Births, marriages and deaths

Salford Register Office is located at Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton.

The city council is responsible for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, and the issuing of birth, marriage and death certificates, for the Salford registration district. We also conduct civil marriage ceremonies, including civil partnerships and marriages in licensed premises.

If you need to see a registrar please contact the Register Office.

From 1 November 2011, following the replacement of the maternity unit at Salford Royal Teaching Hospital, with a midwifery-led birth centre, a special arrangement has been made to allow Salford residents whose babies are born in Manchester or Bolton, to register locally at Salford Register Office.

Priority application service for certificates

From 1 April 2011 Salford Register Office offer a priority service for applications for certificates. Where the certificate request is urgent, the application will be dealt with within 30 minutes for a supplement of £11.00 added to the certificate fee.

Certificate fees from 6 April 2010

All other types of applications for certificates will be dealt with within five working days whether you choose to apply by post, by telephone with a debit/credit card or online. You may also choose to come into the office and complete an application and leave it with us to be dealt with within five working days for the standard certificate fee.

• Standard certificate fee £9.00 in person
• Standard certificate fee £10.00 by post or telephone (which includes £1.00 administration fee)

Requests for genealogy will be dealt with within five working days unless you choose to apply for the priority service to which a supplement of £11.00 will be added to the certificate fee.

Eccles Gateway

A registrar is available to register births and deaths at Eccles Gateway Centre. This service will be available every Monday at Eccles. Please telephone 0161 909 6501 to make an appointment.

Child and baby naming ceremonies

The register office can provide baby and child naming ceremonies.

Renewal of vows ceremonies

We also offer renewal of vows ceremonies for any couple who wish to celebrate their original vows made to one another.

Civil partnership ceremonies

Couples of the same sex may enter into the Civil Partnership Register. This is a legal procedure which allows same sex couples similar rights given to married couples.

Civil Partnerships may take place at Salford Register Office or at one of our approved venues.

Need a copy certificate?

Copy certificates for births, marriages and deaths in Salford registration district can now be requested and paid for online.

Who to contact

Name

Register Office

Address

Town Hall
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5DA
Map to this location

Telephone

0161 909 6501

Email

birthsanddeaths1@salford.gov.uk

Fax

0161 603 6892

This page was last updated on 19 October 2011