# England and Wales death registration route

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    ---
    type: "Public Service Route"
    title: "England and Wales death registration route"
    description: "Official routing and correction guidance for registering a death in England or Wales."
    status: "observed"
    assertion_status: "official"
    service_family: "register-a-death"
    jurisdiction: "england-and-wales"
    provider: "local-register-office-england-wales"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    sources:
      - id: "govuk-register-a-death"
        title: "Register a death"
        resource: "https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death"
        author: "organisation:government-digital-service"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
      - id: "govuk-correcting-death-registration"
        title: "Correct a death registration"
        resource: "https://www.gov.uk/correcting-a-death-registration"
        author: "organisation:general-register-office"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    ---

    # England and Wales death registration route

    GOV.UK routes the user to the applicable registration service. The selected
    correction guidance explains that an England or Wales entry is corrected by a
    note to the register through the responsible register office; it is not a way
    to change correctly recorded information.

    The [local register office role](../organisations/local-register-office-england-wales.md),
    current routed service and any coroner instructions control a real death. No
    England or Wales timing is inferred from Scottish or Northern Ireland pages.