The Gay UK Issue 3 Marriage | Page 65

Want to find somewhere you can get married in the UK? Somewhere a little more momentous than a registry office? Well we’ve searched the country high and low for some incredible examples of places you and your partner can now get hitched. GETTING HITCHED UK STYLE Clockwise from top left. 1. Ashdown Park - www.ashdownpark.com - East Sussex Surrounded by Ashdown Forest, which according to the famous children’s author, A. A. Milne, is the woodland that inspired his Winnie The Pooh stories, the Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club offers the heights of luxury in the heart of East Sussex. Country house hotels in Sussex don’t come more luxurious, or offer such a magnificent combination of elegance, style, award winning dining and outstanding business and leisure facilities. 2. Augill Castle - Lake District - http:// www.stayinacastle.com Offering a slice of genuine, mildly eccentric English country castle living, the Bennett family have been welcoming guests to their unstuffy, informal but decadently comfortable country house for nearly two decades. Augill Castle between the Lake District & Yorkshire Dales is not a conventional hotel, it's something else entirely and not a place for taking yourself or life too seriously. 3. Brighton Royal Pavilion, What’s better than getting married in the so-called gay capital of the UK. The Pavilion is surely one of the most unique of spaces to get married in the UK. 4) Charingworth Manor - The Cotswolds - http:// www.charingworthmanorhotel.hotel-details.com Set in beautiful gardens and overlooking a 54 acre estate, you can enjoy peace and tranquillity against a backdrop of breath taking views that take in over 5 counties. Dating back to the early 14th century, Charingworth Manor is steeped in history, with original beams revealing its medieval decoration. 5) Lucknam Park - Bath - http:// www.lucknampark.co.uk Lucknam Park luxury hotel is a 17th century Palladian mansion set in 500 acres of land for you and your guests to enjoy. As you approach a magnificent mile long avenue of four hundred lime and beech trees welcome you, all part of the impressive estate of 500 acres of listed parkland.