Marriages And Civil Partnerships - Weddings
The government has now released a roadmap to ease out of lockdown.
Numbers in approved premises
Please contact your venue directly initially for availability and attendee limits.
Numbers in our ceremony rooms
We have no availability for new bookings in our ceremony rooms prior to 1 August 2021.
We have risk assessed the rooms where we conduct ceremonies and the numbers are limited as follows in accordance with government guidance and to ensure appropriate social distancing is maintained.
We are awaiting government guidance to confirm whether photographers have to be counted as one of the attendees from 29 March 2021 and will update this page when we know.
From 29 March 2021
| Room | Attendees in addition to the couple | Availability |
|---|
| Register Office, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Two guests
No photographer allowed during the ceremony |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Willows, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Four guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the six |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Laurels, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Main Hall, The Guildhall, Poole |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
The Robing Room, The Guildhall, Poole
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
No earlier than 12 April 2021 and on the date confirmed by government
| Room | Attendees in addition to the couple | Availability |
|---|
| Register Office, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Two guests
No photographer allowed during the ceremony |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Willows, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
13 guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the 15 |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Laurels, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Four guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the six
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Main Hall, The Guildhall, Poole |
13 guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the 15
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
The Robing Room, The Guildhall, Poole
|
Four guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the six
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
No earlier than 17 May 2021 and on the date confirmed by government
| Room | Attendees in addition to the couple | Availability |
|---|
| Register Office, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Two guests
No photographer allowed during the ceremony |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Willows, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
18 guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the 20 |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Laurels, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Four guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the six
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Main Hall, The Guildhall, Poole |
18 guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the 20
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
The Robing Room, The Guildhall, Poole
|
Four guests
Photographer allowed - to be confirmed if counted as one of the six
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
No earlier than 21 June 2021 and on the date confirmed by government
| Room | Attendees in addition to the couple | Availability |
|---|
| Register Office, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Two guests
No photographer allowed during the ceremony |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Willows, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
To be confirmed in accordance with government guidance
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Laurels, Town Hall, Bournemouth |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
| The Main Hall, The Guildhall, Poole |
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
The Robing Room, The Guildhall, Poole
|
Fully booked until 1 August 2021 |
Face coverings
Face coverings are required in places of worship. This includes guests at wedding or civil partnership ceremonies. Face coverings will not have to be worn by the bride or groom and can be removed where required for the ceremony.
Coming soon
Online booking for Register Office ceremonies in 2021 will be available soon.
Contact us
We're receiving a significant number of enquiries so please contact us by email because we need to deal with ceremonies in date order.
Please include your ceremony date and venue when emailing us.