Weddings

WEDDINGS

Whether you plan to get married in a couple of years or in just a few months, we will help you through the process of booking and planning the ceremony. If you have no connection with St Mylor but would like to get married in our beautiful church, you can come along to St Mylor services for six months to establish your connection. This is the only occasion when regularly attending the church would be required.

The Church of England website Countdown to your church wedding provides lots of information to help with the planning for your wedding including:

The Cost of Church Weddings

Details of the costs of weddings are listed on The Church of England Website: The Cost of Church Weddings.

The figure for marrying as of January 2026 breaks down as follows:

If you marry in the parish where you both live (£605):

  • Marriage service in church: £566
  • Publication of banns of marriage: £39

If one of you lives in another parish (£664):

  • Marriage service in church: £566
  • Publication of banns of marriage (in parish you are being married in): £39
  • Publication of banns of marriage (in a different parish than the one in which one of you lives): £39
  • Certificate of banns from the other parish: £20

If both of you live in different parishes from each other and other than the one you are getting married in (£723):

  • Marriage service in church: £566
  • Publication of banns of marriage in the church where you are getting married: £39
  • Publication of banns of marriage in the different parishes where you live: £39 x 2
  • Certificate of banns from the two other parishes: £20 x 2

Optional Extras for your Wedding

Wedding Bells: we have beautiful bells at St Mylor that you may like to have rung.

Organ or piano: we have a traditional pipe organ and a piano that can be played by our organist and pianist.

Heating: if you are getting married in the colder months, you might want to think about heating inside the church!

Verger: who will make sure that everything is in place on the day.

Should you wish to have any or all of these optional extras, please discuss this with the vicar when making your wedding plans.

Please email the Priest in Charge, the Rev. Emma Durose on weddings@stmylor.org.uk with all questions about your wedding.

Wedding Preparation Day

Wedding Preparation Days are arranged each year at St Mylor.

Marriage Certificates

Marriage Registers in Churches are now closed, so instead of signing the Registers, couples will sign a Marriage Document. 

Following the Ceremony, the Document is sent to the local Registrar who then registers the Marriage.  The Priest who conducts your Wedding Service will usually send the Document to the Registrar, but you are able to take it yourself if you want to obtain the marriage certificate more quickly.

Your Marriage Certificate (the legal proof of your marriage) is no longer issued by the Priest conducting the ceremony. Instead, you will need to apply for the Certificate online or in person.  To apply online go to https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/ or telephone 0300 1234 181.

Fees Information: Cornwall Council: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/my-cornwall-wedding/our-wedding-collection/prices-legal-ceremonies/

You are able to apply and pay for your Marriage Certificate in advance, and the Registrar will issue the Certificate within 7 days of receiving the Marriage Document.  

Please note that the pretty floral certificate which we gave to you on your wedding day is NOT a legal document so you will need to obtain this Certificate from the Registrar to prove your marriage has been legally validated.  (The Registrar will not automatically send your Certificate to you which is why you will need to apply yourselves.)

For queries regarding information on St Mylor fees, please contact Judy Menage: 01326 259909