For those of you who have never heard of DJ Mike Porter then you probably aren’t really from Essex at all. Mike is a (now retired) wedding DJ and more well known for his shows on Southend Radio, Essex FM, Time FM and probably more radio shows around Essex that we can’t be bothered to [...]

Wedding in an Essex strip club anyone ? We’ve long been saying that Essex is a fantastic place to get married, with over a hundred licensed wedding venues in Essex to choose from, coupled with some of the most historic and beautiful churches, we truly believe that getting married in Essex is the perfect start [...]

Heart Radio Essex FM Wedding Fayre The radio station may of changed it’s name from Essex FM to Heart Radio, but their wedding fayre at the Brentwood Centre in February 2010 maintains it’s usual format and same excellent standard of wedding fayre exhibitions. Brentwood Centre Wedding Fayre 2010 Entering it’s 23rd year, the Heart Radio [...]

East Mersea Hall The beautiful East Mersea Hall opens its doors for future brides and grooms of Essex to take a look around their stunning new wedding venue with their Open Day set for Sunday 11th October 2009. The Hall is an Elizabethan Grade II listed country family home which dates back to the 16th [...]

Weddings at the Kursaal in Southend We’re delighted to hear that the first wedding has taken place at the iconic Kursaal complex on Southend’s seafront. Having originally opened in 1901 as the Kursaal Ballroom, the Essex building expanded into an amusement complex in the 1930′s. By the 1980′s the Kursaal said farewell to Southend’s entertainment [...]

Having announced their engagement back in February (read our Denise Van Outen engagement article) we’re delighted to hear that our Essex Girl Denise has just celebrated her wedding to Lee Mead on a beach in the Seychelles. We were hoping that Denise may of stayed true to her roots and enjoyed the finest Essex beaches [...]

We’ve had a few requests lately to provide more information about the legal side of getting married in Essex, to help engaged couples plan their wedding in Essex county. So, we used our knowledge, researched a little more and wrote this guide to getting married in Essex. There’s plenty of useful information to help you [...]

We’ve spent plenty of time lately talking about weddings in Essex, but not much about having a honeymoon in Essex, so today we thought we’d look at taking a few nights honeymoon at the fantastic looking Maison Talbooth hotel in Colchester, Essex. The Maison Talbooth, Colchester, Essex. The Maison Talbooth opened around 40 years ago, [...]

As we’ve mentioned on numerous occasions before, getting married in Essex can be the best decision you’ve ever made, as wedding venues in Essex are amongst the best in the entire country, and today we look at weddings at Hedingham Castle. Hedingham Castle in Essex, half a mile from the A1017 between Cambridge and Colchester, [...]

If you’re looking for great hen party ideas, then there is really no need to travel abroad for your hen do. It is becoming more popular for the bride to be to jump on an aeroplane and spend a weekend somewhere in Europe for their hen weekend, but with the Pound particularly weak against the [...]