Detailed below we have given an example of the timings on how your wedding ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception will unfold. With our years of experience as one of Shropshire's popular wedding venues we trust you will find these tips useful.
Obviously the times are just a guideline and they work well giving you plenty of time for photographs and time to mingle with your guests, it also helps to inform guests roughly when they will be seated for the wedding breakfast. Running Times Civil Ceremony Based upon a 14:00pm ceremony with around 55 guests.
13:00 Arrival of guests
14:00 Civil ceremony
14:30 Drinks, photographs, canapés & time to relax
15:45 Announcement of reception meal (optional receiving line)(optional receiving line)
16:00 Meal served
17:45 Cutting of the cake & speeches
18:15 Time to mingle with guests
19:00 – 19:30 Arrival of additional guests for the evening party, evening entertainment to commence.
20:15 Evening cutting of the cake (optional)
20:30 Evening buffet served
21:00 First dance
23:50 Last orders
00:00 Bar closes & entertainment comes to a close 00:30 Carriages
Church Ceremony
12:30 Ceremony
13:30 Photographs followed by journey to The Old Rectory Hotel
14:00 Arrival drinks, photographs, canapés & time to relax
15:15 Announcement of reception meal (optional receiving line)
15:30 Meal served
17:15 Cutting of the cake & speeches
17:45 Time to mingle with guests
19:00 – 19:30 Arrival of additional guests for the evening party, evening entertainment to commence.
20:15 Evening cutting of the cake (optional)
20:30 Evening buffet served
21:00 First dance
23:50 Last orders
00:00 Bar closes & entertainment comes to a close
00:30 Carriages The bar may re-open at the mangers discretion for residents once all the non-residents have left.
