Relaxed Wedding at The Perch Oxford

Port Meadow is not only Pippa and George’s most favourite place in the world, but it’s also home of the amazing pub The Perch. I’ve shot many weddings at The Perch and it’s still one of my favourite Oxford wedding venues, massively due to it’s super relaxed vibe.

Pippa and George fell in love The Perch mainly for it’s casual approach, the prettiness of it, and the fact it was right next to the river and in Port Meadow. The Perch Oxford is famous for it’s sharing platters at weddings, and this just adds to the casual vibe; everyone sharing a feast, passing dishes, cutting up and passing plates… it’s such a great experience.

Pippa and George really didn’t want many traditional wedding trimmings and so they hired a magician, a variety of small retro fairground games and they decided to ditch the dance floor and replaced it with punting on the river! Yes I know! Punting instead of dancing! I’ve never seen or heard of a punt off at a wedding before, but it was so so much fun. All their guests absolutely loved it, there was so much laughter.

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Hands tying a blush satin sash around a bride's lace wedding dress while she gets ready

Bride and two bridesmaids in cream laughing with blush and white bouquets against a whitewashed brick wall

Bride and two bridesmaids holding white and peach bouquets of roses and greenery, seen from the waist down

Looking up at the stone tower and clock of a Victorian chapel in Oxford

Bride crouching to hug a young flower girl on a driveway outside a red brick building

Hands holding a stack of orders of service decorated with painted leaves and flowers

Bride walking down the chapel aisle on an older man's arm as standing guests look on

Bride and groom standing before the priest at the altar of a chapel with a painted domed apse

Groom placing a ring on the bride's finger in front of a priest in gold vestments

Paper cones filled with pink and purple petal confetti tied with twine

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Bride and groom kissing as guests throw petal confetti outside a stone chapel

Folly Bridge sign on old iron railings above riverside drinkers and boats in Oxford

Boats moored on the River Thames beside a tall gabled brick house near Folly Bridge, Oxford

Two smiling wedding guests taking photos, one with a camera and one with a pink phone

Bride and groom smiling at the wheel of a river boat as guests chat behind them

Guests watching as an older woman bends to greet a black dog on a lead beside the bride

Bride crouching on the grass to stroke a basset hound wearing a floral bandana as the groom holds its lead

Bride and groom walking a basset hound down a woodland path strung with fairy lights at the Perch

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Peach rose and sweet pea posy in a jar on a hessian runner, with fairy lights behind, at the Perch

Floral table plan on an easel with pink flowers and green leaves around the guest list

Three-tier white buttercream cake with a peach rose and bride, groom and dog toppers on a barrel

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Guest giving a speech from a tablet with a microphone in a marquee hung with bunting and fairy lights

Guest laughing and clapping during the speeches in a marquee lit with fairy lights at the Perch

Bride and groom laughing together at the top table with guests behind them

Groom smiling as he gives his speech into a microphone in the marquee at the Perch

Guest in white laughing with her eyes shut at a reception table during the speeches

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Groom holding his notes and a microphone during his wedding speech at the Perch

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Wedding Sharing Platters at The Perch Oxford

Guest cutting into a slow-roasted shoulder of lamb topped with herbs on a red patterned plate

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Guests sharing a lamb dish with green herb sauce and a tomato salad at a wedding breakfast

Guest serving whole baked fish with lemon from a blue and white platter on a lace runner

Guests passing dishes of new potatoes, baked fish and tomato salad along a family-style table

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Wedding guests and the bride on a riverbank as a guest punts a boat on the river at the Perch

Two laughing guests cuddled up in a punt on the river at the Perch

Guest and a small girl in a flower crown waving from a punt on the river, with swans behind

Two punts carrying wedding guests across a wide, still stretch of river beside meadows near the Perch

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For more weddings at The Perch Oxford, please take a look at REAL WEDDING AT THE PERCH OXFORD and A CHAT WITH THE PERCH INN OXFORD and A RELAXED OXFORD CITY WEDDING

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Venue – The Perch

Wedding Dress – Halfpenny London

Florist – Green and Gorgeous

Hair & Make Up – Lauren Wheeler