For a heavenly backdrop for nuptials you need look no further than wedding venues Essex. You want beauty, you have got it, you want tradition, you have got it and if you want culture, you can do no better than Essex County. There are more than 100 legally approved venues, 8 register offices and goodness knows how many chapels and churches.

You are even able to take a virtual tour of the available Register Offices and many of the church or wedding venues. You don’t have to live in Essex to be married there, as it is a great place for both the bridal couple and their guests to get away to for the weekend, and is one of the most beautiful counties in which to start a honeymoon.

Romance abounds in this county which is steeped in history, culture, fun and vibrancy. The combination of these factors does not get much better in order to be a winning one. Essex is recorded as an ancient Saxon County, is located north-east of London and is easily accessible from any part of the UK.

Essex is the home to historic woodlands, poppy-dotted wheat fields, estuaries, windmills, maritime tradition, coastal villages and the great towns of the North Sea. It is the county with the oldest recorded town, 350 miles of coastline the tallest Tudor gatehouse and the longest pleasure pier in the word. So no matter what the theme of your wedding celebrations, there will be a venue to accommodate and more than meet your needs.

More couples are choosing Essex to get married from, it has become the most prolific county in the UK for civil ceremonies. This is chiefly due to transformation of marriage laws. In the 1990’s certain venues who applied for approval became allowed to host civil ceremonies on their premises and Essex has some wonderful approved locations, where both the official ceremony and the reception may be held.

There are more than 100 legally endorsed wedding venues in this county and they vary from historic homes such as Leez Priory, Hylands House and Audley End, to modern hotels such as the SAS Raddison Hotel in Stansted and a Norman keep built in 1140 – Hedingham Castle. Earlier in this article we mention the tallest Tudor gatehouse, this is Layer Marney Tower, and guess what? You can be married there too!