1. Take time out for your couple portraits, looking dreamy as a newly married bride and groom. With Farbridge Barns being surrounded by so much natural beauty we really won’t need to journey too fare so you need not worry about missing out on any of the fun your wedding guests are having for long. Although, that said, if there’s a beautiful sunset on the eve of your wedding I most definitely would encourage you to join me outside for some romantic golden hour photos.

2. If you’re happier to spend a little more time alone as husband and wife on your wedding day then along the track, you’ll find the remains of an old dairy – a dramatic setting for some portraits offering an alternative backdrop to what all of your guests would have seen.

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Every fairy tale wedding at Farbridge wedding venue is different as the neutral coloured décor and so much white as well as outdoor space with the courtyard and surrounding landscape, it really allows couples to put their own stamp on it and create a wedding venue that’s truly theirs. The flexible spaces and barns that connect to one another enables your day to unfold in a relaxed yet organised fashion. With outstanding facilities, disabled access, superb service and some of the most comfortable accommodation in West Sussex, it’s easy to see why this is one of the leading wedding barns in Sussex.  

Nickie has managed over 500 weddings in her career and is so friendly and efficient, she and her husband, Simon, are valuable assets of this this glorious venue. With Imogen, Ellie, Ells, Julie and the rest of this professional and friendly team of event managers on-site brings the freedom to make every wedding day unique.

For Sussex wedding photography, in my opinion the large windows, high ceilings and flint walls of the main barn means the light bounces around giving me lovely soft light and in turn meaning lovely soft skin tones, beautiful and natural, light-filled photos.

3. The Meadow barn used for ceremonies is an interesting room to shoot in for a photographer. As it presents some extreme variations in natural light. So it’s really important that your wedding photographer understands lighting including kelvin temperatures, apertures and ISO’s to ensure your photos are not under or over exposed, are not too noisy and that your whites are balanced correctly, as it can be quite intrusive having flashes going off, like paparazzi. I shoot with a silent shutter during the ceremony and unobtrusively, using the natural light.

4. Book some live music for the day, to give a chilled outdoor summer wedding vibe to your day. My personal favourites are Stevie Appleton, an incredible acoustic singer and guitarist who always ends up with guests dancing and singing along – he's AMAZING and I actually flew him out to Mallorca for our Wedding in 2022 – you can find him on Instagram. Alternatively, for background music I’d highly recommend Steel Strum, I photographed Alex’s wedding and have worked with him at so many weddings before this and since, and he’s superb. The steel strums are unique, playing absolute classics yet lovely to listen and dance to while still being able to hold a conversation with your guests.

5. If you like the location and surrounding areas of venues like Firle Place and the Yoghurt Rooms, then Farbridge wedding venue is definitely worth a visit.

6. As a venue buddy I offer a discount to all weddings at Farbridge wedding venue. (*NB. not in conjunction with sales, already discounted packages).