The average Londoner now spends a hefty £38,666 on their wedding

The research comes from online wedding planner Bridebook
Nick Levine|Refinery2919 December 2016

The average cost of a wedding in the UK is now £27,000, according to new research.

That figure is even higher in London, where the average wedding now costs a hefty £38,666. The Independent reports that the averages were calculated by wedding planning website Bridebook, which looked at 20,000 ceremonies which took place last year.

The largest outlay for couples planning their big day tends to be venue hire, which now costs an average of £5,727. Food and drink is the second biggest spend, followed by a bride's wedding dress, which costs an average of £1,268.

According to The Independent, Bridebook also found that 62 per cent of couples tying the knot pay at least half of their wedding bill, but only 22 per cent pay for their big day in full. Some 29 per cent of couples revealed that they had no defined budget for their big day.

Six-figure weddings are most common in the south east of England, where 4 per cent of weddings cost more than £100,000.

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