Personalising your ceremony
We will give you a wedding or civil partnership wishlist to complete. This tells us how you would like to personalise your ceremony.
You must complete and return the wishlist at least 7 days before your ceremony.
Your ceremony at the Slough Register Office is a civil ceremony. This means that it is not possible to have any religious content, including:
- religious music
- religious readings
- religious words.
You will need to send us a copy of any readings or words you want to use, so we can confirm they are suitable for the ceremony.
Civil partnership
If you are forming a civil partnership, holding a formal ceremony is optional. The only thing that is legally required is for both parties to sign the partnership schedule in the presence of:
- a civil partnership registration officer
- 2 witnesses.
We would encourage you to make the occasion as memorable for yourselves and your guests as possible.
Marriage
If you are marrying, you are required to have a ceremony, where legal words must be spoken to be legally married.
Around the basic ceremony, you can add many other features to make you day special to yourselves, including:
- music
- readings
- involving friends and family during the exchange of rings.