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We’ve got everything UK brides and grooms need to plan a wedding — local venues, real wedding inspiration, and more! We have a directory of UK wedding vendors, and be sure to check out our archive of London weddings, Scottish weddings, Irish weddings, celtic weddings, and of course, HOT GROOMS IN KILTS.

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Jennifer & Kevin ride off into their future

I love happy bikey couples riding off into their future together, like Jennifer and Kevin here, as recently photographed by Quintessential Images in the UK. Lots more beautiful photos from this bicycle wedding over here.

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Gem & Mel’s gay retro/ska british beach bonanza

Gem and Mel wanted a wedding day that would fulfill their dressing up fantasies, even if that meant just being really comfortable — or having their son dress up as Troy Bolton from High School Musical.

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Lucifire & Dave Tusks bright red circus wedding

What do you get when two British circus performers marry? You get a bride in a candy-apple red dress (made by Miss Katie) with matching candy-apple red pin-up hair, arriving at her courthouse wedding in a gold car with an eye-patched skull on top. Bonus sweetness: on her website, the bride describes herself as “profoundly, […]

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The purple wedding dress to rule them all!

Swoon. Purple dress. Black corset. Pink hair. Purple boots. Black veil. Jeweled crown. I don’t know anything about this bride other than that her name is Tanya and she’s from the UK and I love her. A very special thanks to analogueandy for sharing the photos with the Offbeat Bride pool on Flickr! Note: you’ll […]

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Tim & Helen’s colorful, DIY wedding in Bristol

We looked round about 15 wedding venues in the end and didn’t like any of them. We ended up just looking for a large space that we could hire for our wedding instead and we found this old redeveloped paint factory near where we live which is now used as an exhibition space. It seemed like the perfect venue for us as we are both creative types and the mouldy ceilings and large concrete girders were suitably unweddingy enough for our tastes!

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Penaran’s red wedding dress

Obviously I have a thing for red wedding dresses… Photographer Martin Oliver captured a bride named Penaran in a red Ian Stuart dress. I love the rouching of the red train, and the bride’s adorable little cocktail hat! For more shots, keep reading. And thanks to Martin Oliver Weddings for the photos! Check out our […]