Victoria Warehouse
Wedding Photographer

Are you looking for Wedding Photographer at Victoria Warehouse?

I’m Andy Wade, an award winning photographer, and Victoria Warehouse is one of my favourite kinds of venue: raw, industrial and full of atmosphere. Original brickwork and fairy lights make an incredible canvas for the authentic, candid wedding photography I’m known for.

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.

A 1930s cotton warehouse might not sound romantic on paper, but wait until you see it dressed for a wedding. Let’s create something beautiful together at Victoria Warehouse.

Wedding Photography at Victoria Warehouse

Victoria Warehouse Weddings

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Victoria Warehouse Wedding Venue

Inside Victoria Warehouse

Victoria Warehouse is one of the most atmospheric wedding venues in Manchester: a huge 1930s cotton warehouse on the Bridgewater Canal in Old Trafford, all original brickwork, industrial pillars and fairy lights. I photographed Karl and Matt's wedding here, and it was one of the most striking settings I've worked in.

The warehouse spaces provide a perfect blank canvas for your wedding: from intimate corners to vast halls for hundreds of guests, with the industrial fabric giving every celebration instant character. The events team are experienced at turning the space into whatever you dream up.

A blank canvas in brick and steel

The Bridgewater Canal runs right past the venue, with the industrial architecture, the cobbles and the city skyline giving portraits an urban edge that's completely different from any country house. Old Trafford and the Quays are minutes away for more options.

The day flows with industrial drama: ceremony in the warehouse, drinks in the atmospheric spaces, portraits along the canal, then a party in one of Manchester's most iconic buildings.

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The History of Victoria Warehouse

A cathedral of cotton

Victoria Warehouse was completed in 1932 as a storage facility for thousands of pounds of cotton, fabrics and confectionery, and many of its spaces, including The Skyhook, Head Office and The Cotton Sheds, date from that era. Manchester's cotton trade built the city's wealth, and this was one of its great working warehouses.

After decades of industrial use, the building was reborn as one of Manchester's premier event spaces, keeping every bit of its industrial soul: the brick, the pillars, the sheer scale of the place.

Reborn, industrial soul intact

Today it hosts everything from gigs to weddings, and it's become one of the most sought-after alternative wedding venues in the North. For couples who want atmosphere, scale and total creative freedom, there's nothing like it.

How To Get To Victoria Warehouse

Victoria Warehouse is on Trafford Wharf Road in Old Trafford, Manchester, postcode M17 1AB, beside the Bridgewater Canal. From the M60, leave at junction 9 or 12 and follow signs towards Trafford Park and Old Trafford; the venue is well signposted.

The nearest Metrolink stop is Wharfside, right outside, making it brilliantly easy for guests. 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 Victoria Warehouse 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 venue’s incredible industrial atmosphere in every frame.

I couldn’t be more excited to join you on your wedding day at Victoria Warehouse, documenting every laugh, tear and dance floor moment in one of Manchester’s most unique spaces.

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What my couples say

LOVELY WORDS FROM LOVELY PEOPLE

I am super grateful for the amazing reviews my previous Manchester 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.

MY AWARDS

Latest musings

My LATEST Wedding posts

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The Essential Wedding Photography Guide – Part 6: Can Reviews and Awards Actually Help You Choose the Right Wedding Photographer?
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When you start looking for a wedding photographer, turning to reviews and awards is natural. They feel like solid markers of trust, and they are, as long as you know how to read them. This guide breaks down what reviews and awards really mean, which patterns matter, and how to use them without getting overwhelmed….
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The Essential Wedding Photography Guide – Part 5: What Really Happens to Your Wedding Photos After the Day?
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When your wedding day ends, it can feel like the photography ends with it. The party winds down, the lights fade and you head off into married life. But for me, that’s when some of the most important work begins. This guide lifts the curtain on what really happens behind the scenes: how your images…
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Questions I get

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.

It’s one of my favourite kinds of venue for exactly this reason. The original brickwork, industrial pillars and fairy lights make an incredible canvas, giving your candid photographs a proper edge you won’t get in a country house.

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.

Yes, the Bridgewater Canal runs right past the venue, and the industrial architecture, cobbles and city skyline give portraits an urban feel that’s completely different to anywhere else on my patch.

It does, the spaces run from intimate corners to vast halls for hundreds of guests, and the industrial fabric gives every celebration instant character. I photographed a wedding here that remains one of the most striking settings I’ve worked in.

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Looking for other venues in Manchester?

FIND YOUR PERFECT VENUE

Victoria Warehouse is in Trafford, right on the edge of Manchester, and while the city itself is short on wedding venues there are some crackers within easy reach. Haigh Hall in Wigan gives you a grand country house in woodland grounds, and Ashfield House in Standish is a beautiful exclusive-use option. The White Hart Inn at Lydgate offers Saddleworth views and a relaxed feel. Head south into Cheshire and you have The Mere Golf Resort & Spa and Mottram Hall for five-star surroundings, or Merrydale Manor for a purpose-built exclusive-use estate.

Get in touch

I’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

If you’re looking for a Victoria Warehouse Wedding Photographer, it would be great to talk!

Whatever stage you’re at in your wedding planning, I’d love to hear from you. Drop me a message to see if we’re a good fit or to check my calendar and we can go from there. I’d love to hear from you!