We have a choice of rooms here at the Guildhall
- The beautifully refurbished Alkmaar Room is a wonderful setting for your marriage.
- We have seating for up to 120 guests
- We can offer a more personalised ceremony
- You may have a reading
- We can interview the bride and groom separately before the ceremony
If you would like to take a virtual tour of the Guildhall please click on the highlighted link.
For more information about the the rooms please contact the office on 01225 477234 to request a brochure or click on the highlighted link to view our comprehensive celebratory services brochure.
If you would like to check the fees for 2012 / 2013 please click on the highlighted links.
There are also some wonderful rooms within the Guildhall that are administered by Bath's Historic Buildings. Please click on the highlighted link for further information.
Couples wishing to marry in the Guildhall may also like to consider having their ceremony in the historic Mayor's Parlour. It is available on Saturdays.
For more information about the Mayor's Parlour please contact Ann Tipper on 01225 477411.
A marriage is an oral contract, you must declare you are free to marry one another, and contract to take the other person in marriage. Signing the register is a record of your marriage.
You will need to bring two witnesses with you. They should preferably be over 18 and must be able to understand English. They will also need to sign the register at the end of the ceremony.
You must make the legal declation in the words laid down by law. The choices are;
THE DECLARATION
1. I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I .............. may not be joined in matrimony to .............
2. I declare that I know of no legal reason why I ........may not be joined in marriage to ............
3. By answering "I am" to the following question "Are you ............. free lawfully to marry ...............
THE CONTRACTING WORDS
1. I call upon these persons here present to witness that I .......... do take thee ............... to be my lawful wedded wife/husband
2. I ............ take you ............... to be my wedded wife/husband
3. I .......... take thee ........... to be my wedded husband/wife
Relate offer couple counselling to people of all faiths. Please click on the highlighted link to access their website.
Couples marrying at the Guildhall (or elsewhere in central Bath) may like to have some official photographs take in the nearby and picturesque Parade Gardens. For more details please click on this highlighted link.