Natalie and Ryan’s Great John St wedding

Natalie and Ryan’s November wedding at Great John Street Hotel in Manchester was a relaxed urban city-centre wedding focused on family and mingling rather than off-site portraits. As your Manchester wedding photographer, working entirely within Great John Street‘s photogenic interiors gave us beautiful boutique-hotel images.

Highlight images from Natalie and Ryan’s wedding day

About Great John Street Hotel — a boutique urban wedding venue in Manchester city centre

Great John Street Hotel is a boutique urban wedding venue in Manchester city centre — Victorian school house transformed into a modern boutique hotel.

Boutique Victorian-converted hotel
Open-top rooftop terrace overlooking Beetham Tower
Photogenic two-floor rooms with large mirrors
Ground-floor bar and elegant staircase

Natalie and Ryan’s wedding day at Great John Street

4pm Manchester wedding — focus on family

Natalie and Ryan’s 4pm ceremony meant they wanted to focus on time with family and friends rather than off-site portrait excursions. We worked entirely within Great John Street’s beautiful interiors.

Bridal prep with Vivienne Westwood shoes

Captured Natalie’s preparations — beautiful dress and amazing Vivienne Westwood Melissa wedding shoes. Interesting two-floor room with large mirrors gave us creative angles.

Top-floor ceremony

Ceremony on the top floor — Ryan’s son Oliver looked after the wedding rings until his special moment.

Hotel-interior portraits

Captured beautiful images around the hotel — the staircase, the bar, the rooftop with the view to the Beetham Tower. The group images and natural mingling shots Natalie and Ryan wanted, all within Great John Street.

More of Natalie and Ryan’s wedding photographs

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Venue: Great John Street Hotel
Photographer: Rick Dell Photography

Frequently asked questions about Great John Street weddings

Can we have an urban Manchester wedding without going off-site?

Absolutely — Great John Street has photogenic rooms across multiple floors, an open-top rooftop and a beautiful staircase. Natalie and Ryan stayed in-venue all day and the images are stunning.

Who is the recommended Great John Street wedding photographer?

Rick Dell Photography is a Manchester wedding photographer at Great John Street. Browse more Great John Street weddings.

What time should we get married for the best Great John Street photos?

Earlier ceremonies (12-2pm) give more daylight for rooftop portraits with city views. Later 4pm ceremonies suit a more intimate evening city-lights feel.

How much does Rick Dell Photography cost?

Wedding photography packages start from around £850 and run up to £1,950 depending on coverage length, second-shooter options and album choices. The typical package booked is around £1,400. See current packages and album options on the packages page, or get in touch for a no-obligation quote.

More Great John Street weddings to browse

About Rick Dell — Manchester & Cheshire wedding photographer for over 25 years

I’m Rick Dell — an award-winning Manchester and Cheshire wedding photographer based in Heald Green. I’ve been photographing weddings for over 25 years and have worked at most of the leading wedding venues across Cheshire, Manchester, Stockport, Staffordshire and the North West — including being a long-standing recommended photographer at venues like Mere Court Hotel, Mottram Hall and Heaton House Farm.

My approach is natural and documentary — capturing real moments as they happen, with creative posing only where it adds something. You can browse my recent wedding gallery, see my packages and albums, read verified Google reviews, or get in touch to check availability for your wedding date.