To have a 4pm wedding?

Sounds good as long as you aren't bothered about daylight

We did 12 for our november wedding but was happy to make a bigger day of it with both wedding breakfast and food in evening

I had a late wedding. 4.30 I think.

We got ready early, did our couple photos before the wedding. Wedding in a registery office with family and friends, group photos then walked to the pub then had lots of champagne and good food.

All good!

My niece had a 11.30am wedding and everyone was drunk by mid afternoon and many were leaving as the DJ began his set at 8.30pm and there was no one left by 10.30pm when the evening buffet came out (They had been there for a solid 12 hours by then) so I guess it depends on what you want from the day. People don’t have infinite energy!!

Love a later wedding!! Seems sensible to take half a day not ALL day or 2/3 days!
I would love not to rush around in the morning, eat some lunch then bob along for a ceremony and tea…

I think 4pm would be too late, I would feel like the whole day was gone.

Noon would be great. Our church messed up and double booked then moved us from 11.30 to 10am which was too early for a big wedding and a bit stressful though with an extra 2 hours it would have been fine.

Everyone to their own I guess, you do what's right for you.

I wanted my day to last forever and get my monies worth 😀 had a lot of family and friends many came the night before and made a weekend of it. We also had an evening do with evening guests, a band, evening buffet and entertainment etc. I remember the photos alone took hours...so no way all the above would have fitted into a few hours.

But it was a few years ago now when I suppose you did split the day into day and evening. Times change and I guess it's preference, no right or wrong. Just what you prefer.

We had a 5pm wedding and it was candle lit and beautiful. We had champagne and then dinner and dancing! It was the most fabulous day - all of our guests loved it. It was seamless with no waiting around and no one was tired or hungry and everyone still had the energy to really dance and have fun! I thoroughly recommend it.
It was nice for me to get up leisurely enjoy breakfast and getting ready - spending time with my family before the ceremony and not the usual rush.

I have been to many a late morning wedding and it is a marathon, it’s just excruciatingly tiring for the guests. The amount of dead time waiting for hours and making conversation is just exhausting. By the time the wedding breakfast is served most are wilting. So as a guest I would really appreciate the consideration of a later start and I’d enjoy it more as a result, we went to a 3pm wedding and that also flowed extremely well.

Sounds so civilised. Much less of a rush and everyone can have lunch first. We wanted 3.30 for similar reasons, but even though we rang to book the registrar on the first day we were allowed to they were already booked up and only able to offer 12.30pm.

Perfect. I went to a 12 midday wedding. Loads of people drinking alcohol from 11am. Drunk before the food.
Then people tired and drunk who left after food and didn't make it back to the evening do etc.
My preference would be later wedding and straight into evening meal.

I had a 3pm wedding in October.

it was lovely .
lovely.

what I did end up feeling was the day was so short.
that it was so lovely and I wished it was longer.

but I had a city centre wedding and lots of friends wanted to catch last tubes etc, so it was all over by 11.30

if you are surrounded by party people who will dance the night away

or if you are more introvert and will find it all a bit much
then go for it.

I much prefer a 4pm wedding. There's no waiting around at all, people are free to do or travel earlier that day.

I'd love to go to a 4pm wedding, Ceremony, drinks, meal (at a normal time), a bit of socialising and then home/hotel.

Cuts out lots of the hanging around and whilst I'm sure it doesn't feel like 'filling time' to the bride and groom it can feel like it for guests.

As others have said it also gives more opportunity to travel on the day, get checked in, get ready at a leisurely pace etc.

DD's wedding was 3.30 and it worked very well. No rush in tbe morning, some time for lunch and we ate at a meal time. PP's suggestion of some photos before the ceremony to take advantage of the lights sounds good.

We had a 4pm wedding too. As there was no separate evening do to pay for we could invite more for the full event and it cut out all the hanging about. Go for it !

Sounds lovely!

Perfect. We got married around that time. Meant people can travel to get there

and you feed them once saving money

Best wedding I have attended was 16.00. Married and reception in the same venue. Black tie requested.

Felt very smart, easy and contained.

The reception was a sit down meal, followed by the usual music.

I would love this, weddings are such long days

It's the norm in Scotland. Anything earlier than 3/4pm throws us lol

Do it

I disagree. 4pm to 11.30 is 7.5 hours which is plenty of time for a wedding. Twelve hours plus extravaganza are exhausting.

I had a 3pm wedding. It allowed people time to travel on the day rather than pay for 2 nights accommodation.

I'd prefer the 4pm, as a guest.

Sounds good to me too.

I got married at 12pm and I loved it! I wanted to enjoy the entire day and savour every second.....but that's just me! We arranged for something special to happen during the afternoon though so that our guests weren't just sat around drinking all day though.

We had a 4pm November wedding and it worked great! It was a lovely cosy boutique hotel with around 60 guests. I don't like being centre of attention much so it had a lovely relaxed atmosphere. We did a 'first look' photo shoot at around 2pm at a local garden before it got dark as we wanted some photos outside and it meant guests weren't waiting around for us to finish our photoshoot. Then ceremony at 4pm. Speeches and drinks at 5ish. Dinner at around 6pm after the ceremony and drinks. Then some dancing and drinks. All wrapped up and in bed by midnight. It was perfect for us. Congrats!

We had a 4pm wedding, our choice. Worked perfectly for us, ran wedding into drinks then meal then drinks/chat/dancing. Everyone was invited for everything but the non-party types could leave when they wanted.