The things people actually ask.

Saturdays between May and September usually go about eighteen months ahead. Fridays and Sundays tend to go twelve months out, and midweek dates are often free inside six months.

If your date is close, ask anyway. We keep a short cancellation list and it moves more than you would think.

Yes. After a viewing we hold your date free of charge for 14 days. If somebody else asks for it in that window we will ring you and give you 48 hours to decide, which is only fair on both of you.

£1,500, which comes off your final bill. The balance is due eight weeks before the date. We never ask for card details over the phone and we never will.

The deposit is non refundable. Anything paid beyond that is refunded on a sliding scale set out in the agreement: 75 per cent up to six months before, 50 per cent up to three months, nothing inside eight weeks. If we can re let the date we refund what we recover.

No, and we never have. One booking, whole site, from 9am until midnight.

Yes. Oxfordshire County Council licenses the barn for up to 140, the snug for up to 30 and the orchard for outdoor ceremonies up to 140. You book the registrar directly with the council, and they charge separately.

Yes, under the big apple tree in the orchard. English weather being what it is, the licence covers both the orchard and the barn, so we can move indoors at an hour's notice without any legal fuss.

Of course, anywhere on the site. Bear in mind that a celebrant ceremony is not a legal marriage in England, so most couples do the legal bit at a register office earlier in the week.

Yes, in the cart doorway, as long as it is dried petals or paper. No foil, no plastic, nothing that the sheep in the next field might eat.

We have five caterers on our list who know the kitchen and the site. Using one of them is included. You can bring your own for £750, which covers kitchen hire and a compliance check on their insurance and hygiene rating.

Yes, and there is no corkage. Bring your own wine, beer and fizz and we will chill it, serve it and clear it. Spirits have to come through a licensed bar, which we can arrange.

Handled by your caterer at the planning stage. Every caterer on our list does vegan, coeliac, halal and nut free as a matter of course. Tell us the numbers two weeks out.

Yes. There is power and water at the courtyard hatch and space for a van up to seven metres. They need public liability cover and a hygiene rating of four or five.

Midnight, with an extra hour available for £600 that takes music to 1am. Amplified music has to be inside the barn after 11pm, which is a planning condition rather than a preference of ours.

Yes. Everything is step free apart from the Hayloft. There is an accessible loo off the courtyard, two blue badge spaces by the cart doors, and a golf buggy we use for anyone who would rather not walk up to the orchard.

Yes, and please do. Collect them by 11am the next morning. Taxis from Oxford take about twenty five minutes and cost roughly £30, and we will book them for the end of the night.

The Hayloft sleeps four above the cart shed at £320 a night, and six shepherd's huts in the orchard sleep two each at £145. That is 16 beds. There is more within ten minutes, listed on the contact page.

We agree a wet weather plan in writing at the planning meeting. The call gets made at 9am on the day by you and the coordinator. The barn and the loggia between them hold everybody, so the day changes shape rather than falling apart.