Hackness Grange Wedding Photographer & Videographer

A stone country house in 17 acres

Hackness Grange is on Broxa Lane at Hackness, near Scarborough in North Yorkshire (YO13 0JX). The venue says it has about 17 acres of lush grounds, and the photographs show a stone house, a lawn and a pond that reflects the building. The venue is part of the Gilchrist Collection.

We have photographed and filmed two weddings here: Pippa and Dylan on 16 August 2022 and Chloe and Christian on 2 April 2026. Both are in this guide, and the two days are very different in feeling, one in the long light of August and the other in an early spring wedding with fireworks at the end.

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01 / April 2026 / Chloe and Christian

Chloe and Christian: a flower-lined bridge, a pond and fireworks

Chloe and Christian married on 2 April 2026. The photograph at the top of this page is the two of them walking back down the aisle beneath a timber canopy hung with fairy lights, Chloe with her bouquet raised. The morning starts in a bright room, where Chloe glances over her shoulder in a lace-edged veil, and Christian adjusts his bow tie beside a tall sash window while a groomsman straightens his collar.

Chloe crosses a small arched bridge lined with white flowers on the way to the ceremony, and afterwards the two of them stand on the lawn in front of the stone house, its reflection in the pond below.

The evening ends outside, with Chloe and Christian holding each other as fireworks burst above the grounds.

02 / August 2022 / Pippa and Dylan

Pippa and Dylan: a gold crown, a white staircase and two pugs

Pippa and Dylan married on 16 August 2022. A make-up artist works on Pippa in white pyjamas in a bright room, and later Pippa stands in a gold sunburst crown with a bouquet of pink and white roses, in front of a large ornate mirror.

The two of them stop on a white staircase with a black iron balustrade wound with greenery and white flowers, and kiss among floating soap bubbles beneath a canopy of fairy lights. Outside on the lawn, two pugs in bow ties sit in front of them.

03 / The spaces / From the venue's own page

The Elizabeth Suite, the Derwent Suite and the grounds

The venue's wedding page names the Elizabeth Suite, an indoor ceremony room for up to 120 guests with natural light and views over the grounds, which can also be the wedding breakfast room and the evening party space. It names the Derwent Suite as a smaller, brighter room for up to 60 guests, suited to a more intimate ceremony.

There is also a Getting Ready Room with hair and make-up stations, a Lounge Bar with views over the grounds for indoor drinks, and a Honeymoon Suite with a freestanding bath and an en suite that the venue says is included in all wedding packages. The page does not give a ceremony licence, so ask the venue about it.

Planning your photographs at Hackness Grange

A few things worth asking the venue, and how we would plan around the answers:

1. Which ceremony room: the Elizabeth Suite or the smaller Derwent Suite, or outdoors if the venue offers it for your date. Tell us your plan so we can arrange the morning around it.
2. Getting ready: ask when the Getting Ready Room and the Honeymoon Suite are yours on the morning, since that is where the first photographs happen.
3. Rain: agree an indoor option with the venue when you confirm the order of the day. The Lounge Bar and the suites give you indoor choices for drinks and group photographs.
4. Group photographs: we do as many as you like and typically recommend around 15, which usually take about 20 minutes. Choose somewhere with room and a sheltered backup.
5. Portraits: we usually take a portrait walk of about 15 minutes, with photo and video together. The lawn, the pond, the staircase and the grounds give you very different backdrops. In April or August, we check sunset and light times for your date in advance and agree the plan with you.

One team for the photographs and the film

Cam and Beth have photographed and filmed over 400 weddings together, so a stone house with a pond, a staircase and a long lawn is familiar territory. You get one conversation about the timetable, one set of questions for the venue and one plan for the portrait walk.

The photo and video team package carries a £120 deposit and a £400 saving over booking photography and videography separately. We are based near Cardiff, and travel across England and Wales is included in standard full-day packages. When the drive is over two hours we always stay in a hotel the night before and cover it.

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