Ceremony rules help?!

[Dreamingof3]

Ok...so I clearly know nothing about planning a wedding. 🤣

Fiance and I are having our 'wedding' on private property. We've been waiting as seen lots about laws changing with regards to where you can legally get married...but I can't seem to find anything concrete?

Were happy to get legally married before and still have the ceremony that we want. But it'd be nice if we didn't need to...does anyone know more?

Also...giving notice etc...when does that need to be done, how do we decide where? Will likely just be us and 2 witnesses so does it really matter 🤷

Hopefully someone can make sense of my rambling 😂

With giving notice, you need to sign a legal statement at your local registry office (in the borough you live) within a month I think of the wedding date - otherwise the wedding won't be legal.

Check on your local councils "registered wedding venues" to see if your venue is registered as a place you can marry in.

If not, you'll need to have a civil ceremony before the "wedding ceremony" which will be different in terms of length / messaging than what you might be used to.

The only England and Wales change was to allow weddings fully outdoors rather in a permanent structure. They still have to be on a licensed property.
To do what you want you need to have your actual marriage at a registrars office to do the legal bit before or after having given notice. You can do it at any office you like.

The Citizens Advice run down on what to do is useful