Wedding photography prices
Most couples in Bury pay around £1,400 for a full day.
You don't have to book the whole day. Two hours or a half day costs much less, and our prices guide shows what shorter bookings cost. How we worked out these prices.
How prices in Bury compare
Photographers in Bury tend to charge a little more than elsewhere in Greater Manchester, where most couples pay around £1,300 for a full day. Across the North West as a whole, it's around £1,350.
Wedding photography prices for Bury
Not every wedding needs a full day of photography. If yours is smaller, a shorter booking costs much less. Our prices guide has more on what's included.
| Booking | Most couples pay |
|---|---|
| Half day, 4 to 5 hours | Around £850 |
| Two hours, for a register office wedding or an elopement | Around £450 |
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Three civic rooms on Knowsley Street
The register office in Bury is in the Town Hall, Knowsley Street, BL9 0SW. The civic ceremony spaces are the register office itself, the Ceremony Suite and the Elizabethan Suite. Ramsbottom Civic Hall is also on the civic list, and hotels and halls in the borough are booked with the venue as well as with the registration service. The three Town Hall rooms will not look alike, so the photographer needs the room name.
The ceremony price sits on your confirmation, so read it from that email and send it with the start time. A short register-office signing is often covered in one or two hours, ceremony plus a few pictures outside. The Ceremony Suite, the Elizabethan Suite, or a guest list at Ramsbottom, needs longer if you want groups. If you change room after the paperwork is done, the photographer should be given the room now named on it. If you only have a provisional hold, say so.
Ramsbottom is a separate drive
A Friday afternoon arrival at Knowsley Street is busy, so say which door the photographer should use for the first pictures. If the meal is at Ramsbottom Civic Hall, or at a hotel elsewhere in the borough, send that address and the time you leave the Town Hall. That travel belongs in the quote. A walk to a nearby room and a drive to Ramsbottom are different jobs.
Which Town Hall room should we name for the pictures?
The register office, the Ceremony Suite or the Elizabethan Suite. They are licensed separately. If the booking is Ramsbottom Civic Hall, say that instead, because it is another town and another set of pictures.
How many hours should we ask for when the fee is only on the confirmation?
Take the ceremony figure from the confirmation email. For the register office itself, one or two hours often covers the signing and a few pictures outside. Ask for a price for those hours, and add more if you have a guest suite and want groups.
Can the photographer treat all three rooms the same way?
Send the room and the guest count, and ask whether a camera is welcome in that room. A register-office signing and a ceremony in the Elizabethan Suite need different timing. The Ceremony Suite is the third option, so the name has to be exact.
The meal is at Ramsbottom Civic Hall. What goes in the quote?
Both addresses, the start time at Knowsley Street, and the time you leave. The drive should be included or listed on its own. Say how long you want at each stop so the reply matches the day you are having.
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