Southwark Registration Service

Do you need to register a birth, death, citizenship ceremony, civil partnership or marriage? 

Please use the links below to find all the information you need. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Marriages and civil partnerships

• Register a marriage
• Register a civil partnership

Births

• Register a birth
• Re-register a birth
• Register a stillbirth

Deaths

• Register a death
• Bereavement service - including support and advice on burials and cremations

Citizenship

• Nationality checking service
• British citizenship ceremonies  

Requesting copies of certificates

If the birth, death or marriage took place in the London Borough of Southwark after 1900 we can provide you with a copy of a certificate - you can apply for this online.

Researching your family history?  We hold records that date back to 1837. You can still request a certificate, but we will need more information from you.

Places of worship

• Register a building as a Place of Worship

Contact us

Southwark register office
Tel: 020 7525 7651 (or 020 7525 5000 in an out of hours emergency) 
Fax: 020 7525 7652
registrars@southwark.gov.uk
34 Peckham Road
London SE5 8QA
Regular opening hours: 9.30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday

These pages refer to obtaining copies of certificates which have already been issued.

If you wish to register a birth or death, you need to make an appointment. If you wish to register your intent to be married, and you reside in the London Borough of Southwark, we offer a new walk in Service (mornings only) for the first ten couples who visit the Southwark Register Office in person, at the above address. Otherwise, you need to make an appointment.

Contacts

The General Register Office (ONS)
Tel: 0845 603 7788
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road
Birkdale
Southport
PR8 2HH