The Alverbank Wedding Venue, Gosport

The Alverbank, a listed house on Stokes Bay looking out at the Solent

Capacity

120 ceremony

120 wedding breakfast

200 evening guests

Rooms

On site, with a bridal suite

Exclusive use

Yes

Ceremony spaces

The lawn or the hall

Filming at The Alverbank

The Alverbank is a Grade II star listed house at Alverstoke on Stokes Bay Road, with lawns that run out towards the Solent and the Isle of Wight sitting on the horizon behind them. It is a small venue by the standards of most of the places I film and that is the appeal. The whole day happens within about a hundred yards.

Ceremonies happen either out on the lawn with the water behind you or inside in the hall. The lawn is the one to hope for. Sea light is soft and it comes from every direction at once, which is why it flatters everybody, and the Solent gives the background a bit of movement rather than a flat wall.

The Banqueting Hall seats a hundred and twenty and takes two hundred through the evening, so the room does the whole day without anybody being moved somewhere else halfway through. For a film that matters. Fewer resets means fewer gaps and more of the day actually recorded.

There are bedrooms on site including a bridal suite, so the morning starts here rather than in a hotel across Gosport. Stokes Bay itself is a two minute walk, so if you want the shingle and the water in your film we can be out and back inside a quarter of an hour.

To get more information about The Alverbank you can visit their website at alverbank.co.uk.

Their address is The Alverbank, Stokes Bay Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2QT.

Katie and Iain at The Alverbank

Katie and Iain got married at The Alverbank and I filmed the whole day. If you would rather see what a wedding here actually looks like than read about it, their teaser and highlight film are below.

How I work on the day

No posing, no forced smiles, no interruptions. I film what happens and I keep out of the way while I do it. If your photographer sets something up I will use it, but I am not going to stop your day for the sake of a shot.

Katie and Iain, Wedding Day Teaser at The Alverbank
Katie and Iain, Wedding Day Highlight Film at The Alverbank

Filming notes for The Alverbank

  1. Outdoor ceremonies on the lawn for a hundred and twenty, with the Solent behind you.
  2. The Banqueting Hall does the meal and the evening, so nothing has to be reset mid day.
  3. Bedrooms on site including a bridal suite, so the morning starts at the venue.
  4. Stokes Bay is a two minute walk if you want the water and the shingle in the film.
  5. Sea air means wind, so speeches and vows go onto radio mics as a matter of course.

Other Venues in Hampshire

There are many wedding venues across Hampshire and some of my personal favourites are;

  1. The Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
  2. Elmers Court, Lymington
  3. New Place Hotel, Shirrell Heath

Frequently Asked Questions

If the forecast allows it, yes. Sea light is soft and comes from everywhere at once, which is why it suits every face, and the Solent behind you gives the shot movement. Keep the hall as the backup and decide on the morning.

It is the thing I plan for first at any coastal venue. Vows and speeches go onto radio mics with proper wind protection, so what you hear back is your voices rather than Stokes Bay. A camera microphone alone would not do it here.

It concentrates it. Everything happens within about a hundred yards, so I am never travelling and almost nothing gets missed. Small venues usually produce fuller films than sprawling ones, because there is less of the day spent walking between things.

Stokes Bay is two minutes away and it is well worth a quarter of an hour. Shingle, water and the Island on the horizon is a background no country house in Hampshire can offer you.

In the bridal suite on site. Being in the building where the day happens means I can film the morning properly and still be in position downstairs before the first guests arrive.

Questions about packages, pricing and how long the films take to arrive are answered on my full FAQ page. Anything specific to The Alverbank that is not here, just ask me.

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