Wedding FAQs

You are welcome to have your ceremony at any point during the day, it’s entirely up to you and the registrars. Usually, we recommend a 1-2pm ceremony.  The only restriction is if you have booked our Twilight Package - in this case, ceremonies can commence from 5pm onwards. 

Yes! As a licenced venue, you are more than welcome to have your wedding on the Devora Terrace. Get in touch with our team to find out maximum capacity for an outside ceremony. 

To give you an idea of the order of day, we normally work along the following lines:

• Ceremony - allow a maximum of 30 minutes for this, however, this depends on whether you opt for readings, etc.
• Reception drinks - allow anywhere between 1.5 hours and 2 hours for this
• Guests take their seats and the newlyweds make their entrance - this usually takes about 30 minutes
• Wedding breakfast – this can take anywhere between 2 hours and 2.5 hours depending on how many guests you have 
• Speeches – you can have your speeches either before your wedding breakfast, during or after. Usually these take anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes 
• Evening guests arrive – once the speeches and your wedding breakfast have finished, allow for an extra 30 minutes and then invite your evening guests 

Of course! We would love to help you kick-start the wedding celebrations.

You can find out more information here. 

An evening reception for a hotel wedding finishes at midnight. If your reception is taking place in the Devora Suite, you can purchase a late licence until 1am. 

If you are in our Constable Rooms, the maximum capacity for the day is 65 guests and for the evening it’s 150 guests. If you are in the Devora Suite, the maximum capacity for the day is 250 guests and for the evening it’s 300 guests. Please be aware, if your civil ceremony is in the Constable Rooms, we are only licenced for 200 guests.

For more intimate weddings in our Constable Rooms, the minimum chargeable numbers are 40 adult guests. For our larger Devora Suite, the minimum chargeable numbers are 70 adult guests. 

Yes! Legally we are unable to do this for you, it is your responsibility to ensure they are booked for your wedding day. We are licenced with Sudbury Registrars. 

We are so pleased you are looking to book! We can provisionally hold a date for 2 weeks, during this time we ask for a deposit. The deposit is £1,000.00 at time of confirming. 

Yes, you can have confetti – we request it is bio-degradable. Confetti lines take place outside the front of the hotel.  Please note that confetti is not allowed on our balconies/terrace areas in case it goes on the golf course or in our banqueting suites. 

Yes, fireworks are allowed here at SbN Resort. Please be aware, we will only allow them from the company Dynamic Fireworks. Please let your wedding planner know ASAP once these have been booked. 

Yes, you are welcome to have either a band or DJ for your evening entertainment at the main resort. Different rules apply to weddings at our tipi site, please check with your Wedding Coordinator about our tipi wedding music policy.

No, we don’t have sound limiters, however, our duty manager reserves the right to request noise to be turned down at any point. 

Your guests can phone our Reservations Team on 01206 262836 to book their room. They’ll need to quote the bride and groom’s full names and the date of the wedding to obtain the preferential B&B rates. These are advance purchase rates and require payment at the time of booking. We hold an agreed number of rooms for guests; this can be up to 15 rooms. If more are required, this can be discussed once all 15 rooms are booked. Any un-booked rooms in your group will automatically be released into the system for resale.

You will have a dedicated Wedding & Events Coordinator through your planning process and they will be your point of contact on the day, as well as a Food & Beverage Supervisor.  

No, as this is unique to each individual, we don’t do this for you. 

Your Wedding Coordinator can sort this out for you. We ask that you provide us with a device to play the music on through our speakers. Alternatively, you can hire musicians or a singer for your ceremony music.  

You are more than welcome to provide us with a playlist, alternatively, we are able to play soft background music for you. You can also hire a singer or musician to provide this service for you. 

Yes, indoor pyrotechnics are allowed, however we request that these are done by either Dynamic Fireworks or RCT Entertainment. 

Yes, of course! Once the wedding is confirmed and you are at the point of sending invites out, we can arrange this for you. A wedding menu tasting is complimentary for the happy couple, if you would like to bring extra guests along this does incur a charge. 

Yes, of course! We allow you to offer a maximum of 3 starters, 3 mains, and 3 desserts to your guests to pre-order from. We request that at least one option for all courses is vegetarian/vegan friendly. We also ask that on the back of your guest’s name cards, you note what they have chosen to avoid any confusion on the day. 

We use a handy online ordering system where you can input your floor plan and menu choices. You are welcome to add all your guests’ choices, or alternatively, you can add their email addresses and it’ll automatically email them to place their preorder. The system also does all the helpful chasing for you too!  

Yes! We will cater to any allergy or dietary requirements – our expert chefs will ensure that these are adhered to. If you have any queries about what our dishes contain, please do ask! Most dishes can be adapted to suit guests with allergies and dietary requirements. 

The final payment for your wedding is due 12 weeks prior to your wedding date, therefore it’s best to ask all your guests to RSVP ahead of this date so you know what your final numbers will be. 

We are unable to guarantee access the day before your wedding until a week prior to your wedding day. If the banqueting suite is unavailable the night prior then access on the morning of your wedding is from 7am.

You are welcome to use any supplier you wish to (apart from our restriction on fireworks). All we ask is that they have Public Liability Insurance and that any of their electrical equipment is PAT tested. These certificates will be required prior to them coming on-site. All external supplier details will need to be sent to your wedding coordinator before your wedding so that we can email them over access times. 

Yes, you are welcome to bring in confectionary items for your guests. No other foods can be brought on-site apart from your wedding cake.

Hotel check-in is from 3pm. Although we can facilitate early check-ins, we can’t guarantee this until the day. 

We recommend guests arrive ready for the ceremony; however, we are aware this isn’t always possible. We offer changing space in our golf & spa facilities – these include showers, toilets, hairdryers, mirrors etc.

Yes! Both the Constable Rooms and The Devora Suite are on the ground floor level with no steps to access them. When going out onto the terraces, there is a small step down but we have ramps to assist with this. If any guests are staying overnight and require accessible rooms, please do let your Wedding Coordinator know so they can put these on hold for you. 

For your special day, we provide gold banqueting chairs. If you would like chivari chairs or chair covers, you will need to source these yourselves. We can certainly recommend some amazing companies though!