Family courts near you
Wherever you live in England or Wales, we can draft your application online and free. Pick your area to see which Family Court normally hears cases from your town, how to send your papers, and where to find local support.
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London
- Barnet – Barnet Civil and Family Courts Centre
- Bromley – Bromley County Court and Family Court
- Central London – Central Family Court
- Croydon – Croydon County Court and Family Court
- East London – East London Family Court
- Kingston upon Thames – Kingston-upon-Thames County Court and Family Court
- Romford – Romford County Court and Family Court
- West London – West London Family Court
South East and East of England
- Bedford – Bedford County Court and Family Court
- Brighton – Brighton County Court
- Cambridge – Cambridge County Court and Family Court
- Canterbury – Canterbury Combined Court Centre
- Chelmsford – Chelmsford County and Family Court
- Colchester – Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court
- Guildford – Guildford County Court and Family Court
- Ipswich – Ipswich County Court and Family Hearing Centre
- Luton – Luton Justice Centre
- Medway – Medway County Court and Family Court
- Milton Keynes – Milton Keynes County Court and Family Court
- Norwich – Norwich Combined Court Centre
- Oxford – Oxford Combined Court Centre
- Peterborough – Peterborough Combined Court Centre
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth Combined Court Centre
- Reading – Reading County Court and Family Court
- Slough – Slough County Court and Family Court
- Southampton – Southampton Combined Court Centre
- Southend-on-Sea – Southend County Court and Family Court
- Watford – Watford County Court and Family Court
South West
- Bournemouth – Bournemouth Combined Court
- Bristol – Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre
- Exeter – Exeter Combined Court Centre
- Gloucester – Gloucestershire Family and Civil Court
- Plymouth – Plymouth Combined Court
- Salisbury – Salisbury Law Courts
- Swindon – Swindon Combined Court
- Taunton – Taunton Crown, County and Family Court
- Truro – Truro Combined Court
Midlands
- Birmingham – Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
- Coventry – Coventry Combined Court Centre
- Derby – Derby Combined Court Centre
- Dudley – Dudley County Court and Family Court
- Hereford – Hereford Justice Centre
- Leicester – Leicester County Court and Family Court
- Lincoln – Lincoln County Court and Family Court
- Northampton – Northampton Crown, County and Family Court
- Nottingham – Nottingham County Court and Family Court
- Stoke-on-Trent – Stoke-on-Trent Combined Court
- Telford – Telford Justice Centre
- Wolverhampton – Wolverhampton Combined Court Centre
- Worcester – Worcester Justice Centre
North West
- Birkenhead – Birkenhead County Court and Family Court
- Blackburn – Blackburn Family Court
- Blackpool – Blackpool Family Court
- Bolton – Bolton Combined Court
- Carlisle – Carlisle Combined Court
- Chester – Chester Civil and Family Justice Centre
- Lancaster – Lancaster Courthouse
- Liverpool – Liverpool Civil and Family Court
- Manchester – Manchester Civil Justice Centre
- Preston – Preston Crown Court and Family Court
- St Helens – St Helens County Court and Family Court
- Stockport – Stockport County Court and Family Court
- Warrington – Warrington County Court and Family Court
- Wigan – Wigan County Court and Family Court
North East
- Darlington – Darlington County Court and Family Court
- Durham – Durham Justice Centre
- Middlesbrough – Teesside Combined Court Centre
- Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle Civil and Family Courts and Tribunals Centre
- North Shields – North Shields County Court and Family Court
- South Shields – South Tyneside County Court and Family Court
- Sunderland – Sunderland County, Family, Magistrates' and Tribunal Hearings
Yorkshire and the Humber
- Bradford – Bradford Combined Court Centre
- Doncaster – Doncaster Justice Centre North
- Grimsby – Great Grimsby Combined Court Centre
- Harrogate – Harrogate Justice Centre
- Huddersfield – Huddersfield County Court and Family Court
- Hull – Kingston-upon-Hull Combined Court Centre
- Leeds – Leeds Combined Court Centre
- Scarborough – Scarborough Justice Centre
- Sheffield – Sheffield Designated Family Court
- Wakefield – Wakefield Civil and Family Justice Centre
- York – York County Court and Family Court
Wales
- Aberystwyth – Aberystwyth Justice Centre
- Caernarfon – Caernarfon Justice Centre
- Cardiff – Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre
- Haverfordwest – Haverfordwest County Court and Family Court
- Llanelli – Llanelli Law Courts
- Merthyr Tydfil – Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court Centre
- Mold – Mold Justice Centre
- Newport – Newport (South Wales) County Court and Family Court
- Prestatyn – Prestatyn Justice Centre
- Swansea – Swansea Civil Justice Centre
- Welshpool – Welshpool Magistrates' Court
- Wrexham – Wrexham County and Family Court
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- Aldershot → Guildford
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- Boldon → South Shields
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- Buckingham → Milton Keynes
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- Builth Wells → Welshpool
- Burnham → Slough
- Burnley → Blackburn
- Burry Port → Llanelli
- Burton upon Trent → Derby
- Bury → Bolton
- Bury St Edmunds → Ipswich
- Buxton → Derby
- Caerphilly → Cardiff
- Camberley → Guildford
- Camborne → Truro
- Camden → Central London
- Cannock → Wolverhampton
- Canvey Island → Southend-on-Sea
- Cardigan → Haverfordwest
- Carmarthen → Llanelli
- Carnforth → Lancaster
- Castleford → Wakefield
- Catterick → Darlington
- Chatham → Medway
- Cheadle → Stockport
- Cheam → Croydon
- Cheltenham → Gloucester
- Chepstow → Newport
- Chester-le-Street → Durham
- Chesterfield → Derby
- Chesterfield → Sheffield
- Chichester → Portsmouth
- Chippenham → Swindon
- Chirk → Wrexham
- Chorley → Preston
- Christchurch → Bournemouth
- Cirencester → Gloucester
- City of London → Central London
- Clacton-on-Sea → Colchester
- Cleethorpes → Grimsby
- Clevedon → Bristol
- Clitheroe → Blackburn
- Coalville → Leicester
- Colwyn Bay → Prestatyn
- Conisbrough → Doncaster
- Connah's Quay → Mold
- Consett → Durham
- Conwy → Prestatyn
- Corby → Northampton
- Cottingham → Hull
- Cramlington → Newcastle upon Tyne
- Crawley → Brighton
- Crewe → Warrington
- Cromer → Norwich
- Crosby → Liverpool
- Cwmbran → Newport
- Dagenham → Romford
- Dartford → Medway
- Darwen → Blackburn
- Daventry → Northampton
- Deeside → Mold
- Denbigh → Prestatyn
- Dereham → Norwich
- Devizes → Swindon
- Dewsbury → Huddersfield
- Didcot → Oxford
- Dorchester → Bournemouth
- Dover → Canterbury
- Driffield → Hull
- Dunstable → Luton
- Ealing → West London
- Easingwold → York
- Eastbourne → Brighton
- Eastleigh → Southampton
- Ebbw Vale → Newport
- Edgware → Barnet
- Ellesmere Port → Birkenhead
- Ellesmere Port → Chester
- Ely → Cambridge
- Enfield → Barnet
- Erdington → Birmingham
- Evesham → Worcester
- Exmouth → Exeter
- Falmouth → Truro
- Fareham → Portsmouth
- Farnborough → Guildford
- Farnham → Guildford
- Farnworth → Bolton
- Featherstone → Wakefield
- Felixstowe → Ipswich
- Filey → Scarborough
- Finchley → Barnet
- Fishguard → Haverfordwest
- Fleetwood → Blackpool
- Flint → Mold
- Flitwick → Bedford
- Folkestone → Canterbury
- Forest of Dean → Gloucester
- Frinton-on-Sea → Colchester
- Frodsham → Chester
- Frome → Taunton
- Fulwood → Preston
- Gainsborough → Lincoln
- Garforth → Leeds
- Garstang → Lancaster
- Gateshead → Newcastle upon Tyne
- Gillingham → Medway
- Godalming → Guildford
- Goole → Hull
- Gorseinon → Swansea
- Gosport → Portsmouth
- Grantham → Lincoln
- Gravesend → Medway
- Great Yarmouth → Norwich
- Greenwich → Bromley
- Gresford → Wrexham
- Guisborough → Middlesbrough
- Hackney → East London
- Halesowen → Dudley
- Halifax → Bradford
- Halstead → Colchester
- Hammersmith and Fulham → Central London
- Handsworth → Birmingham
- Haringey → Barnet
- Harlow → Chelmsford
- Harpenden → Luton
- Harrow → West London
- Hartlepool → Middlesbrough
- Harwich → Colchester
- Hastings → Brighton
- Hatfield → Watford
- Havant → Portsmouth
- Haverhill → Ipswich
- Havering → Romford
- Hazel Grove → Stockport
- Hebburn → South Shields
- Heckmondwike → Huddersfield
- Hemel Hempstead → Watford
- Hendon → Barnet
- Henley-on-Thames → Oxford
- Herne Bay → Canterbury
- Hertford → Watford
- Hessle → Hull
- Heswall → Birkenhead
- Hexham → Newcastle upon Tyne
- Heysham → Lancaster
- High Wycombe → Slough
- Hillingdon → West London
- Hinckley → Leicester
- Hindley → Wigan
- Hitchin → Luton
- Holmfirth → Huddersfield
- Holyhead → Caernarfon
- Holywell → Mold
- Hornchurch → Romford
- Horsforth → Leeds
- Horsham → Brighton
- Horwich → Bolton
- Houghton Regis → Luton
- Houghton-le-Spring → Sunderland
- Hounslow → West London
- Hove → Brighton
- Hucknall → Nottingham
- Huntingdon → Cambridge
- Huyton → Liverpool
- Ilford → East London
- Ilkeston → Derby
- Ilkley → Bradford
- Immingham → Grimsby
- Isle of Wight → Portsmouth
- Islington → Central London
- Ivybridge → Plymouth
- Jarrow → South Shields
- Keighley → Bradford
- Kempston → Bedford
- Kendal → Carlisle
- Kensington and Chelsea → Central London
- Keswick → Carlisle
- Kettering → Northampton
- Keynsham → Bristol
- Kidderminster → Worcester
- Kidwelly → Llanelli
- Killingworth → North Shields
- King's Lynn → Norwich
- Kirkby → Liverpool
- Knaresborough → Harrogate
- Knowsley → Liverpool
- Lambeth → Central London
- Lampeter → Aberystwyth
- Leamington Spa → Coventry
- Ledbury → Hereford
- Leek → Stoke-on-Trent
- Leigh → Wigan
- Leigh-on-Sea → Southend-on-Sea
- Leighton Buzzard → Luton
- Leominster → Hereford
- Letchworth → Luton
- Lewes → Brighton
- Lewisham → Bromley
- Leyland → Preston
- Liskeard → Plymouth
- Llandrindod Wells → Welshpool
- Llandudno → Prestatyn
- Llangefni → Caernarfon
- Llangollen → Wrexham
- Llantrisant → Cardiff
- Longridge → Preston
- Loughborough → Leicester
- Lowestoft → Ipswich
- Lymm → Warrington
- Lytham St Annes → Blackpool
- Macclesfield → Stockport
- Machynlleth → Aberystwyth
- Maesteg → Swansea
- Maidenhead → Slough
- Maidstone → Medway
- Maldon → Chelmsford
- Malton → York
- Malvern → Worcester
- Mansfield → Nottingham
- March → Peterborough
- Margate → Canterbury
- Market Harborough → Leicester
- Marlborough → Swindon
- Marple → Stockport
- Matlock → Derby
- Melksham → Swindon
- Melton Mowbray → Leicester
- Merton → Croydon
- Mexborough → Doncaster
- Milford Haven → Haverfordwest
- Minehead → Taunton
- Mirfield → Huddersfield
- Mitcham → Croydon
- Monmouth → Newport
- Morecambe → Lancaster
- Morley → Leeds
- Morpeth → Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nantwich → Warrington
- Neath → Swansea
- Nelson → Blackburn
- Neston → Chester
- New Malden → Kingston upon Thames
- Newark → Nottingham
- Newbury → Reading
- Newcastle-under-Lyme → Stoke-on-Trent
- Newham → East London
- Newport (Shropshire) → Telford
- Newport Pagnell → Milton Keynes
- Newquay → Truro
- Newton Abbot → Exeter
- Newton Aycliffe → Durham
- Newton-le-Willows → St Helens
- Newtown → Welshpool
- Normanton → Wakefield
- Northallerton → Darlington
- Northwich → Warrington
- Nuneaton → Coventry
- Oakham → Leicester
- Oldbury → Dudley
- Oldham → Manchester
- Ormskirk → Preston
- Orpington → Bromley
- Ossett → Wakefield
- Oswestry → Telford
- Otley → Leeds
- Paignton → Exeter
- Pembroke → Haverfordwest
- Penarth → Cardiff
- Penistone → Sheffield
- Penrith → Carlisle
- Penzance → Truro
- Peterlee → Durham
- Pickering → York
- Pontefract → Wakefield
- Pontypool → Newport
- Pontypridd → Merthyr Tydfil
- Poole → Bournemouth
- Port Talbot → Swansea
- Porthmadog → Caernarfon
- Portishead → Bristol
- Poulton-le-Fylde → Blackpool
- Prescot → St Helens
- Pudsey → Leeds
- Purley → Croydon
- Putney → Kingston upon Thames
- Pwllheli → Caernarfon
- Radcliffe → Bolton
- Rainham → Romford
- Ramsgate → Canterbury
- Rayleigh → Southend-on-Sea
- Redbridge → East London
- Redcar → Middlesbrough
- Redditch → Worcester
- Redruth → Truro
- Rhondda → Merthyr Tydfil
- Rhyl → Prestatyn
- Richmond → Kingston upon Thames
- Richmond (North Yorkshire) → Darlington
- Ripon → Harrogate
- Rochdale → Bolton
- Rochester → Medway
- Rochford → Southend-on-Sea
- Romsey → Southampton
- Ross-on-Wye → Hereford
- Rossendale → Blackburn
- Rotherham → Sheffield
- Royston → Cambridge
- Ruabon → Wrexham
- Rugby → Coventry
- Runcorn → St Helens
- Rushden → Northampton
- Salford → Manchester
- Saltash → Plymouth
- Sandwell → Dudley
- Sandy → Bedford
- Scunthorpe → Grimsby
- Seaham → Sunderland
- Selby → York
- Selly Oak → Birmingham
- Settle → Harrogate
- Shipley → Bradford
- Shoeburyness → Southend-on-Sea
- Shrewsbury → Telford
- Sidcup → Bromley
- Sittingbourne → Medway
- Skegness → Lincoln
- Skelmersdale → Wigan
- Skipton → Harrogate
- Sleaford → Lincoln
- Small Heath → Birmingham
- Smethwick → Dudley
- Solihull → Birmingham
- Southall → West London
- Southport → Liverpool
- Southwark → Central London
- Spalding → Lincoln
- St Albans → Watford
- St Austell → Truro
- St Ives → Cambridge
- St Neots → Cambridge
- Stafford → Stoke-on-Trent
- Staines-upon-Thames → Guildford
- Stamford → Peterborough
- Stanley → Durham
- Stevenage → Luton
- Stocksbridge → Sheffield
- Stockton-on-Tees → Middlesbrough
- Stone → Stoke-on-Trent
- Stourbridge → Dudley
- Stowmarket → Ipswich
- Stratford → East London
- Stratford-upon-Avon → Coventry
- Street → Taunton
- Stretford → Manchester
- Stroud → Gloucester
- Sudbury → Ipswich
- Surbiton → Kingston upon Thames
- Sutton → Croydon
- Sutton Coldfield → Birmingham
- Swadlincote → Derby
- Tadcaster → York
- Tameside → Manchester
- Tarporley → Chester
- Tavistock → Plymouth
- Tenby → Haverfordwest
- Tewkesbury → Gloucester
- Thatcham → Reading
- Thetford → Norwich
- Thirsk → Harrogate
- Thornaby → Middlesbrough
- Thorne → Doncaster
- Thornton Heath → Croydon
- Thornton-Cleveleys → Blackpool
- Tidworth → Salisbury
- Tiverton → Exeter
- Tonbridge → Medway
- Torquay → Exeter
- Tottenham → Barnet
- Totton → Southampton
- Tower Hamlets → East London
- Trafford → Manchester
- Tredegar → Merthyr Tydfil
- Tregaron → Aberystwyth
- Trowbridge → Swindon
- Twickenham → Kingston upon Thames
- Tynemouth → North Shields
- Upminster → Romford
- Uttoxeter → Stoke-on-Trent
- Vale of Glamorgan → Cardiff
- Wallasey → Birkenhead
- Wallington → Croydon
- Wallsend → North Shields
- Walsall → Wolverhampton
- Waltham Forest → East London
- Walthamstow → East London
- Wandsworth → Kingston upon Thames
- Warminster → Salisbury
- Warwick → Coventry
- Washington → Sunderland
- Waterlooville → Portsmouth
- Wednesfield → Wolverhampton
- Wellingborough → Northampton
- Wellington → Telford
- Wellington → Taunton
- Welwyn Garden City → Watford
- West Bromwich → Dudley
- Westminster → Central London
- Weston-super-Mare → Bristol
- Wetherby → Leeds
- Weymouth → Bournemouth
- Whitby → Scarborough
- Whitehaven → Carlisle
- Whitley Bay → North Shields
- Whitstable → Canterbury
- Whittlesey → Peterborough
- Widnes → St Helens
- Willenhall → Wolverhampton
- Wimborne → Bournemouth
- Winchester → Southampton
- Windsor → Slough
- Winsford → Warrington
- Wirral → Birkenhead
- Wisbech → Peterborough
- Witham → Chelmsford
- Witney → Oxford
- Woking → Guildford
- Wokingham → Reading
- Wolverton → Milton Keynes
- Wood Green → Barnet
- Woodley → Reading
- Workington → Carlisle
- Worksop → Nottingham
- Worthing → Brighton
- Wythenshawe → Manchester
- Yate → Bristol
- Yeovil → Taunton
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