Business Details
17 Years
experience
Trusted Marquee Hire in Suffolk & Essex
At Suffolk Marquees, we have dedicated 16 years to crafting bespoke marquee solutions for weddings and special occasions across Suffolk and Essex. As a family-run business, Michelle and Ian personally oversee every detail, ensuring exceptional service at competitive prices. Our expertise lies in transforming events into unforgettable experiences through tailored marquee designs, from intimate gatherings to grand celebrations.With a commitment to quality and a personal touch, we guide clients from initial enquiry to event execution, prioritising flexibility, innovation, and client satisfaction. Our portfolio includes frame marquees, sailcloth tents, giant tipis, and stretch tents, each designed to meet unique event requirements while maintaining structural integrity and aesthetic appeal.
Services
Frame Marquees
Sailcloth Marquees
Giant Tipis
Stretch Tents
Event Furniture
Details
- Year established: 2009
Highlights and features
- We are a family-run business with 16 years of experience in event marquee design.
- Our team provides a personal service, ensuring every detail aligns with your vision.
- We offer a diverse range of high-quality marquees, including frame, sailcloth, and stretch tents.
- Our structures are designed for flexibility, adapting to events of all sizes and themes.
- We provide free site visits to ensure seamless venue integration and client satisfaction.
Services
Frame Marquees
Our frame marquees provide unobstructed, versatile spaces ideal for weddings and corporate events. With modular designs ranging from 6m upwards, they feature weather-resistant structures and options for clear or lined roofs. These marquees allow flexible layout configurations, ensuring adaptability to both intimate gatherings and large-scale celebrations while maintaining a sleek, contemporary aesthetic.
Sailcloth Marquees
Handcrafted sailcloth marquees offer timeless elegance with their light-permeable fabric and sweeping peaks. Sourced from British heritage manufacturer Barkers Marquees, these structures create bright, airy spaces for events of all sizes. Their durable design combines traditional craftsmanship with modern functionality, making them ideal for weddings and sophisticated outdoor celebrations requiring both style and reliability.
Giant Tipis
Our giant hat tipis blend Nordic timber frames with boho-inspired design, accommodating up to 70 seated guests. Constructed from Arctic-grown wood, these smoke-free structures feature premium matting and dimmable lighting options. Perfect for weddings and festivals, they offer seasonal adaptability with open sides for summer and insulated panels for winter, ensuring year-round usability without compromising aesthetic appeal.
Stretch Tents
Imported from South Africa, stretch tents provide modern, tensioned structures with flowing lines and 360-degree views. Their open-sided design offers shade while maintaining an airy atmosphere, ideal for garden parties and ceremonies. Professionally rigged without visible hardware, these tents combine artistic form with practical durability, creating dynamic spaces that seamlessly integrate with natural surroundings.
Event Furniture
We supply custom furniture and lighting packages to complement all marquee types. Options include dimmable pendant lights, festoon lighting, and themed decor elements. Our furnishings enhance the ambiance of any event space, from rustic tipis to contemporary frame marquees, ensuring cohesive design from structural elements to finishing touches for weddings and corporate functions.
People
Michelle
Co-Owner & Event Specialist
With 16 years of experience in wedding and event planning, Michelle oversees client consultations and design execution. Her attention to detail ensures each marquee setup reflects the client's vision while maintaining structural integrity and practicality.
Ian
Co-Owner & Operations Manager
Ian manages logistics and technical aspects of marquee installations. His expertise in structural engineering ensures safe, efficient setups for events ranging from small gatherings to large corporate functions across Suffolk and Essex.
Questions
What types of marquees do you offer?
We provide frame marquees, sailcloth marquees, giant tipis, and stretch tents, each tailored to different event requirements and aesthetic preferences.
Do you serve areas outside Suffolk and Essex?
While our primary focus is Suffolk and Essex, we consider bookings in surrounding regions based on event scale and logistical feasibility.
Can you accommodate both small and large events?
Our marquees scale from intimate 6m² setups to expansive structures for 150+ guests, ensuring flexibility for all event sizes.
Are lighting and furniture included?
We offer bespoke lighting packages and furniture hire as optional add-ons to complement your chosen marquee design.
Do you provide site visits?
Yes, we conduct free, no-obligation site assessments to ensure optimal marquee placement and venue integration.
Reviews (5)
Tim Meadows-Smith
Jul 20, 2022
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What a great team of people Suffolk Marquess are! They did what they promised, when they promised, turned up on time all bright and cheerful and made certain that everything was perfect for our party. They certainly stand out from the crowd when it comes to quality, service and reliability. A very big three cheers from us!
Zoe Martin
Jul 16, 2022
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We called suffolk marquees a week before our wedding asking for a marquee or tent and suffolk marquees done there up most to help and fit us in, even though they were already extremely busy. They were professional, friendly and prompt even after a long day setting up at another venue and arriving to us late evening. The Stretch tent was amazing and fitted our rustic theme perfectly, it looked stunning and all our guests mentioned how nice it looked. I would deffiently use there service again and will highly recommend to anyone I know looking for one.
Ali Louise
Sep 07, 2021
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Highly recommend Suffolk Marquees. Stuck with us through 3 date changes because of COVID restrictions. When we where Finally allowed to have the day our daughter and Son in law had dreamed of, Ian and Michele were there. Professional, Supportive and nothing was to much trouble. if you want a Marquee , Suffolk Marquees are the people to call you won't be disappointed.
Daisy Watson
Jan 22, 2020
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Michelle and her team are brilliant! Nothing was too difficult and everything looked perfect on our wedding day. We hired a marquee, chairs and fairy lights - everything supplied was a very high standard and looked great alongside the rest of our decorations. Michelle was easy to keep in touch with in the run-up to the day and made things so much easier! I would highly recommend them for wedding and event hire.
Sarah Kingston
Jun 29, 2017
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We hired a marquee for my sisters 21st Birthday party and it was excellent! Michelle helped us arrange everything while Ian did site visits and helped (along with a big team) come and put it up and take it down. They were both very helpful and made suggestions along the way that made for a great experience. We had a dance floor put down which was a lot of fun. Ian helped suggest where the marquee should be placed along with some lights they provided which made the whole thing look amazing. Would recommend! Thank you again!
