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wedding venue

Reflecting on a brilliant year…and looking forward to the future

It has been another busy year for Ashover Parish Hall Events Centre; from anniversaries to weddings, christenings to birthdays, charity events to folk festivals, there have been many exciting events held here over the last year. As well as the popular puppy training classes, Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) courses and Chapples Voice Coaching, the hall continues […]


Chesterfield Wedding Venue: What our guests say 2015

The opinions of our guests and visitors are very important to us.  If our customers are happy, we are happy. We are lucky that our guests often leave Ashover Parish Hall making positive comments and some leave lovely messages on our Facebook page, send us kind cards and thank us in person. Here a few from 2015… January 2015 […]


Chesterfield Wedding Venue: top tips for finding a fabulous photographer

Every wonderful wedding day needs an equally wonderful photographer to document the day and capture the moments you will enjoy looking back on in years to come. So finding the right photographer for you is a big deal. There is nothing worse than excitedly looking at your wedding photos for the first time and being […]


Chesterfield function venue: Christmas festivities 2014

Well it’s that time of year again and here in at Ashover Parish Hall Events Centre the Christmas celebrations are coming thick and fast. December is one of the busiest months of the year full of fun, laughter and joy. Christmas is a time for celebrating relationships, both family and friends and gives us the […]


Chesterfield wedding venue: making your marriage as wonderful as your wedding day

So you have everything in place for your big day and, as long as everything goes to plan, it should be perfect…..but what happens after you get back from honeymoon? In this day and age most couples have experience of living together before they get married. But that doesn’t automatically mean that marriage is going […]


Chesterfield Wedding venue: what really makes a perfect wedding?

So what makes a wedding perfect? We all have different ideas, likes and dislikes but Katie, co-owner of Elizabeth Aprilis events planning and management, reminds us what really matters in her thought provoking guest blog… We all know ‘every little girl’s dream’, the big white wedding, the age old story of the Prince sweeping the Princes off […]


Chesterfield wedding venue: establishing the entertainment

You’ve booked the venue, the Church and the caterer, and now it’s time to think about the details of the day.  Weddings days are great fun, but can be long.  Make sure you keep your guests entertained from the arrival drinks, to the final dance, by choosing the perfect entertainment plan. Entertainment comes in many […]


Chesterfield wedding venue: organising the seating plan

After selecting the wedding reception venue, the next thing on a busy bride’s mind will be how to organise the seating for the wedding reception.  At Ashover Parish Hall, our spaces are flexible enough to suit the fancies of every bride and groom.  Whether you are choosing a Chesterfield wedding venue or not,  read our […]


Magical Chesterfield wedding venues: decorating the room

Your wedding day is a day for magic; a day where your dreams become reality.    Once you’ve booked the church, agreed on your wedding reception venue and chosen that all important wedding dress, your minds will no doubt turn to transforming the space you’ve chosen for your wedding reception into something unique, personal and […]


Chesterfield wedding venue: catering challenges

Some inspiring, and amusing, words from one of our popular and reliable caterers about the challenges of wedding catering.  Experienced Zest 4 Events regularly provide outstanding catering for our wedding receptions. I find myself faced with many challenges these days, whether it be to design and execute a hot buffet for 100, based purely on […]