Plan your day
Eighteen months,
one calm plan.
What happens when, the questions every couple asks at their second visit, and how your guests get here.
N° 01 — From booking to the big day
What happens and when.
18 months
Hold your date
Visit, hold the date for seven days, then secure it with a 25% deposit.
12 months
Book the essentials
Registrar, photographer and band. We share our supplier book.
9 months
Rooms & guests
Allocate the 25 beds on site and open the room blocks at the inns.
6 months
Tasting day
A long lunch with Tom to choose your menu and wines.
3 months
The running order
Your coordinator walks the day with you, minute by minute, on site.
6 weeks
Final numbers
Guest numbers, dietary needs and the seating plan. Balance due.
1 week
The last walk-round
Final call with suppliers; we check the forecast together.
The day before
Set-up
The estate is yours from noon. Supper in the Cider House.
The day
Enjoy it
We handle the rest. Breakfast in the garden on Sunday.
N° 02 — The logistics ledger
The answers you’d ask at the second visit.
Print it, forward it to your planner, hold us to it.
N° 03 — Getting here
Two hours from London, twenty minutes from the train.
By train
Kemble station is 20 minutes away, with direct trains from London Paddington in about 75 minutes. We send a taxi list with every booking.
By car
Wrenfield Lane, Lower Ashby, GL54 0XX. Turn off the A429 at the Ashby Arms; the gate is half a mile on the left.
By coach
We arrange coaches between the estate, the two village inns and Kemble station. The last run leaves at 12.30am.
Questions we haven’t answered?
Call the office on 01632 960 418, Tuesday to Saturday, or ask at your viewing.