Knowing a venue changes everything: I arrive calm, I know where the late light will fall, which corners make the good frames, what to anticipate. Each venue below has a page of its own — what the place is like, how to reach it from the UK or from Paris, and whether your guests can stay the night.
The bay of Mont-Saint-Michel & the west coast
Les Châteaux de La Lucerne d'Outremer
La Lucerne-d'Outremer · 35 km from Mont-Saint-Michel A 19th-century château and a stone hall in the former stables, in a park of century-old trees. Rooms on site. See this venue →
Château Les Hauts
Saint-Jean-le-Thomas · facing the bay An early 19th-century house facing the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. An orangery seating up to 300, five suites with a view. See this venue →
Château de la Crête
Granville · on the clifftop A clifftop house directly above the sea, with a stone terrace and wind-bent pines. One of the rare Normandy venues where the ceremony faces the open Channel. See this venue →
Manoir de la Bégaudière
Mont-Dol · 20 min from Saint-Malo A 17th-century stone manor clad in Virginia creeper, with a glazed veranda for ceremonies. The Portsmouth–Saint-Malo ferry lands twenty minutes away. See this venue →Bayeux & the D-Day beaches
Domaine du Grand Caugy
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand · 5 min from Bayeux An 18th-century Bessin farmstead inside a working stud, with a 200 m² hall restored in period style. Accommodation on site. See this venue →
Domaine de Cussy
Tour-en-Bessin · 5 min from Bayeux A carefully restored farm dating from 1616, with two stone halls and a wide park for open-air ceremonies. See this venue →
Domaine de la Cour des Lys
Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne · between Caen and Bayeux Fully restored in 2018: a 1,500 m² courtyard of honour, halls with old beams, a landscaped park. Hired Friday to Sunday with lodgings. See this venue →
Manoir de Chivré
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle · 15 km from the beaches A 16th-century manor on two hectares bordered by a stream, a hall seating up to 200 and generous accommodation on site. See this venue →Around Caen & the Pays d'Auge
Château de Canon
Mézidon · Pays d'Auge An 18th-century château with gardens listed as a Jardin Remarquable — a great water mirror and the Chartreuses, thirteen walled flower gardens unique in France. See this venue →
Domaine d'Aslan
Préaux-Bocage · 18 km south of Caen An elegant manor with a grand double staircase and a 500 m² glazed orangery, in seven hectares of park above the valley. See this venue →
Domaine du Saul'
Louvigny · 3 km from Caen An 18th-century barn with a cathedral ceiling, and a park with a great weeping willow for the portraits. See this venue →
Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge
Cambremer · 20 min from Deauville A restored Normandy farmhouse in four hectares of gardens listed as a Jardin Remarquable, around a cider press. See this venue →
Domaine du Champ Delaunay
Saint-Ouen-du-Mesnil-Oger · 20 min from Caen A 17th-century Auge estate in a four-hectare orchard: the Grange, the Pressoir, and fifty beds on site. See this venue →
Cœur de Combray
Ernes · 25 min from Caen A 17th–18th-century property with a stone courtyard, a timber-framed hall and a garden crossed by the river Laizon. Around twenty bedrooms. See this venue →
Domaine de Cauvicourt
Cauvicourt · 15 min from Caen An 1860 farm restored around a tall stone barn, with a timber terrace and a shelter for outdoor ceremonies. See this venue →
Domaine de l'Angleterre
Livarot · Pays d'Auge A house of character hidden in fifteen hectares of private park, hired exclusively — the setting for an intimate wedding. See this venue →Saint-Lô, Coutances & the Cotentin
Domaine de la Guérie
Coutances A restored 18th-century seminary with a great hall of stone and beams seating up to 200, and its landmark chapel. The venue where I photograph most in the Manche. See this venue →
Château de la Roque
Théreval · 10 min from Saint-Lô A 16th–17th-century schist manor with L'Orangerie, a vast glasshouse for dinners and dancing. Unbeatable late-afternoon light. See this venue →
Domaine du Manoir de la Cour
Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin · 40 min from Cherbourg A 16th-century manor in forty-five hectares of woods and meadows, with seventeen bedrooms. The Poole–Cherbourg ferry is forty minutes away. See this venue →
Château du Perron
Saint-Aubin-du-Perron · 20 min from Saint-Lô A château in forty hectares of grounds with a lake, a chapel and a large orangery for the reception. Rooms on site. See this venue →
La Ferme du Château d'Agneaux
Agneaux · on the edge of Saint-Lô Stone and exposed beams, two rooms seating up to 100, exclusive hire with 20 beds — and a fine-dining restaurant on site. See this venue →
Maison Desnos
Tourville-sur-Sienne · 10 min from Coutances A stone longhouse and a wide glazed reception room opening onto the park, minutes from the west coast. See this venue →Further afield in Normandy
La Dîme de Giverny
Giverny · Monet's village, 1 hr from Paris A 13th-century tithe barn with a cobbled courtyard and a flower garden, in Monet's village. Monet's gardens are a short walk away. See this venue →
Domaine de Pont-Ramond
La Chapelle-au-Moine · 5 min from Flers A stone manor in a large park, with two gîtes sleeping around fifty. Open all year. See this venue →Marrying over a whole weekend? Le Week-end covers the welcome dinner the evening before, the wedding day itself and the farewell brunch the next morning.
Your venue is not on this list? I work anywhere in Normandy and across France. Tell me where you are marrying and I will tell you what I know of it.
Frequently asked questions
Twenty-four venues across Normandy and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel have a page of their own on this site, each one a place where I have genuinely photographed a wedding — among them Domaine de la Guérie (Coutances), Château Les Hauts (facing the bay), Château de la Crête (on the clifftop at Granville), Domaine du Grand Caugy and Domaine de Cussy (both minutes from Bayeux and the D-Day beaches), and Château de Canon in the Pays d'Auge. I am based in Saint-Lô and travel throughout Normandy and beyond.
Three ferry crossings serve the region directly: Portsmouth–Caen (Ouistreham) for the Calvados, the Bessin and the Pays d'Auge; Poole–Cherbourg for the Manche and the Cotentin; and Portsmouth–Saint-Malo for the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. Each venue page states which crossing is nearest. By train, Caen, Bayeux, Lisieux and Granville all have direct lines from Paris, and Vernon–Giverny is fifty minutes from Paris Saint-Lazare.
The price depends mostly on how long I am with you. A wedding can be covered from the preparations to the end of the evening, town hall and group photos included. Five packages, the same prices for French and international couples: Essentiel at €1,199 (town hall to the end of the cocktail hour); Journée at €1,499 (getting-ready to the end of the cocktail hour); Célébration at €1,599 (ceremony through to 1 am); Intégral at €1,899 (the whole day, getting-ready through to 1 am); and Le Week-end at €3,400 for the full three days. Each includes the town hall and ceremony, the drinks reception and cocktail hour, group photographs and a short couple session, at least 500 photographs in full resolution on a private gallery delivered within 15 days, and the WEDBOX guest page. Travel and accommodation are charged on top and always confirmed before you book: included within 30 km of Saint-Lô, then a flat fee by distance, from €40 to a maximum of €500 — nights on site included.
At most of them, yes — and it matters more than couples expect when family are flying in. Several venues here are hired exclusively for the weekend: Domaine du Manoir de la Cour has seventeen bedrooms with the Cherbourg ferry forty minutes away, Cœur de Combray has around twenty, Domaine du Champ Delaunay fifty beds, and Domaine de la Cour des Lys is taken from Friday to Sunday with lodgings on site. Each page says what is available.
Not at all. These are the venues I know well and have photographed at, but I work anywhere in Normandy and across France. Tell me where you are marrying and I will tell you what I know of it.
Yes, throughout — the first call, the planning, the day itself and the delivery of your gallery. I work regularly with couples from the UK, the United States and further afield who marry in France. Planning is done by email, WhatsApp or video call, whichever suits you.
