The Wedding Venue List

Every licensed venue in England and Wales

Licensed wedding venues in East Sussex

135 venues across the 6 council areas of East Sussex are approved to hold a civil marriage or civil partnership, grouped by council area below. They are approved by Brighton and Hove council and East Sussex council — check each council’s own list of approved venues before booking.

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Every venue from the official GOV.UK and council lists

Council lists checked 29 September 2026

7,332 venues, 317 council areas — nothing estimated

135 venues

Brighton and Hove — 33 venues

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Eastbourne — 12 venues

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Hastings — 7 venues

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Lewes — 12 venues

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Rother — 28 venues

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Wealden — 43 venues

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A record shown as lapsed means a renewal has not been recorded centrally, not that the venue cannot hold a wedding — more on the dates and the source.

Cover photograph by Wolfgang Glock (CC BY 3.0), from Wikimedia Commons. Other photographs from Wikimedia Commons, by Charlesdrakew (Public domain), Oast House Archive (CC BY-SA 2.0), Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0), kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tony Hisgett (CC BY 2.0), The Voice of Hassocks (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tim Sheerman-Chase (CC BY 2.0), Danny Robinson (CC BY-SA 2.0), JuliaC2006 from Rochester, UK (CC BY 2.0), Marta Gutowska (CC BY-SA 3.0), Paul the Archivist (CC BY-SA 4.0), Julian P Guffogg (CC BY-SA 2.0), The Voice of Hassocks (Public domain), N Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0), Michael Coppins (CC BY-SA 4.0), Simon Carey (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stanley Howe (CC BY-SA 2.0), Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0), Nigel Freeman (CC BY-SA 2.0), Michael Haslam (Public domain), Michael Coppins (CC BY-SA 4.0), Richard Kelly (CC BY-SA 4.0), Simon Carey (CC BY-SA 2.0), Hassocks5489 (CC0), Simon Carey (CC BY-SA 2.0), Simon Carey (CC BY-SA 2.0), Antiquary (CC BY-SA 4.0), The Voice of Hassocks (Public domain), User:Hassocks5489 (CC0), Hassocks5489 (CC0), Fanfwah (CC BY-SA 4.0), Alexis Markwick (CC0), Poliphilo (CC0), The Voice of Hassocks (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jonathan Day (CC BY 2.0), David M Clark (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Where a venue has no photograph here, the picture is a screenshot of the venue’s own website, shown so you can recognise the place. Copyright stays with the venue. If you run one of these venues and would rather it was not shown, email us and it comes down.

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