{"id":8584,"date":"2026-10-05T15:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/?page_id=8584"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:45:45","slug":"statutory-ceremonies-at-teignbridge-registration-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/venues\/register-offices\/statutory-ceremonies-at-teignbridge-registration-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Statutory ceremonies at Teignbridge Registration Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When should we arrive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You should arrive around 15 to 20 minutes before the ceremony. If you are arriving separately that is fine, just stagger your arrivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The registrars will need to speak to you privately to check the details to be entered in the register. You will also be asked to give your mother and father\u2019s full name and occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can guests park?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is disabled parking at Devon House. Further parking is very limited around this venue, the nearest pay and display parking is in Osbourne Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where are the toilets?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are accessible toilets in the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many guests can we have?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony you have booked is a statutory ceremony, this is very simply the couple and two witnesses only, no one else will be allowed in the room and that includes children, babies or photographers. Witnesses must be over the age of 16. Please do not attend with extra guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we decorate the space?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we do multiple ceremonies each day, we do not allow the decoration of the ceremony space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there an aisle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is no aisle in the ceremony room, you enter from a side door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we have music?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We do not offer personalisation with our statutory ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we have confetti?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bio-degradable confetti is allowed in the car park only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we have drone photography?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Drone photography is not permitted within the grounds of Teignbridge Registration Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we write our own script?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All our registrars write their own ceremony scripts so they are all different and cannot be adapted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long do we have the space for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ceremonies take between 15 and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we need an order of service?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, there is no need for an order of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ceremony Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you have any further questions, please email us at ceremonies-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When should we arrive? You should arrive around 15 to 20 minutes before the ceremony. If you are arriving separately that is fine, just stagger your arrivals. The registrars will need to speak to you privately to check the details to be entered in the register. You will also be asked to give your mother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8584","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8584"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8596,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8584\/revisions\/8596"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}