Newsletters & Blog

Looking for a dog friendly wedding venue in Canterbury? Winters Barns loves your furry companions! To enquire, call 01227 472581.

As you will have discovered by now, Weddings have many ancient traditions. With so many wedding traditions to consider for your big day, it’s important to remember you don’t have to include them, or you can make them your own! We’ve seen a lot of modern twists to these traditions so thought we’d share a few of our recent favourites.

Well, doesn’t our name give it away? We joke, ‘Winters Barns’ was known as ‘Lower Farm’ until 1890. From then on, it was named ‘Winters Farm’ after Mr Winter the farmer who took it over. Our name has nothing to do with season but we do love a WINTERS wedding! When booking a winter wedding with us at Winters Barns,...

We asked them both a few questions about them and their beautiful Winter Wonderland Wedding. This is what they had to say…

Speeches, speeches, speeches. They really are some peoples worst enemy and others best friend! Now I wish we could sit here and give you the perfect formula for your speech, but I hate to say it… there’s not one. That’s not to say we haven’t seen lots of amazing speeches, as we most certainly have! We’ve seen all sorts from...

Her and her amazing Bride Tribe arrived at Winters Barns first thing to let the pampering commence within the walls of our luxury Salon. Today Sarah was the Bride! Sarah and Mike first stepped foot in Winters Barns on the 20th June 2020 when they came to a viewing after finding Winters Barns online. From the get go Sarah and...

Since late last Summer we have been on the edge of our seats as the Wedding Award season has unfolded. We have been so proud of our Venue and the Winters Barns team as we have jumped from one success to another as each award has been announced. Throughout the last year we experienced countless rescheduling and throughout the Summer...

Now, no one said planning a wedding was easy! Navigating through the wedding world can sometimes feel like learning a foreign language!

During the final few days leading up to your wedding you will probably feel like you are being pulled in a million directions. As a Bride, it is so easy to focus on the day itself and put yourself at the bottom of the list. This is NOT allowed! You are the Bride and you are everyone’s priority. Make sure...

From the moment you say “YES!” everything can seem like a whirlwind. From telling the parents, going on viewings, deciding when, what, who, where, how…the list goes on up until the point you find your dream venue. You make the booking, secure your date…. Now what?