weddings

consumers_revenge

Odd one.


We all know you can whip off to gretna green and elope and get married there.


Is there anywhere similar in the south but the same sort of thing? I realise you could do a registry office but would like something a bit grander.


Cheers.

balletshoes

yep, lots of them from a quick google, you just need a bit more time to plan them in England compared to the Scottish version -

http://www.best-elope-ideas.com/elope-in-the-uk.html

DigForVictory

Plus a lot of Registry Offices have really upped their game - well worth spending time with google street view, and also looking where the nearest public parks are...

arbrighton

We used Altrincham Town hall + registrars. stunning building

thorsoak

Outskirts of London - Essex side, there is Langtons, Upminster Registry Office - here :- http://www.langtonsregistryoffice.com/

KRB2725

thorsoak wrote: »

Outskirts of London - Essex side, there is Langtons, Upminster Registry Office - here :- http://www.langtonsregistryoffice.com/

I attended a wedding here, it's beautiful and the grounds are lovely as well.

Benzie

Lots of lovely looking places in the south west that do elopement packages, if you google something like 'elope to cornwall' you will find them

ceb1995

There's a few packages at hotels in Cornwall and Devon, found a fair few before we changed our minds on eloping.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I've been to two weddings in town halls that had stunning decor and a sense of grandeur (Islington and Chelsea btw). Much more than an "office".

onomatopoeia99

consumers_revenge wrote: »

We all know you can whip off to gretna green and elope and get married there.

Not so sure about "whip off", the waiting list to marry in Gretna used to be about six months :eek: as that one town hosts a very significant proportion of all marriages conducted in Scotland. Even if there wasn't a waiting list, there are still residency and notice requirements (England and Wales have them as well).

Gloomendoom

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Not so sure about "whip off", the waiting list to marry in Gretna used to be about six months :eek: as that one town hosts a very significant proportion of all marriages conducted in Scotland. Even if there wasn't a waiting list, there are still residency and notice requirements (England and Wales have them as well).

If you need a quickie, just pick any registry office just over the border. There are far prettier places with shorter waiting lists than Gretna Green.

If I remember correctly, you need to give a minimum of a month's notice. Don't think there were any residency requirements.