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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022

Last update: October 2024

The Wessex Celebrant is an independent wedding celebrant based in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire and covering surrounding counties, with a special love for creating bespoke ceremonies. For owner Richard, being a celebrant means helping you conceive a ceremony that is entirely individual, encompassing your values, beliefs, and heartfelt journey. Whether yours is a civil marriage, a vow renewal, a commitment ceremony or a celebration of life, Richard would feel honoured to turn your dreams, ideas, and suggestions into a day you'll fondly remember always.

Services Offered

With The Wessex Celebrant, your day will most certainly be your way. Richard considers being a wedding celebrant a wonderful privilege and endeavours to create with you a personal, unique, and meaningful ceremony. Your location can be almost anywhere, with or without a venue marriage licence. From clifftops to woodland, there are no boundaries, just as you are free to incorporate any religious vows, music, and readings you may desire. Working together, Richard can fill your long-anticipated moment with love, laughter, and whatever else you would like to include. He can also offer symbolic elements such as hand fasting, unity candles, a sand ceremony, crystals, or a ring warming.

Frequently asked questions

Language:

English

Religion:

Non-religious/humanist

Type:

Celebrant
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Clare
Clare B. Sent on 20/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic man and a fabulous service

Richard was fantastic from start to finish.
Professional , relaxed, reliable and amazing at reading who we were and what we needed to relax into the experience. Being people who don’t really enjoy standing in the spotlight or discussing emotion publicly we were a little bit nervous about the whole experience but it turns out there was no need.
Richard took our nerves and squashed them and by our second encounter we were we throughly confident that he was the celebrant for us.
We shared many laughs through the process and on the day he was so calm and professional ever guest we spoke to has mentioned how amazing they thought he was, how funny, warm and heart felt our service was.
We really cannot thank you enough Richard. Thank you for helping us to creat “our day our way” Clare & Gavin
Hannah
Hannah J. Sent on 07/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Made our big day extra special!

Richard was a calming presence for our bespoke personalised ceremony at our wedding. From the moment we met him, we felt at ease in his company and knew we were in safe hands with creating an order of service personal to our love story as a couple. Richard was flexible with any ideas we came to him with, communication was clear and consistent throughout, and he was so professional, but also with a great sense of humour that meant the whole process was less stressful for us. He made us feel less nervous during the ceremony and after the ceremony, all our friends and family were singing his praises and asking us how we found a celebrant that knew us so well! It felt so special having a ceremony tailored to us as a couple, so we would highly recommend Richard for anyone looking for a unique wedding ceremony.
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Dani C. Sent on 16/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect start to our wedding celebration

We weren’t really sure what we wanted for our wedding ceremony, just something simple and unfussy, something fun and relaxed. What we got from Richard was all of those things and way more.
From our first phone call, FaceTime calls right through to the end of our ceremony Richard has been amazing to work with.

We’re both now so glad that there were no registrars available for our day and instead chose Richard to conduct our ceremony (an absolute blessing in disguise or fate maybe).

Our guests all said the same thing…. That our ceremony was a perfect, intimate and touching reflection Craig and my relationship. It was different to normal wedding ceremonies but in the absolute most positive and beautiful way.

So thank you so much for kicking our day off so wonderfully.
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Nicolaas H. Sent on 13/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect personal service!

Richard was the perfect celebrant for our special day. His communication and service was impeccable throughout the process. From our meetings with Richard and the Q&A we completed for him, he crafted a very personal 'love story' for our ceremony which we loved. We would very highly recommend Richard to any couple looking for a celebrant-led wedding. Our guests absolutely loved the story and many had said that they had never been to a wedding where the ceremony was so fun and special. We really appreciate the time and thought that went into preparing the speech and loved that it was so personal to us.
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Tom W. Sent on 24/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Personal and Professional

Richard gave the most personal and professional wedding ceremony we could have wished for. He was organised and thoughtful during preparation, and performed perfectly on the day. He’s also a pleasure to work with.
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1 The Tanyards SO53 1TJ Chandlers Ford (Hampshire)

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