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Small weddings and elopements, from a windmill chapel to a manor on the hill.

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Small Weddings & Elopements · Reigate

A town that does small weddings properly.

Reigate is fifteen minutes along the Downs from me and it has something most Surrey towns don't: a genuine choice of character for a small day. You can marry in a windmill that holds a couple of dozen people, or in a manor house ballroom, or outdoors beside a lake, all within about three miles of each other.

My work suits the smaller end of that. I photograph the day as it happens rather than staging it, which means you get the look on your mum's face during the reading, not forty minutes of everyone squinting into the sun in rows.

Newlyweds holding each other after the ceremony
The windmill on the heath

Probably the smallest church you'll ever marry in.

Reigate Heath Windmill was built around 1765 and stopped working by wind in 1862. In 1880 the roundhouse underneath it was turned into a chapel, dedicated to St Cross and made a chapel of ease to St Mary's in Reigate. It's thought to be the only consecrated windmill church anywhere, it's a listed building and it still holds services through the summer.

Weddings happen there too. It's small enough that the guest list writes itself, so talk to the parish early about dates and numbers. For me it's a room with low light, no space to stand back and nowhere to hide, which is where documentary photography earns its keep.

Three ways to book

From just the two of you, to the whole day.

Elopement

£750

Up to 3.5 hours · ceremony & portraits · 60–80 edited images. Just the two of you.

Intimate

£1,250

6–7 hours · up to 30 guests · 120–150 edited images. Preparations through first dance.

Small Wedding

£1,750

Full day, up to 10 hours · up to 60 guests · 200–250 edited images.

Travel within 30 miles is included, and Reigate is a short run along the North Downs from Caterham.

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If you want more room

The manor, the golf club and the lake.

Reigate Manor on Reigate Hill is an 18th century manor house with several licensed rooms, from the Ballroom down to the Conservatory, which is the one to ask about if your numbers are modest. Reigate Hill Golf Club at Gatton Bottom sits in the Surrey Hills and can marry you indoors or outside by the lake, which is worth knowing if you'd rather say your vows under the sky.

Both hold well over a hundred guests, so they're built for the full day rather than a quiet one. Licences and capacities do change, so take the venue's word as current rather than mine. Marrying a few miles east instead? I've a separate page for weddings around Redhill.

A few frames from weddings I've photographed

Bride and groom kissing behind a backlit veil
Confetti as a couple leave their wedding ceremony
Bride and groom walking back down the aisle after their ceremony
Guests applauding the first kiss at an intimate wedding
Tender moment between newlyweds in a garden
Lacing up the back of the wedding dress before the ceremony

Kind words

What couples say afterwards.

Two of the messages that mean the most to me.

Elena took photographs of our wedding. We are very happy with the results and all the effort she put in to make sure we were satisfied with them. Thank you, Elena for capturing our special day so wonderfully!

Chelsea · Wedding

oh bless you honestly i cant stop crying at how you captured us so beautifully in our sneak peaks you are incredible. i know we said not to post but you are far to talented to not show these photos so please feel free to post and share them

Rebecca · Wedding

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Common questions

Can you really get married in the windmill on Reigate Heath?

You can. The roundhouse under Reigate Heath Windmill was turned into a chapel in 1880 and is thought to be the only consecrated windmill church in the world. It is a listed building, it holds services through the summer and weddings are still held there. It is genuinely tiny, so numbers and dates are a conversation to have with the parish early. For a photographer it is a wonderful problem: a small round room, low light and no space to hide, which is exactly the kind of day I like.

What are the bigger wedding venues in Reigate?

Reigate Manor on Reigate Hill is an 18th century manor house with several rooms licensed for civil ceremonies, including the Ballroom and the smaller Conservatory. Reigate Hill Golf Club at Gatton Bottom sits in the Surrey Hills and offers indoor rooms or outdoor vows down by its lake. Both take well over 100 guests, so they suit the full day rather than an elopement. Check licences and numbers with the venue, since these change.

Where is the nearest register office to Reigate?

There is no register office in Reigate or Redhill. Surrey County Council runs its offices at Leatherhead, Guildford and Weybridge, and Leatherhead is the closest of those. Croydon is another option and is often quicker to reach from the east of the borough. You give notice where you live, then you can marry at any register office in England or Wales.

How much is a wedding photographer in Reigate?

Elopements start at £750 for up to three and a half hours. The Intimate day is £1,250 for six to seven hours and up to 30 guests. The full Small Wedding day is £1,750, up to ten hours and up to 60 guests. I am based in Caterham, a short drive along the North Downs, and travel within 30 miles is included.

Getting married in Reigate?

Tell me your date and where you're marrying. We start with a chat. I also photograph weddings around Redhill, Caterham and Croydon.

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