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Elopements are exciting! Choosing to elope is choosing to keep your day just for yourselves. You'll need two witnesses and they can be anyone who understands what's happening at the ceremony or signing. So bring trusted friends, bring your children, your parents, or have your commitment witnessed by people who come into your lives for just long enough to say 'hello', exchange a few words, sign their names under yours and offer their congratulations.
If marriage isn't for you but you want the legal and tax benefits that come with it, or if you'd rather not explain why you got married without telling anyone, a civil partnership could be the perfect choice.
These are our marriage and civil partnership elopement options but if you have something different in mind, just get in touch and we'll be happy to discuss.
Both our marriage and civil partnership elopement options can be arranged with as little as five weeks' notice.
Just the Two of Us - Shhhhhh!
£160 (until 31st March 2025) add certificates @ £12.50 each
You’ll be ushered through to our Southerndown Room, leaving no time to be spotted by anyone who isn’t in on the secret. We’ll provide witnesses, but you are welcome to bring your own. This is just about the two of you making your commitment to each other in a simple marriage ceremony. If you've ever asked each other 'Can't we get married with just the two of us?', this is the ceremony for you! Enquire here.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - I'm Your(s)…Civil Partner!
£160 (until 31st March 2025) add certificates @ £12.50 each
You’ll be ushered through to our Southerndown Room, leaving no time to be spotted by anyone who isn’t in on the secret. We’ll provide witnesses, but you are welcome to bring your own. This is just about the two of you making your commitment to each other in a simple, effective, legal civil partnership. There's no ceremony, just sign to seal the partnership and we'll deliver your certificates within 10 working days. Enquire here.
You can find further information about small, tiny or micro weddings in our Inspiration section: Just the Two of Us and More and you can read more about the differences between marriage and civil partnership here.
Next steps
Simply fill in the enquiry form, and we’ll be in touch the next working day to chat about your dream day.
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Bespoke Ceremonies
Hand Fasting Ceremony
With its roots in Celtic ritual and the contemporary concept of ‘tying the knot’, this ceremony symbolizes a union of love and commitment. You join hands while we loop and weave two separate ribbons around your hands, until a knot is formed, and your commitment sealed. You are left with a beautiful visual reminder of the day your lives were joined together.
Love Letters Ceremony
When did you last write love letters to each other? This is your chance. You each write a love letter - there are no rules here, just write what you feel, seal the envelope and entrust it to a friend or parent. During the ceremony, the letters are brought forward to be sealed in a box – perhaps with a bottle of wine and two glasses, setting the scene for the opening of these letters at a future date. Perhaps you’d like your guests to bring written messages to be sealed with your own. It’s up to you when you read these letters: your first anniversary, a future milestone, or - if you can’t wait - on return from honeymoon!
Sand Ceremony
Two lives being joined together is represented beautifully in a Sand Ceremony. As each of you pour the coloured sand from your own vases into one shared glass vase, the different colours combine, symbolising the intimate nature of your partnership. Just as those grains of sand will never be separated again, nor will you. Children can also take part: showing a child their place in your future by asking them to pour sand into the shared vase, will help them understand how important they are. The glass vase creates a visual reminder of your commitment to each other.
Water Ceremony
Highly symbolic, a Water Ceremony is a visual way of expressing how two lives are joined together. As each of you pour your chosen coloured water from your own vases into the shared glass vase, the water combines to create any entirely new colour, symbolising your new union. Just as that water will never be separated again, nor will you. Children can also take part: showing a child their place in your future by asking them to pour water into the shared vase, will help them understand how important they are. The glass vase creates a visual reminder of your commitment to each other.
