Bride-to-be 'crying her eyes out' as reception venue closes suddenly 11 days before wedding

A bride-to-be was left 'crying her eyes out' after she was told her venue was closing just one week before her wedding was due.

Haley Peel, 36, booked her redding reception last year at Petit Delight in Cleethorpes. The wedding, which was due to take place on Saturday, June 17, rapidly turned into a nightmare when she received a 'tragic' phone call.

The venue contacted her 11 days before the special day to tell her that she would need to find another venue for her and her 130 guests. Despite receiving a full refund from the venue within an hour of the call, it didn't do much to ease the shock, Grimsby Live reports.

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The Seaview Street restaurant announced on Tuesday, June 6 that it would close with 'immediate effect'. Posting on social media, the venue wrote: "Due to circumstances beyond our control we are having to cease trading. This is something we have been battling for a long time and as we are sure you are all aware, we are living in a very challenging world.

"Unfortunately, with the current economic climate, we can no longer make this work. We are so sorry this has happened and please understand that this is not something we’ve taken lightly.

"We’ve tried and tried to make our business a success and we hope to be back one day when the world is a better place to operate in."

Haley, who has been engaged to her fiancé Darren Lowe, 50, for two years, said: "The Tuesday before my wedding I got a phone call from Petit Delight just as I was about to go into work. The manager said, 'Haley, I think you need to sit down', and told me that Petit Delight was closing with immediate effect and that they couldn't go ahead with my wedding reception.

"I