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Bake Off venue could be used for weddings

Getty Images/Clive Nichols A general view of Welford Park, a stately home with a chapel to the right of it and a large lawnGetty Images/Clive Nichols
Welford Park hosted the Great British Bake Off between 2014 and 2019, and again since 2022

Great British Bake Off fans could get married at the estate where the hit show is filmed if an application gets the go-ahead.

Welford Park, near Newbury, Berkshire, has hosted the programme between 2014 and 2019, and again since 2022.

Forest Edge Tipis has been using woodland at the site for wedding receptions for up to 28 days a year but wants to run events between April and September.

That would include building temporary tipis and tents for wedding ceremonies, catering and toilets, along with parking for up to 40 cars.

Forest Edge Tipis Tipis in the woodland at the estate, with people sat at tables outside them Forest Edge Tipis
The tipis would be put up at the estate between April and September if the plan is approved

The company already runs bespoke weddings at other venues, including Sheepdrove Organic Farm in Lambourn.

As part of the project for Welford Park, the site on the family-owned estate would revert to woodland between October and March.

It lies within a Local Wildlife Site and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.

The estate is also famed for its snowdrops and its annual Spectacle of Light show between October and November.

Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon/PA Wire The contestants of the Great British Bake Off for series 15, which ended on 24 November. The eventual winner, Georgie Grasso, is sat along with four other people in the front row with other contestantsChannel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon/PA Wire
Georgie Grasso (sat in the front row, second from the right) won series 15 of the Great British Bake Off

Forest Edge Tipis said it does not think the proposal would have a "significant impact" on neighbours.

It said West Berkshire Council has received no noise complaints despite it running its events at Welford Park for five years.

The local authority is expected to decide on the company's planning application in the coming months.

Georgie Grasso, from Carmarthenshire, became the first Welsh winner of the Great British Bake Off after she was crowned series 15's best baker last week.

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