Real Weddings from Your Surrey Wedding

Love Actually

Jessie and Matt met jumping over fire together as part of a Spartan race! "We were in the same team together as we had a mutual friend," recalls Jessie. "Matt used to try and impress me by lifting heavy weights during our training sessions. I loved how much fun he was and how kind he could be."

Something Blue

Dominique and Andrew met through an online dating website in 2019. "We went on holiday together and then when the lockdown happened, I temporarily moved in with Dominique so we did not have to isolate separately – the rest is history!" Andrew tells us. Andrew proposed in the gardens of East Hampstead Park Estate during a weekend away in November 2021 and the couple married the following year.

Love Is All Around

Prianka and Neel met through a mutual friend at university. "Neel proposed by booking Prianka a surprise day off work through one of her colleagues. "I was getting ready for work when he presented me with packed bags," she tells us. "I thought we were going abroad but we stayed at The Shard in London before taking a short trip to Madrid."

A Spring Affair

Catherine and Lizzie met at work in 2018. "We became good friends, eventually moving in together as part of a house share in 2019," they tell us. "We grew closer and on New Year's Eve, Lizzie shared how she felt and was delighted that my feelings were reciprocated," Catherine says. "Being friends fi rst meant we already knew so much about each other. We loved being together and shared many interests like cooking shows, video games and music."

Childhood Sweethearts

Jess and Luke went to secondary school together and fi rst dated when they were both young. "I decided he was too shy!" recalls Jess after a short-lived time together. "We were always good friends, and it felt like there was always something there. When I returned from a year in Australia when I was 19 we met back up and the rest is history!"

Something Blue

Shannon and Hollie met playing football and were initially friends for a while before realising there was something more between them. "We loved each other's sense of humour and ability to have fun," they tell us. Hollie proposed during a break in the New Forest, by a small luxury lodge located on the river. "It was all a surprise," Hollie says. "Shannon thought she was going away with family and not long after arriving, I asked her to marry me. It was a wonderful moment as two swans peacefully swam past."

Nature's Way

Charlotte and Michael met via the online dating site Tinder in 2015. "Our profi le pictures were of us both on holidays in Marbella and Ibiza so it was clear that we shared a love of partying!" Charlotte tells us. "We discovered that we lived around the corner from each other and hit it off on our first date."