You are marrying the love of your life. Congratulations - you're in for an amazing time!

Basking in your engagement, you're now ready to choose where you will marry and celebrate. What information will help you find your ideal Yorkshire wedding venue?... here's where I come in. 

So you're getting married in glorious Yorkshire. Firstly, you've made a great choice! Rolling dales, dramatic moors, romantic castles, delighful country gardens and impressive country manors, urban chic, boutique hotels and the seaside  - Yorkshire has it all. In my 10 years as a Yorkshire wedding photographer, I've photographed in the best wedding locations Yorkshire has to offer.

How Do You Begin...

A good starting point is to think about the number of guests and how you want your wedding day to look and feel. This is the time to decide if you want a great big party with a live band, plenty of dance floor and outside space, or a smaller celebration in unique surroundings, maybe somewhere arty or quirky that's also renowned for it's delicious food.

Fancy feeling like the owner of a grand country estate? There are Yorkshire country manors and grounds where you can do just that for a weekend. 

Do you prefer light, bright rooms, wooden floors, tall, wide windows and great views or are you more about a rich, cosy feel? 

My top tip, is for each of you to separately write down the answers to these, then read each others, and see where you meet and where you might have to compromise. We ended up learning quite a bit more about each other in the year we were engaged!

What's Next...

Location comes next, quickly followed by logistics. How far will you and guests need to travel? Will your favourite great aunt or elderly grandpa manage a long journey and narrow country roads to the Yorkshire Dales with an overnight stay that's not at your venue? You might find that there are people so close to your heart that having them see you marry becomes more important than the location of your dreams.

Do want your marriage ceremony at your venue, at a church or even outdoors? If your ceremony is away from your venue,  think about the length and ease of the journey between the two, especially if you having a winter wedding. 

And After That...

Would you prefer exclusive use? How about hiring it for a whole weekend - why start celebrating on a Saturday when you have the Friday and Sunday as well. Would you be ok for it to be somewhere where members of the public would also be wishing you well as they walked nearby or would it prefer it enclosed and private?

Find out the time you are allowed to arrive at your venue to get ready, when the partying has to stop, and when you have to leave the next morning. 

And...so it begins! 

Maybe you already love somewhere in the Yorkshire countryside where you go every summer or have a favourite, fine resaturant that's super stylish and rather decadent? It's a time unlike any other after all.

Would you prefer grand and friendly or very relaxed with the option of selecting some of your own creative wedding suppliers and decorations? Maybe you are a fashion buyer or an interior or theatre design whizz and want to style everything or you simply want to enjoy the ride and employ creative professionals from the start to when you hang up your dancing shoes. 

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