
As your big day gets closer, you’ll be wanting to decide on a wedding day timeline. It’s important to have a plan in place for everyone to follow and whilst this is only a suggestion, it’s a great guideline to help you choose the timings of your own day. Should you wish to change your timings around, we’ll always be more than happy to accommodate that.
11am // Exclusive Use Begins
As the clock strikes 11am on your big day, you’ll have exclusive use access to the entire venue & grounds. This means your dream team of suppliers can begin setting up your wedding whilst you pop a bottle of champagne and get ready in our dressing room.
1:30pm // Your Ceremony
Once your day time guests have arrived, enjoyed a welcome drink and taken their seats up on our ceremony floor, it’s time to say ‘I Do’! Our dressing room is conveniently tucked away on the ceremony floor, meaning a short stroll gets you to the bottom of the aisle. With a 1:30pm ceremony time, you should have plenty of opportunities for getting ready photos as well as group shots with your groomsmen or bridesmaids.


2pm // Drinks Reception
Once the official part of the day is tied up, you will enter the courtyard to your loved ones where they’ll shower you with confetti as a newly married couple. Our wonderful front of house team will serve your no corkage drinks to yourselves and your guests. This is the perfect time to head off to our picturesque gardens to make the most of our photo ops with your photographer. Your guests can mingle whilst you take a little bit of time alone to bask in the newlywed bliss.
4pm // Wedding Breakfast
After a couple of hours of mingling and sipping on your tipples of choice, you’ll sit down with your guests for your wedding breakfast. Before your big day, our catering managers will help you to design the perfect menu for each and every guest to be wowed by. At this point in the day, we will still be serving your own drinks! Whether you’re wanting bottles of wine on the tables, craft ales or a personalised cocktail, our team will serve the perfect beverages.

6pm // Speeches
Once you and your guests are utterly satisfied by your wedding breakfast, it’s time for the speeches. After your speeches, we will stop the no corkage drinks and our evening bar will open up.
7pm // Party Time!
Our dedicated party floor will be the next destination for you and your guests. You’ll perhaps decide to hire a musician or band for your first dance and some of the evening. The acoustics in our historic building are amazing!
9pm // Evening Food
After all that dancing and singing, your guests will be ready for a little pick me up. Your evening food may be pizzas, cones of chips, a buffet style grazing board. Whatever reflects you as a couple is what we’ll put on the tables.
12:30am // Carriages
At 12:30 our bar will close and it’s time to head to bed. Our gorgeous accommodation will be waiting for you to put your feet up and get some well earned rest.
8:30am (The Next Day) // Breakfast
If you chose to book The Mill Cottage, our wonderful accommodation team will cook up a storm to cure the hangovers of yourselves and your nearest and dearest. After breakfast, it’s time to head off and embark on the journey of married life!
If this sounds like your dream day, get in touch with our events team to arrange your viewing, where we can chat all things wedding over a glass of fizz or a nice hot brew.
All our love, Team West Mill x
PHOTO CREDIT: MARIE ANSON