COUPLES across the county planning their wedding are being given the opportunity to win a fantastic competition.

Your wedding day is the most special of your life. And the Kentish Gazette, part of the Kent Messenger Group, is offering you the chance to win yours - for FREE.

We have teamed up with the Egon Ronay-listed Dog Inn at Wingham, near Canterbury, to offer one lucky couple a specialist wedding venue that will be perfect in every way.

The medieval inn has emerged as one of the area’s most popular venues for weddings.

A choice of two licensed marriage rooms, impressive banqueting facilities and en-suite accommodation all in one location mean that the ceremony and reception can take place side by side, without guests having to travel from one place to another.

When your wedding is booked at The Dog Inn, the register office guarantees that the ceremony can take place on that date and at the time you choose.

Richard and Sherry Martin make it a priority to work very closely with couples from the outset.

The winners will choose one of two options - 100 guests for a buffet-style reception or 50 formally seated. All catering, including wine, as well as evening entertainment with dancing are included in the prize.

To win your dream wedding, download and complete the entry form available below and send along with a suitable photograph to: Win Your Dream Wedding, 9 St George’s Place, Canterbury CT1 1UU.

Download entry form

Couples can nominate themselves or be nominated by friends. After the closing date, we will be featuring the couples and inviting readers to vote them onto the final shortlist.

The competition judges will then assess the shortlisted entries and select a winner.

Competition Rules

The closing date for initial entries is noon on Monday, July 24, 2006.

One of the entrants must reside in the county of Kent. The prize must be redeemed on an agreed date on or before December 31, 2007.

This competition is not open to employees (and their immediate families) of the Kent Messenger Group or any other company associated with it.

Entries that are altered, illegible or not in accordance with the rules will be disqualified.

Responsibility cannot be accepted for entries lost or damaged.

Proof of posting cannot be accepted as proof of delivery. The decision of the judges, as appointed by the Kent Messenger Group, is final.