Or does does the law mean you have to get married inside a venue? Sorry if it is a silly question

I think as it stands, the church or venue will have a licence to hold marriages and if they have a licence they can marry you on the grounds. So I would have thought that you could get married outside as long as your venue agrees/has the facilities.

Hi Betsy,

I'm a wedding planner so I have some experience with this. You can not legally marry in the UK outdoors-it's a really old law that needs to go. You can however have a non-legal ceremony outdoors. What I suggest is to do the registrar bit then have your wedding as normal.

Hope that helps!
Heidi x

Interesting. Help me out here Heidi as you will know. Were they not going to propose to change the law so that it was the registrar/religious person to hold the licence rather than the building - thus enabling people to marry where they desire. I'm sure I read that some time ago as I remember thinking it would be lovely to marry somewhere whacky like in a wood, and then I realised it was England and I was probably better off indoors

I would be intersted to know that too.

You certainly can in Scotland. I am getting married this September beside Caig Falls, near Spean Bridge in the Highlands. www.forestry.gov.uk/woodlandweddings
Can't wait!
It's a beautiful venue, but you can only have a maximum of 20 guests.

That looks AMAZING!

Oh that's beautiful

Oh that looks great. Are you nervous about the weather though?

I love it

Also, is it just in Scotland?