 | Wedding
venues in Oxford and around
| There are plenty
of wedding venues in Oxford. Oxford is a wonderful city, with all those
ancient buildings... Although it is a modern city, the city centre
has a special atmosphere, to me is like being back in the
time, in a different world. So I think it is ideal for a special day
such as your wedding, even if you don't live there. In case
you are looking for wedding
venues to choose from, here you can find some of the
venues where I myself have played in Oxford.
Please,
notice that I have no business association with these people,
I'm listing here some wedding venues just to give you a few
more ideas, different styles, sizes and prices.
I
hope you find this information helpful and it makes you
remember of me (then give me a ring, I'd be happy to play for you).
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wedding venues | Oxford Town Hall This
is of
course, only for civil
weddings, celebrated in the Assembly Room or in another room. There are
several rooms of different sizes. You
can also hire one of them for your reception
only, if you celebrate a religious
wedding in a church nearby. Here you can see the Assembly
Room, with
beautiful wooden floor and wall panels, a big marble fireplace and
paintings of
important people.
Link
|  | Ashmolean Museum Did
you know? You can hire this world famous museum and have your civil wedding ceremony
and your reception
in this awesome venue, surrounded by antiquities and art masterworks!
(and you'd also support the museum). The ceremony is celebrated
upstairs in one of the museum rooms, the Mallett Gallery, with
paintings, sculptures and even a staircase for the bride's grand entry
with the Wedding March!
For your reception, you'd find yourself in the middle of the Randolph
Sculpture Gallery in
company of Greek and Roman many centuries-old statues. You can also
have a
full meal.
Link
to Ashmolean Museum | 
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| Woodstock Town Hall Not far from Oxford is
this lovely historic town. This venue is quite small, so it's
good if you want to organize a civil ceremony and
your reception
for a small number of guests. Here is the reception room, with
embroidered panels on the walls illustrating Woodstock history since
its origin.
Link |  |
| Colleges for weddings | Besides
many other wedding venues, in Oxford it is possible to celebrate your
wedding in one of the colleges,
they have a chapel, reception rooms and gardens (especially
nice in
summer), so you
can have your ceremony, either religious
or civil,
and your reception
all in one place. Some are very small, others are very large, so they
can suit all tastes and needs.
| Christ Church Cathedral This is the most important
college but is also primarily a Cathedral. The church is
very large, as well as the gardens. What you see here is the
Masters' Garden. This is suitable for those who want a huge venue, very
large church and garden for a big number of guests.
Link |  | Wadham College They have a chapel a
garden, like
all colleges, so you can have a religious
ceremony and then your reception
in a room or in the garden.
Link |  |
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Other wedding venues | | Civil weddings can be celebrated also in
hotels, restaurants and other buildings, provided
that they have been
licensed. Ask them, you may be able to have both ceremony and reception
at the same place, if you like. |
The Lemon tree This
is a nice restaurant in Woodstock Road, not far from the Oxford centre.
It has a quite large room for the ceremony and the meal, with many
big windows and a huge mirror (so a lot of natural light),
plants
inside and a
little garden. Good for both civil ceremony and reception. |  |
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| Freud This
is a bar restaurant in Walton Street, in Jericho, near Oxford city
centre. It was a church
and you can recognize it. There are huge
columns and a staircase at the entrance and inside you can still see
part of the paintings on the walls. It is very large and is suitable
for a full meal
with many guests.
Link |  |
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