Although we try to hold as weddings as possible at St Edward's Church, sometimes it is not possible to create a qualifying connection by attendance. Couples may live too far away from Stow-on-the-Wold to attend monthly for six months. When this is the case we can hold a wedding blessing in our ancient church if you have been though a civil marriage conducted elsewhere. The blessing service can have all the traditional features of bells, bridesmaids, flowers, hymns and friends and family all dressed up. Alternatively, it can be a blessing with just the couple. 

For 2024 costs start at £540 for the service. A team of bellringers, the organist and flowers are charged separately if you want to have a larger service. We have plenty of local hotels and restaurants for a wedding breakfast for two or two hundred. 

Please contact us on [email protected] to find out how we can make your wedding blessing a very special day.

The small print: 

We would need to see a marriage certificate prior to the service. This is a blessing and not a legal marriage service.
Canon Law does not allow us to bless same sex couples which is a great sadness, but this is where we are in 2024.