Tiverton Wedding Photographer
Documentary wedding photography, based on Exmoor
Tiverton is my nearest proper town on the Devon side: half an hour down the Exe valley from my house near Dulverton, through Bampton and the lanes around Morebath. Mid Devon is red-earth farmland, deep lanes and steep little river valleys, and its wedding venues are castles, barns and country houses that most people outside the county have never heard of, which is a shame, because they’re lovely.
My photography is documentary. I keep out of the way and photograph the day as it happens, and I keep the formal part to a few minutes of group photographs and twenty minutes of portraits in good light. Tiverton weddings are often church-and-marquee or castle-and-barn affairs with a lot of family involved, and that’s exactly where a photographer who watches rather than directs earns their keep.
Weddings I’ve photographed around Tiverton
Bridwell Park at Uffculme, the Georgian house and parkland ten minutes east of the town, gave me a November wedding with low sun across the park and a long, warm evening inside. Knowle Manor at Timberscombe, half an hour north over the moor, is where Alex and Suzanna celebrated after marrying in Exford church. The village churches between here and the moor, at Bampton, Morebath and Brompton Regis, are on my doorstep, and Emma and Alex’s wedding at The Great Barn Devon is half an hour south in the Teign valley.
Mid Devon venues
Tiverton Castle, on the hill above the Exe, holds ceremonies and receptions within its walls and has the town church of St Peter’s next door. Bickleigh Castle, four miles down the valley, is a fortified manor with a thatched chapel and gardens on the river. Upton Barn and Walled Garden at Cullompton and Bridwell Park at Uffculme are the two big East Devon venues within fifteen minutes. And for couples who want the moor, Knowle Manor and the Exmoor village churches are half an hour north, with Wimbleball Lake and Haddon Hill on the way for portraits.
Mid Devon and Exmoor in pictures
Knowle Manor, Exford church and the moor above Tiverton.
Venues around Tiverton
- Tiverton Castle and St Peter’s church: ceremonies in the castle or the church, receptions within the castle walls.
- Bickleigh Castle: a fortified manor on the Exe with a thatched chapel, four miles south.
- Bridwell Park, Uffculme: a Georgian house and park ten minutes east; photographed in November.
- Upton Barn and Walled Garden, Cullompton: a converted barn and garden fifteen minutes away.
- Knowle Manor, Timberscombe: a country house under Exmoor, half an hour north.
- Bampton, Morebath, Oakford and Brompton Regis churches, with marquee receptions on the farms of the Exe valley; see farm and marquee weddings.
- The Great Barn Devon, Higher Ashton: half an hour south.
Good to know
Travel. Tiverton is half an hour from home; nothing to add. Light. The Exe valley is steep-sided and loses the sun early; the parkland venues at Bridwell and Upton keep it longer. If you want a sunset picture, Haddon Hill above Wimbleball is fifteen minutes north and faces west. Guests from the M5. Junction 27 is ten minutes away, which makes Tiverton easy for people coming from anywhere; the lanes to the village churches are not, so I’ll plan the day with a little slack.
Taking a limited number of weddings for 2027 and 2028
If my way of working sounds like your kind of thing, I’d love to hear about your plans. Drop me a line with your date and venue and I’ll tell you straight away whether I’m free.
