Cotswold Weddings

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If you are looking for a country house style wedding in the Cotswolds with a lake and adjoining church, Upper Court is just perfect.

Wedding Venue Details

Venue Hire  (Saturday)                                                       £1,750

Venue Hire (Tuesday or Wednesday)                                    £1,250

The venue fee covers the day of the wedding. If you plan to use your marquee or the grounds on the following day, special arrangements can be made and please discuss this with us in advance.

Marquees

The marquee lawn overlooks the lake and you are free to choose the size and style you would like directly with our approved contractor, Mudway Workman. Please contact them directly for a quote. For approximately 100 guests prices start from around £3,500 and all marquees must have a wooden floor throughout. For a Saturday the marquee will go up on the Thursday before and come down promptly on Sunday morning. You are welcome on site from 10.00am on Friday morning to decorate your marquee. Any use of the marquee the week after the wedding for charity or local functions is at the discretion of Upper Court.

Mudway Workman 01242 680204 www.mudwayworkman.co.uk

Accommodation

Our five self-catering cottages are booked for three nights (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) or one night for a midweek wedding. Guests can check in from 4pm on Friday with departure by 10am Monday morning. There are 3 or 4 more rooms in the Manor. If you would like to book these, depending on availability, the rate is £110.00 without breakfast or £130.00 with breakfast, minimum stay 2 nights. We have cottage floor plans on our website.

We ask that you let us have a full list of guests and also of those guests staying in each cottage.  Due to our insurance and Health and Safety and Fire regulations it is imperative that only the named guests stay in the designated cottages/rooms.

We also own our village pub, The Crown inn, which is just a 3 minute walk up the lane and has four rooms sleeping 11.  

Music

Due to our village location, all music must cease at 11.30pm. Prior to your day we ask you to nominate a person(s) to help oversee the closing down of the marquee and departure of guests not staying at Upper Court at the end of the night. Music must be kept at an acceptable level at all times and we ask that you make your band/disco aware of this prior to the evening of your wedding. The electricity supply to the marquee must be switched off no later than midnight. You can, of course, continue the party in the cottages!

St Nicholas Church

The pretty parish church of St Nicholas is connected to the garden at Upper Court by a latch gate. Non-residents can marry by arrangement. The Rev. Roseanne Roberts 01684 293729. There is also a lovely Catholic church in the village, St Benet’s. 01386 725286.

Civil Ceremony

The Manor has a license for 60 people to get married in the hall. For smaller numbers the drawing room is available. For a ceremony in the Manor without a marquee reception, the hire is £350.00. Registrar 0845 6032859

Confetti

Natural flower petals are fine on the grass (but not outside the front door of the Manor). No paper confetti please.

Catering

We have six approved catering contractors for you to choose from who all come highly recommended. They can organise hire of crockery and cutlery, table linen and serving staff and some offer a full wedding planning package.

Corkage

You are able to bring your own alcohol with no corkage charge. You can arrange a pay bar in the evening if you wish or can set up a bar area and continue with your own drinks.

Entrance Gates

We suggest the front gates are closed on the morning of the wedding so that everyone uses the back gates. This leaves the front of the house clear of cars for photographs. The car park by the back gates is clearly signed and floodlit. Please provide us with any laminated signs you would put outside the gates for your guests, ie name of bride and groom. The front gates are opened for the arrival of the bride and groom.

Health and Safety

The boat on the lake is not to be used unless by special arrangement for the bride and groom. The swimming pool will be closed during the wedding celebrations and the lake. The areas around the cottages are lit.

Fireworks & Sky Lanterns

Due to wildlife and bird conservation around the lake, fireworks are not allowed any where in the grounds. Please ensure any lanterns released are biodegradable.  

Security Deposit

A security deposit of £500 is payable one week prior to your wedding day. If any damage is incurred on the property or inside the cottages we will inform you after the event and you will naturally be liable for this which will then be deducted from the security deposit. Please let your guests know you may have to pay this so they take care. Please make sure everything is returned to the correct cottage if moved and garden furniture put back where it belongs.

Taxi’s

Guests not staying at Upper Court should pre-book taxis to leave no later than midnight.

Children

Guests must take full responsibility for any children invited to Upper Court due to the risks of the water. Do ask if you would like us to recommend a nanny.

Storage

We ask for everything to be collected by the end of the week following the wedding. We regret we are unable to keep anything beyond this time.

Parking

There is plenty of parking on site for your guests.

Access

We have a hardcore road for contractors to the marquee site to ensure they do not drive on the grass.

Water

There is access to water for caterers by the marquee.

Disposal of Rubbish

We provide a skip for disposal of rubbish, including catering waste.