Welcome to the City of Nottingham Registration Service

Did you know that we provide other services than registering births, deaths and marriages?

Check out the following:

• Citizenship Ceremonies
• Civil Partnerships
• Naming Ceremonies
• Renewal of Vows

Nottingham Register Office offer new service to customers

From 8 September 2008, you can register your baby's birth at Broxtowe and Aspley SureStart centres. Just come along to Broxtowe's Bump & baby session between 1.30 and 3.30 or Aspley's Tiny Tots between 10 and 12.00, no appointment is necessary.

We also offer a full-time registration service at Nottingham City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre. To register a birth or death at either hospitals or at the Register Office an appointment will need to be made.

New parents can register their baby's birth while still in hospital and bereaved relatives can register a death without having to travel to the city register office. Bookings can be made through the hospital bereavement centres or by calling the office on 0115 9475665.

Click here for further information on how to register a birth

Click here for further information on how to register a death

The Registration Service in England and Wales started in July 1837 and is one of the oldest services administered by local authorities.

The principal functions of the Service are:-

• To establish a permanent legal record of every birth, marriage and death and to provide documentary evidence of these events;
  
  
• To authorise civil and non-conformist marriage and conduct civil marriage ceremonies and Civil Partnerships;
  
  
• To furnish the Registrar General and Local Authorities with regular returns of births, marriages and deaths for vital work on population statistics and medical research.

The Nottingham Registration District covers the area of the City of Nottingham. The Office is situated in the centre of Nottingham at

The Register Office
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FP
Tel: 0115 9475665

Email: office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Click here to complete out online form

Click here to view the Nottingham City Centre map - the grid reference on this map for the Nottingham Register Office is E5.

The office is open:

Please telephone to make an appointment.

Bank Holiday Closures 2008

Christmas and New Year Closures to be confirmed
Bank Holiday Emergency Service- details can be obtained by telephoning 0115 9475665 during the closures.