Gretna Green weddings

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Anyone got married at Gretna Green? Any tips, recommendations or advice? Many thanks x

DSis did. She said it was lucky she took 2 friends to witness as locals are forever approached to be witnesses and tend to run when they see couples approaching 😂

Oh god it's brilliant. But yes make sure you take your own witnesses with you

My friend did and I thought it was a lovely wedding. She had quite a large wedding party.

Top tips are avoid popular dates (valentines day for example) and check with them what’s the quieter periods. My friends wedding was late March and it was as I said lovely (they let us all crowd into the room when usually they limit numbers and were patient about photographs ) but they did admit themselves at their peak times it’s like a conveyor belt of weddings.

I attended a wedding there, it was great fun, unfussy, unpretentious. There was another wedding on site whilst we were there which in another place might have felt naff but because it was Gretna it all felt like part of the experience. The other wedding party wasn't in your face, just fleeting glimpses but as a guest it made me feel like 'wow even more love and happiness in the air!'.

Thank you for all your replies so far.

I did it in 2002 so things may have changed.

It's worth a research trip well in advance to see where you want to get married, there's more venues than the traditional Blacksmith's shop/Museum. Check what paperwork is needed whilst you're there, I had to get a copy of a document for the actual ceremony and this could have held things up if I hadn't found out in advance.

We did use the Blacksmith's shop and they allow members of the public into the building whilst weddings are going on so you become part of the "experience" for people. That may not be for everyone but it is done very discreetly and you get a round of applause from the public at the end which does add to the feelgood factor. We were also gifted two engraved whisky glasses and a silver charm in the shape of an anvil from the staff as a memento.

We hired the local piper to play us in and out of the ceremony who was excellent and really added to the atmosphere.

We took two witnesses and no guests (deliberately) but had a massive party when we got home a couple of days later. We wore the wedding outfits and had a fantastic time all over again.

There's actually quite a few different places you can get married in gretna green

Thanks everyone. My wedding was cancelled due to covid, I just want to do something completely different now and I thought Gretna looked a fun option!

My DSis got married in Gretna.

I enjoyed it. My mum moaned about it, but then she is an entitled so and so who makes every special family day about her.

I got married at Gretna and it was uncomplicated, unpretentious but most of all lots of fun. I have photos of myself with lots of other brides too that I kept bumping into on the day.

Very happily married still 😊

I did and I had a mumsnet thread about looking after my wedding dress which was so heartwarming!

Three years in august since our Gretna wedding! ❤️

We got married at The Mill Forge in Gretna Green on a random Thursday in late March 2007. Still married now.
DF was overjoyed & offered to pay for the whole thing as it was a lot less than he expected a daughter's wedding to be. Not that that is a reason to get married there!