We warmly welcome enquiries about marriage at our churches and look forward to working with you to make your wedding a memorable, joyful and spiritual occasion. Please contact us early if you wish to make enquiries about being married here as we book up very quickly, especially for the summer months.
St John the Baptist and St Denys churches can be seen on this site through our Virtual Tour. These are both quite small churches with a capacity of about 90 people. St Marks Ampfield is larger with a capacity of up to 150, and All Saints North Baddesley is bigger still with a capacity of up to 200. Our organists will be pleased to arrange to play suitable music at the service, and we have very skilled flower arrangers who can decorate St Johns and St Denys churches for you most attractively at quite reasonable costs. (Due to the fragility of St John's church only our own flower arrangers do the decorations there. You need to find your own flower arrangers for St Marks)
If you live within the ecclesiastical parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth or North Baddesley you are normally entitled to be married at one of our churches. Special arangments also apply for those who live in Valley Park. If you do not currently live here, it is still worth contacting us as there may be other ways in which you may qualify.
Typically a wedding at our churches in 2008 may cost in the region of £540, but the exact amount will depend on a number of variable factors which we can discuss with you directly.
Banns of Marriage:
If you are being married elsewhere and need to ask us to read your Banns of Marriage we will need at least one months notice, preferably two. When the Banns have been read you will need to collect a certificate from us to take to the church where you are being married.
For further information or general enquiries about a wedding at one of our churches, please contact the Vicar or the Parish Office.