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Hillcrest Retreat

Wedding venue in Chester, West Virginia

About Hillcrest Retreat

Hillcrest Retreat hosts intimate outdoor weddings on a historic estate dating to the 1890s, in Chester, West Virginia, beside the Hillcrest Wildlife Management Area. The Skyview hilltop field is the ceremony and reception space, with panoramic countryside views and a permanent 20×30 timber-frame pavilion for cover. The venue has a firm maximum of 30 guests. Wedding bookings include exclusive use of the estate during the event window, the field and pavilion, private parking, portable restrooms, bottled water stations, and use of the 1890s mahogany pub bar and covered porch bar for cocktail hour. A 50-amp electrical hookup is available by the farmhouse for food trucks, catering trailers, or a guest RV; it is not in the hilltop field. Weddings are BYOB and self-catered: couples bring their own vendors, with local vendor recommendations available. Each wedding includes a complimentary Ohio River pontoon ride, weather permitting. The estate offers onsite accommodations for up to 11 wedding-party guests when the Skyview cabin and Farmhouse Pub Unit are available; nearby hotels and Mountaineer Casino provide lodging for other guests. Full-weekend estate buyouts run Friday afternoon through Sunday checkout. Ceremony-only and micro-weddings are offered on select weekdays and shoulder-season weekends. Outdoor music ends at a reasonable hour, while celebrations in the pub room can continue later.

The facts

Guests
Up to 30 guests
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Kind of place
Estate
Last updated
November 2026

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