South Tyneside Register Office
The council register office for South Tyneside, where births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships are registered and civil ceremonies held. A death in South Tyneside is normally registered here by appointment, usually within five days. Intimate ceremony rooms include the Barrington Suite, with a small garden area for outdoor vows.
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