The probate registries are all government led offices, as such like many division of the government they can be difficult to contact. The Probate Service Centre manages your probate applications at their central service centre. Here, you can find where to send your documents or ask about your application’s progress.
The probate registry details can be found in the table below and by following the link here: https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/probate-service-centre
The easiest way to find a probate office is to use the UK government’s court and tribunal finder: The court and tribunal finder will return the probate office locations and e-mail addresses of each probate office, but the phone number it offers for each office (0300 123 1072) is HMRC’s probate and inheritance tax helpline, rather than being specific to the individual probate office. You can’t use this number to pay your probate registration fee. Because of this, we’ve listed the phone numbers to call for individual probate offices below. All registries are open on Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4pm.
| Local Probate Registry | Address | Phone Number |
| Probate Service Centre | HMCTS Probate, PO Box 12625 Harlow, CM20 9QF | 0300 303 0648 |
| Brighton District Probate Registry | William Street, Brighton, BN2 0RF | 01273 573 510 |
| Cardiff Probate Registry of Wales | 3rd Floor, Cardiff Magistrates Court. Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0RZ | 02920 474 373 |
| Liverpool Probate Registry | Liverpool Combined Court Centre, Derby Square, Liverpool, L2 1XA | 0151 236 8264 |
| Leeds District Probate Registry | York House, 31 York Place, Leeds, LS1 2BA | 0113 389 6133 |
| Oxford Probate Registry | Combined Court Building, St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1LY | 01865 793 055 |
| Newcastle District Probate Registry | 2nd Floor, Kings Court, Earl Grey Way, North Shields, NE29 6AR | 0300 303 0648 |
| Winchester District Probate Registry | 1st Floor, Southside Offices, The Law Courts, Winchester, SO23 9EL | 01962 814 100 |