All Saints, St John the Baptist, St Denys and St Mark's

We warmly welcome enquiries about marriage at our churches and look forward to working with you to make your wedding a memorable, joyful and spiritual occasion. Please contact us early if you wish to make enquiries about being married here as we book up very quickly, especially for the summer months.

St John the Baptist and St Denys churches can be seen on this site through our Virtual Tour. These are both quite small churches with a capacity of about 90 people. St Marks Ampfield is larger with a capacity of up to 150, and All Saints North Baddesley is bigger still with a capacity of up to 200. Our organists will be pleased to arrange to play suitable music at the service, and we have very skilled flower arrangers who can decorate our churches for you most attractively at quite reasonable costs.

If you live within the ecclesiastical parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth or North Baddesley you are normally entitled to be married at our churches, normally the one in the place where you live, although North baddesley residents can be married at Chilworth and vice versa. Special arrangments also apply for those who live in Valley Park.
From October 2008 new arrangements have been in existence where people who have a Qualifying Connection with a church can apply for marriage there. These connections are to do with attendance at the church or residence in the parish in former years, either your own or your your parents. If you want to find out if you qualify for marriage in our parishes please contact either the Vicar or the Parish Office.

Typically a wedding at our churches in 2009 may cost in the region of £600, but the exact amount will depend on a number of variable factors which we can discuss with you directly.

Banns of Marriage:
If you are being married elsewhere and need to ask us to read your Banns of Marriage we will need at least one months notice, preferably two. When the Banns have been read you will need to collect a certificate from us to take to the church where you are being married.

For further information or general enquiries about a wedding at one of our churches, please contact the Vicar or the Parish Office.