MarsdenMan
Grum
Chipps

do a forum seaqrch, it comes up on here regularly.

As an aside, does anyone have photographer recommendations? I nearly fell over after hearing some of the prices mentioned..,

Yep, they can cost a lot – £2k is not uncommon.

A friend is a ‘fine art’ landscape photographer and is doing ours for £500 (we offered to pay that, he initially asked for £250). He’s also coming as a guest.

The Samling at Dove Nest, near Ambleside. Stunning private hotel with a massive barn. Mrs Gti and I got married there.

How naive I was then.

tarquin – Member
As an aside, does anyone have photographer recommendations? I nearly fell over after hearing some of the prices mentioned

Weddings are pretty much all I do now – very candid, no endless posed stuff, eight years in the business, based in the north east so no silly London prices 🙂

documentary wedding photography

Thornton Hall

http://www.thorntonhallhotel.com/

Dependent on amount of guests and which hall is used the price can differ alot, the garden area is stunning for photographs in Summer and Winter.

Craxton Wood

http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-craxton-wood-hotel/?gclid=CLKIp8673rcCFUTHtAodj28AAw

Both these are based on the Wirral near Ness Gardens as Rich said a few weeks ago and is around 1 hours drive from Manchester Airport via the M56 and M53 motorways.

Phil!!
You corrected Rich without realising it 😀

We got married at Beechenhill Farm, it was an ace day and brilliant venue.

http://www.beechenhill.co.uk/

Mr & Mrs Frodo

congrats op. Eaves Hall near clitheroe is where I got married. Selected as folk can stay over unlike some others mentioned. Also they did a reasonable deal as we booked late (5 months in advance) bowland brewery is just down the road and they will print beer clips and provide the ale for the venue. We had Hen Harrier on tap renamed as life of Brian, (named after our dog) also they get supplied by burns wines in clitheroe -so you’ll get some great wine. Food was great and the venue is in my opinion lovely.

After looking for weeks on end it just felt like the right balance and didn’t have that commercial feel that many places do.

good luck!