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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 £3.50
  • Airmail postage available upon enquiry
     

Marriage certificate fees

Document fees
ServiceAmount
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
ServiceAmount
Collection from the Guildhall, BathFREE
1st class post£2
Signed for delivery£3.50

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 £3.50
  • 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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2025/2026 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2025/26
TimeFees
Monday to Thursday£530
Friday - Saturday£560
Sunday/Bank Holiday£590
After 17:00£590

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - Abbey View Room/Jane Austen Room

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2025/2026 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2025/26
TimeFees
Monday to Thursday£440
Friday - Saturday£480
Sunday/Bank Holiday£500
After 17:00£500

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - The Georgian Room

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2025/2026 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Renewal of Vows 2025/26
TimeFees
Friday to Saturday£560
After 17:00£590

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Ceremony fees - Register Office

2025/2026 Fees (couple plus two witnesses only)

Marriages and Civil Partnerships 2025/26
TimeFees
Monday to Thursday£56

Plus non-refundable booking fee of £50


Ceremony fees - Venues in other locations

2025/2026 Fees

Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Renewals and Commitment ceremonies 2025/26
TimeFees
Monday to Thursday£620
Friday - Saturday£650
Sunday/Bank Holiday£695
After 17:00£695

Non-refundable deposit of £100 taken off total


Naming ceremony

2025/2026 Fees

Naming ceremony 2025/26
TimeFees
Monday to Thursday£260
Friday - Saturday£320
Sunday/Bank Holiday£350
After 17:00£350

Plus non-refundable booking fee of £100


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

Fees
ServiceAmount
Attendance of a registrar£104

Private citizenship ceremony

Fees
ServiceAmount
For individual or family private ceremony at the Guildhall£140

Other fees

Fees for changes to initial registration
ServiceAmount
Change of forename given within 12 months of birth registration£44
Consideration by registrar/superintendent registrar of a correction£83
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction£99

Approved premises licence

Approved premises fees
DateAmount
Application£2000
Renewal£2000