Birth certificates

Christmas opening times

See our Christmas opening times here

Certificates posted after 20 December may not arrive until after 5 January.

If you require your certificates earlier, please arrange to collect them in person. 

• Birth registration
• Where to register a birth
• Opposite-sex parents
• Same-sex female parents
• Same-sex male parents
• Other people who can register a birth
• What you need to tell the registrar
• Birth certificates
• Child Benefit
• Re-registering a birth
• Changing a child's forenames
• Perjury warning
• Privacy Notice

Birth certificates can be ordered after the register entry is signed.

Why not ask your Registrar about purchasing Commemorative Certificate or a Registrar's Fountain Pen to mark the occasion?

Print entire section

Was this page helpful?

Click or tap the rating which best represents your experience.

Poor

OK

Good

Excellent