Before you can give notice of your intention to marry or form a civil partnership, you need to decide whether to have a religious or a non-religious (civil) ceremony, and where to have it.
If you choose a civil ceremony, you can have it take place in either a register office or in an approved premises.
You can have a civil ceremony at:
If you need a registrar to attend the ceremony, please contact us to book. You can book a registrar up to 2 years in advance.
To contact us:
You can have a marriage ceremony at any religious building registered as a marriage venue. Same-sex couples can get married in a religious building if it has been registered for the marriage of same-sex couples.
Your marriage must be registered immediately after the ceremony by an authorised person, such as a religious minister. If the venue does not have an authorised person you must book registrars to attend the ceremony and register the marriage.
Please do not confirm and pay for your venue until we have confirmed that we can provide a registrar to attend the ceremony.
Find out how much our registration services cost.
If you wish to be married in the Church of England or Church in Wales, you should first speak to the vicar of your local church. Generally you will be able to marry in your local church if you or your partner live in the parish. You cannot get married in an Anglican church as a same-sex couple.
If you wish to marry by religious ceremony other than in the Church of England or Church in Wales, you should first arrange to see the minister or other person in charge of marriages at the building. However, the church or religious building in question must normally be in the registration district where you or your partner live.