Towneley Hall
Wedding Photographer

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I’m Andy Wade, an award winning photographer who specialises in capturing authentic, candid moments, and Towneley Hall’s Regency rooms are a stunning stage for them. Photographing a wedding in Burnley’s jewel, part museum and part grand family home, is always a privilege.

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.

History, art and parkland all in one venue: your photographs will have it all. Let’s create something beautiful together at Towneley Hall.

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Inside Towneley Hall

Towneley Hall is Burnley's jewel: a grand historic house set in the beautiful Towneley Park, part museum and art gallery, part stunning wedding venue, with ceremonies in the glorious Regency rooms of the south wing. The Red Regency Room, rich in red and gold, seats up to 100 guests for the ceremony.

Weddings here come with the whole of Towneley's heritage as your backdrop, and the venue team, who run ceremonies in the historic rooms with real care, make the day feel genuinely special. It's remarkable value for a setting of this quality.

Burnley's jewel, your backdrop

The hall and its 440-acre park give you wonderful variety for photographs: the grand architecture, the gardens, the woodland and the famous park itself, with the Pennine hills around. Every era of the building offers a different look.

The day flows with historic charm: ceremony in the Regency rooms, drinks in the gardens, portraits around the hall and park, then your celebration in one of Lancashire's most storied settings.

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The History of Towneley Hall

Six centuries of Towneleys

Towneley Hall was the seat of the Towneley family for over 600 years, one of Lancashire's great Catholic families, with the house dating mainly from the 14th to the 19th centuries. The last of the family, Lady O'Hagan, sold the hall and park to Burnley Corporation in 1902, and it's been the town's treasure ever since.

The hall is Grade I listed and now houses the town's museum and art gallery, with collections of national importance, while the south wing hosts weddings in rooms steeped in six centuries of history.

A Catholic family's 600-year seat

For couples in the Burnley area, Towneley Hall offers something priceless: a genuinely historic house, a glorious park and a warm welcome, all at a community venue price.

How To Get To Towneley Hall

Towneley Hall is in Towneley Park, on the outskirts of Burnley, postcode BB11 3RQ. From the M65, leave at junction 10 or 11 and follow the brown signs for Towneley Hall; from Burnley town centre, it's a few minutes' drive.

Burnley's stations, with direct trains from Manchester and Preston, are about 10 minutes away by taxi, and there's ample parking in the park.

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 Towneley Hall wedding photographer, I’m committed to creating a collection that tells the real story of your day: relaxed, honest and full of the moments that matter, with the hall and park as your backdrop.

I couldn’t be more excited to join you on your wedding day at Towneley Hall, documenting every laugh, tear and dance floor moment as it happens.

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I am super grateful for the amazing reviews my previous Lancashire 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 Red Regency Room is rich in red and gold and seats up to 100 guests for the ceremony, so it makes a genuinely stunning stage for candid moments. It’s one of my favourite rooms to shoot in on Towneley’s south wing.

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.

Definitely, the 440-acre park gives you wonderful variety, from the grand architecture and gardens to the woodland and the Pennine hills beyond. Every era of the building offers a different look, which keeps the photographs varied.

It really is. Part museum, part grand family home, Towneley Hall gives your photographs the whole of its heritage as a backdrop, and the venue team run ceremonies in the historic rooms with real care.

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Looking for other venues in Lancashire?

FIND YOUR PERFECT VENUE

Towneley Hall sits just outside Burnley in 440 acres of parkland, and there is a strong cluster of venues nearby. Crow Wood is a modern, purpose-built venue with a spa feel on the edge of town, and The Fence Gate offers something smaller and more intimate with a well-regarded kitchen. The Higher Trapp in Simonstone gives you country house charm with Pendle Hill views. Head into the Ribble Valley and you have Shireburn Arms in Hurst Green for a relaxed pub setting, and Mitton Hall and Eaves Hall for two of the finest country house venues in Lancashire.

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