ground floor bedrooms, including a fully wheelchair accessible bedroom.
There is plenty of free on-site parking for event guests where cars can be left overnight by arrangement.
Yes, Donington Park Farmhouse is a barn wedding venue with accommodation, boasting 20 beautiful bedrooms for you and your guests. In fact, 5 bedrooms are included in the venue hire!
Donington Park Farmhouse has high-speed wifi throughout.
Yes, the venue if fully furnished and our beautiful cross-back chairs can be used for your ceremony and wedding breakfast. Your wedding stylist is welcome to decorate our chairs with a sash, bow or floral accents
In the daytime, most of our electricity is generated by our large solar array (hidden at the back of the site) making us a highly sustainable wedding venue. However, we do have a backup generator in case there was ever a local power outage.
Because we have 20 spacious hotel rooms, we’ve never needed a bridal prep room; if you stay the night before your wedding, your hair and make-up artists can visit you and your bridesmaids in your bedroom. We don’t have a particular bridal suite, but you can see all the wedding venue’s accommodation on our virtual tour.
We have a list of recommended suppliers who know the venue well, but you can use whoever you like. We strongly recommend involving a stylist/decorator, as this takes a lot of pressure off you the day before and on the morning of your wedding.
Our permanent décor includes fairylights throughout the Barn venue (which highlight rustic beams and features), beautiful festoon lighting in the outdoor courtyard and stunning faux floristry in the Threshing Barn hay feeders, created by Emily.
As a rustic and original barn wedding venue, with buildings which are 350 years old, we do have a few decoration rules to preserve the original features. Decoration should be free-standing or hung but cannot be attached to the walls (no bluetack,
pins, nails, staples).
We have to be really careful about fire risk, so are a candle-free venue. You are welcome to use faux candles, and there are some amazing ones out there!
Biodegradable confetti is permitted on the paved area in the Courtyard Garden or inside. Confetti cannons and plastic confetti are against our environmental policy and strictly not allowed.
Yes, we allow sparklers to be lit outside, and it makes for some great photos.
Yes, lots. Our beautiful venue grounds include gardens, the woods, the duck pond, rustic dutch barns, the surrounding farmland and beautiful backdrops for sunset wedding photography during the golden hour.
Donington Park Farmhouse is a rustic barn wedding venue and does not need a great deal of decoration to look great. Some seasonal accent colours, wild flowers and a few special touches that reflect you and your unique style will go a long way. The dining room (or ‘the Pig Sties’) usually requires the most decoration, and that can usually be done the night before the wedding.
