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Barnsley Register Office

Situated on the ground floor of

The Town Hall
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2TA
Location map of Barnsley Town Hall

Telephone: 01226 773085 / 773090
Fax: 01226 773067
Email: registrationservices@barnsley.gov.uk

Barnsley Registration Service is responsible for :

The registration of births, stillbirths, deaths, marriage and civil partnership ceremonies which take place within the district boundaries.

The legal preliminaries to marriage and civil partnership ceremonies for couples living within the district boundaries (except where the couple are to marry in the Church of England).

Issuing certified copies of entries held in birth, death, marriage and civil partnership registers since 1837.

Conducting citizenship ceremonies, non statutory naming ceremonies, renewal of vows and commitment ceremonies.

 

Opening hours

The Register Office is open as follows:

Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
Thursday 9.00 am to 6.00 pm (4.00 pm to 6.00 pm by appointment only)

There is also a Registrar available for the Registration of Births and Deaths by appointment only at the following locations:

Royston Connects Office Office
Tuesday 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm

Dearne Connects Office at Goldthorpe
Wednesday 9.30 am to 4.00 pm

Penistone Connects Office
Thursday 9.30 am to 12.00 pm

 

Making an appointment

Barnsley Register Office offers an appointment service for the registration of births, stillbirths and deaths and to make arrangements for your ceremony.

Telephone (01226) 773085 / 773090 to make an appointment.

Car Parking

If you are coming to the Barnsley Register Office at the Town Hall to register a birth, stillbirth, death or to arrange a ceremony on a weekday we advise you to use the nearby pay & display car parks as there is no parking facilities at the Town Hall.

Appointments can take up to an hour. Please make appropriate car parking arrangements.

If you are attending a ceremony at the Register Office on a weekday, car parking is restricted to one car for each ceremony party - this car parking is at the front of the Town Hall, and is intended for the use of the bride and/or bridegroom.

Guests should use the various pay & display car parks around the Town Hall, allowing enough time for the ceremony and photographs afterwards.

On Saturdays, There is facility for two vehicles per Ceremony, to park at the front of the Town Hall. 

Guests should use the various pay & display car parks around the Town Hall, allowing enough time for the ceremony and photographs afterwards.

Barnsley Celebration Guide

The Barnsley Celebration Guide is available online.  The Guide is full of useful information to help you plan your special celebration.

Barnsley Indexing Project

The Barnsley Indexing Project enables anyone who wishes to obtain a Birth, Marriage or Death certificate to locate the register details for the event and then print them out. It is a joint venture between Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and volunteers from the Barnsley Family History Society.

The General Register Office supplies further information on births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships

Registration Service - Service Standards

For details about the levels of service you can expect from the Registration Service, please read our Service Standards Document

Tell us what you think about our service

If you have any comments relating to the Registration Service, then please contact us and tell us what you think:-

Write to:-

The Borough Secretary or The Superintendent Registrar
Town Hall
Church Street
Barnsley
S70 2TA  

By telephone:-

01226 773085 / 773090

By email:-

Registration Services

In person:-

The Register Office at the Town Hall is open to the public from

9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday

 How to Make a Complaint 

We hope that you are satisfied with the service you have received from the Barnsley Registration Service, but if for any reason you wish to make a complaint, Barnsley Council operates a Complaints Procedure.

 

Last modified on 18/1/2010