Cumbria and Civil Partnerships | Cumbria & Lake District Weddings

The change in civil partnership legislation means that same sex partners can have their love and commitment to each other recognised in a civil ceremony. Cumbria had a unanimous vote to perform full ceremonies, rather than just the legal registration as other areas have done …. It is such a beautiful place.

Many Lakeland hotels already have been certified to perform heterosexual marriages and are welcoming, with open arms, civil partnerships.

What is different about civil partnerships is that couples have more choice. A civil partnership is broken into 3 stages:

• Pre registration – legal notice of intent this has to be noted 16 days at least before your big day (please contact the registry office for full details)
• Partnership registration (the legal bit) which is preformed by a partnership registrar and then.
• The Ceremony.

The legal aspect and the ceremony can be combined, as is the case in a heterosexual marriage ceremony. However, for civil partnership the registrar need not attend the ceremony aspect giving you a wider choice of where the actual ceremony takes place – a choice that is not open to heterosexual couples. Therefore, if you want the ceremony to take place on a hotel veranda, a lake cruise, a viewpoint or on a hill side then all this is all possible.

For example, you could deal with the legal aspects in a designated hotel or at the registry office and then have your ceremony at sunset on the lake shore or hilltop with your friends and family present.

This is a special day for any couple so why not get have the ceremony you have always wanted, and waited so long for, in England's largest National park and one of the countries most romantic locations.

The Lakes has so much choice for example, boat hire, rock climbing, parachuting, firework displays, breath taking views. All the facilities – hotels, car hire, wedding photographers, catering, wedding co-ordinators etc. are already in place to welcome civil partnerships and help you plan your day.

There are lots of hotels to cater for a variety of requirements so why not take over a whole hotel with your friends and family for a weekend, have a marquee or have your partnership confirmed with just the two of you in a special setting. In addition there are lots of guest houses and self catering accommodation to suit your needs.

After your celebration, why not stay for a romantic honeymoon and enjoy country walk, log fires, spa facilities, fine wines and superb food. Your special day is the start of your life together as a recognised partnership so let that new life begin in Cumbria.