Wedding Photographer and Videographer Near Kent

01 / Turkey Mill, Maidstone / Kevin & Diana

The Orangery: a dress at the window, a rope swing and a lit arcade at dusk

Kevin and Diana married at The Orangery in Maidstone in August 2022. The photographs we chose for them start quietly, with a wedding dress hanging at a tall window in black and white while the bride has her hair finished, and then step outside to a rope swing against an old stone wall, where the two of them stop for a kiss.

The Orangery describes landscaped gardens with a lake, a waterfall and a woodland walk, so a couple here has real places to wander rather than one lawn to repeat. It offers three ceremony spaces for up to 150 guests: the lakeside Lapa, the Gazebo and the weatherproof Garden Room. Ask which one fits your numbers and what the plan is if the forecast turns. The site was once a cloth mill and later a paper mill, and the water is part of its character.

The last two photographs show what a garden like this does at the end of the day: five groomsmen in grey suits with red details walking back along the gravel towards the party, and the couple in low evening sun under tall trees. Kevin and Diana’s highlight film is in the films section below.

For current venue details, explore The Orangery.

02 / Chiddingstone, near Edenbridge / Katherine & Ryan

Bore Place: confetti on the lawn, a flower-framed barn and a dip on the dance floor

Katherine and Ryan married at Bore Place in Chiddingstone in May 2024. Their walk through a shower of confetti on the lawn, a kiss in front of a timber barn dressed with flowers and a quiet portrait against a brick doorway all happen within a few steps of each other, which is part of the appeal of a working estate with its own barn and gardens.

Chiddingstone is in the west of Kent, close to the Surrey and Sussex borders, so a wedding here suits couples whose guests are coming from London or the home counties as well as from within Kent. The photograph that closes their story is a dip on a wooden dance floor, a reminder that the evening deserves as much attention as the lawn. Check the venue’s own information for accommodation, ceremony alternatives and finishing times.

For current venue details, explore Bore Place.

03 / Upchurch, near Sittingbourne / Paige & Connor

The Oak Grove: bridesmaids laughing in a woodland glade

Paige and Connor married at The Oak Grove between Upchurch and Lower Halstow, near Sittingbourne, in July 2025. We have one photograph from their gallery in this guide, and it holds a lot: a bride laughing in the middle of her bridesmaids, all in pale blue with their bouquets, under the oak trees.

The Oak Grove describes a woodland clearing with stretch tents for the reception, in the quiet North Kent countryside beside the Saxon Shore Way. A woodland venue changes light quickly, so ask what lighting the tents have after dark, where guests can shelter if it rains and how the ground will be on the day. Those answers tell us how much time to leave for portraits before dinner.

For current venue details, explore The Oak Grove.

04 / Barham, near Canterbury / Victoria & Benson

Broome Park: robes with sunglasses, a brick mansion and a bouncy castle

Victoria and Benson’s wedding at Broome Park in June 2023 is the most playful in this guide. The morning begins on a sofa with a row of bridesmaids in white robes and towel turbans, all in sunglasses, and the portraits end with the whole wedding party sitting on the lawn in front of the red-brick mansion while the couple kiss.

Broome Park is a Grade I listed seventeenth-century mansion about 15 minutes from Canterbury, with Italian gardens, woodland lodges and a wedding marquee. That lets the ceremony, meal and evening stay on one estate. The bouncy castle photograph, a bride in a full white gown mid jump with bridesmaids and children in pale blue, is the kind of moment that only happens when a day has room for it, so we suggest leaving a little unplanned time after the formal portraits.

For current venue details, explore Broome Park.

05 / Saltwood, near Hythe / Charlotte & Oli

Hayne House: a gazebo, a small dog and a piggyback in the evening

Charlotte and Oli married at Hayne House near Hythe in June 2025, and their gallery has a great deal in it. A groom kneels in a wooden bay window to talk to a small boy in a matching suit, a bride holds her bouquet in a bright room with a bay window and the walk along the garden path passes a half-timbered house.

Confetti beside a white gazebo, a small dog welcomed into the portraits and a black and white laugh close up all happen in the same grounds, and the evening ends with a piggyback along a lamplit drive and a dramatic dip on the dance floor. Hayne House describes itself as a family-run, exclusive-use venue on a private estate above Hythe, with woodland walks, an orangery for dining and three licensed ceremony spaces, so a day can stay in one place from the getting-ready rooms to the last dance.

If children, a dog or a ceremony outdoors matter to you, mention them when we plan the timeline. Small moments like these are worth leaving a few minutes for, and an estate with its own rooms makes that easy.

For current venue details, explore Hayne House.

06 / Saltwood, near Hythe / Alice & Ricky

Hayne House in September: robes, a glass-roofed ceremony and pampas grass

Alice and Ricky married at Hayne House on 1 September 2022, almost three years before Charlotte and Oli in the same grounds. Their photographs begin on a bed, with bridesmaids in pink robes laughing together, and a quiet moment beside a tall window while a bridesmaid straightens the dress.

The ceremony photograph shows the two of them holding hands and smiling at each other beneath a glass roof, with guests behind. Out in the garden a groom in a black bow tie and a bride in an off-the-shoulder gown pause beside stone steps, and the last photograph is a kiss among tall pampas grass. Two couples, two seasons and two quite different corners of one estate show how much a single venue can give you when the day is allowed to unfold. Their highlight film is in the films section below.

07 / Udimore, near Rye / Alexandra & Row

St Mary’s Hall: a Rye street, a panelled room and confetti outside

Alexandra and Row married on 16 July 2022, and the venue on their booking is St Mary’s Hall in Udimore, a village a few miles outside Rye in East Sussex. We include them as a nearby wedding because Rye is close to the Kent border, and their photographs follow the day through the town: a dress hanging in a tall window behind velvet curtains, a bride walking along a Rye street with her father and guests, and a ceremony in a panelled room beneath a chandelier.

Confetti, laughter and a crowd gathering on the street outside the ceremony are the kind of unscripted moments we like best, and the evening ends in warm light on a gravel path. St Mary’s Hall is a village hall beside St Mary’s Church with a lawn for a marquee, and its website offers full weekend hire from Friday afternoon to Sunday lunchtime. A day that moves from a town ceremony to a village hall needs a clear timetable for the drive, so send us your addresses early and we will plan the morning around them.

For current venue details, explore St Mary’s Hall.