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• Al fresco weddings with our Garden Gazebo

Couples in Knowsley now have a fresh new choice of ceremony venue following the opening of a new Garden Gazebo.

The stunning new facility is set in a secluded location in the garden of Knowsley Registration Office and is the only “outdoor” venue in the borough.

To date, Knowsley is the only Council in the North West offering this facility.

Cllr Ken Keith, Knowsley Council’s Cabinet Member for Corporate and Customer Services said:

“We are focused on offering people the best service with as many choices as possible and this venue offers an excellent alternative for people seeking something a little different on their special day.”

Knowsley Registration Office is in a historic area so all the building work had to comply with planning and conservation regulations, as well as meeting strict requirements from the Registrar General and satisfying Knowsley’s Licensing Section

Access for disabled people, fire regulations and the effect on local people also had to be taken into account before work could start.

The British weather has been taken into account too - everyone who books the Garden Gazebo is also automatically booked for the indoor Priestcote Room, in the event of the ceremony having to be moved inside.

The Gazebo can be booked for Civil Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Renewal of Vows, Naming Ceremonies and Citizenship Ceremonies.

Mike Harden, Executive Director of Corporate Resources, added: “The Gazebo is already proving a real success. We have already had several weddings here, a naming ceremony and a Civil Partnership.

“We are always looking for ways to improve the service we offer people and to make their day all the more special and we have certainly achieved that with the Gazebo.”

To book or for further details on the Garden Gazebo contact 0151 443 5210 or email registrars@knowsley.gov.uk

Pictured below are Mike Harden, Executive Director of Corporate Resources, (far left) and Cllr Ken Keith (far right) with Miriam Refberg and Matt Fletcher-Brown (from Impact Models) who dressed up to launch the Garden Gazebo.

For further information contact the media team on 0151 443 3537.

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Notes to editors

A Civil Partnership is the legal union of two people of the same sex.

A Citizenship Ceremony is for people who have applied to become a British national. By law they have to swear an oath of allegiance and pledge to Her Majesty the Queen. These ceremonies are usually held for a group of people, but a person can apply to have a private ceremony and it is for these that the gazebo can be used.

A naming ceremony is a non-religious version of a baptism.