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Duncan Cox Wedding Photography at Hand Picked Hotels

Duncan is a wedding photographer based in Worcestershire. His passion for capturing all of the emotion and special moments during a wedding day is palpable, both from the way in which he speaks about his work and in his beautiful photographs.

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Suite Summer Staycations

Leave lockdown behind and embark on a decadent break at one of our country house hotels or spa resorts this summer. With a Hand Picked staycation, you will be surrounded by the characterful architecture, vast grounds and warm welcome that distinguish our collection.

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Annabelle & Oliver's Wedding at Fawsley Hall

Annabelle and Oliver, both chartered Accountants from Wootton, Northampton, held their dream wedding at Fawsley Hall on Friday 23rd November 2018. Their wedding photography presents a day filled with beaming grins and picture perfect moments – we had to know how they did it. So we grabbed ten minutes with Annabelle to get the details…

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Exclusive Use Wedding Venues

Enjoy total privacy on your special day with our exclusive-use wedding venues, just as Chris and Emily Williams did at Fawsley Hall Hotel in Northamptonshire.

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Discovering the Perfect Wedding Venue

Finding a local venue was crucial for this Kent couple, who also required flexibility, personalisation and a stunning setting – Chilston Park Hotel in Lenham was spot-on.

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Wood Hall’s Winning Wedding Co-ordinators

Following their success in winning Yorkshire Wedding Co-ordinators of the year for the second year in a row we asked the team what it is that makes their jobs so rewarding!

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Ten Minutes with Senior Wedding Coordinator, Alex Iceton

There's no doubt that your Wedding Coordinator will play a huge part in your plans for your perfect day, so working with someone who is as excited by your big day as you are, but who has all of the experience and knowledge to help you to fully enjoy your day and the planning that goes into it is invaluable.

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A return to their roots

With so many happy memories formed over the years at Buxted Park for both this local bride and groom, it was almost inevitable that it would play host to their special day.

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Finding the Perfect Wedding Venue

When it comes to choosing a venue, Laura and Dan advise to go with gut instinct. They fell head over heels in love within minutes of seeing Stanbrook Abbey and sure enough couldn’t have imagined spending their day anywhere else.

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The Wedding Bear

We love being a part of our wedding couples' special days so much so that we give all our newlyweds our exclusive keepsake to be cherished forever along with the memories.

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