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) 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.