This information is for the proprietor or trustee of a non-religious venue in Islington or the City of London (the ‘square mile’) seeking to apply to hold marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.

There are statutory requirements and local conditions applied to these licences. Please read all the guidance and make sure that your premises comply before you apply for a licence.

The process for obtaining a marriage licence is:

  1. You apply using one of the application forms below, and pay the fee of £1627 for a 5 year licence
  2. We will check through your application and ensure we have all the information we need
  3. We will publish a legal notice on this page for 21 days for any objections there could be to your venue being granted a licence
  4. We will arrange for your venue to be inspected by Islington or City of London surveyors to check it meets all the conditions of licence
  5. Once the surveyors are satisfied that the conditions have been met, we will arrange for the Superintendent Registrar to visit the venue to deliver the completed licence and discuss working together to deliver ceremonies. After this meeting, couples can book our registrars to attend ceremonies at your venue, under the conditions of the licence.

Please follow the links below to access advice for your venue, depending on which borough it is in:

Please follow the links below to access further advice and forms, which are relevant to venues in Islington or City of London: