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• Order Certificates online

Fees 

Standard - £10 per copy - certificate produced within 7 working days of receipt of an application.

Express - £30 per copy certificate produced same day as payment received.

Additional fees apply for posting out certificates - these fees will be included in the amount paid.

Current Postage fees UK confirmed delivery - £3.00

Special Delivery - £10.00, weight up to 500g. (UK return addresses only - a special signed for service) Overseas Delivery – various prices St Helens Register Office is not liable for any certificates lost or delayed in the post.

St Helens Register Office Town Hall, Victoria Square, St Helens, WA10 1HP. Telephone: 01744 676789, Email: registryoffice@sthelens.gov.uk

• In person using completed application form with cash or Debit/Credit card payment. 
• By post using completed application form with postal order only.

Please print off and complete the application form.

Additional fees apply for posting out certificates – unless a stamped addressed envelope is provided.

St Helens Council no longer accepts personal cheques – only postal orders are accepted.

Current Fees

Standard – £10 per copy – certificate produced within 7 working days of receipt of an application.

Priority Service – £30 per copy (£10 Certificate fee + £20 Priority fee) – Certificate produced the same day on receipt of an application. 

Additional fees apply for posting out certificates – these fees will be included in the amount paid.

UK confirmed delivery – £3.00.
Special Delivery – £10.00, weight up to 500g. (UK return addresses only – a special signed for service)
Overseas Delivery – various prices

Application Forms

• Adoption Certificate Application Form
• Civil Partnership Certificate Application Form
• Marriage Certificate Application Form
• Birth Certificate Application Form
• Death Certificate Application Form
• Privacy Notice

Address

St Helens Register Office, Town Hall, Victoria Square, St Helens, WA10 1HP

Email: Registryoffice@sthelens.gov.uk
Telephone: 01744 676789

Please Note: St Helens Register Office is not liable for any certificates lost or delayed in the post.

Please telephone 01744 676789

Certificate Fees

• Telephone service - £25 per copy (£10 Certificate fee + £15 Telephone fee)
• Certificate produced within 7 days. 

Express Telephone Service - £45 per copy (£10 Certificate + £15 Telephone fee + £20 Priority fee)

• Certificate produced the same day on receipt of an application 

 You will also be charged one of the following current Postage fees. 

• UK confirmed delivery - £3.00.
• Special Delivery - £10.00, weight up to 500g. (UK return addresses only - a special signed for service)
• Overseas Delivery – various prices

If you are unsure where an event (birth, marriage or death) took place in England or Wales, you can apply to the General Register Office (GRO). 

The GRO holds copies of all births, marriages and deaths that have taken place in England and Wales. 

• Apply online for a copy Certificate from the General Register Office

Apply by Telephone - 0300 123 1837

Apply by Post using an application form to 

The General Register Office 
PO Box 2
Southport 
Merseyside 
PR8 2JD 

Application Forms

• Adoption Certificate Application Form
• Civil Partnership Certificate Application Form
• Marriage Certificate Application Form
• Birth Certificate Application Form
• Death Certificate Application Form
• Privacy Notice

If you were born in Whiston Hospital, your birth is registered at the Knowsley Register Office. 

If a death occurred in Whiston Hospital, the death is registered at the Knowsley Register Office. 

You will need to apply to Knowsley Register Office for a copy certificate. 

Knowsley Register Office 
High Street 
Prescot 
Merseyside 
L34 3LD 

Telephone number 0151 443 2900

If an event (birth, marriage or death) took place in Northern Ireland you will need to apply to:

•  The General Register Office for Northern Ireland 

If an event (birth, marriage or death) took place in Scotland you will need to apply to: 

• National Records for Scotland