Ant & Steve decided to get married at Bodicote House near Banbury, because Broughton Castle, which is also not far, holds a special significance to them as a couple and they wanted pictures there. We started the day at Bodicote House (if you’re considering marrying there, have a look at this wedding, too, for different angles), or where the couple got married during an emotional ceremony, in a truly micro wedding surrounded by just their six children; after some confetti and group photos at the register office we headed over to Broughton Castle. This castle is the ancestral home of the Fiennes family, and parts of it date back to the 1300s, with its main areas built in the 1550s from locally sourced Hornton ironstone.
However, Broughton Castle opening times are only Wednesdays and Sundays between 2pm-5pm, so with this wedding being on a Saturday morning, we normally wouldn’t have been able to take pictures inside the gardens, only outside the moat area. The gardens are absolutely stunning in June, so it would’ve been such a shame! I really wanted to make this happen for the guys so I contacted the Castle to get permission. I received a reply from the owner, the Lord Saye and Sele, who very kindly gave us his blessing to access the gardens for these special photos – thank you!
Here’s just a small selection of the beautiful photos we took that day!
