A wedding and a campsite are two separate permissions
A venue that allows weddings does not automatically allow overnight camping, and a venue that allows camping is not automatically set up for a wedding on top of it. Ask the owner directly whether your particular event, with guests staying over, is something they'll agree to, rather than assuming one permission covers the other.
Whose tents, and who's responsible for them
Work out early whether guests are bringing their own tents, whether bell tents or glamping are being arranged for them, or whether it's a mix. Each option changes what you need from the venue: space for cars and guy ropes if guests bring their own kit, or a dedicated pitching area and access for a glamping company's van if accommodation is being arranged for them. Ask the venue which they're set up for, and whether they charge differently for each.
Decide who's actually responsible for the campsite overnight: the venue, you, or nobody in particular. "Nobody in particular" is how a minor problem, a drunk guest near a fire pit or a tent blown over in the night, turns into an argument the next morning about whose job it was to notice.
What facilities stay open overnight
Daytime toilet and water provision for a wedding is not the same as what's needed for people sleeping on site until the next morning. Ask specifically whether toilets, water points and any lighting stay open and serviced overnight, not just during the reception, and whether there's a quiet, lit route from the camping area back to the toilets for anyone up in the night.
How many tents actually fit
Ask the venue for an actual area for camping, not a vague "plenty of room." A field that comfortably holds a marquee, parking and a dance floor can have surprisingly little space left over once you add 20 or 30 guest tents with reasonable space between them. If you're arranging bell tents or glamping rather than guest-pitched tents, ask your supplier how many of their tents the area the venue has offered will actually take.
The morning after is still your event
Ask what time campers need to be packed up and off site, and whether that's realistic for guests who were dancing until 1am. Ask who's doing a final check of the camping area for litter and left-behind kit, and by when, since a venue that charges a deposit against the state the field is left in will want this answered before the day, not after.
Checklist before you tell guests they can camp
- Does the venue actually allow overnight camping with a wedding, in writing?
- Are guests bringing their own tents, or are you arranging accommodation for them?
- Who's responsible for the campsite overnight?
- Do toilets, water and lighting stay open and serviced overnight?
- What area is actually available, and how many tents does that realistically take?
- What time does everyone need to be packed up and off site the next day?
- Is there a deposit tied to the condition the camping area is left in?
101 of our 303 public listings carry sourced evidence of camping or already appear on our venues with overnight stays list. Treat that as a starting point for a conversation, not a guarantee of space or facilities on your date; confirm numbers and arrangements directly with the venue.
Browse venues with overnight stays, or if you're mainly deciding between a structure and a venue's own cover, read what "marquee included" actually means next.
