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Top Tips For Outdoor Wedding Ceremony Décor!
15th March 2021Here are our top tips for decorating your outdoor wedding ceremony! If you are wanting to embrace the beauty of mother nature on your big day, and would prefer to hold your ceremony outside on your special day, here are some ideas to add some wonder...
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Weekday or Weekend Wedding?
1st March 2021Weekday or Weekend Wedding? Planning a wedding date that suits all your needs is not easy. One of the biggest questions you can ask yourself is whether it is better to celebrate your wedding day on a weekday or a weekend. Here are some steps to ke...
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How To Plan A Wedding Fast!
19th February 2021Some couples opt for a brief engagement that leaves not a great deal of time to plan their nuptials. But do not panic, if you are considering a quick engagement yourself - it is totally feasible to organize your big day and here are a few tips on how...
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Top Wedding Trends For 2021
16th February 2021With the present, optimistic feeling that weddings will soon return to normal, we have turned our attention to what awaits us in 2021. Wedding experts already have some ideas about the upcoming trends in the wedding scene for the next year. So, if yo...
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COVID-19 Venue Update
29th January 2021Thornton Manor is Covid-Safe We have made lots of changes to ensure that all our venues are a safe environment for everyone who attends Thornton Manor whether it be for a viewing, coordination meeting, wedding, or event, we want you to feel safe a...
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Thornton Manor Garden Walks
17th November 2020THORNTON MANOR ESTATE WILL OPEN ITS SECLUDED GARDENS FOR THE FIRST TIME, 'A TRULY ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE FAMILY'. Thornton Manor Garden Walks launched in lockdown 2.0 encouraging the public to come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around th...
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Christmas is not cancelled!
29th October 2020Christmas at the Manor is a wonderful time! This year may have been a strange one but we are most definitely not letting COVID spoil our plans for some festive fun! We have lots planned that you won't want to miss! Starting with ou...
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Autumn weekend break at Thornton Manor
7th October 2020Thornton Manor is opening its doors... Weekend break at the exclusive Thornton Manor We are delighted to throw open the doors of our 19th century manor house for you to enjoy a fabulous weekend break at Thornton Manor. Our exclusive manor h...
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Guides for Brides 2020 Awards Finalists
25th February 2020We are deligthed to announce we are a Finalist for 'Best Customer Service' in the 2020 Guides for Brides Awards! ...
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February Wedding Open Evening/Day
31st January 2020February ... the month of love! We have two wedding events for you during February, they are free entry for everyone and everyone is welcome to come along and view of four luxury wedding venues located within our Estate and Gardens, all with their...
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Finalists for The 4th Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards 2020
16th January 2020We are delighted to announce we have been once again been shortlisted as finalists at The 4th Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards 2020. ...
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Open Evening 14th January
6th January 2020Join us for our first Open Evening of the year on Tuesday 14th January, 5pm - 9pm. The Manor House, along with the Lakeside Marquee, The Dell and the Walled Garden Marquee will be open for show rounds and gives you the opportunity to view our venu...
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Your Valentine Wedding
19th December 2019Not only is Valentine's Day a very special day but due to a (very late) cancellation, we have a very special Valentine offer for one lucky couple! We are offering one lucky couple, exclusive use of The Manor for a very special wedding. Included...
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Christmas at The Manor
17th December 2019Join us at The Manor at Christmas time for a truly magical experience of traditional 1900s decorations, Christmas carols and festive spirit. Our 19th century Manor has been beautifully dressed with festive trees, authentic decorations and roar...
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Celebrate this New Year’s Eve in style!
16th December 2019Celebrate this New Year's Eve in style and welcome in 2020 with a New Year's Eve party like no other! Step back in time as you immerse yourself into a night of rip-roaring revelry at our Twenties themed New Year's Eve party. Delve into a time ...
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Winter Wonderland Wedding at Thornton Manor
2nd October 2019‘Mirror Mirror, on the wall - where is the best place for a Winter ball’ Every bride wants to feel like a princess on their wedding day, and with our Winter Wonderland Weddings we just need a Snow White and her prince to complete...
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Top Tips for an Outdoor Ceremony
19th June 2019Outdoor weddings are becoming more and more popular within the UK but how can we, in a country with not exactly the most reliable weather, make sure that we have our big day all planned out? Well, provided you have your logistics and contingency plan...
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The Perfect Corporate Venue for the British Open 2022
4th April 2019The British Open Championship is set to return to Hoylake for it's 151st edition in July 2022, for the first time since 2014. The event attracts over 230,000 patrons over the course of the week and Thornton Manor Estate is ideally located for a cor...
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Christmas picnic concert
12th October 2018Following the huge success of the Summer Picnic, we are delighted to bring you the Christmas Picnic Concert hosted in our very own Walled Garden Marquee. Friday 7th December, 19:00pm at The Walled Garden Marquee. The evening promises a night of fa...
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Editor’s picks: wedding colour schemes we love
10th October 2018Do you want playful and fun or lavish and intimate? Bright and daring or subtle and seductive? Your colour scheme underpins your entire wedding and sadly, it isn't as simple as putting two shades together and calling it a day. See our guide for all t...
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The English Wedding Award 2018
28th September 2018We're nominated for ‘The English Wedding Award 2018’! We are delighted to share that our hard work and efforts are being noticed by the public voters. The english wedding award aims to recognise and reward those within the wedding industry th...
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The Asian Wedding Award 2018
28th September 2018The Asian Wedding Awards celebrates the hard work, tireless devotion, the creativity and inspiration of the Asian wedding industries finest suppliers across the UK. After winning last year, we are delighted to announce that our hard work has pa...
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Wirral Bazaar Christmas Market
27th September 2018We're delighted to bring to you The Wirral Bazaar, supporting North West Cancer Research. In aid of last years resounding success, we are delighted to welcome back The Wirral Bazaar on Tuesday 6th, and Wednesday 7th November 2018. The perf...
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Gary Barlow in person talking about his autobiography “A Better Me”
26th September 2018We are delighted to announce that Gary Barlow will be taking centre stage in our very own Walled Garden Marquee, as he talks about his best-selling autobiography: “A Better Me” “A Better Me” is a remarkably frank memoir of Gary’s li...
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How to deliver the perfect speech
24th September 2018Whether it be the father of the bride, the groom, or the best man - speeches are, most certainly, one of the key moments on any wedding day. For someone who isn't used to public speaking however, the magnitude of the task in hand can be a nerve-wrack...
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Wedding open evening
21st September 2018We are delighted to open our doors, and welcome you to Thornton Manor Estate for our very own wedding open evening. Whether you’re looking for your perfect venue, or you have booked and would simply like to bring your loved ones to visit, y...
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Your ultimate wedding planning checklist
19th September 2018You're engaged? Congratulations! Now the dust has settled and you're used to being a fiancee, it's time to start thinking about your big day! Whilst it's likely you'll have an idea of what you want (and don't want) for your wedding, the order in ...
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Everything you need to know about traditional wedding etiquette
31st July 2018Planning a wedding can be both an exciting and daunting task. Weddings are surrounded by traditions and protocol, but while many of these have been discarded, they still play a large part in both the ceremony and day itself. We talk through three ver...
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