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Most couples in Southampton pay around £1,600 for a full day.

You don't have to book the whole day. Two hours or a half day costs much less, and our prices guide shows what shorter bookings cost. How we worked out these prices.

How prices in Southampton compare

Prices in Southampton are about the same as elsewhere in Hampshire, where most couples pay around £1,625 for a full day. Across the South East as a whole, it's around £1,600.

Wedding photography prices for Southampton

Not every wedding needs a full day of photography. If yours is smaller, a shorter booking costs much less. Our prices guide has more on what's included.

BookingMost couples pay
Half day, 4 to 5 hoursAround £850
Two hours, for a register office wedding or an elopementAround £450

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Bugle Street, the courtyard, or a drive out

Southampton Register Office is at 6a Bugle Street, SO14 2LX, in the building that also holds the Golden Jubilee Room. From 6 April 2026 the statutory room is £62, plus £25 for two certificates and an £85 deposit. The council describes it as a working office for the couple and two adult witnesses, with no music and no photographs. The Golden Jubilee Room's Essentials option, up to four guests including the witnesses, is £247 from Monday to Thursday, and that total already includes the deposit and two certificates. Couples step up from the statutory room because the courtyard and the arches are outside, and photographs are not allowed in the small office.

Say which room. A statutory signing with no camera inside, and an Essentials booking for four people, need different amounts of time. If you want the courtyard, add it. Westgate Hall, in the old walls, is another council room, with its own capacity and its own fee, so a quote written for Bugle Street will describe the wrong door. A waterside reception in a different building, or a meal in the New Forest, is a drive and belongs in the quote. Name the village or the waterside address. The deposit you paid the council is separate from the photography fee. A short signing with pictures outside is often one or two hours. The Forest is longer because of the road.

Can anyone take photographs in the Bugle Street statutory office?

The council says no photographs in that working office. It is the couple and two adult witnesses, with no music. Portraits are a courtyard or street question, and only if the booking gives you that space or time outside after you leave.

What does the £247 Essentials fee cover?

On the April 2026 list it is the Golden Jubilee Room for up to four guests, including the witnesses, Monday to Thursday. The £247 already includes the deposit and two certificates. It runs Monday to Thursday. Tell the photographer you have those four people, so the group matches the room.

The meal is in the New Forest. What do we send?

The village or the venue name, and the time you leave Bugle Street. Travel out of the city is its own line. A city-centre ceremony plus a Forest meal is two addresses and the drive between them.

We have booked Westgate Hall. How should the brief change?

Say so. Westgate Hall sits in the old walls and is a separate council venue, with its own capacity and its own fee line. Send that confirmation, and say whether you still want the Bugle Street courtyard or only the hall.

What should a Bugle Street request include?

The room, whether photographs are allowed inside, whether you want the courtyard, the meal address if you leave the building, and the time you must be out. The council deposit is already paid to the council.

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