About Larkspur Lodge Larkspur Lodge is a country-chic destination for weddings and private events located in Knutsford, Cheshire. This 18th-century shippon barn has been beautifully refurbished and boasts a warm ambience around every corner. Defined by a blend of rustic and modern elements, this lodge offers a one-of-a-kind space to say 'I do.' We are always excited to help make your dream wedding come to life, and we feel honoured to make each couple's special day feel unique. We'd love to learn more about how we can bring yours to life. At the venue we have so much to offer, but our number one priority is ensuring you have the most memorable wedding experience possible. If you have any questions or you'd like further information, we would love to hear from you! Facilities and Capacity Larkspur Lodge offers exclusive use of the whole venue for your wedding day, including The Lodge Room, The Old Cinema Room, The Candle Gallery, The Snug, The Garden Room and The Bowling Green. To get to this charming location, you'll find a private entrance and ample parking spaces for you and all your loved ones. We're also a pet-friendly venue, so if you'd love your furry family member to be part of your big day, they're more than welcome to join in the celebrations. When you arrive, you may hold your civil ceremony in our unique Old Cinema Room, featuring reclaimed cinema seating arranged runway-style, foliage-dressed chandeliers, and twinkling fairy lights overhead. Between events, you and your guests can enjoy a drink at our 24-foot bar, serving everything from champagne to local ales. The Lodge Room features exposed red brick walls, foliage-dressed chandeliers and immaculate white-clothed tables, offering the perfect backdrop for your wedding breakfast and evening celebrations, accommodating up to 150 seated day guests, extending to 180 for the evening reception. Our Garden Room is a beautiful glass-fronted space overlooking the garden, complete with comfortable seating, cosy pillows and a fire pit, the perfect spot for your guests to relax with a drink and take in the surroundings. Step outside from here into our lawned garden and Bowling Green, ideal for outdoor reception drinks, lawn games, confetti shots and golden-hour photographs. Together, the Garden Room and Bowling Green create a wonderful indoor-outdoor flow for your guests to enjoy throughout the day. Catering Our catering and drinks are exclusively provided by Fork & Field, who are under the same ownership as Larkspur Lodge, keeping everything seamless from planning to your big day. We work on a minimum spend basis rather than tying you to a set menu, giving you the flexibility to put your catering and drinks spend towards the things you love, from elegant three-course wedding breakfasts to relaxed sharing feasts, sizzling grills and late-night street food. Services Offered Larkspur Lodge is proud to present a wide selection of wedding and event services. This includes a dedicated wedding co-ordinator and on-the-day event manager, alongside a Master of Ceremonies to ensure your timeline runs smoothly and gracefully. Plus, with an entertainment license and live band facilities, your music group or musician will have everything they need. Once you've fallen in love with Larkspur Lodge, our online Quote Maker makes it easy to see exactly what your day will cost, simply select your date and you'll see what's included as standard, then build on it with your food and drink choices. FAQs Describe the best wedding that happened at your venue? It's always tough to single out a particular wedding. However we would have to shout out, Ross and Nicholas! Just after covid, where we all hadn't been able to show off our love, Ross and Nicholas got married. This was a small intimate wedding and there were many beautiful moments during the day. One of them being how Nicholas had published a book called 'The 2 Bears' all about their love story and the couple gave this out as a wedding favour to their guests. Nicholas is a professional dancer, and they shared a special moment by having their first dance under a sky full of fairy lights in our Old Cinema Room. What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples? Create a wedding email! Not just to help with planning in general but you can ask your wedding guests to send over their RSVPs to this too! When you have a 'Wedmin' day, you can open up your inbox and know all of your emails are in one place! Often personal inboxes can get full of junk and it's easy for important wedding emails to get lost & especially those all-important final details and payments. What's your favourite personal touch you've seen at a wedding? To make a table plan a little less formal, it is always lovely when you have a photograph of you and each guest, then as they turn it over it reveals where they are seated. Once the guests get to the table, there is a personal message written to each individual guest of memories they have shared together. Describe your venue in 5 adjectives. Romantic, Warm, Beautiful, Welcoming, Unique. Where's the best photo spot at your venue? Our Old Cinema Room captures the perfect pictures with the romantic lighting and twinkling fairy lights, the long awaited first kiss shots as newlyweds are always a tear jerker. The Garden Room and its glass frontage also make for beautiful golden-hour shots, and the fields surrounding Larkspur Lodge create the most breath-taking photographs too. Have you had any celebrity guests or weddings at your venue? In our local area, there are many celebrities and some of them host events and even come along as guests to Larkspur Lodge, there was even an event held for one of England's footballers! What's your favourite midnight treat? A slice of wedding cake and a glass of champagne please! What is your venue's most unique feature? Our Old Cinema Room's fixed seating, we have reclaimed cinema seating which faces in as a runway aisle. One of the top trends for ceremony seating at the moment. This creates such a personal ceremony as everyone looks in on you. What part of your business are you most proud of? Our customer service! As a family-run business, we really do pride ourselves on a personal, bespoke wedding journey for our couples! We think it's important to build our team from within, our Wedding & Events Director and Operations Director both started as co-ordinators and have been with the company for over 14 years, meaning you're in very capable hands.