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Plain answers for planning a dry hire wedding

Straight answers from Archie on what is included, what it costs and how a wedding weekend at Haylands Barn works, with the real numbers.

• What is a dry hire wedding venue? A plain answer from a barn that is one

  Dry hire means you choose any caterer and run your own bar. Here's what it includes, what it doesn't, and how it works at Haylands Barn in Graffham, West Sussex, from £6,400.

• Dry hire wedding venue: what is included at Haylands, line by line

  Dry hire wedding venue: what is included at Haylands Barn in Graffham, West Sussex. £6,400 covers a manager, bar, marquee, prep tent and 30 kVA power.