St. Andrew’s Church is a beautiful church in an ideal location, and a popular venue for weddings. We seek to work with couples to make their day as special as possible.

Initial enquiries should be made by coming to the Parish Office. During this meeting we will be able to discuss the availability of the church, and the likely fees payable at the time of your wedding.

Nearer to your wedding day, the Vicar conducting your wedding will make an appointment to meet you both, and will also arrange a date and time for a wedding rehearsal.

We are also happy to arrange services of blessing following a civil ceremony, and services of thanksgiving for a special anniversary.
Phone or email the parish office if you would like to talk about these services.

If you do not live in our parish, it may still be possible to be married at St. Andrew’s Church – why not come and talk to us about it?

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MARRIAGE MEASURE 2008

The Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 (“the Measure”) extends the existing legal right to be married in a parish, using a Church of England marriage service, to cases where one or both of the couple can establish a Qualifying Connection with the parish. The Qualifying Connection may be of any one of the seven types specified in the Measure. The Measure came fully into force on 1st October 2008.

THE QUALIFYING CONNECTIONS

A person has a Qualifying Connection with a parish if: • that person:

- was baptised in the parish. (This does not apply where the baptism formed part of a combined service of baptism or confirmation); or

- had his or her confirmation entered in a church register book of a church or chapel in the parish; or

- has at any time had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or

- has at any time habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months; or

- a Parent of that person has at any time during that person’s lifetime had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or

- habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months; or

- a Parent or Grandparent of that person was married in the parish.