Our new Ceremony Portal is now live for viewing and managing your existing booking. 👉 Check this page for further information and updates.
To book a new ceremony, please call us via phone by calling 01452 425060. Please bear with us as we are expecting a high volume of calls over the next week. Thank you again for your understanding and patience.
Civil Partnerships
There are two options for forming a Civil Partnership in Gloucestershire:
A statutory registration consists of signing a civil partnership schedule and comprises the couple, two witnesses and the civil partnership registrar. (No other guests, dependents or minors, however young, are able to attend this registration.) The registration will take place in a designated room at a registration office in Gloucester or Cheltenham and does not include any ceremony or photos.
An enhanced ceremony will take place in one of our own ceremony rooms in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud or Cinderford, or at any of the licensed venues throughout the county. It enables you to make promises to each other and to exchange rings. The ceremony can include up to two non-religious readings and non-religious music. You may invite as many guests as the room is licensed to hold but this number must include the couple and the civil partnership registrar.
For further information about the format of the ceremonies we offer please contact our ceremonies team.
Booking your Civil Partnership
You will need to book with Gloucestershire Registration Service to conduct your civil partnership, whether this is a registration office or an approved venue. Many couples book ceremonies in the Spring and Summer, so popular dates and times may book up very quickly.
For all current fees, including our cancellation and amendment policy, please see our Ceremony Fees.
Once you have made your booking our ceremonies team will confirm the booking details via email. A booking administration fee (non-refundable) will be payable online within 24 hours of making your booking.
Please complete your ceremony choices for your enhanced civil partnership online through your Ceremony Portal.
Your ceremony choices and ceremony information is required by three months before your ceremony date.
How to contact us
Telephone: 01452 425060 (option 3) Monday to Friday, 08:30 - 16.30 hrs
Email: ceremony@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Completing your ceremony choices for your enhanced civil partnership
Your ceremony choices and ceremony information is required by three months before your ceremony date.