Last updated:
1st April 2025
Book a ceremony at an approved venue
How to book a wedding
- Choose your venue and make a provisional booking with them
- Book a ceremony with us
- Pay your fee to us for our Registrar service
- Confirm your booking with your venue
Fees for our Registrar Service at approved venues
(All fees include the price of one certificate.)
- Monday to Thursday - £557.00
- Friday and Saturday - £641.00
- Sunday and Bank Holidays - £735.00
What happens after booking
You'll receive:
- A letter confirming details of your booking
- Information about your legal requirement to give notice
- A wedding pack including a detail form that allows you to personalise your ceremony.
Readings booklet
Read our Suggested readings for your ceremony (PDF document) for inspiration
On the day
- Before the ceremony starts the Registrar or Civil Partnership Officer will need to check that the details given during the 'legal notice' appointment are updated
- If you prefer, each person can be interviewed separately to avoid seeing each other before the ceremony
- If you choose to be interviewed together, arrive 15 minutes before the ceremony is due to start
- If you choose to be interviewed separately, partner 1 arrives 20 minutes before, and partner 2 arrives 10 minutes before