The Regency Hotel in Solihull is the perfect wedding venue near Birmingham for your big day. It is a great location, situated in the leafy suburbs of Shirley but also close to major road and rail networks and Birmingham International Airport
Award winning wedding venue, Manor Hill House is a contemporary, exclusive use venue set in landscaped gardens surrounded by beautiful Worcestershire countryside.
Skylark Country Farm Barn Wedding Venue. Every occasion is special at Skylark. Our purposely designed barns are the perfect wedding venue.
A beautiful setting backed by traditional high standards of care and personal service means that at Moor Hall Hotel & Spa we can confidently offer you the perfect wedding venue in Sutton Coldfield. Visit our Wedding Fair on Sunday 7th November.
Our Grade II listed Georgian hotel is one of the most elegant wedding venues in the West Midlands. Whether you are planning a traditional wedding or civil ceremony we will do everything we can to make sure your wedding day dreams become a reality.
For couples who are looking for something a little different for their big day, our converted wedding venues, which include a beautifully renovated Unitarian Chapel and chic waterside warehouses, provide them with a surprisingly romantic setting.
Set within a 90 acre parkland golf course, the Windmill Village Hotel, Golf Club & Spa offers an enchanting wedding venue to every couple, conveniently located in Allesley, Coventry.
Surrounded by the charming and picturesque village of Meriden and set in the heart of England lies the stunning Manor Hotel.
The DoubleTree by Hilton Coventry is an affordable wedding venue in Coventry. This beautiful West Midlands wedding venue is licensed for civil ceremonies and can hold large or small weddings.
Redhouse Barn is uniquely beautiful, providing a mix of contemporary style with traditional values set in 5 acres of beautiful Worcestershire countryside. Wedding reception venue licenced for weddings in our beautifully restored barn.
Perfect Wedding Venue in Worcestershire. The exclusive use of the Georgian Palladian Mansion together with our experienced staff and bespoke wedding service ensures that civil ceremonies and wedding receptions will make your day one to remember.
Blakelands Country House offers a historic setting, exclusively for the wedding of your dreams, all bought to you from our own in-house teams, offering catering, accommodation & civil ceremonies.
Hilton Hall is a stunning 18th century Country House surrounded by 25 acres of unspoilt gardens and parkland. This impressive and romantic grade I listed building offers complete privacy, and promises to be the perfect setting for your dream wedding.
Grand Station is beautiful and unique venue for your wedding. Located in Wolverhampton this transformed train station is now an elegant and stylish space to hold both your ceremony and reception.
Civil ceremony wedding venues are hugely popular throughout the UK. However, what exactly does it mean to be a licensed wedding venue?
If you want a ceremony in West Midlands that's legally binding without getting married in a church, and you’re getting married in England or Wales, then a civil ceremony is the best match for you. You can either get married in a register office, or you can have a civil ceremony at an approved wedding venue. To be an approved civil ceremony venue, wedding venues need to apply for a civil ceremony license.
So many wedding venues in West Midlands have a civil ceremony license, but just double check they do before booking them. If they don't you will have to find another way of getting a legally-binding marriage. The alternative is marrying in a humanist or spiritual ceremony, which will allow you to marry in any venue (or in an unlicensed part of an otherwise licensed venue, such as a garden or private beach), but will need to be followed by a legal civil ceremony in a register office at another date.
It’s not just mansion houses or castles that can be approved wedding venues - approved premises can include everything from hotels and restaurants to zoos, aquariums, treehouses and caves! If they’re on our civil ceremony venue list, then you can legally marry there. However, don’t assume that more traditional venues always have a civil ceremony license. Some you can only have your wedding reception at but you will have to check with the wedding venue itself. Take a look at our range of civil ceremony licensed venues in West Midlands.
Every venue in West Midlands is assessed and researched before they are approved for civil ceremonies. This is done by the local council in which the venue is based. This includes whether or not they’re in a safe and reasonable state for members of the public, and if they meet fire safety regulations. If you're wanting to have your wedding in a private home or in gardens, you will be unable to do this. The venue needs to be open to the public regularly. If you’re hoping to marry on private land, in a back garden or a large home that isn’t available to the public, you’ll need to hold your legal ceremony in a register office instead.
If you want to tie the knot in an outdoor wedding ceremony, then your wedding venue will need a separate civil ceremony license for this. You can't legally have a civil ceremony in an open area such as in open woodland or under a flower archway on the beach. It must be a fixed structure like a wooden gazebo that is separately licensed. Don’t presume that any permanent fixture in a wedding venue’s garden will be automatically covered by a civil ceremony license. Venues need to purchase licenses for separate structures. If you want to know if you can get married in a garden, search our ‘Outdoor wedding ceremony’ filter or simply enquire with your chosen wedding venue in West Midlands.
The law does not consider marquees to be permanent structures, even ones that are up all year round. As a result, it can be difficult to have a civil ceremony in a marquee. One way to get around this is to have your ceremony over the threshold of a doorway. This way, your guests can be seated in the marquee while you are technically indoors.
A civil wedding ceremony has certain legal requirements. You must have two witnesses over the age of 18, and you will need to exchange contractual words of marriage. One advantage of a civil ceremony is there's the option to say what you wish as part of your wedding vows. There are some things that need to be legally stated for it to be legally binding but you can work around this. Find an abundance of venues licensed for civil ceremonies in West Midlands on Guides for Brides.
By law a civil ceremony cannot include any religious element, including readings or music. You also cannot hold a civil ceremony in a religious building in West Midlands. If you would like to include religion in some way, you can have a religious blessing after your civil ceremony.
The above requirements only apply to weddings in England and Wales. In Scotland, humanist ceremonies are legally binding, so brides in Scotland have more flexibility when choosing their wedding venues. Unlike civil ceremonies, humanist weddings do not require specific wording, or for the ceremony to be under a permanent structure. If you're wanting to have religious elements to your ceremony, whether that be a song or a reading, a humanist ceremony would work perfect for you in Scotland. Speak to a few venues around you to see what ceremonies they can offer and what would work for you
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