St Georges Town Hall

Outside the St Georges

St Georges Town Hall is a recently renovated building located in the heart of Shadwell in East London. We have two ceremony rooms allowing you to have your perfect London ceremony in the space that is right for you.

More photos, including those of real ceremonies, can be found on Hitched.com. You can also view the Happily Ever After at Tower Hamlets brochure for more details.

The Tower Suite

Tower Suite from Above

Our more traditional room, The Tower Suite, is an old town hall able to seat up to 200 guests and is perfect for those who wish to celebrate in grand style in an exquisite setting.

There is direct access to a dressing room for those who are electing to have an enhanced ceremony with us, where you can do any last minute touch-ups. 

The Hamlet Suite

Hamlet Suite Frame

Our more contemporary room, The Hamlet Suite, is located just off the main grand staircase and with a capacity of 20 guests.

It is perfect for those who wish to have a more intimate ceremony and features a large flower frame for that iconic signing photo, and a neon sign wishing you a happily ever after.

The Garden Suite at St Georges Town Hall

Landscape
The Garden Suite is our newest room and is an exclusive post-ceremony reception room for couples having their marriage or civil partnership in the Hamlet Suite or Tower Suite in St Georges Town Hall.

This large open space can hold up to 80 people standing but can be tailored by you, to your needs.

The room is available for 3 hour intervals in the morning or afternoon and you can use it to have a mini-reception with your loved ones. Wether you want to pop open a bottle of bubbly, or have that first slice of cake, the Garden Suite is the ideal space for you to spend time with your guests after your ceremony; perhaps before going to more celebrations elsewhere.

We are licenced for 80 people standing with poseur tables, 50 people seated in ceremony style, or a maximum of 50 people seated around rectangular or round tables.

  • For more information, please email our team ceremonies@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  • If you have a ceremony booked with us and would like to book the garden suite, please fill our contact form, and a member of our team will be in touch.

After your ceremony

There are opportunities for photography on the grand sweeping staircase which leads you to our gardens at the rear, with historic architecture providing the perfect backdrop for your ceremony photos.

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Ceremony types

We have four types of ceremony in Tower Hamlets.

Ceremony types
 Register Office (Statutory Registration and  Ceremony)Simple Registration (no ceremony)Simple Registration and CeremonyEnhanced Registration and Ceremony
Where

Specified Room

Hamlet Suite

Tower Suite

Hamlet Suite

Tower Suite

Hamlet Suite

External venues

General Availability

Twice a week

Monday-Thursday

Monday - Friday

Every day

Price

See fees page

See fees page - Simple Ceremony

See fees page

See fees page

Number of Guests

Two witnesses only

10

Tower Suite - 40

Hamlet Suite - 10

Tower Suite - 120

Hamlet Suite - 20

External venues - various limits

Script

Legal words only - no ceremony

Legal words only - no ceremony

Simple

Enhanced

Ring/Token Exchange

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Length (maximum times given)

15 minutes pre-ceremony

5 minute signing

15 minutes pre-ceremony

5 minute signing

15 minutes pre-ceremony

15 minute ceremony

15-20 minutes pre-ceremony

20 minute ceremony

Music

No

 No

Yes

(from our set list)

Yes

Readings

No

 No

No

Yes

Personal vows

No

 No

No

Yes

Sperate Pre-Ceremony Questioning

No

 No

No

Yes

Grand entrance

No

 No

No

Yes

Access to Dressing Room

No

 No

No

Yes

(St Georges Town Hall)

Ceremony Fees

For a list of all our fees, please visit our fees page.

Other ceremonies

St Georges Town Hall also hosts naming ceremonies, citizenship ceremonies and vow renewals.