

When & Where

We Do
When – 11:00
Where – St Mary’s Church,
Main Rd,
Radcliffe on Trent,
Nottingham
NG12 2FD
St Marys Church

We Eat
When – 16:00
Where – The Riding School
Calke Abbey – National Trust
Ticknall,
Derby
DE73 7JF
The Riding School

We Celebrate
When – 19:00
Where – The Riding School
Calke Abbey – National Trust
Ticknall,
Derby
LE65 1RR
Evening Entrance
Please note EVENING GUESTS will need to enter the estate using the EXIT GATES in Calke Village. Please use the postcode: LE65 1RR
For upto date travel information and directions we recommend using a sat-nav to navigate between venues – personally we recommend using Waze which is available on all smartphone platforms. Waze can be downloaded here. Please note the correct postcodes above for day or evening use.
Alternatively if you prefer a printed map and directions you can use the following links and print the directions yourself.
Day Guests (meal) – St Marys Church to Calke Abbey Day Guests
Evening Guests – Calke Abbey Evening Guests
Accommodation
Despite feeling like our reception is ‘in the middle of nowhere’, there is an abundance of beautiful places to stay within a short distance of The Riding School.
The National Trust have five unique holiday cottages situated on the Calke Abbey estate that sleep between 2 and 14 people. The cottages are a separate entity to The Riding School and must be booked directly with the National Trust Holiday Cottage team. The cottages are subject to availability and unfortunately, we cannot guarantee their availability.
For your convenience, we have also listed some suggestions for perfect places to stay below:
DERBYSHIRE
MELBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE



Parking and Access
St Marys Church
There is no dedicated car park for St Marys church however there is plenty of on street parking in the local area, there is also two car parks within the village itself. If parking on the local housing estate we ask that you park respectfully and dont block peoples drives.
Calke Abbey
Our invited guests do not have to pay for entrance into the estate or to park and you are very welcome to leave your vehicles overnight. Vehicles and their contents are left at the owner’s risk.
Whilst The Riding School is just a short walk from the car park, we understand how hard this could be for some of our guests. Please do make us aware of any additional assistance you may need so that we can make arrangements where needed. Once you are within the Riding School, there is step free access throughout the venue. There is also level access to the toilet facilities too.
Carriages and Going Home
Mobile phone service can be a little hit and miss within the Calke Abbey estate, so we strongly recommend that transportation home is booked in advance.
Whilst you are free to book a company of your choice, here are the telephone numbers of the companies that are local and are used most regularly for weddings at Calke Abbey;
A1 Taxi’s – 01530 413535
A1 are also able to accommodate large numbers of advance bookings by emailing a1carsashby@outlook.com
Abbey Cars – 01530 416060
Village Cars – 01332 706020
When booking your transport, please ensure that you provide the company with the correct postcode, it is also important to note that the entrance gates lock at 5pm, the bar closes at 11pm and the exit gates lock at midnight. Taxi’s should be booked no later than 11.30pm.
DAY GUESTS will enter the estate using the ENTRANCE GATES in Ticknall Village. Please use the postcode: DE73 7JF.
EVENING GUESTS will need to enter the estate using the EXIT GATES in Calke Village. Please use the postcode: LE65 1RR
Everyone will use the EXIT GATES to leave the estate throughout your day.
Other Relevant Info
Guestbook
In the evening we’d love it if you would sign our guestbook, we’ve gone a little unconventional with our guestbook and have chosen a bible! We would love it if you could highlight your favourite verse so we have a bible guestbook filled with our friends and families favourite verses. Pens, page markers and post-its will be available so all you need to know in advance is which verse is your favourite!
Song Requests
We have booked an incredible band for the evening and would love to see you all up and dancing, to encourage you to do this we want to know what songs will get those feet moving and hips circling on the dancefloor. On the RSVP form you will be asked for what your favourite floor filler is, if you can let us know the artist and song title we’ll see what we can do to get it into either the live set or the DJ set. Once you’ve done this, bring your dancing shoes and we’ll meet you on the dancefloor!
Celebrate With Us!
Please RSVP by 14th April 2023