If you are considering getting married in a church, the Chapel at Newstead Abbey or St. Peter’s Church are great venues. For all that’s legally required a church wedding can cost less than £600… there are obviously extras that you can add to this but it doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Both are very different venues. The Abbey Chapel offers a small venue within Newstead Abbey and St Peter’s Church is a modern larger space.

A church is so much more than a wedding venue. God will be there with you to bless you – on the day and always. It’s a spiritual, personal and beautiful ceremony which you can personalise. If you would like to look at a what a church wedding can offer then visit www.yourchurchwedding.org

You are very welcome to talk to us about having a church wedding, please do contact Revd Kate Byrom on 01623 452431 or email [email protected]

You do need a qualifying connection to get married at St Peter’s Church or the Chapel at Newstead Abbey, it can be one of the following:

If you can show that one of you:

- has at any time lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months, or

- was baptised (christened) in the parish concerned, or

- is confirmed and your confirmation was entered in the register of confirmations for a church or chapel in the parish, or

- has at any time regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months. (You can create this qualifying connection by attending services in the parish – speak to the Vicar.)

or

That one of your parents, at any time after you were born:

- has lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months, or

- has regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months

or

That one of your parents or grandparents:

- was married in the parish