Allow for the county's length
Cambridge to Peterborough is a real drive. Put enough time between events that are at opposite ends of the county.
Asian Wedding Photographer for Cambridgeshire
Kaushik Bathia photographs Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Gujarati weddings in Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough. Each event of a multi-day wedding is planned and priced on its own, with travel from Northwood quoted in writing.
The short answer
Do you photograph Indian and Asian weddings in Cambridgeshire?
Yes. Kaushik Bathia covers Hindu, Gujarati, Sikh and Muslim weddings across Cambridgeshire, including Cambridge, about 47 miles from his Northwood studio, and Peterborough, about 68 miles away. Multi-day weddings are planned day by day, and travel plus any overnight stay is quoted in writing before you book. Packages start from £750 and are bespoke to the events you need covered.
…Kaushik's work is fantastic and he took so much stress out of our special day. He and his team are highly professional, fun and friendly and work with you to capture the shots that you want. He captured some amazing moments of both us and our guests, some natural, some posed but all truly wonderful. We were blown away by our albums and videos and have no hesitation in recommending him to our family and friends.
Thank you for capturing our special day so well and creating beautiful photos that we will treasure forever. We love our stunning wedding album! You took the time to get to know us from the pre-shoot right up until the wedding day and made us feel comfortable and relaxed, and we had a lot of fun along the way especially with your silly little jokes to get us to laugh!
The Owner is very friendly and professional. I have been using Mr Bathia for over 15 years and have seen him through multiple family weddings.
Where families are
Peterborough's communities and the wider county
Peterborough's census figures show how mixed the city is. At the 2011 census 11.7 per cent of its residents were Asian, including 6.6 per cent of Pakistani and 2.5 per cent of Indian ethnicity. The city also has one of the UK's largest Italian communities, which says something about how mixed its weddings can be.
Cambridge and Huntingdon draw couples who studied or work in the area, as well as local families. A wedding here can bring relatives from London, the Midlands and abroad, so the plan has to work for guests arriving by train and by road. Cambridge has two stations, while Huntingdon and Peterborough are on the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross.
Whichever part of the county you are in, the photography approach is the same: understand the family's rituals first, then plan where to be for each one.
Multi-day planning
Covering a wedding week between Cambridge and Peterborough
An Asian wedding rarely sits in one place. The mehndi may be at home in Peterborough, the sangeet in a hall, the ceremony at a country house near Huntingdon and the reception at a city hotel. Cambridgeshire is long from north to south, so the drive between events can be significant even within the county.
From Northwood, Cambridge is about 47 miles and Peterborough about 68. Day trips work for most events; for back-to-back days that start early and finish late, a night in the county is usually more sensible. We set out both options so you can compare. Travel from Northwood and any overnight stays are quoted in writing, event by event, before you book.
We ask for a running order for each day and the names of the people who matter most: grandparents, siblings, the elders who lead rituals. That list shapes where Kaushik stands during each ceremony.
Ceremonies
Mandap, gurdwara and nikah in Cambridgeshire
Hindu and Gujarati weddings centre on the mandap, with the pheras around the sacred fire and rituals such as the haldi and the kanyadaan. Venues differ on open flames, so ask whether your chosen room allows a fire ceremony before you book it. Our Hindu weddings page explains how we cover each ritual.
Sikh weddings begin at the gurdwara with the anand karaj and the four laavan. Inside the darbar hall Kaushik works from the side aisle and never crosses in front of the Guru Granth Sahib, and a gurdwara in Cambridge or Peterborough may add rules of its own, so tell us which one you are using. Read more on our Sikh weddings page.
For a Muslim wedding, the nikah may be at home or in a mosque, with a mehndi beforehand and a walima afterwards. Coverage is modest and respectful, with silence during prayers and an agreed list of what to photograph. Our Muslim weddings page covers the approach.
Venues and numbers
Rooms for a large Cambridgeshire wedding
Cambridgeshire's college rooms tend to be intimate, seating somewhere between 90 and 140, and the register office rooms are smaller still. For a guest list of several hundred, look at hotels and at sole-use country estates where a marquee in the parkland can take larger numbers. Confirm what each venue allows for catering, music, fire and finishing times.
Large receptions need a clear plan for the stage. We agree the order of family groups in advance and keep the queue moving so the couple can get back to their guests. For several hundred guests, a second photographer is worth considering, so one camera stays with the couple while the other covers the room.
Before you sign, ask each venue about outside caterers, an open flame for the pheras and the latest finishing time, and keep its answers in writing.
Civil ceremony and portraits
Adding the legal ceremony and couple portraits
If the religious ceremony is not registered, the civil one may happen at the Brooke Room on Ascham Road in Cambridge, at the Assembly Rooms in Huntingdon Town Hall, or at Peterborough Register Office on Thorpe Road. Some families hold it a few days earlier with close relatives only, which can be photographed as a short booking of its own.
For portraits, Cambridge offers the Backs and the Botanic Garden; Peterborough offers the cathedral's West Front and Ferry Meadows in Nene Park. A pre-wedding shoot in one of these places, in outfits for the mehndi or sangeet, gives you images for invitations and helps you relax in front of the camera before the big day.
Planning
Planning around Cambridgeshire
Ask about the fire
Check whether your venue permits an open flame for the pheras before you book it, and get the answer in writing.
Guests on the East Coast line
Huntingdon and Peterborough are on the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross, and Cambridge has two stations, so guests from London can arrive by train.
Gurdwara etiquette first
Heads covered, shoes off and the photographer to the side during the laavan. Confirm any extra rules with the granthi.
Overnight only when needed
Cambridge events are usually day trips from Northwood. When a Peterborough morning starts early, a stay is usually sensible and goes in the written quote.
Places for an Asian wedding in Cambridgeshire
Below are Cambridgeshire's register offices, community figures and landmarks, each with a link to read more.
- Diverse city: At the 2011 census 11.7 per cent of Peterborough's residents were Asian, including 6.6 per cent of Pakistani and 2.5 per cent of Indian ethnicity, and the city also has one of the UK's largest Italian communities. 1
- The Assembly Rooms, Huntingdon Town Hall: Cambridgeshire Registration Service's Huntingdon ceremony room is the Assembly Rooms at Huntingdon Town Hall, Market Hill (PE29 3PJ), while registration appointments take place at Huntingdon Library. 2
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: The Cambridge University Botanic Garden, founded by Charles Darwin's mentor John Stevens Henslow in 1831 and opened to the public in 1846, covers 16 hectares (40 acres) between Trumpington Road and Hills Road and holds over 8,000 plant species. 3
- Riverside Park, Huntingdon: Riverside Park is a 34-acre park running 2 km along the River Great Ouse from the bridge near the Old Bridge Hotel to Hartford Church, with a hay meadow and riverside walks. 4
Sources, facts checked October 2026
Town by town
Asian wedding pages for Cambridgeshire towns
These Cambridgeshire towns have their own Asian wedding pages, listed with their distance from Northwood. See Cambridge, Peterborough, Hindu weddings in Peterborough, Sikh weddings in Huntingdon and Muslim weddings in Peterborough.
- Cambridge (47 miles from the studio)
- Huntingdon (51 miles from the studio)
- Peterborough (67 miles from the studio)
Good to know
Asian weddings in Cambridgeshire: questions answered
Yes. Peterborough is about 68 miles from the Northwood studio, and at the 2011 census 11.7 per cent of its residents were Asian. For a wedding spread over several days there, we compare day trips with a local stay and put the cost of each option in your written quote.
Coverage starts from £750, and Asian weddings are quoted as bespoke packages based on the events, the hours, a second photographer and an album. Travel from Northwood for each day is listed in writing before you book.
Yes. Peterborough Register Office at 33 Thorpe Road holds marriages in ground-floor ceremony rooms, which suits grandparents who find stairs hard. Some couples keep it to close family a few days before the religious ceremony, and Kaushik can cover it as a short booking.
Possibly. Some colleges hold civil ceremonies in panelled rooms, but some restrict weddings to their own fellows, students, alumni and staff, and rooms often seat 140 or fewer. Check eligibility, numbers and whether an open flame is allowed for the pheras before you plan the mandap there.
Yes. In the 2011 census, 6.6 per cent of Peterborough's residents were of Pakistani ethnicity. Kaushik works quietly, stops during prayers and follows the imam's guidance, whether the nikah is at home or at a mosque. Tell us beforehand any moments the family would rather keep private.
Yes. Huntingdon station is on the East Coast Main Line about 59 miles from King's Cross, with most services run by Thameslink. Guests from London can come without a car, which helps when a reception runs late and the hotel is in town.
The cathedral's West Front of three great arches, Cathedral Square with its 17th-century Guildhall, and Ferry Meadows in Nene Park about three miles west of the centre. The Nene Valley Railway has two stations in the park, so a steam train can appear in the background if the timetable fits.
Peterborough is about 68 miles from Northwood. When events run late one day and start early the next, an overnight stay is usually sensible at this distance and is set out in your written quote, so you can compare it with day trips.
Cambridgeshire Asian weddings
Send us the full wedding plan
List every event with its date, place and guest numbers. Kaushik will reply with a day-by-day plan and a written quote, with travel and any stay listed.
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