Sourcerer Events Advises on Choosing an Idyllic Wedding Venue for Your Essex Winter Wedding

CHELMSFORD, U.K. - Oct. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- With so many heavenly wedding venues in Essex, it can be tricky making that all important decision as to where to hold your big day. Traditional and formal? Or contemporary boutique?

Essex wedding planners and private events managers Sourcerer Events have issued advice in compiling a shortlist. Their Essex wedding planning (http://www.sourcerer-events.co.uk/private-event-management/) experts have handpicked  their favourite wedding venues in Essex, each offering that little something extra or unique.

Country cottage perfection: Newland Hall

Located 4 miles west of Chelmsford, Newland Hall is country cottage chic on a grand scale.  That’s not to say that it’s tiny: oh no, Newland Hall is a large, picturesque 15^th century Tudor Manor House, complete with stunning gardens and over 100 acres of unspoilt woodlands and four lakes – it even has its own moat!

Full of character, Sourcerer's experts love the fact that unlike hotels or golf clubs, weddings are not just an ‘additional extra’ to the hall’s every day activities: weddings are their speciality business, so you’ll be properly taken care of from start to finish.

By Royal Approval: Layer Marney Tower

With its commanding views over the river Blackwater and having been visited by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, Layer Marney Tower is fit for the wedding of any princess.  It’s one of the most dramatic buildings in the country, and can offer a stunning setting for nuptials big and small; from intimate winter soirees through to large formal sit-down wedding breakfasts, Layer Marney Tower is able to cater for them all.

With gorgeous bridal accommodation on site and details such as a Jacobean fireplace to keep your guests warm, you’ll have the perfect place for your winter wedding.

A rural idyll: Stock Brook Manor

Stock Brook Manor has been a firm big-day favourite for over 25 years. Nestled in over 275 acres of stunning English countryside and located on the edge of the Essex village of Stock, the country club really does make for the ideal rural retreat.

With a variety of ceremony rooms, and the flexibility to allow the use of off-site caterers, Stock Brook Manor is perfect for weddings that call for different faith-based traditions.

Luxury rustic loveliness: Maidens Barn

With the farm being in the Matthews family since 1750, and Maidens Barn dating back to at least 1806, there is certainly a sense of history about this wedding venue. The vaulted barn has been lovingly renovated to provide an atmospheric venue with its commanding windows and high ceilings adding a sense of ceremony to a winter wedding venue which can be softened by twinkling candles and warm colours.

We love the fact that this venue is a small, family run team; nothing is too much trouble for Maidens Barn’s brides.

Boutique and chic: Prested Hall

If you are hankering after a wedding venue with a touch of the boutique-hotel about it, then Prested Hall is for you. Winner of the 2012 Essex Wedding Awards “Boutique Venue of the Year”, when you hire Prested Hall, it is exclusively yours: from its tree-lined private drive through to its 14 well-appointed bedrooms and its fine period interiors, this venue will be for your guests, and your guests alone.

If you’ve got your heart set on outdoor photography for your winter nuptials, then Prested Hall also boasts a gazebo in the grounds – perfect for snapshots in all seasons!

Choosing an Essex Wedding Venue

If your head is still spinning with choice, an Essex wedding planner can help. A wedding coordinator will have experience in and personal contacts at all of the most stunning wedding venues in Essex, so will be able to help you pick something to suit your needs and tastes. Call upon the assistance of Sourcerer Events: centrally based in Chelmsford and able to offer a highly personalised wedding planning service Essex wide. Visit http://www.sourcerer-events.co.uk/private-event-management/ to find out more or call 01371 811108.