Marriages and civil partnerships

Approved venues in Central Bedfordshire

Please find below a list of venues that are licensed to hold civil ceremonies. Please note the maximum capacity listed includes all attending, including Registration staff.

Title Rooms and capacity Venue address Telephone number Website
Priory House

The Jacobean Room: 40
The Exhibition Galleries: 40
Linked outside area:

  • Croquet Lawn
  • The Rose Pergola

33 High Street South
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU6 3RZ

01582 891420

Visit Priory House's website

Royal British Legion

Wally Randall Memorial Hall: 150
The Legion Room:  30

Bossard Hall
West Street
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 1DA

07944 044901

The Royal British Legion Leighton Buzzard (rbllb.co.uk)

Shortmead House

The Stables: 85
The Thatch: 120
Regency Room: 26

Linked outside areas:

  • The Marquee
  • The Pergola

Shortmead Lane
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 0FG

07731 916965

Visit Shortmead House's website

Swiss Garden (The Shuttleworth Collection)

Swiss Cottage: 24
The Grotto and Fernery: 25
The Garden Room: 25

Old Warden Park
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 9ER

01767 627922 / 627917

Visit the Shuttleworth Collection's website

The Barn at Brook End Green Farm

The Barn: 200
The Hay Barn: 200

Linked outside area:

  • Lakeside

The Barn
Brook End Green Farm
Barton-le-Clay
Bedfordshire
MK45 4SE

07899 872302

Visit The Barn's website

The Court House (Ampthill)

The Ampthill Room: 62
The Woburn Room: 6

Ampthill Registration Office
Woburn Street
Ampthill
Bedfordshire
MK45 2HX

0300 300 8089

The Court House

Five Bells

Restaurant: 100
Lounge: 50

Station Road
Stanbridge
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 9JF

01525 210224

Visit the Five Bells' website

Forest Centre

The Grange: 120
The Rectory: 100
The Folly: 50
Sollars Study: 40
Linked outside area:

  • Willow Corner
  • Spinney View

Station Road
Marston Moretaine
Bedfordshire
MK43 0PR

01234 767037

Visit the Forest Centre's website

The House (The Shuttleworth Collection)

The Garden Suite: 240
The Saloon: 125
The Billiard Room: 90
The Drawing Room: 65
The Morning Room: 75
The Summer House: 34

Linked outside area:

  • The Lily Pond Lawn
  • The Front Steps
  • Summer House Top Lawn

Shuttleworth
Old Warden Park
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 9EA

01767 627922

Visit the Shuttleworth Collection's website

Rufus Centre

Lockyer Suite: 210
Davis Suite: 75
Moorfield Room: 35
Linked outside area:

  • The Wedding Garden

Steppingley Road
Flitwick
Bedfordshire
MK45 1AH

01525 631905

Visit the Rufus Centre's website

Contact the Registration Service

Telephone: 0300 300 8089

Email: life.events@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk