Your Herts and Beds Wedding magazine: Wedding Of The Year

Your Herts and Beds Wedding magazine is published every two months for couples intending to get married in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The magazine is widely available and runs occasional special features on Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire photography, wedding stationery, catering, transport and many other subjects. In every issue, the magazine has features on Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire wedding venues and real wedding experiences, local news, hints and tips, bridal fashion, beauty, grooms and honeymoons.

County Wedding Magazines have arranged to be stocked in 497 branches of the Londis / Budgen chain of stores.

This is in addition to our existing promotions with WH Smith, Martin & McColl and other independent stores.

Over the course of 2010, we've scoured the region high and low for inspirational weddings. Readers have voted online for their favourites, and now it's time to announce the grand final. Below are our four finalists - vote for the couple you'd like to walk away with the Wedding of the Year 2010 title.

Voting for the final closes on 17 February 2012.

Meet the finalists

		Couple: Sara and Mark Gibson Date: 6th November, 2010 Venue: Pendley Manor, Tring Sara on... Marriage: We love sharing the same surname and the novelty of being 'Mr and Mrs' still hasn't worn off - even after a year! Anniversary celebrations: We have just celebrated by going out for a romantic lunch together. Mark's sister turned 30 on our anniversary so we went to a big family party for her in the evening. Why they should win: We had a truly amazing big day and that was largely down to our fantastic venue and suppliers, as well as our helpful family and friends. It goes without saying that, for us, our wedding was the best ever and we would love nothing more than to round off our first year of marriage by winning the Wedding of the Year competition. Photography by Chris Douglas Photography www.cdouglasphoto.co.uk Click here to vote!

		Couple: Suzanne and Richard Cooper Date: 9th April, 2011 Ceremony venue: Peterhouse chapel, Cambridge Reception venue: Brocket Hall, Welwyn Richard on... Marriage: We love being able to call each other husband and wife rather than boyfriend and girlfriend. Also, I love that whenever I wish Suzanne is with me, I can just look down at the ring on my finger and spend a moment realising that she is. Anniversary celebrations: We may return to a hotel in Cornwall for our anniversary where we spent the night exactly a year before the wedding. Or we might have lunch at Auberge Du Lac, the restaurant at Brocket Hall where we held our reception. I do have another idea too - but it's a surprise for Suzanne so I can't say any more about it! Why they should win: We had a small wedding and it meant we could put a thoughtful and personal stamp on proceedings and ensure our guests felt special. We were very proud of the favours, which were a different hardback classic novel that we chose specifically for each person. Photography by Cocoon Photography www.cocoonphotography.co.uk Click here to vote!

		Couple: Hannah and David Cokeley Date: 21st April, 2011 Venue: Offley Place, Great Offley Hannah on... Marriage: I really didn't think anything would change after we were married but I have never felt so close to David. We seem to have reached such a contented bliss and understand each other even better than before. Anniversary celebrations: We are going back to Offley Place, where we spent our big day, for the evening to reminisce about how magical it was exactly one year ago. It feels like just yesterday that we got married and I hope the memories stay with us forever. Why they should win: Weddings are such personal events, it is hard to expect others to love the same ideas we did but I hope that readers can see how happy we are and how perfect our day was for us. Photography by Nicola Norton Photography www.nicolanortonphotography.co.uk Click here to vote!

		Couple: Amy and Andrew Locke Date: 18th June, 2011 Venue: Letchworth Hall Hotel, Letchworth Amy on... Marriage: Our wedding was on our 12 year anniversary. Having been together for so long, finally being married shows our love and commitment to one another. We are true soulmates and being husband and wife completes us. Anniversary celebrations: We are going to a Red Hot Chilli Peppers gig with lots of family and friends at Knebworth Park for our anniversary. Andrew proposed to me using the band's lyrics and we had one of their songs in our ceremony. Why they should win: We believe all weddings are special and we wish the other couples in the final all the best. We are so lucky to have each other, we had a perfect day and winning the competition would be the icing on the cake. Photography by Big T Images www.bigtimages.co.uk Click here to vote!

What’s the prize?

The overall winners will not only claim the Wedding of the Year title and enjoy seeing their big day featured in Your Herts & Beds Wedding, they'll also win a romantic two-night break at Down Hall Country House Hotel.

Located near Stansted, this beautiful 16th century hotel is ideal for pre-wedding getaways or mini-moons, and also provides a truly atmospheric backdrop to any big day thanks to its lavish historical features and stately rooms, each of which is licensed for civil ceremonies.

Boasting 110 acres of surrounding woodland, parkland and landscaped gardens, the venue is the ideal country retreat, and the winning couple will also be treated to a sumptuous breakfast and dinner on each day of their stay.

Terms & Conditions

Competitions are not open to employees (or their immediate families) of KD Media Publishing Ltd.
The competition closing date is subject to change without prior notice.
The winner(s) will be notified in writing.
The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The prize is not transferable and has no monetary value.
If an advertised prize is not available, we reserve the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.
No purchase necessary to enter and there is no charge to enter via the website.