A PHOTOGRAPHER’S VENUE GUIDE
BARRINGTON'S
WEDDINGS
Barrington’s is Plettenberg Bay’s brewery, restaurant and small hotel in the Piesang River Valley, hosting intimate exclusive-use weddings of up to 75 guests in its gardens and interiors.
WEDDING VENUES • PLETTENBERG BAY • WEDDING VENUE • UPDATED 2026
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WHY COUPLES CHOOSE IT
Why couples choose Barrington's
Barrington’s is the sociable one, Plett’s first craft brewery, a smokehouse kitchen with its own garden, and a small hotel upstairs, all looking over the green of the Piesang Valley. Weddings here take the whole place over: gardens for the ceremony, the character interiors for the party, your people sleeping where the party ends.
It suits couples whose favourite weddings are the relaxed ones, good food, good beer brewed metres away, and a venue that already has personality before a single flower arrives.
01 / LOCATION
Piesang Valley, Plett
02 / BEST FOR
Intimate weddings to 75
03 / CEREMONY
Gardens, exclusive use
04 / WET WEATHER
Restaurant & bar interiors
05 / STAY
10-room small hotel on site
06 / FOOD
In-house, chef-owner smokehouse
07 / FROM PLETT BEACHES
±5 minutes
08 / STYLE
Garden-brasserie & brewery
THROUGH SHARYN’S LENS
Photographing a wedding at Barrington's
The valley gives the gardens their green backdrop, and the brewery gives the interiors their character, copper, timber and warm bar light that photographs like a place with stories. I’d run a Barrington’s day from garden ceremony through valley-view portraits into that glowing interior evening.
And with the town’s beaches five minutes away, a short sunset escape to the sand is entirely on the table.
PLANNING AROUND THE LIGHT
A timeline shaped around your date.
Sunrise and sunset shift throughout the year, so there is no single perfect ceremony time at Barrington’s. I build each timeline around the sunset time on your actual date, the ceremony space, the weather and the valley greens by day and the warm brewery interiors by night.
MAR TO SEP
March – September
The sun sits lower and golden light arrives earlier in the afternoon. The valley holds soft light through the afternoon, earlier ceremonies keep a comfortable garden window before the interiors take over.
OCT TO FEB
October – February
Days run long and the light stays strong late. Long evenings favour later garden ceremonies, with the option of a five-minute hop to the beach for sunset before dinner.
YOUR DATE
Your personal timeline
Once your date is confirmed, I work backwards from sunset and create a photography timeline around your ceremony, portraits and reception, with enough flexibility for weather and the unplanned moments that make the day yours.
THE RHYTHM
The shape of the day
Getting ready → Ceremony → Family photographs → Golden-hour portraits → Dinner & dancing
FLEXIBILITY
Exact times stay personal
Exact times are created for your date, never copied from a generic schedule.
SHARYN’S WORK NEARBY
My work nearby.
I haven’t photographed a wedding at Barrington’s yet, these nearby galleries are minutes away, and I’d love to add this venue to the list.
VERUSCHKA & GARRY / MIKAYA & JAMES
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The valley gives the gardens their green backdrop, and the brewery gives the interiors their character, copper, timber and warm bar light that photographs like a place with stories.
SHARYN HODGES / PHOTOGRAPHER’S VENUE NOTES
THE PRACTICAL BITS
Plan the day, keep the feeling.
Facts to reconfirm with the venue before you book, capacities and packages change. [Verify with venue before publish]
BEST FOR
Intimate weddings to 75
CEREMONY
Gardens, exclusive use
WET WEATHER
Restaurant & bar interiors
FOOD
In-house, chef-owner smokehouse
NEED TO KNOW
Before you book.
A photographer’s answers to the questions couples ask most often about Barrington’s. Venue details and packages can change, so confirm the final information directly.
The venue specialises in intimate weddings of up to 75 guests on an exclusive-use basis, with more possible via additional hiring.
Barrington’s Small Hotel, ten rooms above the brewery, takes the wedding party for the whole weekend.
Chef-owner Simon Ash’s kitchen: smokehouse cooking with produce from the venue’s own organic garden, plus the house craft beers.
Exclusive use with a dedicated on-site coordinator, and tables, chairs, crockery, cutlery and glassware included.
ALREADY IMAGINING IT?
Getting married at Barrington's?
Plett is my home turf, I photograph within minutes of Barrington’s constantly, and I’d love to bring that local eye to a wedding in these gardens.
