How the day runs.

Civil ceremony at 3:00pm ceremony will be finished by 3:30 at the latest probably only takes 15 mins in reality (not having any reading poems or anything).

Wedding breakfast starts at 5:00pm so allows an hour and half for Photos and champagne reception from 3:30-5:00

Wedding breakfast finished by 7:00 we not having speeches other then us giving a quick thank you to our guests. We also having a 6 courses menu.

Evening reception start from 7:00 cake cutting at 8:00

Evening entertainment food etc from 8:30

11:30- goodnight.

The time you need to allocate for dinner will depend on the amount of guests and the amount of courses your are having.

We're having everything in the same venue, these aren't set timings yet but it'll go something like;

2pm - ceremony

2:30pm - welcome drinks, photo's etc

4pm - wedding breakfast 3 courses

6pm - speeches (might be earlier depending on how quick food is served etc.)

7pm - cut the cake (that sounds quite late to me, might do it earlier?)

7:30pm - first dance

11pm - night night

12pm - music etc. stops

Mine goes like this

2-3 Church service

3-4 Photos and guests go to reception venue

4 Canapes and prosecco for guests

4.30 We arrive at reception

5 Dinner

7 Speeches

8 Evening guests arrive and Motown band start

Finish...whenever the last man standing has dropped! Our venue will keep serving as long as we want them to!

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some good tips on how long things take / how long to allow for things ?

Almost exactly this, but with the first dance at 7:15. My evening guests are invited to arrive for 7, which is also when my day guests will be escorted through the castle to the restaurant where the dancing is. My husband (yay) and I will come through 15 minutes later to make our grand entrance across the drawbridge and as soon as we come in we'll go straight into our first dance, and the music won't stop until midnight, except for pauses for the speeches. I want my guests to be dance dance dancing the night away as much as they want, as far as I'm concerned, the music should go all night

9.00 - I arrive at venue with bridesmaids and mum to get ready

11.00 - Dad arrives at venue

11.15 - OH arrives at venue with best men and ushers and has his registrar interview at about 11.30

11.55 - My registrar interview

12.00 - Ceremony

12.45 - Reception drinks and photos

14.30 - Called through for dinner - Dad and Groom speeches

15.00 - Dinner

17.30 - 2 best men speeches

18.00 - Evening guests start to arrive and me and OH might have a few more photos at sunset

19.00 - First dance

20.00 - Evening buffet

23.00 - Bar closes

23.30 - Band stops playing

24.00 - Back at the hotel for night caps