Featured

The North West’s most prestigious bridal event, Bride: The Wedding Show, will return for it’s fourteenth year in February. Proudly showcasing 150 of the region’s premier, high quality bridal vendors – from bridal boutiques to florists, photographers to cake makers couples will be spoilt for choice.

Cheshire’s premier wedding show, this luxury event is held within a beautiful marquee set in the picturesque grounds of Tatton Park, Knutsford, regularly attracting 4,500 visitors a year.

Don’t let your pre-wedding beauty preparation leave you feeling stressed. Our top beauty tips will leave you glowing from head to toe and looking beautiful in time for your big day.

Appointments

Be prepared! Book all beauty appointments well in advance. This will ensure you get a spot with your preferred hair dresser or beautician. There is nothing worse than being disappointed with a treatment, especially before your big day.

With a £2.5 million refurbishment now complete, Seaham Hotel is a beautiful venue for a wedding. Seaham Hall perches on a cliff-top on Durham’s Heritage Coast, just three hours by train from London. The poet Lord Byron’s wedding took place here in 1815, setting a romantic precedent for the future.

With 20 individually-designed suites and a large ballroom, it's available for exclusive hire. The 44,000 sq ft, award-winning Serenity Spa, with 17 treatment rooms and pool, is a haven of tranquillity for brides-to-be, mother of the bride and bridesmaids (and the groom, and best man, of course!).

The Parsonage Hotel & Spa was built in early 1840s and maintains many of its original features. Only six miles from the centre of York nestled in the pretty village of Escrick. The hotel sits in five acres of beautiful garden and woodlands and is the ideal setting for your perfect day. The hotel boasts an award winning restaurant, beautiful conservatory and elegant lounges.

The Parsonage offers 50 newly refurbished en-suite bedrooms all with digital televisions, complimentary WIFI and parking with a host of modern touches to make your stay a restful one. We have weekend and midweek packages to suit all budgets.

This winter, Stapleford Park are offering you the chance to have a fairytale wedding in your very own country manor. Stapleford Park has passed through the hands of nobility for centuries, it is steeped in history, set within 500 acres of beautiful gardens and with it’s own chapel within the grounds of the hotel, this really is the most idyllic wedding location in the UK.

Nestled within the Yorkshire Wolds, Jollydays Glamping and the North Star Club are unique and exciting locations to host a wedding or party. Either for a festival vibe, a “proper posh” tea party or a romantic Kate moss style extravaganza, the magical woodlands are the perfect venue. Hire either the 200acre woodland at Jollydays or the 500acre woodland at North Star Club and in addition have somewhere quirky for guests to stay.

On average, how long does hair take to do on the day- is a hair rehearsal really necessary?

The time needed to perfect a wedding day hairstyle depends entirely on the look each bride opts for. If a simple blow-dry is chosen, 45 minutes should suffice so allow yourself an hour for hair on the big day, or if you are having a more complicated up do or intricate style you need to allow for at least 2 hours, particularly if the style will require setting first. A trial run is essential to ensure your style will stay in place throughout your big day and that you are comfortable wearing it for so long. You can also use your trial to test how long you need to allow for your hair on the day of your wedding.

The National Wedding Show is proud to welcome plus size model and TV Presenter Nina Blakemore to Manchester Central this weekend (24-25 October) where she will be joining the Experts Theatre, offering top tips and advice during her body confidence workshops.

Challenging the size zero, Nina has previously made several TV appearances on This Morning, BBC and Channel 4’s How to Look Good Naked with Gok Wan. Nina is proud of her curves and a renowned body confidence Ambassador for all Women, whatever their shape and size and is living proof that you don’t have to be a size zero to be gorgeous!

The Clarks Kids AW15 range features shoes specially designed for bridesmaids and flower girls aged 0-12 years old. The new collection infuses a touch of class and sparkle in the beautiful occasion shoes, with simple but superb designs.

Clarks Baby

Choose from the Clarks Baby collection which is lovingly created for babies age 0-9 months. The shoes promise to keep little toes cosy and free to wiggle in naturally.