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On Hitched.co.uk since 2025

Last update: January 2026

Sara Bamford Celebrant is a passionate and experienced wedding celebrant based in Lothian and the Scottish Borders, marrying couples in all locations over Scotland….. absolutely anywhere is possible, even if it involves wellies and a big coat!

With 30 years experience as a cardiac nurse, Sara now loves discovering what makes your heart skip a beat, for entirely different reasons. As a marriage officer with Celebrants Scotland, she has legal authorisation to marry couples anywhere in Scotland, and brings a huge amount of warmth, love, fun and professionalism to every ceremony she creates.

Sara believes your love story deserves to take centre stage, whether thats in a simple ceremony or one full of rituals or tradition. If you want to add in personal vows, involve family members or furry friends, or maybe add in some surprise elements, she’s here to make it happen.

She offers a wide range of symbolic rituals, from Scottish traditions like handfasting, quaich toasts, and the oathing stone to unity ceremonies such as candles or sand blending. Sara will find out what’s important to you and help create a ceremony that truly reflects what matters most.

Her goal is simple….. to ensure you feel completely at ease, understood, and like you are in the best hands from the very first meeting.

By the time your big day arrives, it won’t feel like a stranger is marrying you, instead it will feel like a good friend is standing by your side telling your love story with love and laughter.

If you’re looking for a celebrant who brings energy, fun, emotion and creativity to your day, Sara Bamford is ready with the magic to help create a ceremony that you and your guests will be talking about for years to come.

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Language:

English

Religion:

Non-religious/humanist

Type:

Celebrant
Officiant
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Reviews for Sara Bamford Celebrant

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Kerry Sent on 28/12/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely perfect!

We truly had the most wonderful day, and the ceremony was the perfect way to begin it.

Sara struck such a beautiful balance between sweet, emotional and funny, with just the right level of formality. Her communication in the lead-up was fantastic and made us feel completely relaxed and confident that everything was in safe hands.

Thank you so much Sara, for being such an important part of our day, we will be forever grateful.
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Margaret Sent on 29/11/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect Day

Sara was the perfect choice for our Civil Partnership. She completely captured the essence of ‘Us’ in the ceremony she prepared. We had a very quiet, intimate service with just 2 witnesses in a very remote setting and Sara went out of her way to make our day so memorable. She even had to trek over a hill in the pouring rain wearing wellies to get to the cottage.
The service had exactly the right blend of humour, seriousness and emotion. Sara was calm, professional ,reliable and very funny too, which was exactly what we needed. We would have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone planning their special day.
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Lorenzo Sent on 09/11/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Bianca & Lorenzo’s Wedding

We feel extremely grateful to of had Sara as our celebrant as she really puts in so much love and effort into what she does. Her focus is strongly towards getting to know who you are in depth and creating a ceremony that is true and meaningful.

We instantly knew Sara was the right person for us. She has an amazing sense of calm, warmth and genuineness. And for us it was important to have someone who shared similar values towards life.

She made the whole process special and relaxed. Inviting us to her home to get to know us whilst sat in the sunshine in her garden. And guiding us throughout.

The ceremony itself was incredible! It felt held in love and friendship by someone who you feel is truly invested and is rooting for you as a newly married couple. Sara will always have a special place in our hearts and our gratitude for making it happen in such a beautiful way.
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Sally Sent on 27/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Thank you Sara 🤍

Choosing Sara to be part of our wedding day was one of the best decisions we’ve made and we’ll never forget the beautiful ceremony she developed for us and delivered with such personality, humour and grace.
Our planning meetings were always so comfortable and fun - like meeting up and chatting with an old friend. We would always come away from chatting to Sara remembering what the big day was all about, no more stressing about favours/weather/napkins! We’re so grateful for the time and care Sara took in learning about us as a couple and our love story, and it so paid off on the day with the most special and personal ceremony - truly our highlight of the day.
Kara
Kara Sent on 26/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The most sweetest

Sara was an absolute pleasure to work with, she made everything so easy, super helpful in everything she done, her words were absolute beautiful 😍 we appreciated her so much ❤️ I'd highly recommend her, the sweetest most amazing lady, we wish her nothing but pure happiness 😊 thank you sara lots of love kara and dillon
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Jennifer Sent on 09/09/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic Ceiebrant!

Sara was wonderful to work with. She really took the time to get to know us and help us plan our ceremony. She helped us plan a ceremony that was unique and special. Furthermore, she wrote an incredibly personal, romantic and funny ceremony - you’d have thought she’d known us years. It was my favourite part of our day and all our guests were very impressed.
She was kind and professional throughout. Great value for money. I would certainly recommend.
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Hannah Sent on 31/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best of the best

Sara was unbelievable from start to finish. She was regularly in contact with us both about our vows, promises and learned our story inside out. We could contact her at any time of the day, and she was easygoing with in person meetings, putting up with our hyper dog and toddler! She hyped everyone up on the day of the wedding and came equipped for a (very) windy beach ceremony! We genuinely couldn’t have wished for anyone better to hold our ceremony for us. It was perfect I wish we could do it all again. Thank you so so much Sara, we are forever grateful. To anyone looking for recommendations, you won’t find anyone who will top Sara!
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Louise Sent on 15/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Sara is a fantastic celebrant!

Sara officated our wedding this summer. She created a beautifully written, personalised ceremony which told our story and helped us include scottish traditions such as handfasting into our day. Many of our guests commented how lovely it was. Sara is a great celebrant. Thank you Sara!
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Elliot Sent on 08/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Sara the savour!!

Sara did an amazing job as our celebrant, she put in a lot of time getting to know us even though she was stepping in at the last minute. She could have easily went with previous notes but she made a point of really trying to get to know us both and our story. She officiated our day so well and came prepared, she took the responsibility of printing off our vows and keeping them with her until the day, as well as allowing us to use her quaich. Sara did an amazing job as our celebrant, she put in a lot of time getting to know us even thought she was stepping in at the last minute. She could have easily went with previous notes but she made a point of really trying to get to know us both and our story. She officiated our day so well and came prepared, she took the responsibility of printing off our vows and keeping them with her until the day, as well as allowing us to use her quaich. This made the day a lot easier for us knowing we didn’t have to provide these things. She spoke beautifully and made our day so special!
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Michelle Sent on 22/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect day

What an amazing celebrant Sara is. This special day was organised at short notice and Sara could not have been more helpful. The service was beautiful and reflected Vee and Sue perfectly. The adding of a Scottish blessing whilst the brides drank from the Quaich.
Sara was professional in every aspect and delivered the service with care and compassion.
I would highly recommend Sara and we send the biggest thank you for all she did.
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Emma Sent on 04/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

My special day

Sara was absolutely amazing from the start she listen to what we were looking for and she came back with an amazing service that we were looking for and involved our family and friends in the service too, I would highly recommend sara she is absolutely amazing, thank you for making our day so special
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Samantha Sent on 27/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderfully compassionate Celebrant

Sara was fabulous throughout the planning of our wedding, she truely helped make our day perfect in every way.
Sara was extremely flexible and tailored everything to our needs. The ceremony felt just right and exactly what we wanted as a couple.
We also really appreciated Sara’s guidance and suggestions throughout the planning process. We've had many guests comment on how beautiful the ceremony
I would highly recommend Sara
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Elizabeth Sent on 09/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

A Special Day

Sara Bamford prepared and conducted a truly heart warming and beautiful wedding ceremony for my daughter and her husband in October 2023.
It was an unforgettable experience made even more so by Sara's brilliant delivery enhanced by humour certainly,but never straying from obvious professionalism combined with warmth and enthusiasm.
Many guests commented on how lovely it was.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Sara Bamford services to anyone in search of perfection for their special day .
Francesca
Francesca Sent on 02/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Sara made our day extra special!

Sara was the celebrant for our wedding at the end of October and was amazing throughout the whole process. She took time to speak with my finance and I to find out about us, how we met, funny stories etc to build a lovely personal ceremony.

Sara also spoke with us separately so that we each had our own personal vows to say. She guided us through it all and made it a wonderful day, we had so many lovely comments about our ceremony and how personal it was.

I couldn’t recommend Sara more to help make your day special.
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