Contact our register offices

The Registration Service is open but with restricted access by appointment only.

Please note you can access all of the following services online:

• order a certificate

• book a birth appointment

• book a notice of marriage

• book a citizenship ceremony

• book a notice of civil partnership

• book or reschedule your ceremony date

• send us photos and comments from your ceremony

Both offices will be closed on Saturday 7 November 2026. We will be open as normal for ceremonies. Both offices will open at our normal time on Monday 9 November 2026

Pontefract Register office will also be closed all day Monday 16 November 2026. Wakefield Register office will remain open as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The office is closed once every 6 weeks on a Wednesday for staff training, our next training date is:

Wednesday 11 November 2026

Our Wakefield office will be closed from 9am to 12:05pm.

Our Pontefract office will be closed from 9am to 1:45pm.

We are still open as normal for ceremonies.

Opening hours

Where to find us

Out-of-hours services

There are services available for urgent marriages and urgent burial arrangements outside of normal working hours.

• More information about out of hours bereavement services
• More information about urgent marriages or civil partnerships (deathbed weddings)