Marrying if you're ill

We are able to provide an urgent ceremony for those with a terminal illness. We can make arrangements for marriages and civil partnerships to happen quickly, with care and consideration, to give you and your loved ones a special and memorable ceremony.

To arrange this, you will need to provide a doctor’s letter showing the following:

• Doctor is in medical attendance on the person concerned
• Person is seriously ill and not expected to recover
• Person cannot be moved to a place registered for marriages
• Person understands the nature and reason for the marriage ceremony
• Signed and dated by the doctor and include their qualifications as registered by the General Medical Council

Contact us

Please contact the Registrars on 0118 974 6000 (option 3, option 3 again) or email registrars@wokingham.gov.uk for further advice, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. 

If it is time critical and outside the above hours then call 0800 212 111.