16/07/2026
BIG WEDDING NEWS 📢 Celebrant-led weddings could soon be legal now that the UK Government have launched a consultation on the BIGGEST shake-up to wedding law in almost 200 YEARS! 💙
If this goes though, everything changes…
Couples could legally marry almost anywhere.
A clifftop. A woodland. A canal boat. A cruise ship
Your own back garden at sunset 🌅🌿🏡
Less restrictions on venues, no more separating the ceremony you actually want from the one the law recognises.
For the celebrant community, this is the one. Under the proposals, celebrants would be legally authorised to conduct marriages for the first time. The ceremony you’ve always been offering could finally carry full legal weight.
That’s huge. 🎉
What we know right now:
The consultation is open until 24th September 2026. Couples, celebrants and wedding professionals can all respond, and they should.
Interfaith couples would be able to celebrate both of their heritages in a single legally recognised ceremony. About time.
Oh, and the Government’s own press release cites Bridebook data on the average cost of a UK wedding too!
Now the big question 👇
If the law changes and you could get married literally anywhere, where would it be? Beach? Forest? Back garden? A boat at sea?
We’ll be sharing more updates on Wedding Law Reform as they drop, so make sure you’re following Bridebook