Waterside Outdoor Wedding Venue | The Harty Estate, Kent

Waterside Weddings

A Coast & Country Landscape in Hideaway Kent

If you’ve always pictured your wedding day outside – with open sky, countryside and tranquil waters as far as you can see – then The Harty Estate was made for you. We sit in a quiet corner of the Kent coast where the Swale estuary meets wild wetland meadows and rolling farmland. It feels like the edge of the world, and yet London is little more than an hour away. Say your vows framed by these views, with the wedding venue exclusively yours for the day.

WEDDING BROCHURE & VIDEO TOUR

Newlyweds in the garden of The Harty Estate wedding venue, overlooking the estuary in Kent

Bride in a vintage lace wedding dress and hat raises her bouquet with blooming rose arch in the background

Bride and groom dance beside the water at country wedding venue in Kent

Outdoor Ceremonies

The Oak Gazebo

Say ‘I do’ beneath the Oak Gazebo, with the gardens and estuary stretching out behind you. Gather your loved ones on the waterside terrace – it seats up to 260 guests comfortably, but feels just as right for an intimate ceremony of fifteen.

Outdoor ceremonies can be held from April through to October, and the setting rewards every season and every time of day. Whether you’re picturing a glorious summer afternoon or a twilight ceremony with autumn colours and the estuary at golden hour, it’s a backdrop fitting of the best day of your life.

EXPLORE THE ESTATE Personal Viewing

Wedding couple showered with confetti by happy guests

Bride and groom join hands during their outdoor wedding ceremony, beneath a gazebo dressed in white flowers

An outdoor wedding ceremony overlooking the water, with a gazebo and white carpet aisle and styling

Waterside Drinks Reception

Moving from ceremony to celebration, your drinks reception takes place on the waterside terrace outside The Ferry House, the estate’s 16th century pub. Strung with festoon lights and opening into the Rose Garden, the lawn games are out, canapés are doing the rounds, and your guests are raising a glass with drinks from our vintage carts and icy beers in wheelbarrows. It’s a beautiful setting for exactly that — celebratory, relaxed and the perfect start to married life.

Weddings guests gather under parasols and festoon lights at sunny wedding venue drinks reception

Smiling wedding guest takes a drink from a rustic waterside drinks cart

Guests play a wooden tower game in the garden of a barn wedding venue with estuary views

The Estate Experience

The Wedding Barns

After your drinks reception, your wedding breakfast takes place in one of our two stunning barns for 15-260 guests. Hop Barn has four sets of french doors opening directly onto the waterside terrace and Rose Garden, with the estuary stretching out beyond. Spring Barn wows with a stunning glass entrance way and large feature windows that face the estuary, opening up to let the outside in. Both are designed to make the most of this extraordinary setting, and neither feels like a step away from it.

The Venue

Wedding Food & Drink

For couples who love the outdoors, there's something genuinely satisfying about sitting down to a wedding menu rooted in the same landscape you're celebrating in. We use homegrown and estate produce at the heart of our wedding menus - food that belongs to this place as much as the setting does.

Wedding Food & Drink

Wedding Accommodation

With 11 ensuite guest rooms and five self-catering cottages at upon The Harty Estate, up to 75 of your guests can stay close by and extend your celebrations. No rushing off, no early goodbyes - just more time in this remarkable setting, rounded off with a Kentish breakfast the following morning.

Wedding Accommodation

The Grounds + Beyond

The Harty Estate sits within a landscape that’s as beautiful to wander as it is to photograph – perfect for quiet moments together and some truly stunning couple portraits.

The Orchard

Dappled light, natural textures and vintage furniture for catching a quiet moment together.

Wild Meadows

Beautiful wetland meadows offer a backdrop that feels completely untouched.

The Estuary

The estate's standout feature - calm and beautiful at any time or season.

Kent Coastal Path

A wooden boarded coastal path winds alongside the estuary and wetland meadows

Fields & Farmland

The Harty farmland - yellow rapeseed in spring and golden grains during summer.

Kitchen Garden

A working kitchen garden for some unique and fun wedding portraits.

Rose Garden

A romantic garden overlooking the estuary and featuring a beautiful a rose arch tunnel.

Extra Touches

CREATE YOUR PERFECT OUTDOOR WEDDING

For couples who love being outside, the estate has a way of giving you exactly the day you had in mind. Our extra touches help you build just the atmosphere you want, from a vintage tractor arrival and rustic hay bale seating, to live music drifting across the terrace, and s’mores around the fire as the evening comes in.

TRUSTED WEDDING SUPPLIERS EXTRA TOUCHES