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Wedding at Peak Edge Hotel

A Wonderful Winter Wedding at Peak Edge Hotel, near Chesterfield

In preparation for an upcoming wedding fair at Peak Edge Hotel, I needed to search for a wedding that I’d photographed there previously. Straightaway I remembered Jemma and Andrew’s lovely wedding and wanted to revisit that wonderful day!

Jemma and Andrew chose Peak Edge Hotel at Stonedge, high above Chesterfield in Derbyshire for their winter wedding. It was mid December with the hotel looking wonderful, all ready for Christmas. Very romantic, it actually turned out to be a beautiful sunny day, albeit not exactly tropical outside! 

Jemma and her bridesmaids were a great fun group. They all got ready at the hotel and she looked absolutely amazing in that beautiful dress!

So, how did it go?

The wedding was a lovely, sincere and moving ceremony. The low winter sun shone through the windows on to the couple while they made their vows. Family and friends were all clearly so delighted for Jemma and Andrew.

Afterwards we were actually able to go outside to do some group photographs in the gorgeous winter sunshine. Unsurprisingly the garden was too muddy for the guests but the front of the hotel was fine. That said, with that beautiful winter sky we still absolutely had to get photographs of Gemma and Andrew on the little bridge over the stream that runs through the gardens.

The meal went down extremely well. Peak Edge certainly know how to lay on a fine wedding breakfast. Then the speeches, so often highly underestimated as a very special part of the day. These were no exception with some very warm words for a very popular and much loved couple.

Then after a break, absolutely loads of energy carried on to the very colourfully lit dance floor. 

Throughout all of this I took many informal photographs of the proceedings, the guests and the details. A combination of such nice people and so much thought being put into this lovely warm wedding on a gorgeous but cold day, meant this day was rather special.

 

Bride at Peak Edge Hotel in Chesterfield. Wedding photograph with her looking at her dress

 

bride looks at her dress before getting ready for her wedding at Peak Edge Hotel in the Derbyshire Peak District

 

bridesmaids talk to each other. Black and white image by Derbyshire wedding photographer

 

bridesmaids talk to each other. Black and white image by Derbyshire wedding photographer

 

bride looks at her wedding dress before getting ready at a wedding in Chesterfield

 

Bride's shoe in black and white. Chesterfield wedding photographer

 

Bride's shoes at a Chesterfield wedding

 

bride getting ready for her wedding, looking in a mirror, hairspray

 

bride and bridesmaids pose for their wedding photographer in their dressing gowns before a Peak Edge Hotel wedding

 

wedding guests enjoy a drink in the library of Peak Edge Hotel. Black and white wedding photography

 

groom and his groomsmen pose before the wedding at Peak Edge Hotel in the Derbyshire Peak District

 

bride looking in the mirror, ready for her wedding photographer

 

The bride is ready for her wedding. Black and white wedding image of her looking in the mirror.

 

The bride is ready for her wedding. The bridesmaids look on in the background.

 

bride and her father walk down the aisle to her civil wedding at Peak Edge Hotel

 

A bridesmaid gives a reading at a wedding at Peak Edge Hotel near Chesterfield

 

The groom makes his wedding vows at a Chesterfield wedding. Derbyshire wedding photographer

 

The bride exchanges rings at a Chesterfield wedding. Derbyshire wedding photographer

 

Exchanging of the rings in beautiful winter sunlight at this Peak Edge Hotel winter wedding in Chesterfield

 

bride and groom leave their civil wedding ceremony in Derbyshire

 

Bride and groom have a drink after their wedding at The Peak Edge Hotel in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

 

confetti shot at a Peak Edge Hotel wedding near Chesterfield and Matlock with big smiles from the bride and groom. A really happy Peak District winter wedding

 

Photographer shows bridesmaids posing in the winter sunshine at this Derbyshire wedding

 

groomsmen pose outside at this wedding at Peak Edge Hotel at Stanedge

 

Bride and groom pose in this wedding photograph on the bridge over the stream at their Peak Edge Hotel wedding near Chesterfield

 

Bride and groom pose in this wedding photograph on the bridge over the stream at their Peak Edge Hotel wedding near Chesterfield

 

bride at her Peak Edge Hotel wedding shows her veil out on the bridge in the gardens

 

bride at her Peak Edge Hotel wedding on the bridge in the gardens

 

The groom makes his emotional speech, captured by Derbyshire wedding photographer

 

The bride looks at her groom making his speech in a black and white wedding photograph

 

Best man making his speech in a black and white wedding photograph

 

The bride and groom laugh at the best man making his speech in a black and white wedding photograph

 

Bridesmaids make adjustments to the bride's dress

 

Bride and groom pose for their wedding photographer at their Peak Edge Hotel wedding near Chesterfield

 

 

the bride stands at the doorway at The Peak Edge Hotel in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

 

newlyweds walk along the corridor at The Peak Edge Hotel in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

 

newlyweds walk along the corridor at The Peak Edge Hotel in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

 

Cutting the cake: the bride and groom at their Chesterfield wedding

 

the first dance at a Christmas wedding at a Derbyshirel Hotel. Colourful lights shine behind the couple.

 

colourful dancing at the evening reception

 

 

 

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