# Wedding venue Birmingham: Licensed Ceremony Venue Register

> The Licensed Ceremony Venue Register carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 62 to 100 GBP, read 17 October 2026.

Wedding Cost Checker · https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/licensed-ceremony-venue-register/ · computed 2026-10-21

**Range of the published figures:** 62 to 100 GBP (range 62 to 100 GBP; 5 published figures; 5 of 21 sources read publish one).

5 of the 21 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

## By licensing authority

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| licensing authority Birmingham | 62 GBP | 62 to 62 GBP | 1 |
| licensing authority Durham | 74.5 GBP | 74.5 to 74.5 GBP | 1 |
| licensing authority Milton Keynes | 62 GBP | 62 to 62 GBP | 1 |
| licensing authority Tower Hamlets | 62 GBP | 62 to 62 GBP | 1 |
| licensing authority Midlothian | 100 GBP | 100 to 100 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Midlothian Council - registrar fees](https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/640/birth_marriage_and_death/51/registrar_fees) | 100 GBP | Midlothian | 2026-10-17 |
| [Durham County Council - ceremony fees](https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/22655/Ceremony-fees) | 74.5 GBP | Durham | 2026-10-17 |
| [Birmingham City Council - book a ceremony at the register office](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20212/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/735/book_a_marriage_or_civil_partnership_ceremony_at_birmingham_register_office) | 62 GBP | Birmingham | 2026-10-17 |
| [Milton Keynes City Council - registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees) | 62 GBP | Milton Keynes | 2026-10-17 |
| [Tower Hamlets Council - register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx) | 62 GBP | Tower Hamlets | 2026-10-17 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (5)

- [Midlothian Council - registrar fees](https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/640/birth_marriage_and_death/51/registrar_fees), read 2026-10-17: "Statutory Fees payable M10 forms £45 X 2 plus 1 marriage certificate £100.00"
- [Durham County Council - ceremony fees](https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/22655/Ceremony-fees), read 2026-10-17: "Register Office (The Story) Couple and two witnesses only £74.50 Tuesday and Wednesday (mornings only)"
- [Birmingham City Council - book a ceremony at the register office](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20212/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/735/book_a_marriage_or_civil_partnership_ceremony_at_birmingham_register_office), read 2026-10-17: "Statutory ceremony £62 (certificate and postage not included)"
- [Milton Keynes City Council - registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees), read 2026-10-17: "Statutory marriage or civil partnership in the Register Office room £62 - offered on fixed days - for ceremonies and formations taking place on or after 6 April 2026"
- [Tower Hamlets Council - register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx), read 2026-10-17: "Statutory Register Office room fee £62"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Birmingham City Council - premises for marriages and civil partnerships](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/wedding-venues), read 2026-09-26: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Birmingham City Council - approved premises directory (category 309)](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory/18/premises_for_marriages_and_civil_partnerships/category/309), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Manchester City Council - a ceremony at an approved venue](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-nationality/marriages-and-civil-partnerships/a-ceremony-at-an-approved-venue), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Manchester City Council - venues licensed to hold weddings or civil partnerships](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200067/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/4911/venues_licensed_to_hold_weddings_or_civil_partnerships/3), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Manchester City Council - register office fees and payment](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-nationality/marriages-and-civil-partnerships/civil-partnerships/ceremonies-at-the-register-office/fees-and-payment), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3168/contents/made), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [General Register Office - Approved Premises guidance (issue 5, PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440072/ApprovedPremisesGuideIssue5.pdf), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Kent County Council - ceremony venues](https://www.kent.gov.uk/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/ceremony-services/ceremony-venues), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Cornwall Council - licensing of premises for civil ceremonies](https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/licensing-of-premises-for-civil-ceremonies/), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Westmorland and Furness Council - current approved premises licence applications](https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-ceremonies/approved-premises-licences-marriages-and-civil-ceremonies/current-approved-premises-licence-applications), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [National Records of Scotland - making arrangements for a marriage or civil partnership](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/making-arrangements-for-a-marriage-or-civil-partnership/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Hackney Council - registrars' fees](https://www.hackney.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/registrars-fees), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Middlesbrough Council - register office fees 2026/2027](https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/middlesbrough-register-office/your-ceremony-in-middlesbrough/register-office-fees/), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - fees and charges for registrations](https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/about-registrars-service/fees-and-charges-registrations-and-related-services), read 2026-09-26: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Scottish Borders Council - registration service fees](https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20022/marriage_and_civil_partnership/443/registration_service_fees), read 2026-09-26: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Wedding Venue List - licensed venues in Manchester](https://weddingvenuelist.co.uk/venues-in/manchester), read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 5 of the 21 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 16 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 56 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per approved premises per licensing authority, joined across authorities into the first national count of licensed ceremony venues by district, style and outdoor permission - each authority publishes only its own list and nobody joins them; beside it the registrar's own fee for that district, so the statutory floor of a wedding is a number per district rather than a national average; and the register's INFLOW and OUTFLOW from the 21-day public-notice lists, which is the only measure of whether the licensed venue market is growing or shrinking

## Sources

- [Birmingham City Council - premises for marriages and civil partnerships](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/wedding-venues) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Birmingham City Council - approved premises directory (category 309)](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory/18/premises_for_marriages_and_civil_partnerships/category/309) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Birmingham City Council - book a ceremony at the register office](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20212/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/735/book_a_marriage_or_civil_partnership_ceremony_at_birmingham_register_office) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Manchester City Council - a ceremony at an approved venue](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-nationality/marriages-and-civil-partnerships/a-ceremony-at-an-approved-venue) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Manchester City Council - venues licensed to hold weddings or civil partnerships](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200067/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/4911/venues_licensed_to_hold_weddings_or_civil_partnerships/3) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Manchester City Council - register office fees and payment](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-nationality/marriages-and-civil-partnerships/civil-partnerships/ceremonies-at-the-register-office/fees-and-payment) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3168/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [General Register Office - Approved Premises guidance (issue 5, PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440072/ApprovedPremisesGuideIssue5.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Kent County Council - ceremony venues](https://www.kent.gov.uk/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/ceremony-services/ceremony-venues) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Cornwall Council - licensing of premises for civil ceremonies](https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/licensing-of-premises-for-civil-ceremonies/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Westmorland and Furness Council - current approved premises licence applications](https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-ceremonies/approved-premises-licences-marriages-and-civil-ceremonies/current-approved-premises-licence-applications) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [National Records of Scotland - making arrangements for a marriage or civil partnership](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/making-arrangements-for-a-marriage-or-civil-partnership/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Durham County Council - ceremony fees](https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/22655/Ceremony-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Hackney Council - registrars' fees](https://www.hackney.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/registrars-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Middlesbrough Council - register office fees 2026/2027](https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/middlesbrough-register-office/your-ceremony-in-middlesbrough/register-office-fees/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - fees and charges for registrations](https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/about-registrars-service/fees-and-charges-registrations-and-related-services) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Milton Keynes City Council - registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Tower Hamlets Council - register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Scottish Borders Council - registration service fees](https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20022/marriage_and_civil_partnership/443/registration_service_fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Midlothian Council - registrar fees](https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/640/birth_marriage_and_death/51/registrar_fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Glasgow City Council - wedding days](https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/weddingdays) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wiltshire Council - registrations and ceremonies service fees](https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/article/1501/Registrations-and-ceremonies-service-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wedding Venue List - licensed venues in Manchester](https://weddingvenuelist.co.uk/venues-in/manchester) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Licensed Ceremony Venue Register carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 62 to 100 GBP, read 17 October 2026.
- 5 of the 21 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
- Licensed Ceremony Venue Register, licensing authority Birmingham: median 62 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Licensed Ceremony Venue Register, licensing authority Durham: median 74.50 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Licensed Ceremony Venue Register, licensing authority Milton Keynes: median 62 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Licensed Ceremony Venue Register, licensing authority Tower Hamlets: median 62 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Licensed Ceremony Venue Register, licensing authority Midlothian: median 100 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.

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