Being Married or Registering a Civil Partnership in an Approved Premises

Since 1995, civil marriages are allowed to take place in buildings other than the Register Office which have been licenced as suitable venues by the local authority and recent changes in the law now allow for civil partnerships to be registered at these venues. To arrange a marriage or civil partnership registration at one of these venues you should first contact the proprietor to book your date and make provisional arrangements, and then contact the Register Office to ensure that a registration team will be available to attend your ceremony. You will also have to give notice in the district where each of you resides.

Please note that the venue will charge you a fee for the hire of their rooms - this is in addition to the fees for the attendance of the registration team. Your ceremony cannot be conducted without registration staff in attendance and the content of your ceremony must be entirely secular, as with a Register Office ceremony. Please telephone us on 020 8308 7515 for information regarding the current fees payable for the attendance of a registration team at your ceremony.

Approved Venues

Venue	Address	Telephone	Website
Danson House	Danson Park Welling Kent DA6 8HL	01322 356839 (Functions Manager at Hall Place)	Danson House website
Hall Place	Bourne Road Bexley Kent DA5 1PQ	01322 356839	Hall Place website
Holiday Inn	Black Prince Interchange Southwold Road Bexley Kent DA5 1ND	0870 400 9006	Holiday Inn website
Marriott Hotel	1 Broadway Bexleyheath Kent DA6 7JZ	020 8298 1000	Marriott Hotel website
Thamesview Golf Centre	Thamesview Golf Centre Fairway Drive Thamesmead SE28 8PP	020 8310 7975 (Mr Jeremy Robson)	Thamesview Golf Centre website

We also have a brochure available upon request. Please telephone us on 020 8308 7515, or use the online brochure request form, if you require a copy.