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 23 December and Thursday 30 December
2010
Scheduled closures
We will be closed on the following days due to bank
holidays.
2010
- 30 August 2010
- 25 December 2010
- 26 December 2010
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 10.00am
to 4.00pm on the following Wednesdays.
2010
- 25 August 2010
- 29 September 2010
- 29 October 2010
- 26 November 2010
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 7373
6099 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. Our Service Delivery Plan can be downloaded here:
We would welcome any comments you may feel free to make during
our public consultation period. The closing date for this is
Thursday 30 September 2010 and contact details are listed in the
document.