Fees and charges

Prices for services at Hampshire Archives for 2026 to 2027.

Copying archives in person

Services available if you visit the Hampshire Archives.

  • Search room resources, eg books, microfiche, digital: FREE
  • Prints from web: 30p per sheet
  • Photocopies or prints from microfilm: £1.50 per sheet
  • Photography permit: £16 per day/session
  • 5 photo permits: £60
  • 10 photo permits: £100
  • Photography permit, depositor's own material only: FREE

Online requests for document copies and information

Services you can access online.

  • Look ups in documents: £21 (half hour only)
  • Digital photography and copy estimates: £42 per hour (half hour minimum)
  • Digital photography, printed and sent by post: £50 per hour (half hour minimum)
  • Pre-digitised documents: £30 per title
  • Pre-digitised sets/Pipe rolls: £1000
  • Pre-digitised sets/Bishops registers: £400
  • Copies of Cathedral records: price on application
  • Audio-visual copies: £58 per hour (minimum, includes any rights research)
  • Audio-visual copies, depositors own material only: £29 per hour (minimum)
  • Research in restricted records: price on application

Certified copies

If you need certification for legal purposes.

  • Baptism certificate: £39
  • Certified transcript: £39 per transcript
  • Certified copy: £39 per copy
  • Letter of confirmation: £39 per letter

Digitisation of records (external commissions)

Getting your own records digitised, including audio-visual.

  • Standard rate: £50 per hour (minimum)
  • Commercial rate: £58 per hour (minimum)

Events

  • Depending on event: £8 to £15 per ticket
  • Workshops, group talks and visits (includes prep time): £58 per hour
  • Ambassador training: £50 per day

Venue hire

  • Cinema - weekdays, 9am to 5pm: £55 per hour
  • Cinema - weekday evenings to 10pm and Saturdays 9am to 4pm: £75 per hour
  • Small conference room - weekdays 9am to 5pm: £45 per hour
  • Small conference room - evenings to 10pm and Saturdays 9am to 4pm: £55 per hour

Using images in publications or on websites (facility fees)

Charge for copying is in addition to facility fee.

  • Commercial: £58 per hour (minimum)
  • Non-commercial: £29 per hour (minimum half hour)

Licensing of audio-visual

Broadcast and non-broadcast fees.

All prices subject to a minimum charge of 30 seconds.

  • Single use, commercial, UK: £6 per second
  • Single use, commercial, Rest of World: £12 per second
  • Multiple use, commercial, 5 years, UK: £12 per second
  • Multiple use, commercial, 10 years, UK: £18 per second
  • Multiple use, commercial, 5 years, rest of world: £24 per second
  • Multiple use, commercial, 10 years, rest of world: £30 per second
  • Educational and corporate use (non-broadcast), 5 years: £6 per second
  • Use of sound recordings: half of film and video prices

Other services

  • Express service: £25 in addition to service charge
  • Archives consultancy: £58 per hour
  • Conservation: £58 per hour plus cost of materials
  • Filming by TV or radio: £100 per hour (£200 minimum charge)