Alternative Quirky Wedding Venues

As an alternative documentary wedding photographer I love it when couples do things their way and tear up the rule book! These days there is so much choice for wedding venues for your big day its almost overwhelming! Well I’m going to help out a little here and put together a few blog posts for cool wedding venues that offer something a little bit different. Some of these wedding venues I’ve yet to photograph but they are all on my hit list of best places to get married! Check out the list below!


Tunnels Beaches Wedding Photographer - Devon Wedding Venues - www.tunnelsbeaches.co.uk
Tunnels Beaches - where do I begin!? In short its one of my all time favourites! Love this place and shoot there a lot. The venue, the location, the food, the staff, the beach, the sea arghhh its sooo good! If a seaside wedding by the beach is your thing then check these guys out!

Lusty Glaze Wedding Photographer - Cornwall Wedding Venues - www.lustyglaze.co.uk
Another fantastic beach wedding venue in Newquay Cornwall. Stunning location on a private beach what more could you ask for!?

Walcot Hall Wedding Photographer - Shropshire Wedding Venues - www.walcothall.com
Another one of my fave wedding venues. Walcot Hall is set in the beautiful Shropshire countryside and is an awesome country house style venue BUT it is also full of quirky objects, vehicles and accommodation. Another bonus is that guests can stay on site in one of the glamping spots from yurts to firetrucks! This place is a photographers dream with some many beautiful colour, backdrops and spaces to play with both inside and out! LOVE it!

Five Four Studios Wedding Photographer - Manchester Wedding Venues - www.fivefourstudios.com
Uber cool Manchester warehouse wedding venue. 54 Studios as the name suggests is actually a photography studios and a blank canvas to create your own cool urban wedding vibe. The team can work with you and some of their regular suppliers to capture the feel you're after. The studios and surrounding Manchester streets make this an alternative wedding photographers dream!

Victoria Warehouse Wedding Photographer - Manchester Wedding Venues - www.victoriawarehouse.com
Love a city wedding and in particular a cool warehouse wedding! City’s like Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, and London with their unique industrial past have left us with an amazing collection of unique buildings. Many of these spaces have now been converted into amazing wedding and event venues which are the perfect place to host your alternative wedding day. Victoria Warehouse is one of my favourite industrial, urban wedding venues and is the perfect choice for the unconventional alternative wedding! This place oozes cool and also hosts many world famous bands within the spaces. Another photographers playground when it comes to wedding photos you will be spoiled for choice!!

Victoria Baths Wedding Photographer - Manchester Wedding Venues - www.victoriabaths.org.uk

Another Manchester Wedding Venue institution! If you’re looking for a quirky wedding venue with a bit of history to boot then this place should fit the bill nicely. A former edwardian swimming baths with art nouveau interior decor this place looks simply stunning as a location for any wedding. Plus I’m a sucker for beautiful old tiles and stained glass so go check it out!

MC Motors Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - MC Motors
There are lots of cool, quirky and alternative urban wedding venues to choose from in London but this is right at the top of my list! I mean it doesn’t get any cooler than this place for your wedding day! Based in Dalston E8 it’s a former car mechanics unit and with a victorian street running right through the middle! This place has some history and one of the coolest urban industrial wedding venues in town for sure. The venue has several spaces for guests to break out into to relax, chat or throw some shapes. Sooo good - get on it now!

Asylum Chapel Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.asylumchapel.co.uk
As far as unusual wedding venues go this is right up there! Asylum Chapel by Maverick projects is one of a handful of quirky, alternative wedding venues they offer in London. This grade two listed chapel has been hosting weddings for two centuries so you’re in the right place for your wedding day! Full of rustic charm, peeling paint and crumbling concrete the venue is the ideal backdrop for a London wedding photographer!

Barbican Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.barbican.org.uk
The Barbican conservatory in London is one of the most unusual and quirky wedding venues you’ll find anywhere! The Barbican itself needs no introduction as a creative institution for many years hosting work and events across all genres of the arts world. If you are a creative is there a better place to get married!? The conservatory where you tie the knot is a lush oasis home to tropical plants and fish and makes for a superb place to chill and take in the atmoshere with drinks and nibbles. I love shooting here and the Brutalist style of architecture is right up my street for cool wedding photography images. In fact some of my favourite wedding photography images were taken right here!

Coin Laundry Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.coinlaundry.co.uk
You know I love a good wedding laundry shot! Check these guys out if you are looking for an alternative wedding venue for your big day you won’t go far wrong. Probably best suited to small to medium weddings but a very cool place indeed.

Village Underground Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.villageunderground.co.uk
A very very cool place for a wedding! These guys host all sorts of arts and music events so will be right up your street if thats ya thing! Let your creativity run wild and use the blank canvas to create your wedding vision.

Clapton Country Club Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.claptoncountryclub.co.uk
A unique urban industrial venue in Hackney, London perfect for your own warehouse wedding! With a cosy feel and complimentary rustic furniture and lighting this London wedding venue won’t disappoint!

Studio Jones London Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www. studiojoneslondon.com
A beautiful loft style urban wedding venue in the heart of Hackney. Lots of weathered timber flooring and peeling paint gives this place a real arty vibe and a perfect place for creative couples to host their wedding day.

The Hackney Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.thehackney.co
A very cool urban chic venue perfect for small to medium weddings up to 100 guests and only a few mins walk from Bethnal Green tube. Various rooms and outdoor space for your guests to spill out into. Lots of industrial backdrops make this a London wedding photographer’s dream!

Hoxton Docks Wedding Photographer - London Wedding Venues - www.hoxtondocks.com

Someone please get married here this place is off the chart cool and is a wedding photographers dream! If you need a blank canvas for a warehouse style wedding style wedding then this has to be on your list.