Notley Abbey Wedding Photographer & Videographer

A historic house on the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire border

Notley Abbey is on Aylesbury Road at Haddenham, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire (HP17 8XS). The venue describes an exclusive-use wedding venue on the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire border, with private riverside grounds, lavender, a tree-lined driveway and a walled garden. It says the house was once home to Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

We photographed and filmed Charlie and Peter's wedding here on 7 June 2025, and their day is the one in this guide.

For current venue details, explore Notley Abbey.

01 / June 2025 / Charlie and Peter

Charlie and Peter: newspapers on a four-poster bed, an archway and a tree-lined drive

Charlie and Peter married on 7 June 2025. The photograph at the top of this page is the two of them kissing on a gravel driveway beneath a tunnel of green trees. The morning is playful: in black and white, a row of bridesmaids in loungewear sit on a four-poster bed, each holding a newspaper open in front of her face, with white flowers at the foot of the bed.

Charlie walks hand in hand with a man in a dark suit through an archway towards her bridesmaids in sage green, who react with joy at the first sight of her. Beside a stone wall, in black and white, Peter presses his hands together and takes a quiet moment.

Charlie arrives beside a man in a black suit and bow tie beneath a chandelier hung with white drapes and fairy lights, in a stone-walled room with flowers either side of the aisle. Afterwards she and Peter walk out beneath falling confetti while bridesmaids in sage green cheer around them.

The day ends on the long driveway, where a dark sports car with glowing red tail lights and a Just Married number plate drives away between the trees.

The same green drive is where Charlie and Peter kiss in the photograph at the top of this page.

02 / The spaces / From the venue's own pages

Abbot's Hall, the Monks' Refectory and the Walled Garden

The venue's ceremonies page names Abbot's Hall, which seats up to 100 for a ceremony and has carved oak beams and a fireplace, and the Monks' Refectory, which holds up to 164 for a ceremony, with floor-to-ceiling glass and chandeliers. It also names the Walled Garden for summer ceremonies for up to 164 guests, and says the ivy-clad nook in the wall is licensed.

The Monks' Refectory seats up to 164 for the wedding breakfast and up to 250 for the evening. For drinks, guests gather in the Cloister Garden or on the front lawn in summer, and in the Hall and Drawing Room, warmed by open fires, in winter. The venue's pages do not give a curfew or general licensing details, so ask when you enquire.

03 / Staying at Notley Abbey / From the venue's own pages

Nine bedrooms, exclusive to your party

The venue lists nine bedrooms, exclusive to the hiring party, including the Notley Suite, with a four-poster bed, a fireplace and views over the countryside, which it describes as the wedding suite. It says guests gather for breakfast in the Dining Room the morning after. The pages do not give a sleeping capacity or check-in times, so ask the venue.

Planning your photographs at Notley Abbey

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

1. Where the ceremony is: in Abbot's Hall, the Monks' Refectory or the Walled Garden in summer. Tell us your plan so we can arrange the morning around it.
2. Getting ready: ask when the Notley Suite and the other bedrooms are yours on the morning, since that is where the first photographs happen.
3. 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, and ask someone who knows everyone to round people up.
4. Portraits: we usually take a portrait walk of about 15 minutes, with photo and video together. The tree-lined driveway, the walled garden and the lawn give you very different backdrops. In June, we check sunset and light times for your date in advance and agree the plan with you.
5. Rain: agree an indoor option with the venue when you confirm the order of the day. The venue names the Hall and Drawing Room, with open fires, for winter drinks.

One team for the photographs and the film

Cam and Beth have photographed and filmed over 400 weddings together, so a historic house with a walled garden and a long tree-lined driveway 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.

Questions about a Notley Abbey wedding