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Gretna Registration Office
The marriage rooms at Gretna Registration Office provide an elegant setting for civil marriages, civil partnerships, renewal of marriage vows, naming ceremonies and citizenship ceremonies.
Have your ceremony in our Solway Suite
This beautifully decorated room will host up to 50 people.
Get married or form a civil partnership
Find out about marriage and civil partnership, and what you need to do to have one.
Plan your wedding or civil partnership
Read our 10 golden rules to organising the perfect event and our calendar guide to getting your planning done on schedule.
Your wedding
You can have the standard ceremony, or personalise it with some special words, a poem or a reading.
Your civil partnership
You can have a simple registration, or a ceremony with the registration and can personalise it with some special words, a poem or a reading.
Renew your marriage vows
Renewal of vows ceremonies give couples the opportunity to celebrate their married years.
Photo gallery
View a selection of photos from events held at Gretna Registration Office.
Go to a British citizenship ceremony
Find out how to go to a citizenship ceremony if your application for British citizenship is successful.
Arrange a naming ceremony
You can arrange a naming ceremony at a registration office or at an authorised venue.
Order a copy of a certificate
Find out how to order copies of certificates for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships.
How to find and contact us
Check our location and contact details.