Approved premises for civil marriages and partnerships

These venues are privately owned buildings which have been approved for non-religious marriage and partnership ceremonies. They must have a valid licence at the time of your ceremony.

To book a ceremony at any of these approved premises, you need to

1. contact the venue first to check hire costs and availability
2. provisionally book the venue
3. contact Hackney Registration Service using the appropriate booking form below to check that our registrars can attend at the date and time you want

For a ceremony at any approved venue, you will pay a hire fee directly to the venue and a registrars’ attendance fee to us.

The only venues in Hackney which has an inclusive ceremony fee (room and registrars’ fees) is the Lanchester Suite at Hackney Town Hall.

For all the approved premises venues below, you need to pay a venue hire fee to the venue plus a separate registrar fee to us. See the ceremony booking forms below for registrar fees and registrar booking details.

• marriage and civil partnership fees and charges

Clissold House

Clissold Park, N16 9HJ.

Clissold House is a restored Grade II* listed space set in the tranquil surrounds of Clissold Park with beautiful interiors and a stunning outdoor terrace. Once you have provisionally booked the venue, complete and send us the booking form:

• Clissold House registrar booking form

Hackney Town Hall Venue Rooms

Reading Lane, E8 1EA.

Recently refurbished, Hackney Town Hall Venue Rooms are located in Hackney Town Hall, but are run as separate venues. They are approved premise for ceremonies. You need to contact Hackney Venues to organise room hire.

Once you have provisionally booked the venue, complete and send us the registrar booking form:

• Hackney civic floor registrar booking form

Stoke Newington Town Hall

186 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0JL.

Stoke Newington Town Hall has 2 beautiful rooms for ceremonies. Contact the Stoke Newington venue team directly for information about room hire costs. Once you have provisionally booked the venue, complete and send us the booking form:

• Stoke Newington Town Hall registrar booking form

Other approved premises

Use the links below to find out more about each approved premise.

Once you have provisionally booked your venue, complete and send us the booking form: registrar booking form for approved premises.