Watford Register Office

Register births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships at Watford Register Office. Contact Watford Register Office by phone, email or post to or book an appointment.

The services offered by Watford Register Office include:

• Register a birth
• Get a copy of a birth certificate
• Give notice of marriage and marriage wedding venue.
• Register a death and get a death certificate
• Register a still-birth

Watford Register Office Wedding Prices

1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Day	Cost (Net)	VAT	Cost
Monday – Friday	£403.33	£80.67	£484
Saturday	£555.83	£111.17	£667
Sunday/Bank Holidays	£611.67	£122.33	£734

• A small statutory register office ceremony room for up to 4 persons is available in the Hatfield Register Office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Watford Register Office on Mondays, and Stevenage Register Office on Wednesdays. The statutory fee for this ceremony is £46.
• The fee for a marriage certificate is £11.

Anytime Ceremony

Venue	Availability	Notice of marriage cost	Fee payable on the day
Register Office Marriage Room, Civic Centre	Wednesday morning	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	£57.00 is payable on the day of marriage
Wearmouth Room, Civic Centre (currently unavailable)	Monday to Friday	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	£170.00 is payable at the notice of marriage appointment
Mowbray Suite, Civic Centre	Monday to Thursday	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	£270.00 is payable at the notice of marriage appointment
Mowbray Suite, Civic Centre	Friday and Saturday	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	A fee of £300.00 is payable at the notice of marriage appointment.
Approved premises	Upon application	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	Two registration officers attend for which the council charge between £450.00 and £590.00 for their services. This does not include the cost of the venue.
Other Religious Building other than Church of England or Church in Wales	Upon application	£35.00 (or £70.00 per wedding)	If a registration officer is required a fee of between £150.00 and £200.00 depending on the day of the ceremony is payable prior to the marriage for his or her attendance. This does not include the cost of the venue.

 

Anywhere Ceremony

	Licensed venues	Bloxam Room, Rugby Pageant House, Warwick Riversley Suite, Nuneaton	Henley Room, Stratford-upon-Avon
Monday - Thursday	£490	£245	£315
Friday or Saturday	£555	£330	£400
Sundays, Bank Holidays or 24, 29 or 31 December 2021	£570	£360	£430
Non-refundable Deposit	£120	£100	£100

 

Notices cost £35 each or £47 if one or both parties are subject to the Home Office referral and investigation scheme.

f you have been through a former marriage or civil partnership and the decree absolute or civil partnership dissolution documentation is outside the British Isles there is a non-refundable fee of £50 or £75.00 dependant on whether it can be cleared locally or referred to the General Register Office.

 

Watford Register Office Address & Contact Details

Watford Register Office Opening Hours