MATFEN Hall was inundated with famous faces from the small screen on Friday as celebrities arrived in the North-East for the wedding of Declan Donnelly.

As the Geordie favourite, who is one half of TV presenting duo Ant and Dec, enjoyed his final few hours as a single man, his friends and colleagues from ITV began checking in at Matfen Hall in advance of Saturday‘s ceremony.

Dec married his manager and fiancee, Ali Astall, at St Michael’s Church in Elswick, Newcastle, and celebrated at a reception in a marquee at Belsay.

Among the famous faces snapped by Matfen Hall guests, and even a bride and groom from Newcastle enjoying their wedding at the venue on Friday, were Vernon Kay, Dermot O’Leary, Stephen Mulhern and Leigh Francis, aka Keith Lemon. 

Presenters of ITV‘s This Morning, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, also posed happily for “selfies” with guests while Phillip took to Twitter to pay tribute to the hotel and its staff.