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On Friday we photographed Oliver and Hayley’s wedding day.

We started the morning preparations at Wokefield Park where Hayley was busy with her girls getting ready. Hayley’s dress was beautiful with stunning details – a lot of hours had clearly gone into designing the dress!

We then headed onto Ufton Court where Oliver was nervously awaiting his beautiful bride. Oliver had his best friend fly over from America to support him as best woman, we’re sure that with such a lovely wedding, she would have really enjoyed her first trip outside of the US!

The Barn looked beautiful with all the Christmas decorations, Ufton Court’s Christmas tree is always extremely impressive at 25ft tall!

Following the wedding ceremony, the guests headed over to Ufton Court house for their drinks reception. Beautiful fireplaces and beautifully paneled walls ensure that, even on the wettest winters day, the main house at Ufton Court is very warm and inviting. We were happy to make use of many of the all the indoor photographic opportunities this lovely venue has to offer.

Oliver & Hayley also had a videographer – The Camera Chap who we have worked with previously and it was great to work together again!

One surprise for the wedding guests was Hayley who treated the wedding guests by singing a beautiful song just before the speeches. She was assisted by an extremely good pianist who played throughout the wedding breakfast, filling Ufton Court Barn with musical atmosphere.

Oliver & Hayley had a musical theme to their wedding, which was visible on everything from table names, fantastic mini-piano name tag holders, and even wedding cake!

True to form, the evening celebrations were started with an amazing Jazz band who played for the first dance and for Hayley and her father which was lovely to see before the rest of the guests joined them on the floor!

We left Oliver and Hayley to enjoy the rest of their evening with friends and family.

They are off to Finland for their honeymoon, we hope they have a lovely time and wish them and their family a very Happy New Year!

Yesterday we photographed Jeremy & Sarah’s wedding at the beautiful Ufton Court.

We began our day in Maidenhead at Sarah’s parents house. It was lovely to photograph such a smiley bride, Sarah could not stop smiling all morning which made our job very easy in capturing some beautiful shots.

Jeremy’s fireman colleague arrived to collect Sarah & her Dad in a modern day Fire engine… what a treat!
Not the most comfortable of rides, Sarah jokingly informed us, but nevertheless a photo opportunity not to be missed!
Plus – there was no chance she was going to be late!!

Despite the unfortunate weather which was determined to rain all day long, Sarah and Jeremy did not stop smiling all day, clearly nothing was going to dampen their spirits. Good on you guys!

We made full use of all that Ufton Court has to offer inside the beautiful house. It looked fantastic externally too, especially now that it’s been given a recent facelift!

The barn was decorated beautifully and the cake looked great with a fantastic fireman & bride cake topper! (pictured below)

We really enjoyed being a part of this lovely couple’s wedding day and captured some fantastic shots of them both.

Here’s a few from their wedding day yesterday!

Ufton Court offers a beautiful setting for wedding ceremonies and receptions.

When arriving at Ufton Court, you know you are somewhere special as you travel along the oak tree lined driveway and are greeted by the fantastic Elizabethan Manor House.

Ufton Court is set amongst 16 acres of stunning and well maintained grounds offering countless opportunities for beautiful wedding photography. There are so many different locations for your photo’s from the beautiful Manor House, the character filled Barn to the range of gardens including the formal garden, the sunken garden and through the archway to the stunning Tudor Knot garden!

Ufton Court caters extremely well to all manner of different size weddings, with very flexible venue options available. In fact, flexible is the perfect word to describe the team at Ufton Court, they always do their best to ensure your wedding day is exactly how you want it!

Smaller more intimate weddings are well catered for as are larger groups with Ufton Court comfortably catering for up to 140 guests for a sit down wedding breakfast and up to 250 guests if the optional marquee is requested!

Ufton Court is a fully licensed venue, able to hold Civil Ceremonies in one of two locations, either in the romantic Tithe Barn or in the very atmospheric Long Ceremony Room in the Manor House itself.

With the choice of two terraces, either outside the Tithe Barn or the House terrace, you can be sure that you can plan your wedding to suit your personal tastes! The Tithe Barn gardens are perfect for family occasions, especially during the summer season with its enclosed walls and marquee where the Manor House and its terrace have impressive views over the lovely Walled and Knot gardens.

During the winter months the Tithe Barn comes alive with beautiful decorations, fairy lights around many of the impressive beams and a stunning 15ft Christmas Tree! Perfect for Christmas weddings!

Not to forget however, the Manor House itself, which offers three exclusive use formal rooms, the Great Hall, the Green Drawing Room and the Long Ceremony Room, all of which offer a cosy retreat for your guests at the wedding reception! Ufton Court will also happily serve up tasty mulled wine if your that is to your taste!

Each couple gets access to a dedicated wedding coordinator who is always on hand to help with any queries or to provide advice on how to get the most from the venue of your special day!
To make life easier and to give you maximum flexibility, Ufton Court give you the choice of three preferred caterers, each of which have a number of specialties but all are happy to discuss your personal preferences and ideas for your wedding breakfast!

One key area that you’ll be very pleased to hear is that Ufton Court don’t charge corkage! That can really make a difference and help your money go further when budgeting for your big day!

If you are from the area, many of you may recognise Ufton Court from School trips! The venue is actually run by the Ufton Court Educational Trust, as an educational centre for children and young adults. It’s not uncommon to see people roaming the grounds in period dress as over 6000 youngsters visit Ufton Court every year!

We can whole heartedly recommend Ufton Court to anyone looking for a Manor House wedding venue with real character and one that shouldn’t break the bank!

The weddings team at Ufton Court are fantastic, and can be reached on 0118 9832099 or by emailweddings@uftoncourt.co.uk

It’s that time of year again when Christmas weddings are around!

Christmas is such a beautiful time of year when people naturally decorate their homes and places of work, with colour and lots of sparkly lights!

With a Christmas wedding in mind, couples can put weather worries out of their mind and concentrate on finding a venue that is beautiful indoors and one where the warmth and character of Christmas can really add something to their wedding.

Christmas weddings are fast becoming just as popular as summer weddings and its easy to see why!
Anyone who has been to a wedding at Christmas will be sure to tell you that its such a romantic time of year and with all the emotion and joy at weddings, they can be really magical!

Photo’s above are taken at Ufton Court and feature their impressing 15ft Christmas tree, set in their beautiful barn!

Congratulations to Sarah & Allan for their wedding at the amazing Ufton Court in Berkshire.

Ufton Court was a perfect wedding setting for a gorgeous Autumn day and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy this great setting.

We had a great giggle with Sarah & her bridesmaids during the bridal preparation!
Sarah looked gorgeous and was all smiles seeing Allan waiting at the end of the isle!

We had a great laugh doing some fun shots with the main bridal party & we wish them all the best for their future together!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the photo’s from their day!