Louise Bates
Louise Bates Celebrant
Hampshire-based celebrant conducting weddings, vow renewals, naming ceremonies and funerals.
Hello! I am Louise Bates, and I am a Professional Civil Celebrant.
My promise to you is this:
I will deliver beautiful ceremonies, give exceptional value, and exceed expectations in creating warm and memorable experiences for my families, my couples and their guests.
Weddings
Congratulations on finding each other and deciding to get married! I would love to help you celebrate and honour your special day. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. Allow me to create a unique ceremony that reflects your wishes and that truly reflects the love story that brings you together as a couple.
You may wish to include religious or non-religious readings, music or poems. You may want additional traditional options, such as a hand-fasting ceremony or a unity candle or even a themed ceremony. You choose.
Couples usually register their marriage quietly at a register office, then have their bespoke celebrant-led ceremony of their own design that truly reflects their love for each other. Choose your venue – this can be held indoors, outdoors, on a mountain top or a windswept beach. You just need the landowner’s permission.
Funerals
A personalised, memorable, final farewell for your loved one. A time to reflect on your loved one's journey, honouring their life, relationships, achievements and beliefs, whatever they may be.
I am ex-Army and would love to support our veterans and those who are still serving, in their special life events.
Louise Bates
Hampshire-based celebrant conducting weddings, vow renewals, naming ceremonies and funerals.
Hello! I am Louise Bates, and I am a Professional Civil Celebrant.
My promise to you is this:
I will deliver beautiful ceremonies, give exceptional value, and exceed expectations in creating warm and memorable experiences for my families, my couples and their guests.
Weddings
Congratulations on finding each other and deciding to get married! I would love to help you celebrate and honour your special day. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. Allow me to create a unique ceremony that reflects your wishes and that truly reflects the love story that brings you together as a couple.
You may wish to include religious or non-religious readings, music or poems. You may want additional traditional options, such as a hand-fasting ceremony or a unity candle or even a themed ceremony. You choose.
Couples usually register their marriage quietly at a register office, then have their bespoke celebrant-led ceremony of their own design that truly reflects their love for each other. Choose your venue – this can be held indoors, outdoors, on a mountain top or a windswept beach. You just need the landowner’s permission.
Funerals
A personalised, memorable, final farewell for your loved one. A time to reflect on your loved one's journey, honouring their life, relationships, achievements and beliefs, whatever they may be.
I am ex-Army and would love to support our veterans and those who are still serving, in their special life events.
What my clients say...
Louise was excellent, helping both my father and I through the difficult process of organising the order of service for my mother's funeral. She seems to be well connected with the local funeral directors, and crematoriums. On the day Louise delivered an excellent eulogy. I couldn't have asked for more.
A Preston
For us, Louise was the perfect celebrant for my father's funeral in March 2026. Attentive, thorough and considerate, she made sure the service was exactly the one we wanted. It was a non-religious ceremony but, being a Christian, she was able to infuse the actual committal with some religious language as Mum requested. She was perfectly at ease and respectful talking about both the religious and non-religious aspects of a service. Her manner - kind and gentle - is perhaps something you don't associate with someone who attained high rank in the military.
A Brown
Louise, just wanted to say thank you for conducting my Father in Law’s funeral service so well and being there for Sarah. I would highly recommend Louise as a Celebrant.
J Brasher