Married in Burns country at the Brig o' Doon.
If you're going to marry in Ayrshire, you might as well do it where Scotland's greatest love poet grew up. The Brig o' Doon House Hotel sits in Alloway with its gardens running down to the River Doon and the famous auld brig itself — the bridge from Tam o' Shanter — right there for your photographs. As an Ayrshire boy myself, born up the coast in Ardrossan, this one always feels like a home game.
Nicole & Andy's day
When Nicole and Andy married here, the day had everything a Brig o' Doon wedding promises — a kilted groom, a champagne toast, strawberries dipped in chocolate, and that unbeatable Alloway backdrop waiting outside the door. The hotel knows weddings inside out, the gardens do half the photographer's job, and a ceremony full of warmth and laughter does the rest. Read Nicole & Andy's full wedding story here — the pipes, the quaich, and a proposal on skis at sunset.
A love story postcode
Alloway gives your wedding a story before you've written a word: Burns Cottage up the road, the Auld Kirk over the wall, and the brig where Tam outran the witches at the foot of the garden. I like to let a line or two of Burns find its way into a ceremony here — it would be rude not to. Marrying on the coast instead? I'm an Ayrshire boy — see Seamill Hydro and Piersland House too.
More venues & places I know inside out: Seamill Hydro · Piersland House · Òran Mór · Cottiers · Kibble Palace · Citation · Mar Hall · The Cruin · Fruin Farm · South Uist · Skye