Directory of Probate Registries and Interview Venues

For general enquiries, please telephone the Probate & Inheritance Tax Help-line
Monday to Friday 9.00 to 5.00, on 0845 3020900 (calls to this number are charged at local rate).
For enquiries about appointments, or for enquiries after you have sent your forms to a Probate
Registry, please contact the Registry concerned, using the number listed below.
Controlling Probate Registries (except London & Middlesbrough, see over) are open to the public 9:30am to 4:00pm
Monday-Friday.
You can choose any venue for your interview appointment, but your application forms must be sent to the Controlling
Probate Registry responsible for that venue.
Interview locations, other than Probate Registries, have limited opening times. When selecting such a venue your interview
will be fixed for the next available date .If, when you receive notification of that date, you require an earlier interview, you
should telephone the controlling registry (phone number will be supplied at that time) to see if an earlier date, at the
controlling Registry can be arranged.
Text phone number for the deaf or hard of hearing: 18001 020 7947 7389

Controlling Probate Registry Interview Venues Controlling Probate Registry Interview Venues

Bangor Probate Sub-Registry Bangor Carmarthen Probate Sub-Registry Carmarthen

Council Offices Rhyl 14 King Street Aberystwyth
Ffordd Gwynedd Wrexham Carmarthen Haverfordwest
Bangor SA31 1BL Swansea
Gwynedd LL57 1DT Tel: 01267 242560
Tel: 01248 362410

Birmingham District Probate Birmingham Chester Probate Sub-Registry Chester

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Registry Coventry 5 Floor Hamilton House
The Priory Courts Kidderminster Hamilton Place
33 Bull Street Northampton Chester CH1 2DA
Birmingham B4 6DU Wolverhampton Tel: 01244 345082
Tel: 0121 681 3400/3414

Bodmin Probate Sub-Registry Bodmin Exeter Probate Sub-Registry Exeter

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Market Street Plymouth 2 Floor Barnstaple
Bodmin Truro Exeter Crown & County Courts Taunton
PL31 2JW Southernhay Gardens Torquay/Newton Abbot
Tel: 01208 72279 Exeter Yeovil
Devon EX1 1UH
Tel: 01392 415370

Brighton District Probate Registry Brighton Gloucester Probate Sub-Registry Gloucester

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William Street Chichester 2 Floor Cheltenham
Brighton Hastings Combined Court Building Hereford
BN2 2LG Horsham Kimbrose Way Worcester
Tel: 01273 573510 Gloucester GL1 2DG
Tel: 01452 834966

Bristol District Probate Registry Bristol Ipswich District Probate Registry Ipswich
Ground Floor Bath Ground Floor Chelmsford
The Crescent Centre Weston-Super-Mare 8 Arcade Street Colchester
Temple Back Ipswich
Bristol BS1 6EP IP1 1EJ
Tel: 0117 927 3915/926 4619 Tel: 01473 284260

Cardiff Cardiff Lancaster Probate Sub-Registry Lancaster

Probate Registry of Wales Bridgend Mitre House Barrow-In-Furness
PO Box 474 Newport Church Street Blackpool
2 Park Street Pontypridd Lancaster LA1 1HE Preston
Cardiff CF10 1TB Tel: 01524 36625 St Helens
Tel: 02920 376479
Carlisle Probate Sub-Registry Carlisle Leeds District Probate Registry Leeds
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Courts Of Justice 3 Floor, Coronet House
Earl Street Queen Street
Carlisle CA1 1DJ Leeds LS1 2BA
Tel: 01228 521751 Tel: 0113 386 3540

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You can choose any venue for your interview appointment, but your application forms must be sent to the Controlling
Probate Registry for that venue.

Controlling Probate Registry Interview Venues Controlling Probate Registry Interview Venues

Leicester Probate Sub-Registry Leicester Norwich Probate Sub-Registry Norwich

Crown Court Building Bedford Combined Court Building Kings Lynn
90 Wellington Street The Law Courts Lowestoft
Leicester Bishopgate
LE1 6HG Norwich NR3 1UR
Tel: 0116 285 3380 Tel: 01603 728267

Lincoln Probate Sub-Registry Lincoln Nottingham Probate Sub-Registry Nottingham

360 High Street Butt Dyke House
Lincoln LN5 7PS 33 Park Row
Tel: 01522 523648 Nottingham NG1 6GR
Tel: 0115 941 4288

Liverpool District Probate Liverpool Oxford District Probate Registry Oxford

Registry Southport Combined Court Building Aylesbury
The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts St. Aldates High Wycombe
Derby Square Oxford OX1 1LY Reading
Liverpool L2 1XA Tel: 01865 793055 Slough
0151 236 8264 Swindon

London London Peterborough Probate Sub-Registry Peterborough

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Probate Department Croydon 1 Floor Cambridge
Principal Registry of the Family Edmonton Crown Building
Division Harlow Rivergate
First Avenue House Kingston Peterborough
42-49 High Holborn Luton PE1 1EJ
London WC1V 6NP Southend-on-Sea Tel: 01733 562802
Tel: 020 7947 6939 Woolwich
Open10.00am-4.30pm Mon-Fri

Maidstone Probate Sub-Registry Maidstone Sheffield Probate Sub-Registry Sheffield

The Law Courts Canterbury PO Box 832
Barker Road Tunbridge Wells The Law Courts
Maidstone ME16 8EQ 50 West Bar
Tel: 01622 202048 Sheffield S3 8YR
Tel: 0114 281 2596

Manchester District Probate Manchester Stoke-on-Trent Probate Sub- Stoke-on-Trent

Registry Bolton Registry Crewe
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9 Floor, Astley House Nelson Combined Court Centre Shrewsbury
23 Quay Street Oldham Bethesda Street Stafford
Manchester M3 4AT Warrington Hanley
Tel: 0161 837 6070 Wigan Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3BP
Tel: 01782 854065

Middlesbrough Probate Sub- Middlesbrough Winchester District Probate Winchester

Registry Registry Basingstoke
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Combined Court Centre 4 Floor, Cromwell House Bournemouth
Russell Street Andover Road Dorchester
Middlesbrough Winchester SO23 7EW Guildford
TS1 2AE Tel: 01962 897029 Newport I.O.W.
Open: Contact Newcastle DPR Portsmouth
for the opening hours Salisbury
Southampton

Newcastle-Upon Tyne District Newcastle-upon-Tyne York Probate Sub-Registry York

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Probate Registry Darlington 1 Floor, Hull
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2 Floor, Plummer House Castle Chambers Scarborough
Croft Street Clifford Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 6NP York YO1 9RG
Tel: 0191 261 8383 Tel: 01904 666777

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