Wedding Information
4th - 7th November 2022
Please find all the information you'll need to enjoy our special day(s) below.
Venue
Our wedding is being held at Knockerdown Cottages, in the Derbyshire Dales. It's a beautiful site of self-catered cottages that we have exclusive use of from Friday - Monday (wedding Saturday), with everything happening on site.
Accommodation
There is room on site for everyone to stay, and we would love for you to join us for the full duration if you can, however you are welcome to arrive or leave whenever is convenient. The cottages each sleep between 4 and 12 and we are planning to arrange that people are sharing with those they know. Each cottage has a shared lounge and kitchen area for you to use during your stay.
We would love for everyone to stay on-site with us for the weekend, to maximise the time we can spend together. In place of gifts we will be asking for £80 per person to go towards the accommodation for the entire weekend.
Food and drink
All food and drink will be provided for the Saturday, including an open bar during the reception. Evening food will be a pizza buffet provided by our caterers. We will provide breakfast food (bread, bacon, sausages, eggs, milk, cereal, etc.) if you have particular preferences or dietry requirements please let us know on the RSVP so we can account.
Friday & Sunday are BYOB we will be making arrangements for dinner on Friday and Sunday closer to the event. The cottages are self catered so please bring any additional food you would like for the weekend.
Wedding breakfast
Starters - Antipasti boards, salads and breads
Main Course - slow cooked brisket and pork shoulder lasagne or farro and caramelised butternut risotto with sage
Dessert - Raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake
Facilities
Knockerdown has a swimming pool & sauna which will be available for guests through most of the weekend. The pool and sauna will be closed before the ceremony on Saturday but otherwise will be open 8:00 - 20:00.
Additionally the games room will be open for most of the weekend it has pool (requires £1 coins) and table tennis for the guests to enjoy. We will also make a selection of board games available in the room over the weekend for guests to play or take back to their cottages.
Gifts
We've been living together for a few years now and have everything we need so won't be doing a registry or requesting gifts. Your presence at our wedding is more than enough, but if you would like to gift us something, contributions towards our honeymoon or gin/rum collection would be gratefully received.
Travel
Knockerdown is located in the Derbyshire Dales near Ashbourne. Please see the Knockerdown website for making travel arrangements. There is plenty of on site parking for those travelling by car.
What else to bring?
Linen and towels are provided by Knockerdown but you may want to bring an additional towel if you plan to use the pool. Please bring your own toiletries and a hairdryer if you require one.
We are planning a walk on Sunday (weather permitting) so please bring appropriate clothing and footwear if you would like to take part. It will likely be a few miles around/near Carsington Water which might be muddy but should be relatively flat.
We would also like to invite everyone to take part in an inter-cottage bake-off on the Sunday afternoon. We will provide more details closer to the time.