Great day on Sunday lots of brides through the door and a couple deffinitley seemed interested in me as their wedding photographer so lets hope the phone rings in the next couple of days.

The Hilton is a lovely modern hotel, some can be a bit cold and soleless, but the Hilton at Newbury is lovely, a nice chandalier as you come in the main door and lots of wood panelling give a warm cossy feeling. THe main room used for weddings is light and airy so good for indoor photogrpahy as well.

outside the Newbury Hilton Hotel

Basingstoke Registry Office has been decorated in the style of the building and is quite beautiful inside. It is light and airy and the registrar is friendly and calming. Below is a photograph taken inside the registry office, the posed signing of the register.

photograph taken inside Basingstoke Registry Office

After the wedding fair on Sunday I got a chance to take some photographs inside Ufton Court as well as outside, the sun was not in the right place for the outside ones but was ideal for the inside ones. They have really kept the character of the old building and it is stunning. See below:

photograph of the inside of Ufton Court

Another great Venue for weddings is Silchester House, they only do one wedding per day and you get the whole house for the day, There are about 14 bedrooms for you and your guests with a 4 poster in the main bedroom. The grounds out the back are large and shaded for those sunny days and there are lots of nice spots inside the house for beautiful wedding photographs. Below are photographs of the front and back of the house.

photograph of Silchester House front aspect

photograph of Silchester House rear aspect

A great venue for a civil ceremony is the Guild Hall at Windsor (where Charles and Camilla were married), it is a bit of a sausage factory in that there is 1 wedding every hour (on a Saturday) and you don’t get to enter until 20 mins before the hour of your ceremony. However, once in there the place is beautiful with an enormous chandalier above the spot where the ceremony takes place. There isn’t much room outside for photographs and the sun shines directly onto the door where you come out so on a sunny day the photographs aren’t great, but once married there are lots of places to go to in the area for some fantastic photographs later.

photograph of the inside of Windsor Guild Hall

http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/registrars_wedding_venues.htm

Tylney Hall is a beautiful old house that has seen many different uses over the years and is now a 4* hotel (with 5* service (it can never be a 5* hotel because it does not have a lift!!!!) it does have a beautiful stair case though).

photograph of Tylney Hall from the large pond