Licensed venues for marriages and civil partnerships

Church and faith weddings

Many people wish to have a church or faith wedding. If you wish to do this you should contact the minister in the registration district where you live. We do not hold comprehensive information on local churches and places of worship.

List of licensed venues

Barnard Castle, Teesdale and Weardale areas

• 30 Galgate, Barnard Castle
• High Force Hotel
• Lartington Hall
• Runa Farm
• Stanhope Castle
• The Bowes Museum
• The Hub Barnard Castle
• The Morritt

Durham and Stanley areas

• Beamish Hall Hotel
• Beamish Museum
• Black Horse, Beamish
• Bowburn Hall Hotel
• Durham Amateur Rowing Club: weddings
• Durham Castle: weddings
• Durham County Cricket Club: weddings
• Durham Marriott Hotel
• Durham Masonic Hall
• Durham Radisson Blu Hotel
• Hallgarth Manor House
• Hatfield College: weddings
• Hotel Indigo
• Lambton Park: weddings
• Lanchester Garden Centre
• Lumley Castle
• Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club
• The register office at The Story
• South Causey Inn
• Stanley Civic Hall
• St Chad's College Durham
• The Derwent Walk Bed and Breakfast
• The New Plough, Burnopfield

Bishop Auckland area

• Bradbury Glade, Sedgefield
• Eden Grange, Shildon
• Hammers & Pincers, Preston le Skerne
• Hardwick Hall Hotel
• Headlam Hall
• Manor House Hotel, West Auckland
• Manor House Sedgefield: weddings
• Sedgefield Racecourse
• Shildon Civic Hall
• The Gables, Escomb
• The Manor House Hotel, Sedgefield
• Thomas Wright House
• Whitworth Hall Hotel

Seaham area 

• Dalton Old Pump House
• Hardwicke Hall Manor Hotel
• Martino's Ballroom, Seaham
• Seaham Hall
• Seaham Town Hall
• Shotton Hall
• The Whitehouse Hotel, Peterlee

Approved civil premises for marriages and civil partnerships on a map

See our approved civil premises for marriages and civil partnerships on a map.