Abbeywood Estate
Wedding Photographer

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I’m Andy Wade, an award winning photographer, and Abbeywood Estate is one of Cheshire’s loveliest family-owned venues: 45 acres in the Delamere countryside, with 6 acres of gardens that are a destination in their own right. It’s not a hotel or a hall, it’s a home, and that gives my candid photography a warmth you can’t manufacture.

My approach is all about storytelling in a relaxed documentary style, focusing on the real emotions, and creative yet natural portraits. The weddings you see across Andy Wade Photography are all real days I’ve documented, so what you see here is exactly how I’d photograph yours.

Family-owned, garden-surrounded and completely yours. Let’s create something beautiful together at Abbeywood Estate.

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Inside Abbeywood

Abbeywood Estate is one of Cheshire's loveliest family-owned wedding venues: a 45-acre estate in the Delamere countryside with 6 acres of stunning gardens that are a destination in their own right. This isn't a hotel or a hall, it's a private family estate that opens its gates for a small number of weddings each year, and that exclusivity shapes the whole day.

Celebrations centre on the permanent marquee and stretch tents set within the gardens, with the landscape doing the decorative work. The Glasshouse and other licensed spots give you proper choices for the ceremony itself, indoors or out, and because it's exclusive use, the entire estate is yours from start to finish.

Six acres of garden rooms

The gardens are the star. Six acres of formal and informal garden rooms, winding paths, ponds, borders and woodland, all created and cared for by the family over decades. Couples can marry outdoors among it all, and for a photographer it's endless: every turn is another backdrop, and the light through the trees in the evening is something special.

The day has a lovely natural rhythm here. Drinks on the lawns, a wander through the gardens for portraits while guests explore, then food and partying in the marquee as the estate settles into the evening. It feels like the best kind of garden party, because that's exactly what it is.

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The History of Abbeywood Estate

A family estate

Abbeywood is a 45-acre family estate in the heart of the Delamere countryside, a private home rather than a purpose-built venue. The family have poured decades into the estate, and it's their garden, regarded as among the finest private gardens in Cheshire, that has made Abbeywood's name. The gardens open to the public on selected days through the year, which tells you how special they are.

The gardens were created as a series of rooms, each with its own character: formal borders near the house giving way to informal planting, ponds and woodland walks as you wander further out. It's the work of a lifetime, and it gives weddings here a setting that simply can't be replicated.

A family home that grew into a venue

The estate deliberately hosts only a handful of weddings each year. That keeps every celebration personal, and it means the family are genuinely invested in each one. For couples who want a garden wedding on a grand private estate, with nobody else around, Abbeywood is one of the best options in the North West.

How To Get To Abbeywood Estate

Abbeywood Estate is on the A556 Chester Road in Delamere, Cheshire, postcode CW8 2HS. From the M6, leave at junction 19 and follow the A556 towards Chester; from the M56, junction 10 via the A49 works well. The estate is well signposted on the main road through Delamere.

Delamere station, on the Chester to Manchester line, is a short taxi ride away, and there's parking on site.

My Style of Photography

I’m known for my documentary approach in wedding photography, capturing authentic, natural, and heartfelt moments. I aim to narrate each couple’s unique story through genuine, candid captures that resonate with real emotion. Having received numerous awards both in the UK and globally, my commitment and expertise in my field are well recognised. Offering my services throughout the UK and overseas, I cater to couples looking for a photographer who can document their day as it unfolds, ensuring a true representation of their special moments.

Why book Andy Wade Photography?

You’ve found your venue, and now you want the day photographed as it actually happens, not staged around the camera. My style is natural and documentary: genuine moments, real emotion, and the laughter, tears and everything in between, documented quietly while you get on with enjoying it.

As your Abbeywood Estate wedding photographer, I’m committed to creating a collection that reflects the true emotion of your day, ensuring you have memories to cherish forever. Let’s tell your unique story together.

I couldn’t be more excited to join you on your wedding day at Abbeywood Estate, document your day, and capture all the little moments that make it truly yours.

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I am super grateful for the amazing reviews my previous Cheshire couples have left on my Google and Facebook profiles.

My Features & Awards

I’m an internationally recognised photographer, and I measure and challenge myself against the best in the world.

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ABOUT ANDY WADE PHOTOGRAPHY

No. 90% of any day I shoot is completely candid. I can photograph all day without a single ‘posed’ photo. The portraits of you both, if you’d like some, are kept simple and as natural as possible; nothing cheesy and nothing awkward. Usually the portraits of you are created during a relaxing wander together for 20 minutes or so with me capturing shots as we go along – so not really posing. We may stop in a certain spot but most of that time you’ll forget I’m there and the portraits will feel and look perfectly natural. Just think of this as a bit of ‘you time’! There is the option to create a specific photo with flashes which I set up – but only if you want that. Even if I do it will be set up before we do it so that you can spend the maximum time with your guests. Otherwise I’ll just photograph the day as it happens.

Firstly I have to be available on your day but after that just say “Let’s do It!”. Just fill out the email form on my contact page or just send me a text, a message on Instagram or just give me a call. A small deposit then secures the day. That deposit is refundable up to one month after the agreement to go ahead. In the meantime, I will send you some paperwork and that will include a contract which has the terms and conditions, which we both sign when you’re 100% happy. You’ll also receive a summary of what is in your package.

Your photos will be delivered in a beautiful gallery that will work on any device. You can control the sharing of your photos from your gallery for family and friends or to social media. You can download your photos in full, high resolution or in a smaller version should you wish to share them. There are no watermarks on your photos and are free for your personal use. There is also the option to buy prints and wall art and you can create and order albums from the ‘Shop’ area of your gallery. If you have a slideshow made then it can be viewed from your gallery as well.

For a 9 hour wedding you get an edit of about 500+ photos. If it is a 12 hour day then around 700+. I work on your photos intensely after the wedding, lovingly crafting them so that they are perfectly colour balanced with a bright, fresh look. There’s probably a ratio of a third black and white and two thirds colour.

The six acres of garden rooms are the star of an Abbeywood wedding. Winding paths, ponds and borders give us a different backdrop at every turn, and the light through the trees in the evening is something special. We can spend a good stretch of the day out there without repeating a shot.

Yes. I think it’s good to meet as you can ask all the questions you need to. I’ll be around you for almost all of your wedding day so meeting up before the day is a great way of getting to know each other. I’m a nice chap and very comfortable with people I’ve just met, so it’s not a problem if we don’t. A video call is a really good way of talking things through if we can’t arrange a meeting.

Yes. Most people like a few photos of mum, dad and their close family as well as the bridesmaids and groomsmen. I get that it is important and can be good fun, too. It takes about 10 minutes to organise a photo of everyone, for example, and then about 2-3 minutes for each one after that providing everyone is available. You decide what those photos are if you want them – I don’t have a ‘list’ of my own. If there is 1.5 – 2 hours between your ceremony and wedding breakfast then I’d suggest to have something like 20 mins with you portraits and then 20 mins of group photos dotted about, so between 6-10 group shots max. This way you spend more time just being with your guests, which I will capture naturally. I hear many stories of people who have been to weddings and were really bored and made to stand around for hours while the photographer goes through a repertoire of their own group photos. That’s not me!

Yes. There is an amazing choice of albums and wall art that will be available from your gallery and that I can send you information on. There is so much choice that I do not put albums in my packages unless on specific request. I do have three album packages that broadly cover the options so if you would like to include one I would be happy to chat and look at putting an album in your package.

Yes, but you can have another photographer if you wish – called a ‘2nd shooter’. If, for instance, you’d like the groomsmen preparation photos covered fully as well and they are over 15 mins away, I can employ a second photographer to cover that for £350/day and they will stay until the speeches – so about 6 hours. A second photographer is great to cover a specific span of time but does not necessarily mean a ‘better’ set of photos. I can be in and amongst a whole wedding party quite easily and capture the essence of the day without a 2nd shooter but it does enable us to do more portraits together – if that is what you’d like – and we can have more angles covered in the ceremony. If you would like a 2nd shooter then we’d book them about 3 months before the day. They are always 1st class, professional photographers like me and shoot in my style.

Because Abbeywood is exclusive use, the whole estate is yours for the day. The Glasshouse and other licensed spots give you a proper choice of indoors or out, and celebrations centre on the marquee and stretch tents in the gardens, so the setting feels personal rather than corporate.

It does. Abbeywood is a private family home rather than a hotel, and it only opens for a handful of weddings a year. That exclusivity gives the whole day a relaxed, garden-party warmth that comes through in every candid frame.

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Looking for other venues in the Cheshire?

FIND YOUR PERFECT VENUE

I’ve shot all over the Cheshire in Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Chester and the Cheshire Countryside. There are so many gorgeous venues alongside Abbeywood Estate! Check out my full list of stunning locations in the Cheshire;

Alderley Edge Hotel, Arley Hall & Gardens, Carden Park Hotel, Colshaw Hall, Cottons Hotel & Spa, Crabwall Manor Hotel, De Vere Cranage Estate, Delamere Manor, Dorfold Hall, DoubleTree by Hilton Chester, Grange Barn, Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa, Heaton House Farm, Hilltop House, Mere Court Hotel, Merrydale Manor, Mollington Banastre Hotel, Mottram Hall, Nunsmere Hall, Oddfellows Chester, Owen House Wedding Barn, Peckforton Castle, Rookery Hall, Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa, Sandhole Oak Barn, Stock Farm Wedding Barn, Styal Lodge, Tabley House, Tatton Park, The Ashes Barn, The Chester Grosvenor, The Mere Golf Resort & Spa, The Oak Tree of Peover, The Plough Inn, The Stanneylands, The Tytherington Club, Wrenbury Hall
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