We’ve all been there, right?
You’re invited to a wedding that you absolutely can’t miss, but your ex-fiancé is in the wedding party, so you hire a gorgeous escort to hide the fact that you’re single and hope that this elaborate (and expensive) plan doesn’t blow up in your face.
That’s what happens in The Wedding Date, a 2005 romcom starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney. Filmed between New York and England, the short plane ride and even easier train rides make visiting The Wedding Date film locations as effortless as hitting the dance floor during an open bar.
Image Credit: Getty Images, OlivierGuiberteau. Image Location: Parliament Hill, London
Where was The Wedding Date filmed?
The Wedding Date film locations are easy to access from London’s train stations.
Parliament Hill Fields
Closest station: Gospel Oak (London Overground station)
Parliament Hill Fields in London is where the wedding party played a game of rounders.
London Stansted Airport
Closest station: Stansted Airport
Kat and Nick arrive from New York City to London via Stansted Airport. If you’re doing the same, the Stansted Express train will take you from the airport straight into London city center.
Image Credit: Getty Images, JosephWGallagher. Image Location: St. James' Church, Shere, Surrey, England
St. James’ Church
Closest station: Gomshall
The small village of Shere, St. James’ Church sits just off the town square. St. James’ Church was the wedding venue in The Wedding Date.
Chilworth Manor
Closest station: Chilworth
Chilworth Manor took on the role of the Fletcher-Wooten Estate, the estate belonging to the groom, Edward.
Albury Park
Closest station: Gomshall
Just outside of Shere, Albury Park was also spotted in The Wedding Date.
Winkworth Arboretum
Closest station: Godalming
When it comes to planning a picnic, Winkworth Arboretum made for a fitting place in The Wedding Date.
The Prince Alfred Pub
Closest station: Warwick Avenue (London Underground station)
On your way up to Parliament Hill Fields, stop off at the Prince Alfred, the gorgeous Victorian pub featured in The Wedding Date for the cocktail party.
Image Credit: Getty Images, andy2673. Image Location: Shere, England
You’re cordially invited to the village of Shere
Where: Shere, Surrey, England, UK
When: Whenever your heart longs for an English getaway.
Attire: Comfortably casual.
Come stag or bring a plus one: shere is an intimate village where you can elope for a quiet getaway or spend weeks with your whole family. Gomshall train station is a mile from the village center. Stay at a cozy B&B, visit the Shere Museum, get your fish and chips from Kinghams, have a cuppa at Hilly’s, then end every night with a pint at the White Horse (cash bar, of course).
Check the registry: What to know about The Wedding Date
Everything you need to know about The Wedding Date and its film locations.
What is The Wedding Date about?
The Wedding Date sees New Yorker Kat, played by Debra Messing, engaged in quite an uncomfortable experience. Her sister, Amy, is getting married in London and the groom’s best man is Kat’s ex-fiance, Jeffrey. Still single Kat wants to make Jeffrey jealous so she hires a male escort, played by Dermot Mulroney, to pose as her boyfriend. Before the wedding bells chime, secrets strut down the aisle and threaten to send the whole ceremony into chaos.
Who is in The Wedding Date?
The Wedding Date stars Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney alongside Amy Adams, Jack Davenport, Sarah Parish, Peter Egan, and Holland Taylor.
Was The Wedding Date based on a book?
Sort of. The Wedding Date was loosely inspired by the book Asking for Trouble, which was written by Elizabeth Young. Young was also a co-writer on The Wedding Date’s screenplay.
Image Credit: Getty Images, Franz Marc Frei. Image Location: Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England
Where does The Wedding Date take place?
The Wedding Date takes place between New York City and England, in locations like London and Surrey.
What is a game of rounders?
The wedding party in The Wedding Date played rounders, an English game that will look strikingly familiar to American viewers. One team pitches a small leather-cased ball to another team that tries to hit the ball with a wooden or metal bat. When the ball is hit, the player attempts to run four bases and score a point before the pitching team can tag them with the ball.
But don’t call it baseball.
Where did they play rounders in the movie The Wedding Date?
In The Wedding Date, the wedding party plays a game of rounders at Parliament Hill Fields in northwest London. Parliament Hill Fields is an athletic space within Hampstead Heath, which is also home to the Kenwood House that was used as a filming location for Notting Hill.
Where was the church in The Wedding Date?
The church that The Wedding Date’s eponymous wedding was set in is St. James’ Church in the village of Shere. Shere is only an hour or so southwest of London by train, if you feel like getting hitched.
Save the date (and your data)
When you travel by train, standard amenities like free WiFi let you stream every romcom in your queue. You can hop on and off at locations for films like The Wedding Date, including:
- Bridget Jones
- The Holiday
- Notting Hill
- A Castle for Christmas
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Letters to Juliet
Download the Trainline app and download your e-tickets right to your phone.
Header Image Credit: Getty Images, GavinD. Image Location: Shere, Surrey, England
