Some final information!

Friday 31st July

Food is available from the bar at Langdon Hills Golf Club, where we will be eating from around 7pm. Family and friends are all invited for a 'meet and greet' here afterwards, from around 8pm. This will hopefully mean that most people get to know one another a bit and will not feel like strangers during the ceremony and wedding breakfast.

Accommodation Update
There is one apartment now available at Langdon Hills for the Saturday night comprising a double bed and a double sofa bed.

Directions to the Church (also see earlier posts below for post code information and google maps)
From the M25, take the exit signposted Tilbury/Southend, Junction 30/31 heading east. From the north (M25 anti-clockwise) this is the Last Exit Before Tolls, left on the roundabout. From the south (M25 Clockwise) this is the first exit after the Dartford tunnel; you will need to go right on the roundabout.

Stay on the A13 for approximately 6.7 miles, taking care to keep out of the left hand lanes which split off. The of these is immediately after you join the A13, and another before the exit you need to take. You need to keep right in both instances.

Take the A1014 exit signposted Corringham and Coryton, keeping right on the sliproad. This exit is not named but is the one after the Orsett Cock. If you get to the Five Bells you have gone too far.

Take the 3rd exit on the roundabout onto the Manorway (dual carriageway). At the next roundabout, take the second exit towards Coryton.

At the traffic lights, you can go straight on, continuing on the dual carriageway, and take the next exit (quite sharp left turn) towards Corringham, then follow the road round, past the Church on your right, and then for another 700 yards until you see the public car park on you left. Take the left turn onto Giffords Cross Road then left again. On foot, the churchyard can be accessed on the far side of the main access road opposite the Bull Pub. However, as there are only a few parking spaces adjacent to the church, if you are able to, please use the free public car park.

Dress Code
There is no dress code as such, although we only ask that you wear smart clothes, suitable for a church wedding. Hats are not essential!

Thank You

Thank you to everybody for all the wonderful cards ( and gifts therein ) that we have already received.

Accommodation

There are several hotels close by, which groups could share taxis/cars back to after the evening celebration.

Unfortunately there are only a small number of rooms at the reception venue. These have all been allocated to close friends and family.

Ye Olde Plough House, Brentwood Road/A128, Bulphan, Essex, RM14 3SR.
1.6 miles away or 13 minutes from Langdon Hills Golf Club. 6.2 miles or 13 minutes from the church.
http://www.yeoldeploughhouse.co.uk/accommodation.htm
Tel: 01375 891592
73 en suite bedrooms available.

Price: FRIDAY to SUNDAY - Single, double or Twin: £75.00 per room, including breakfast. Extra Beds: £28.00 per room.

Some larger rooms are available at £103 (including breakfast) comprising 3 single beds or 1 double and 1 single.

All rooms were available when we checked but they are likley to be booked up soon. Directions: From the A13 Southend/east bound, exit at A128, 'Orsett Cock', going left on the roundabout towards Brentwood. You will find Ye Olde Plough House approximately 3 miles on the right hand side.

Premier Inn Basildon South (and Haywain Beefeater), High Road, Fobbing, Stanford Le Hope, SS17 9NR. 7.6 miles away or 12 minutes from Langdon Hills Golf Club. 2.5 miles or 5 minutes from the church.
http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=23832
Tel : 08701 977 027.
Prices: Rooms are £55 per room per night Friday to Sunday. Continental breakfast is £5.25 or full english breakfast is £7.50 (all you can eat).

Family suites for 4 people are also available. Rooms can be cancelled up to 1pm on the day of arrival.

When we checked they didnt have any other bookings and it is a large hotel.
Directions: Situated adjacent to the Five Bells/Basildon/Fobbing Junction of the A13, (one junction east/Southend bound of the Corringham exit). Take A176, follow signs for Fobbing.

The Bell Inn/Hill House, High Road, Horndon-On-The-Hill, Essex, SS17 8LD.
http://www.bell-inn.co.uk

Tel: 01375 642463
11 rooms £55 to £100.

When we checked there were only a couple of rooms available, but may be worth checking, in case of cancellations.
2.3 miles or 5 minutes from Langdon hills Golf Club. 3.3 miles or 8 minutes from the church.

Bed and Breakfasts:
Hassenbrook Hall, Dunstable Road, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 8QT. Tel: 01375 677743. Rooms from £35 per nigh. 3.8 miles or 8 minutes away from Langdon Hills Golf Club. 2.1 miles or 6 minutes from the church.

5, Berry Close, (near the Crown at Langdon Hills) Tel: 01268-546433
2.9 miles or 7 minutes away from Langdon Hills Golf Club. 5 miles or 12 minutes from the church.

The Wedding

will take place at St Mary the Virgin Church, Rookery Hill, SS17 9AT

If arriving by car, please use the public car park off Giffords Cross Road, 700 yards on from the Church

You can find both the Church and the car park marked by blue markers on the map below. Please click the markers for further details, including directions.

View The Wedding in a larger map

Directions

For directions from the Wedding to the Reception, please follow this link to Google Maps

The Reception

will take place at Langdon Hills Golf & Country Club.

Click on the blue map marker for further information, including

directions.

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Gifts

John Lewis Gift List: Number 356054

You can access the John Lewis Gift List in the following ways:
online at www.johnlewisgiftlist.com
by calling 0845 600 2202
or by visiting any John Lewis store

The list will open for 8 weeks from 20th June 2009.

Debenhams Gift List: Number 218794

You can access the Debenhams Gift List in the following ways:
online at www.debenhamsweddings.com
or by visiting any Debenhams store

Gift voucher/card options

Amazon, Debenhams, iTunes, B&Q

Welcome

to Alex & Rosie's Wedding blog!