The Wedding Venue List

Every licensed venue in England and Wales

Licensed wedding venues in Essex

160 venues across the 14 council areas of Essex are approved to hold a civil marriage or civil partnership, grouped by council area below. They are approved by Essex council, Southend-On-Sea council and Thurrock council.

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160 venues

Basildon — 6 venues

Braintree — 18 venues

Brentwood — 10 venues

Castle Point — 3 venues

Chelmsford — 18 venues

Colchester — 17 venues

Epping Forest — 12 venues

Harlow — 5 venues

Maldon — 14 venues

Rochford — 9 venues

Southend-on-Sea — 14 venues

Tendring — 8 venues

Thurrock — 10 venues

Uttlesford — 16 venues

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.

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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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