George & Sam’s Windy Wimborne Minster Wedding

Wimborne Minster in Dorset was such a warm and welcoming place to hold a wedding like Sam and George’s, it felt like the whole town was the wedding venue! The year before Sam was bridesmaid for Jen, this time the roles were reversed.
One of my favourite things about my job is that I often get to see my couples and their families again, catching up and seeing how everyone is doing!
George and friends prepared the Priest’s House Museum (now known as the Museum of East Dorset) tea room and garden for the reception, and Sam and the bridal party got ready across the way at the Kings Head Hotel.

I ran back and forth through the town making a mental to note to come back again one day for a non-working visit. After the beautiful ceremony in The Minster we all crossed the road over to the reception that so many of the guests helped organise for the celebrations.
Not a typical reception venue, but it really worked, I loved it!
So personal and so relaxed… and I loved seeing the band just about manage to fit in surrounded by items in the museum shop! It was the perfect place for Sam, George, and their loved ones to celebrate and party! My relaxed documentary style of photography was the perfect fit for this wedding.

  • The Kings Head hotel in Wimborne Minster. A bridesmaid in a pink satin dressing gown smiles.
  • The bridal party on matching dressing gowns enjoying drinks in a hotel room.
  • The groom laughs with friends in the Museum of East Dorset garden. They are preparing for the wedding later.
  • Natural moments from a hotel room in the Kings Head, Wimborne. The bride with her friends getting ready for the wedding.
  • Woman in white dressing gown looking in the mirror.
  • A woman with blonde hair takes her wedding dress down from the window it was hanging in.
  • A woman sitting on the floor tonging her hair. In a hotel room with the bridal party getting ready.
  • Rev. Canon Andrew Rowland chatting to an older woman, a guest at the wedding.
  • The groom is wearing a dark blue suit and is waiting in church for his wedding.
  • People walking down Church Street to make their way to The Minster for a wedding.
  • Bride on the left, a bridesmaid on the right sitting in a chair in a pink dress. In a hotel room at The Kings Head in Wimborne Minster.
  • Bridesmaid crouches down the adjust the wedding dress, they are getting ready in a bedroom in the Kings Head hotel in Wimborne Minster.
  • Bride and bridesmaids leaving the Kings Head hotel in Wimborne Minster.
  • The bridal party crossing West Street in Wimborne Minster on the way to the church.
  • The bridal party in Wimborne Minster walking to the church.
  • Bride and her bridesmaid in the wind, just before getting to the church.
  • Groom speaking to best man, bride smiling, during wedding.
  • A man and woman kiss during their wedding ceremony in The Minster church. The people in the pews are clapping.
  • The view of guests sitting in the pews at Wimborne Minster during wedding.
  • A boy is standing on a pillar in the church to watch the wedding, he turns around to look at the camera.
  • Front row in church during wedding. Singing hymns.
  • A girl is smiling at her parent in the pews as a someone takes a photo with her phone.
  • A girl is smiling at her parent in the pews as a someone takes a photo with her phone.
  • Newly married couple walking down the aisle in Wimborne Minster.
  • Woman hugging her bridesmaid outside after ceremony.
  • Groom hugging a bridesmaid outside by the trees.
  • Bride and bridesmaids formal photograph.
  • Wedding guests throw confetti petals at a couple after their wedding ceremony. It's a windy day.
  • Wedding guests throw confetti petals at a couple after their wedding ceremony. It's a windy day.
  • Wedding guests throw confetti petals at a couple after their wedding ceremony. It's a windy day.
  • Photograph of a newly married couple kissing. They are outside the Minster church. The wind is blowing the bride's hair. The wedding guests are lined up behind them.
  • Bride and groom walking by the church. A bridesmaid holding the veil. Strangers and passers-by watch.
  • Hugging outside the Wimborne Minster church after a wedding.
  • Rev. Canon Andrew Rowland adjust the groom's tie while the bride smiles and watches on.
  • Bride and groom stand outside the 9 on the Green Bakery in Wimborne Minster.
  • A newly married couple standing in the gardens of the Minster church. The groom looks at the camera and the bride looks at his tie pin.
  • Woman in a white wedding dress and a man in a suit with a pink tie, walk along the High St in Wimborne Minster. They just got married.
  • A woman in a wedding dress hugs a guest, the veil blows across them.
  • Wedding reception in the garden of the museum of East Dorset.
  • A reportage style photography at a Dorset wedding. Four women (including the bride) look happy, shocked and surprised at the same time. They are all looking at something off camera.
  • The groom picks up his new wife in the gardens of Museum of East Dorset.
  • Bride looks lovingly ad her new husband.
  • Groom giving a speech at a wedding in the garden of the Museum of East Dorset. His new wife looks up at him.
  • Groom giving a speech at a wedding in the garden of the Museum of East Dorset. His new wife looks up at him. Groom raises a pint.
  • Bride raises a drink, the view looking out into the garden full of wedding guests.
  • Wedding guests hold their drinks up to toast the groom during his wedding speech. They are all stood outside in the garden of the Museum of East Dorset.
  • A couple of people cover their eyes as they listen to a wedding speech.
  • Bride covers her mouth as she laughs.
  • A group of people clapping and cheering. Wimborne Minster wedding.
  • Men hugging in a candid wedding photo.
  • Men hugging in a documentary style wedding photograph.
  • Men hugging in a documentary style wedding photograph.
  • Holding a pint glass that says bride on it. In the sunshine.
  • Man in a kilt point at the camera as people watch and smile.
  • Man in a kilt standing on a rock holding a pint. A bride in a wedding dress smiles. They are outside.
  • Bride bent over laughing as bridesmaid give a speech outside.
  • Three people with paper plates and drinks look at the camera and laugh. A candid wedding photograph.
  • Two small mischievous boys have a watering can and look at the camera laughing, then they water a man's shoes.
  • Two small mischievous boys have a watering can and look at the camera laughing, then they water a man's shoes.
  • Small boy wearing his tie on his nose.
  • Three people looking at a phone taking a selfie.
  • Man in a red tie smiling at the camera.
  • A girl is holding a plate and waiting for wedding cake. She is looking at the camera.
  • A woman in a purple satin dress is in the middle of the picture laughing. Man on the left has a cigarette. Man on the right is also laughing at a wedding reception in a garden.
  • Some people rub glitter on a bald man's head.
  • First dance in the tea room of the Museum of East Dorset tea room. There are books on the shelves behind the couple. She is wearing a white strapless dress and has blonde hair. He has dark hair, a short beard and a white shirt.
  • A woman in a pink dress and novelty mask puts her thumb up.
  • In the tea room at the Museum of East Dorset, a bride and groom hug as the wedding guests dance.
  • In the tea room at the Museum of East Dorset, a bride and groom hug as the wedding guests dance.
  • Woman cheering as she raises a glass.
  • Partying at a Wimborne Minster wedding, in the tea room of the Museum of East Dorset.
  • Man with outstretched arms while dancing.
  • Partying at a Wimborne Minster wedding.
  • Man in glasses and suit laughing.
  • A couple kiss on the dance floor at a wedding reception in a Dorset museum.
  • A man picks up a woman in the garden of the Museum of East Dorset at a wedding reception. They are laughing.
  • On the dance floor at Museum of East Dorset. Woman is shocked as a man is carried on someone's back.
  • Man dancing opens his jacket and looks at the camera.
  • Groom picks up new wife in car park.
  • Man pouring drink into his mouth. In a marquee outside decorated with fairy lights. People in the background.
  • Wedding guests drinking and laughing in a marquee decorated with fairy lights.
  • Bridesmaid walking at night holding a pint and not wearing shoes.
  • Man covered in glitter with rose in his mouth.
  • The Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne Minster at night during wedding reception.
  • Boy on the shoulders of his dad at a wedding reception.
  • Bride and groom kiss outside at night with sparklers.
  • The Minster Church of St Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster at night.

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