Venues for Civil Ceremonies
Darlington Register Office
01325 346604
Forming part of the Register Office premises, Backhouse Hall is located off the Market Place along Bull Wynd. The ceremony suite is in a grade listed premises and offers a choice of two ceremony rooms.
The Pease Suite is the larger of the two rooms and can accommodate up to 80 guests.
The Stephenson Suite is a smaller and more intimate ceremony room and can accommodate up to 40 guests.
Facilities also include a separate waiting room for the Bride and access for the guests to the Dolphin Centre Bar. A small garden area is located outside of the main entrance for photographs or alternatively South Park is only a short distance away.
Walworth Castle Hotel
01325 485470
Walworth Castle Hotel [external link]
Redworth Hall Hotel
01388 770600
Redworth Hall Hotel [external link]
Hallgarth Golf & Country Club Hotel
01325 300400
Hallgarth Golf and Country Club Hotel [external link]
The Blackwell Grange Hotel
01325 509955
The Blackwell Grange Hotel [external link]
Hotel Bannatyne (Formerly The New Grange Hotel)
01325 365859
Hotel Bannatyne [external link]
The St George Hotel, Durham Tees Valley Airport
01325 332631
The St. George Hotel [external link]
Freemasons Hall, Archer Street
01325 464371
Darlington Freemasons Hall [external link]
Rockliffe Hall, Hurworth, Darlington
01325 722221
Rockcliffe Hall [external link]
For details of Fees and Marriages and other Ceremonies, please contact the Register Office
Once you have chosen a venue, contact the Register Office as soon as possible to make the appropriate arrangements. Customers are advised to make arrangements with the Register Office before making any final bookings with venues.
Becoming an approved venue for marriages and civil partnerships
Becoming an approved venue can be a way of generating income for your business and/or making your venue available to members of your community group for an event which is one the most important in someone’s life.
Should you require any further information, to arrange for us to visit you or have any further queries, please contact the Superintendent Registrar on 01325 346604.
Becoming a venue [pdf document]
Application form [pdf document]