Ceremonies are available at the Civic Hall between 9:15am and 4pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and up to 3:45pm on Saturdays. The basic ceremony is only held on the last Monday of each month excluding bank holidays.
See the more information section to find out about the cheapest way to get married.
Maximum number of guests for Tuesday to Saturday ceremonies (including children and babies):
This does not include the couple and the photographer.
People should not attend the ceremony if:
To cancel or move your ceremony, email register.headoffice@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 222 4408 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, except Wednesdays when we open from 10am).
Concerts are held annually on Millennium Square during July and August.
To avoid noise disturbance, ceremonies will take place in the Civic Hall Conference room (60 guests) on the following dates:
The West room and Banquet Hall will not be available on these dates.
As well as the cost of giving notice (£42 per person), you must pay the registrar to attend and perform your ceremony, as detailed below. The fee must be paid on the day of your notice of marriage or civil partnership appointment. If you give notice outside of Leeds you must pay your ceremony fee within 14 days of giving notice. The ceremony fee includes one copy of the marriage or civil partnership certificate.
Prices for ceremonies for the Civic Hall between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025. The prices below include the booking fee.
We don’t hold ceremonies at the Civic Hall on Wednesday or Sunday.
Your ceremony will take place in the Civic Hall (West Room). Only two guests are allowed that will act as your witnesses and no music or readings are available. This ceremony is only available on the last Monday of each month.
The fees are subject to change as from 1 January 2025 and may be subject to change at other times. The new fees will be applied to all ceremonies taking place after this date.
See our Registrars fees for the full list of costs.
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If you have re-arranged your ceremony, check that your original notice is still valid.
Your notice may not be valid if the date or location of your ceremony has changed.
You will need to give notice again if:
To give notice again call 0113 378 9664.
We are not yet able to arrange notice for new ceremony bookings.
The council has a statutory duty to register births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships and to administer citizenship services on behalf of the Home Office. Your information will only be used to assist us with your registration appointment or ceremony or your copy certificate application. We will not share this information with anyone else unless we are required to do so by law.
See our privacy policy for further information on how we process your personal data.
Leeds Civic Hall is on Calverley Street just past the junction with Great George Street. There is no parking at the Civic Hall, although there is a dropping-off area to the side of the Civic Hall on Portland Crescent. The nearest car parks are the Rosebowl, Portland Crescent (LS1 3HB), Citipark Merrion Centre, Merrion Way (LS2 8BT) and Woodhouse Lane Car Park (LS2 3AX).
Entrance to the ceremony rooms will normally be via the front doors on Millennium square.
When ceremonies are being held in the Conference room, access to the Civic Hall will be via the Courtyard entrance at the rear of the building.
There is disabled access into both ceremony rooms via the Portland crescent side entrance and, when the conference room is being used for ceremonies, at the back of the Civic Hall.
We normally only accept requests to cancel or rearrange a ceremony from one of the parties. Requests can be made by phone, by letter or email to register.headoffice@leeds.gov.uk. We will confirm requests in writing.
We are unable to refund any ceremony fees where the ceremony is cancelled within 28 days (four weeks) of the ceremony taking place. Ceremonies cancelled between 56 days (eight weeks) and 28 days (four weeks) of the ceremony date will incur a fee equivalent to 50% of the ceremony fee.
Where a ceremony is rescheduled during the above timescales and then subsequently cancelled, the cancellation policy will be applied against the date the ceremony was rescheduled, not the date it was cancelled.
No refunds can be made where no notice of cancellation or non-attendance is received up to the time of the ceremony. Provisional booking administration fees cannot be refunded.
The basic ceremony option will take place in the West Room. However, only two guests are allowed that will act as your witnesses. No music or readings are available. This ceremony is only available on the last Monday of each month, excluding bank holidays.
The total cost for the cheapest marriage or civil partnership will be £196.50. This includes giving notice of marriage £42 each and the £112.50 wedding or civil partnership.
Biodegradable confetti outside is fine as long as the hall's doors are closed so it doesn't blow inside.
In order for you to be legally married, the declaratory and contracting words must form part of your marriage ceremony. There are alternatives to the traditional declaratory and contracting words, which can be used to make the marriage ceremony shorter, or to help in cases where saying the full versions may be difficult for either of you. You must choose one selection from each of the options below. Those shown as Option 1 are the traditional forms of the Declaratory and Contracting words.
Option:
Option:
You may choose any combination from list A and B. State your choice on your ceremony checklist when returning it to the Ceremonies team at register.headoffice@leeds.gov.uk.
Marriage certificates will not be issued on the day, they will be sent to you by post after the event.
Our newly refurbished events room in the Civic Hall is available for post-ceremony celebrations. Features include:
Find out more information about the events room, drinks and canape packages, and how to book.
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