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:

If you attend without an appointment, we will try our best to assist you during our opening hours.

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

Wednesday 18 December 2024

Our Wakefield Office will be closed from 2pm..

Our Pontefract Office will be closed from 12pm.

We will be open as normal from 9am Thursday 19 December.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Opening hours

Register office opening hours for phone enquiries

Appointments with a Registrar to register births and deaths, or give notice of your intention to marry or form a civil partnership

Register office opening hours for reception appointments i.e. to view a ceremony room or apply for a correction.

Wakefield Register Office
Wakefield Town Hall
Wood Street
Wakefield
WF1 2HQ

Phone: 0345 4 852 888
Email: wakefieldregistrars@wakefield.gov.uk

Pontefract Registration Office
Town Hall
Pontefract
WF8 1PG

Phone: 0345 4 852 888
Email: wakefieldregistrars@wakefield.gov.uk

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