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Your ceremony

We hope that your ceremony preparations are going to plan.

On the day of your ceremony, just before your ceremony starts you will have a short meeting with the registrars to check that all the information that will be recorded on your marriage or civil partnership certificate is correct. Some things may have changed since you gave your notice, for example a new job or changed address.  Your marriage certificate will reflect the information that is correct on the day of the ceremony.  

Completion of this form will help us prepare for your special day but it will not replace the questions you will be asked on the day.

If you are having a “You Plus Two” or Statutory ceremony, you are not required to complete this form.

Booking references are 8 digits starting with 100.
This is the person you have been talking to about your ceremony. This is not needed if your venue is Old Marylebone Town Hall.

For example, Modern, Time honoured, Romantic, Alternative. Visit A Day to Remember for script examples.

If you have made any amendments to the script, please email a copy of the final script as soon as possible to registeroffice@westminster.gov.uk, including your names, date and time of your ceremony (or booking reference number) in the subject heading (please note that script content cannot contain any religious connotations).

Alternatively, you can attach your file using the option below. 


One file only.
2 MB limit.
Allowed types: jpg, jpeg, png, txt, doc, docx.
How many readings will you be having?
Maximum 2 files.
2 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx.

Please note that readings cannot contain any religious connotations.

Are you saying personal vows to each other?
Are you exchanging rings?
At the Old Marylebone Town Hall you can have professional musicians attend to play live music in all of the ceremony rooms. 

However, any musicians present must form part of the guest quota allowed in the room - the only exception is the Westminster Room in which you can have up to 4 professional musicians in addition to your maximum guest quota. In all rooms you can have pre-recorded music on a device which can be played through our wireless speakers via Bluetooth.

If you are having your ceremony at an approved venue – please discuss your music options with the venue.

Please see our FAQs for more detail.
Will you have a professional photographer, videographer or be live streaming your ceremony?
Will you be bringing a dog or cat to the ceremony?
If the dogs are of a particularly large breed, you will need to be mindful of who looks after it during the ceremony and how differently your pet may behave in unfamiliar surroundings/a confined space and may need to be in a larger room.

If they are disruptive during the ceremony, registrars/ushers may ask for it to be taken outside.
Would you like to meet with the registrars together or separately for your pre-ceremony meeting on the day? (if you are arriving separately please add a note below).

Please be aware that to amend any details on your marriage certificate after the ceremony it is a lengthy process which requires a fee.

Please check your marriage schedule very carefully before your ceremony starts and in particular that you have given the correct spelling of all your names and those of all your parents (including middle names) along with your parents’ current or most recent occupation as you will be asked for this by the registrars at that pre-ceremony meeting.

Your certificate(s) will be posted to you within two weeks of your ceremony. 

For more information please view our FAQs.

If you are going to be away shortly after your ceremony, you may want to consider an alternative address, such as parent, neighbour or employer, as they will need to be signed for.
Read our data protection notice to learn about how the council complies with data protection laws when processing your data.