Chelsea Register Office opening hours
On a Thursday between the hours of 4.30pm and 7pm there is only
a skeleton staff here at the Register Office. Please call in
advance to give notice of marriage on Thursday late
afternoons. The ceremony rooms are open for viewing during this
time and no appointment is necessary to view.
| Monday |
9am to 4pm |
| Tuesday |
9am to 4pm |
| Wednesday |
9am to 4pm |
| Thursday |
9am to 7pm* |
| Friday |
9am to 4pm |
| Saturday |
9am to 5pm (by appointment only) |
| Sunday and bank holidays |
Closed |
* Please note that the Register Office will only be open from
9am to 4pm on Thursday 22 December and Thursday 29 December
2011
Scheduled closures
We will be closed on the following days due to bank
holidays.
2011
- 26 December 2011
- 27 December 2011
2012
- 2 January 2012
- 6 April 2012
- 9 April 2012
- 7 May 2012
- 2 June 2012
- 4 June 2012
- 5 June 2012
- 27 August 2012
- 25 December 2012
- 26 December 2012
Staff training closure dates
The Register Office will be closed between 9am and 10am for
staff training on the morning of the last Wednesday of every
month (except for December when it is the last Wednesday before
Christmas Day). The Register Office will only be open from 10am to
4pm on the following Wednesdays.
2011
- 26 October 2011
- 30 November 2011
- 28 December 2011
2012
- 25 January 2012
- 29 February 2012
- 28 March 2012
- 25 April 2012
- 30 May 2012
- 27 June 2012
- 25 July 2012
- 29 August 2012
- 26 September 2012
- 31 October 2012
- 28 November 2012
- 19 December 2012
Emergency service - for out of office hours
An emergency service (for example, on religious grounds) for the
registration of deaths is available on a 'non-guaranteed' basis on
Sundays and Bank Holidays, excepting UK Religious Holidays (Good
Friday, Easter Sunday, Whit Sunday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day,
when it falls on a Sunday).
The telephone number for this service is 020 7361
3000 however it is only for use in an emergency.
This telephone number is for the Borough Duty Officer who will
then contact the Officer on call. You must telephone between the
hours of 9am and 10am if you require to be seen that day.
A Green Burial Form may be issued only if the Medical
Certificate of Cause of Death is completed correctly by the Doctor
certifying death and if the death does not need to be reported to
the Coroner. You will need to travel to the location of the Officer
on call.
You should then make arrangements to re-attend the Register
Office on the next working day in order to register the death in
full.
The Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is adopting a new
code of practice in the way it delivers its services to the public.
This initiative is called “New Governance” and enables the Council
to have greater control over the way the Registration Service is
delivered locally whilst signing up to a nationally agreed set of
standards. If you are interested in how the Register Office is
performing then please read our Service
Delivery Agreement page.