The Belle Epoque wedding venue

The Belle Epoque in Cheshire is an opu­lent wed­ding venue, richly dec­o­rated and full of char­ac­ter. A gor­geous lit­tle gem with bags of char­ac­ter, I had to do a lit­tle wed­ding venue fea­ture to show you this one!

Owned and oper­ated by a sin­gle fam­ily over 35 years, the Belle Epoque has such won­der­ful fea­tures as mar­ble pil­lars, art deco fire­places and lus­cious detail­ing around every cor­ner. It really makes a state­ment and is a glo­ri­ous treat for your wed­ding day.

Pho­tographs of the Belle Epoque

All pho­tographs by www.ChrisHanleyPhotography.com
See a real wed­ding at The Belle Epoque from the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog — all pho­tographs by top UK wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Hanley.

Pho­tog­ra­pher thoughts on the Belle Epoque

Chris Han­ley has shot many wed­dings at Belle Epoque and describes the venue as “a leg­end in Cheshire, steeped in ambi­ence, his­tory and accolades”.

Chris shared his thoughts on the Belle Epoque as a wed­ding venue: “From a bride and groom’s point of view, if they are look­ing for a small bespoke place to host their wed­ding and cel­e­bra­tions then it is very easy to fall in love with this estab­lish­ment. They are at ease and com­fort­able with run­ning wed­dings, as you or I are slip­ping into a favourite pair of jeans and shoes. The staff run a fault­less and charm­ing ser­vice. This is rein­forced with fan­tas­tic sup­port from a kitchen and cel­lar that pro­vides the very finest food and wine.”

“From a photographer’s point of view, this is a very chal­leng­ing venue to pho­to­graph with its ambi­ent low level light­ing and small restric­tive spaces. The very nature of the place requires your pho­tog­ra­pher to use wider angle lenses, higher cam­era set­tings, and addi­tional light­ing. No prob­lem for full time pro­fes­sion­als on top of their game. My very strong advice to bride and grooms con­sid­er­ing this venue would be to choose your pho­tog­ra­pher very care­fully. Ask if they have shot here before. If yes, study the wed­ding pic­tures care­fully, if not ask to see an exam­ple of their work in low light venues. It sim­ply won’t be accept­able to shoot a wed­ding here and rely on flash. Its the ambi­ence that makes the place it is, and demands skil­ful use of nat­ural and arti­fi­cial light.”

“One final piece of advice to con­sider. The Belle Epoque, host­ing a dry sum­mer wed­ding with 80 peo­ple is a delight. If it’s rain­ing, 80 peo­ple indoors is com­fort­able. Any­thing above 100 and the place feels very full, espe­cially if your guests are con­fined to inside. We have shot Belle Epoque many times and through­out the year, so if any of your brides or grooms are con­sid­er­ing this venue and have any ques­tions then I’ll be happy to answer their ques­tions if I can.”

From the Belle Epoque website

Nowhere other than the Belle Epoque can give you such a stun­ning and unique venue, com­bined with per­sonal ser­vice and award win­ning food.

For over 35 years the Belle Epoque has been a “culi­nary Bea­con” of the North West din­ing scene.  Com­bined with a truly eclec­tic inte­rior of Objets d’Art and rich fab­rics, cre­at­ing a dis­tinctly dif­fer­ent din­ing experience.

If you are con­sid­er­ing get­ting mar­ried or cel­e­brat­ing your wed­ding at the Belle Epoque, please call us. You’ll find we are just an enthu­si­as­tic about your day as you are.

Venue essen­tial information

Loca­tion: 60 King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6DT
Capac­ity: up to 100 guests for cer­e­monies, 120 for wed­ding break­fasts, 200 for the evening
Prices: from £3,425 per guest (2010 tar­iff)
Exclu­sive use: avail­able from £4,925 (2010 tar­iff)
Licensed for wed­ding cer­e­monies and civil partnerships

www.TheBelleEpoque.com
01565 632661
info@thebelleepoque.com