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  • Not sure what to wear?
    Yes – we’re serious about the Halloween costumes! We’d love you to come in your ghouliest, witchiest, craziest weirdness and there WILL be a best-dressed prize – but if you’d rather dress like a human, that’s great too. Any autumnal, gothic or cold-weather wedding guest get-ups will be wonderful.

  • Nowhere to stay?
    It looks like there are still rooms available at the Alfreton Travelodge, Ashbourne Travelodge, Matlock Premier Inn, YHA Harlington Hall and Bull’s Head Hotel. If you’re still struggling to find somewhere, let us know and we’ll try to help!

  • What food will there be?
    We’ll be joined by a vegan burger van at around 5pm, then a pizza truck at 10 – so stick around until then if you’d like something to take back to your hotel with you! There’ll also be plenty of snacks and delicious desserts, so hopefully you won’t go hungry.

  • What about drinks?

    There’ll be wine and beer plus a few other fun things, but please BYOB if you’d like to!

  • What’s happening with transport?

    We’ll be giving local taxi companies a heads-up a couple of days before the event, but if you’d like to pre-book there’s Cross Dales Taxis and Mr T Taxis (not that Mr T… or is it?) If you get chatting to someone who’s staying near you, why not share a cab and split the cost?

  • Anything else I should know?

    Early forecasts are looking drizzly, and we’ll be on a farm, so please bear this in mind when choosing footwear – and bring a coat for later! If you have any other worries or questions do just send us a message.

    So excited to celebrate with you all!

What you’re in for

We’d love you to join us to celebrate our marriage.
There’ll be a short ceremony followed by food, drinks and dancing ‘til the dead of night. Please feel free to BYOB and dress in your best Halloween costumes. Camping is available if you’d like to stay on-site – just let us know. We hope you’ll join us… if you dare.

 

When?

October 4th 2025

Where?

Aston Hill Barns, Matlock

What time?

1.30–2.30pm (drinks will be waiting!)

Anything else I should know?

Check out the FAQs…

Survival guide

1.30–2.30pm
Guests arrive
3pm
Ceremony
3.30pm
Drinks & nibbles
5pm
Speeches ‘n stuff
5.30pm
Food truck!
6pm
Party starts
10pm
Food truck 2
10pm–???
Party on!

Will you be there?

FAQs

  • The ceremony will start at 3pm, so please arrive by 2.30pm at the latest (there’ll be drinks and nibbles to tide you over)

  • Just having you celebrate with us is more than enough! If you’d really like to give us anything, a contribution to our honeymoon would be amazing. You can do that here.

  • We’d love you to dress in your spookiest Halloween costumes – witches, vampires, skeletons, black cats, etc. are all very welcome. If not, smart/casual is great too.

  • There’ll be a buffet table, a street food van and cake, as well as pizza later on in the evening. Don’t forget to let us know if you have dietary requirements and we’ll make sure you’re sorted!

  • We’ll be providing some wine, beer and fizz, but please feel free to BYOB too.

  • If you’d like to stay the night, the field next to the venue is available for camping. Just let us know if you’d like to pitch up.

  • If the thought of camping sends shivers down your spine, scroll on down to see a list of hotels in the area.

  • Aston Hill Barns are about a 20 minute taxi ride from Matlock train station, or 35 minutes from Chesterfield train station. If you are coming by train please let us know, as we might be able to sort out a minibus.

  • We’d love your kids to come! Please just be aware that the venue is a working farm, so they’ll need to be kept well away from off-limits areas.

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