Skip to main content

beta This is the improved Camden website. Tell us what you think.

Order birth, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates

You can order copies of any birth, marriage, civil partnership or death that was registered in Camden after 1837. We can also access registrations in the former historic districts of St Pancras, Hampstead and Holborn. 

There are different processes if the registration happened before or after 1940. 

Order certificates for registrations after 1940 

You can buy certificates at the registration appointment, or order them online at any time after registration.  

If you have registered a birth or death at a different register office, allow 5 working days for us to receive the details. 

You’ll need to provide details from the certificate and your contact details, in case we need to speak to you. 

Order certificates 

It can take up to 15 working days to process orders (not including postage time). 

If you need help ordering certificates online, contact us. 

Express service for certificates 

We have an express service for a higher fee, which lets you collect certificates on the same or next working day in-person from our register office. We can also send by first class post if you prefer, and the cost is included.   

To get your certificate the same day, you must order it before midday, Monday to Friday. You can collect it between 2pm and 4pm that day. 

If you order after midday, you can collect it the next working day between 2pm and 4pm. 

We're closed from 1pm on the first Thursday of each month. 

Fees 

Here are the fees for certificates: 

  • birth, marriage, civil partnership or death certificates – £12.50 each 

  • express service for certificates (including first class postage, if required) – £38.50 each 

  • keepsake birth certificate wallet – £3.60 each 

Here are the fees for postage: 

  • special delivery postage (tracked) – £7.50 per order 

  • first class postage (not tracked) – £1.50 per order 

  • international postage – £9 per order 

If you have not received your certificate 

If you have not received your certificate within 4 weeks, email us at crs@camden.gov.uk and we’ll look into this. 

If you order a certificate for collection or for delivery by post and it’s returned to us, it will be held for one year. Any certificates not collected within one year will be confidentially destroyed, and you will not be refunded. 

Certificates for registrations before 1940 

If you need certificates for registrations before 1940, contact the General Register Office (GRO) by: 

Adopted birth certificates 

If you’ve been adopted and you need a copy of your adopted birth certificate, you must order it from the General Register Office. 

Contact us 

If you have questions or need help ordering certificates, you can contact us by: 

  • phone on 020 7974 4444, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm  

  • SignVideo, for British Sign Language users, 24 hours a day 

Find our privacy notice, which explains how the information we collect about you is used and your rights in relation to this.