Plan Your Wedding This New Year With These Countryside Wedding Top Tips

Posted on 27th December 201912th December 2019 by developer

If you’re tying the knot in 2020, firstly, congratulations! What a great way to start a new decade!

As you may know by now, you can never do enough wedding planning. If you’re considering a countryside wedding, there are more than a few things you’ll need to keep in mind to ensure everything goes off as planned. These are a few wedding tips you may want to keep in mind on your journey to the aisle.

Wedding Planning Tips

Choose a Unique Wedding Venue

Here at Delapré Abbey, we’ve helped lovebirds across the nation tie the knot. Our unique wedding venue in Northampton has hosted plenty of couples who loved the idea of having a countryside wedding.

While many people may immediately think of a forest or converted barn when considering a countryside wedding, Delapré Abbey offers a fantastic area, distinctive architecture along with a natural setting. Unlike other unique wedding venues in Northamptonshire, Delapré Abbey has experience in hosting amazing weddings making it a great option for anyone seeking a beautiful wedding venue.

Choose a Venue That has Everything

One of the biggest wedding top tips we can offer is to look for a venue that has you covered. What we mean by this is look for a venue that offers you all the rooms and staging you and your partner want. Consider a wedding venue with gardens if you want to head outdoors. Make sure to choose a countryside wedding venue that has a party and function room for guests to relax in as well after the ceremony.

Choose a Beautiful Venue

A wedding venue does so much more than just serve a purpose. The perfect wedding venue is somewhere that is beautiful to look at and has an incredible atmosphere. There are other countryside wedding venues that have stately homes and rolling acres of greenery to explore and enjoy. However, none compare to the atmosphere and unique charm of Delapré Abbey. There is no better place to stage your wedding photos than in front of the Abbey.

Choose Helpful Wedding Staff

Wedding coordination is key no matter how small your event may be. This means you need to ensure you have a helpful team ready to roll with any unexpected issues that pop up at any nuptials. One of the best wedding tips for couples approaching the big day is to find a helpful, passionate team who can ensure you have nothing to worry about on your big day.

Don’t Panic!

Our final top tip is not to panic! Whether you are looking for a unique wedding venue in Northampton, or want help setting up a countryside wedding, there are ways and means – don’t panic! Get in touch with our team who can help you get married in the glorious British countryside.

Here at Delapré Abbey, we love nothing more than to help happy couples tie the knot on their big day. Get in touch with our team today on 01604 866712, if you’d like to know more about our weddings at Delapré Abbey and how we can help you.

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thu25mayAll Daythu13julThis Grief ThingGrief gatherings are small, free group conversations about grief and they're open to all.(All Day)

Event Details

Thu 25th May – Sat 29th July, various times and locations
Free, booking required
Sessions will last a maximum of 2 hours

This Grief Thing is a project that invites people to think, talk and learn about grief. We’re living at a time when many people find death and grief – our own grief or other people’s – almost impossible to talk about. We don’t know what to say, what to do, or how to act. So we stay silent, we pretend that grief doesn’t exist, or we hide it. This Grief Thing pushes against this, by opening up conversations about grief and making it visible.

As part of our wellbeing programme we are pleased to be working with Fevered Sleep who have created Grief Gatherings. They’re small, free group conversations about grief and they’re open to all. They’re for people who have experienced grief, and for people who haven’t. This will be an inclusive space. Any age, gender, race, faith welcome.
We’ll share thoughts, feelings, ideas and experiences. If you don’t wish to talk that’s fine, people are welcome to just be present.

This project is a partnership between Delapré Abbey and Fevered Sleep and is funded by Northamptonshire Community Foundation.

Dates and Locations

Thu 25th May, 2-4pm, Umbrella Fair
This Grief Thing host: Laura Graham

Mon 5th June, 6:30-8:30pm, Saints Coffee
This Grief Thing host: David Bowden

Thu 15th June, 2-4pm, Umbrella Fair
This Grief Thing host: Laura Graham

Sat 24th June, 2-4pm, Delapré Abbey
This Grief Thing host: Lisa Lovett

Mon 10th July, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Saints Coffee
This Grief Thing host: David Bowden

Thu 13th July, 2-4pm, Umbrella Fair
This Grief Thing host: Laura Graham

Sat 29th July, 2-4pm, Delapré Abbey
This Grief Thing host: Lisa Lovett

How to get to each location

Saints Coffee: 62 St Giles’ St, Northampton NN1 1JW (map)

Umbrella Fair: Racecourse Pavilion, Kettering Rd, Northampton NN1 4LG (map)

Delapré Abbey (this session will be held in our Library): London Road, Northampton, NN4 8AW (map)

Meet the hosts

Laura Graham
Laura Graham is a freelance writer and content creator based in Northampton. In 2009 she lost her mum to breast cancer, a loss that changed her life and taught her about the complexities of grief. She went on to work for a local charity on a project to support people coming towards the end of life. She believes that grief is the last taboo and hopes that grief gatherings will enable participants to feel connected and seen by their community.

David Bowden
Dave Bowden – A.K.A Word Guerrilla – is a poet and performer. Utilising beatboxing, live looping and multi-instrumentalism, he delivers Word Guerrilla’s unique brand of spoken word poetry performances and workshops to a variety of different educational settings, workplaces and events across the country. As an educator and creative facilitator, he seeks to generate creativity in people through writing, empowering them with language and words.
He believes that grief is ever- present, and like bits of glitter: long after you think it has gone, it continues to turn up everywhere, often unexpectedly. It can be challenging to make sense of grief and adapt to it. Dave wants to facilitate grief gatherings to help others understand the experience, giving them a space to articulate how they think and feel about the process of grieving and help others adapt to the experience of grief.

Time

May 25 (Thursday) - July 13 (Thursday)

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sun28may(may 28)11:00 amsun29oct(oct 29)4:00 amExhibition: "The Walled Garden Was Magical"An exhibition of your memories of the gardens.(may 28) 11:00 am - (october 29) 4:00 am

Event Details

Sunday 28th May – Sunday 29th October
11am-4pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
Entry included in the price of general admission (£8 adults, under 18s free)

“The walled garden was magical… the absolute treasure.” Councillor David Smith

This exhibition explores the vast history of Delapré Abbey’s gardens and tells the stories of those who have worked here over the centuries to make beautiful outdoor spaces for the house owners and, subsequently, for the general public to enjoy.

There have been gardens here since the opening of the nunnery in 1145. On Saturday 19^th July 1952, Delapré Abbey’s gardens opened to the public and have continued to be a place open for all to enjoy. As Alderman J.V. Collier said upon their opening 71 years ago: “The gardens offer a haven of rest away from the milling crowds. Within almost a stone’s throw of the centre of the town, we have something unique.”

Timed to coincide with the centenary year of Delapré Abbey’s water garden, the exhibition captures and celebrates the local communities’ memories of Delapré through photos, text, ephemera and oral history.

Whether you enjoyed the walled garden as a child, have attended a wedding here, or discovered the grounds during one of the Covid-19 lockdowns, we want this exhibition to encourage visitors to tell their friends and loved ones about any existing memories they have made here while making new ones together.

Photo: John Pettitt