Smiling bride in a lace dress and groom in a brown suit walk hand in hand with a flower girl down a Rye street

Town Hall Wedding Photographer | The George in Rye

I’m Dale, a documentary wedding photographer based in East Sussex. Ross and Georgina married at Rye Town Hall on a Sunday in early October – the first Town Hall ceremony I’ve shot at The George, confetti and a town crier leading the parade back down the street. Exclusive hire meant the whole place was theirs: no restaurant guests, no hotel comings and goings, just their family and friends for the day.

This was a day built by the couple’s own people. Flowers, styling, even the suit – all made or arranged by friends, with Boelle Events pulling the look together. I spent part of the afternoon in the green room with Ross before his first look with Georgina, just talking about kids while he sat on the sofas – some of my favourite frames of the day came out of doing nothing more than that.

  • Lace-edged veil falling down the bride's back beside green striped sofas in a sunlit room at The George
  • Guests in summer dresses and suits chat with drinks on the sun-dappled courtyard at The George, seen from a stairway
  • Two women in dark dresses carry white daisies down the aisle, laughing as standing guests applaud at Rye Town Hall
  • Laughing bride holds a little boy as her groom in a brown suit kisses her cheek in the Rye Town Hall ceremony room
  • Bride with a white flower bouquet and groom in a brown suit step smiling out of The George's columned doorway
  • Smiling guests in sunglasses and rich autumn colours stroll down a sunlit Rye street, carrying white daisies
  • Guest in sunglasses and a green floral dress beside a smiling bearded man in the cobbled courtyard at The George
  • Bride in lace-trimmed veil shows her ring to a smiling guest holding champagne in the sunny courtyard
  • Bride in a lace veil hugs a laughing guest in sunglasses and a green dress, champagne in hand, at The George
  • Bride, groom and flower girl laugh as guests throw red petal confetti outside Rye Town Hall's arched brick entrance
  • Guest in a red floral dress punches the air with a cocktail, dancing beside a man in navy in The George Ballroom
  • Guest in a satin brown dress raises her handbag high, cocktail in hand, as the band plays in the Ballroom at The George
  • Laughing guests clink pale green cocktails beside glowing wall lights and floral painted panels at The George
  • Little boy in a bright blue waistcoat slides across the polished wooden floor on his tummy, grinning, feet in the air
  • Guest in a blue dress thrusts out a coupe glass beside a laughing bearded man dancing in The George Ballroom
  • Woman in a polka dot dress holds hands with a twirling flower girl as guests laugh and dance in The George Ballroom
  • Bride in lace dress grins, coupe in hand, as her bearded groom throws an arm up on the dancefloor
  • Guest in a grey tweed blazer dress dances with eyes closed as a smiling woman with a coupe glass joins in behind her
  • Guest in a green double-breasted suit holds a coupe glass and points upwards, mid-song on the dancefloor at The George
  • Smiling bride in a pale lace dress dances close with her bearded groom in a brown suit, cocktail in hand, at The George
  • Flower girl in a white tulle dress spins with arms outstretched, hair flying, as guests chat on the dancefloor behind
  • Boy in a bright blue waistcoat leans sideways with thumbs pointing at his head, tongue out, on the dark dancefloor
  • Two guests dance in a dimly lit room under a chandelier, one in a brown satin dress, the other in red florals
  • Bride's place setting with a Georgina & Ross menu on a linen napkin, dahlias and a terracotta ribbon at The George
  • Pink and peach dahlias in small stoneware bottles on a hessian-topped table with green chairs at The George in Rye
  • Dinner table with pink napkins, taper candles and mini pumpkins beside a striped banquette in The George restaurant
  • Long wedding table set with red dahlias and rose napkins under glowing orange lampshades in The George restaurant
  • Wedding table laid for dinner with candles and pink dahlias on a patchwork orange banquette at The George in Rye
  • Long dinner table with green chairs, pink napkins, orange ribbons and taper candles under paper lanterns at The George
  • Lit taper candle, glasses and a red dahlia in a small vase beside a Georgina & Ross menu on a rose napkin
  • Wedding table set with pink napkins, orange ribbons and candles beside a red velvet banquette and green chairs at The George

A Town Crier and a Confetti Parade

Rye Town Hall, a short walk from The George, then straight into confetti the moment they stepped outside – a town crier leading the procession back down the street, guests trailing behind. It’s a different rhythm to a church wedding, louder and more public, and it suited them.

Bride, groom and flower girl laugh as guests throw red petal confetti outside Rye Town Hall's arched brick entrance

Ross, Before the First Look

Before Ross saw Georgina, I spent some time with him in the green room – not posed, just sat on the sofas talking about his kids while the room filled up around him. Some of the best photographs of a wedding happen when nobody’s being asked to do anything at all.

Ross in a brown suit and bow tie relaxes on a green striped sofa in the sunlit green room at The George, smiling

A Sun-Trap Courtyard

The courtyard caught the afternoon sun properly – a friend on DJ duties, champagne going round, and the kids finding every bit of shade to disappear into with a games console. Exclusive hire meant the whole space was theirs for the afternoon, nobody passing through.

Bride laughing as her groom kisses her cheek, surrounded by guests with drinks in the sunny courtyard at The George

Dinner, and the Dragon Bar

Dinner in the main restaurant, the kids tucked away in the Dragon Bar nearby — close enough to come and go, far enough that the grown-ups got their evening too.
Styling by Boelle Events

Guests laughing around a candlelit dinner table under woven pendant lights at The George

Upstairs to the Ballroom

Cocktails and dancing in the Ballroom to close out the night — the same room that’s hosted everything from first looks to all-night parties for other George couples, and every time it finds a different gear.

Row of creamy cocktails topped with dried orange slices lined up on the bar for the Ballroom party at The George
editorial style bridesmaids photo in the courtyard at the george in rye

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Seen from above, guests mingle with champagne in The George courtyard while the veiled bride chats in the middle

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