Isle of Wight Registration Service
Birth, Deaths and Marriages

This section has been designed to give you all the information you need on how to register a birth, death or marriage, book a wedding or obtain a copy of a certificate. We have also included some additional links and names and addresses of related services.

The Isle of Wight Register Office is situated at Northwood House in Cowes. The Registration Service is responsible for the registration of births, deaths and marriages occurring on the Island, licensing venues where civil marriages may be solemnised and conducting civil marriage ceremonies. The Register Office also holds the birth, death and marriage registers dating from 1 July 1837 to the present day for the island only.

We pride ourselves in our Customer Care and hope you find this site useful. However if you have any comments regarding this site or any other issue please contact us at registrars@iow.gov.uk