It’s wonderful being married properly outdoors (not just under a licensed gazebo in hotel grounds), and where I don’t need to ask guests to turn off their mobile phones, because there’s no signal anyway!
Rural settings, for nature lovers, or family gardens with associations of happy times, will always have a draw.
More couples than ever are choosing venues at which there is no option but to have an alternative ceremony, as is the case with the Great Outdoors. This is where humanist ceremonies come into their own, enabling you to plan an event where the focus is entirely on you and the things that are important to you. And unlike registrars, we adapt to the surroundings, building a ceremony that fits in with and enhances the setting.
Three such Surrey venues – very different to each other – and new to me this summer are: The Old Greens Barn in Newdigate. Holmbury St Mary Village Hall and The Green Escape at Leith Hill, near Dorking.
As an added bonus, I’m told they let you do pretty much what you want! Give them a try…
Holmbury St Mary Village Hall
Getting merrily lost, trying to FIND the Green Escape
a seven year old took this…don’t be too critical
Tucked away…the Green Escape
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