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Registration Service fees

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Birth certificate fees

Document fees

  • Standard application for a copy of a birth certificate (produced within 5 working days) £12.50 
  • Priority application (produced same day if ordered Monday – Friday before 2pm) £38.50

Shipping fees

  • Collect for free from the Guildhall, Bath
  • Postage and handling fee to be sent in 1st class post £2 
  • Postage and handling fee to be sent by signed for delivery £3
  • Airmail postage available upon enquiry
     

Marriage certificate fees

Document fees
Service Amount
Standard application for a copy of a marriage certificate
(produced within 5 working days)
£12.50
Priority application
(produced same day if ordered Monday – Friday before 2pm)
£38.50
Shipping fees
Service Amount
Collection from the Guildhall, Bath FREE
1st class post £2
Signed for delivery £3

Airmail postage available upon enquiry


Death certificate fees

Document fees

  • Standard application for a copy of a Death certificate (produced within 5 working days) £12.50 
  • Priority application (produced same day if ordered Monday – Friday before 2pm) £38.50

Shipping fees

  • Collect for free from the Guildhall, Bath
  • Postage and handling fee to be sent in 1st class post £2 
  • Postage and handling fee to be sent by signed for delivery £3
  • Airmail postage available upon enquiry
     

Giving Notice

If you wish to get married or enter into a civil partnership, you must sign a legal statement at your local register office to say you intend to get married or form a civil partnership. This is known as ‘giving notice’.

Giving notice fees
Circumstance Amount
Marriages and Civil Partnerships £42.00 per person

 

Additional fees that may apply when you give notice
Circumstance Amount
If one or both are subject to immigration control £57 per person
Consideration of foreign divorce documents
(where the divorce can be considered locally)
£55
If the divorce needs to be referred to The General Register Office £83

 


Ceremony fees - Alkmaar Room

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2024/2025 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2024/25
Time Fees
Monday to Thursday £520
Friday - Saturday £545
Sunday/Bank Holiday £580
After 17:00 £590

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - Abbey View Room/Jane Austen Room

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2024/2025 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2024/25
Time Fees
Monday to Thursday £420
Friday - Saturday £460
Sunday/Bank Holiday £480
After 17:00 £490

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - The Georgian Room

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2024/2025 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2024/25
Time Fees
Friday to Saturday £545
After 17:00 £590

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - Register Office

2023/2024 Fees (couple plus two witnesses only)

Marriages and Civil Partnerships 2023/24
Time Fees
Monday to Thursday £56.00

Plus non-refundable booking fee of £50.00


Ceremony fees - Venues in other locations

2024/2025 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Renewals and Commitment ceremonies 2023/24
Time Fees
Monday to Thursday £600.00
Friday - Saturday £630.00
Sunday/Bank Holiday £685.00
After 17:00 £695.00

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Naming ceremony

2024/2025 Fees

Naming ceremony 2024/25
Time Fees
Monday to Thursday £250.00
Friday - Saturday £300.00
Sunday/Bank Holiday £330.00
After 17:00 £350.00

Plus non-refundable booking fee of £100


Marriages at a registered place of worship where no authorised person is appointed

Fees
Service Amount
Attendance of a registrar £104.00

Private citizenship ceremony

Fees
Service Amount
For individual or family private ceremony at the Guildhall £130

Other fees

Fees for changes to initial registration
Service Amount
Change of forename given within 12 months of birth registration £44.00
Consideration by registrar/superintendent registrar of a correction £83.00
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction £99.00

Approved premises licence

Approved premises fees
Date Amount
Application £2000.00
Renewal £2000.00