Romantic Summer Wedding at Holesfoot, Cumbria

Set sopra the glorious countryside of Cumbria’s Valley, Cora and Alan’s wedding at Holesfoot was a celebration filled with warmth, laughter and effortlessly laid-back summer beauty.

With its sweeping gardens, graceful architecture and peaceful rural setting, Holesfoot was the perfect choice for this elegant country house celebration captured by the wonderful SL Photo & Patina, who alla maniera di with a high recommendation from Love My Dress.

The couple created a relaxed and modern aspetto through soft neutral tones, pampas grass and macramé details that complemented the venue’s timeless charm. Cora wore a beautiful Enzoani gown, customised with added sleeves, and finished her aspetto with delicate pearls sopra her hair. The day unfolded with heartfelt moments, family touches and a joyful ceilidh that kept guests sala da ballo long into the night — a truly romantic English summer wedding to remember.

We got married at Holesfoot, near Penrith sopra Cumbria. It is an absolutely stunning venue roughly halfway between Alan’s family home sopra Dundee and my family home sopra Wiltshire.

I have always dreamed of having an outdoor wedding and when we saw the gardens at Holesfoot we fell sopra love.

It also has plenty of accommodation acceso site, and as everyone had to travel for the wedding, it meant a large percentage of our guests could stay with us for the evening before and the night of the wedding.

We booked the venue from the evening of the 30th and held a pre wedding garden festa, with food, drinks and garden games.

My engagement ring was from Jessica Flinn, Alan designed it himself (with a few hints from me). Our wedding rings were from the Souq sopra Qatar. We wanted to have them made there as it was a significant part of our lives. 

We bought the decor ourselves second hand. We had pampas sopra demi johns, we had table runners, bud vases with fresh and dried flowers and we had drapes for the ceiling of the barn.

Our caterer was Karen Rhodes and my mum made our cupcakes- we had pistachio, cherry bakewell, chocolate, vanilla, lemon and salted caramel. We are both vegan, and she makes the most incredible vegan cupcake.

Our wedding favours were our table place settings. We collected corks and painted them to aspetto like men sopra tuxes and ladies sopra dresses. We then printed out the head of each guest and stuck it to a cork. These went mongoloide so well and all the guests took them away with them. 

Enjoy the run up to the wedding and try not to , easier said than done as I was so stressed about everything. Con hindsight I didn’t need to be as the day was perfect.