Civil marriage and civil partnership ceremonies can take place at the Register Workplace, or at any approved venue between 9:30am and 3pm or until four:30pm on Mondays.  There are lots of approaches to personalise your wedding day, so read our private touches web page for inspiration. Your legal notice of marriage have to then be given to the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which you live, inside one particular year of the date of the ceremony regardless of where within England or Wales the marriage is to take place. The schedule cannot be issued more than seven days before the marriage and the registrar will advise you when to call.

If you are considering the two stage approach signing the declaration at a distinct location then you must discuss this additional with the Superintendent Registrar who will advise you of the process and charges involved. In exceptional situations, the … Read the rest >>>