What a statutory ceremony is
A statutory ceremony is the legal register office ceremony: the couple, two witnesses, and a registrar. It is also what people mean by a basic registry office wedding. It is not a larger room with music or readings. Those cost more, and the council prices them separately.
The national fee
GOV.UK says a registrar at a register office costs £62, from 6 April 2026. The same figure is in SI 2026/233. A certificate is often extra. A council can publish a higher figure when its simple ceremony includes more than the registrar’s attendance.
You need two witnesses. Many councils limit the statutory room to the couple and those two witnesses. That room limit is the council’s rule, not a national guest cap. The district page says when the council has published one.
Sooner Date does not show ceremony dates until one has been checked. Always confirm the fee and the rules with the council.
Every district, lowest fee first
114 of 175 districts have a simple-ceremony fee taken from a council or GOV.UK page. The rest say “Fee not published”. Each line links to that district.
- Brent
£56 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Dudley
£56 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Bexley
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone
- Birmingham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone · Email
- Blackpool
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Blaenau Gwent
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Bridgend
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Cambridgeshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Carmarthenshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Central Bedfordshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Ceredigion
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Cheshire East
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Cheshire West and Chester
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- City of London
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Conwy
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Cornwall
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Croydon
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Cumberland
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Darlington
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Denbighshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Devon
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Ealing
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Essex
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Flintshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Greenwich
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Gwynedd
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Hackney
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Haringey
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Harrow
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Havering
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Herefordshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Hertfordshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Hillingdon
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Hounslow
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Isles of Scilly
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Islington
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Kent
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online · Phone
- Kingston upon Thames
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Kirklees
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Knowsley
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Lambeth
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Lancashire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Leicester
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Lewisham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone · Email
- Lincolnshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Luton
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Medway
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Merthyr Tydfil
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Merton
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Monmouthshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Newham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Newport
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- North-East Lincolnshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Nottingham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Nottinghamshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Oxfordshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Pembrokeshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Peterborough
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Plymouth
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Portsmouth
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Reading
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Redbridge
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Salford
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Shropshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Slough
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Solihull
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- South Gloucestershire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Southend-on-Sea
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- St Helens
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Stoke-on-Trent
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Suffolk
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Thurrock
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Torfaen
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Tower Hamlets
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Vale of Glamorgan
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Wakefield
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Walsall
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Warrington
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Warwickshire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Westmorland and Furness
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Wokingham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Worcestershire
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Wrexham
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- York
£62 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Sheffield
£71 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Barnsley
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Bristol
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Online · Phone
- Cardiff
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Unknown
- County Durham
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Derby
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Gloucestershire
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Hartlepool
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online · Phone
- Kensington and Chelsea
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Email
- Oldham
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Rochdale
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Rotherham
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Sandwell
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Sefton
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Staffordshire
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online · Phone
- Swindon
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Tameside
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Telford and Wrekin
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Torbay
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- West Northamptonshire
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- West Sussex
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Wolverhampton
£74.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Unknown
- Westminster
£84.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Richmond upon Thames
£84.60 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Buckinghamshire
£87 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Brighton and Hove
£92 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- East Sussex
£97 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone
- Calderdale
£124.50 · as at 31 Oct 2026, 18:40 · Unknown
- Barking and Dagenham
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Barnet
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bath and North East Somerset
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bedford
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Blackburn with Darwen
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bolton
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bracknell Forest
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bradford and Keighley
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bromley
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Bury
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Caerphilly
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Camden
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Coventry
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Derbyshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Doncaster
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Dorset
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- East Riding of Yorkshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Enfield
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Gateshead
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Halton
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Hammersmith and Fulham
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Hampshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Hull
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Isle of Anglesey
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Isle of Wight
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Leeds
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone · Email
- Leicestershire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Liverpool
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Manchester
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Phone · Email
- Middlesbrough
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Milton Keynes
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Neath Port Talbot
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Norfolk
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- North Lincolnshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- North Northamptonshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- North Somerset
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- North Tyneside
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- North Yorkshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Northumberland
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Powys
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Redcar and Cleveland
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Rutland
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Somerset
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- South Tyneside
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Southampton
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Southwark
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Stockport
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Stockton-on-Tees
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Sunderland
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Surrey
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 16:30 · Online
- Sutton
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Swansea
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Trafford
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Waltham Forest
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Wandsworth
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- West Berkshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Wigan and Leigh
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Wiltshire
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Windsor and Maidenhead
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
- Wirral
Fee not published · as at 31 Oct 2026, 17:10 · Unknown
Lowest checked fees · London districts · How the ceremony works · Giving notice