Hadley Cemetery

Coronavirus - Government Advice for the Bereaved

The Government has published an advice leaflet for those who have suffered a bereavement during the current Coronavirus pandemic. The leaflet explains changes to funeral arrangements and gives various sources of help and advice for the bereaved. You can download the leaflet below:

Support for the Bereaved during the pandemic 

Funerals

It is likely that you will be arranging a funeral at a very difficult time and that can naturally affect your decisions. Time pressures, cultural, family and other considerations may also be a factor. You will want to do the right thing, but that does not mean you have to spend more than you can afford; it is not wrong or disrespectful to give some thought to funeral costs.

In conjunction with Age UK and the Money Advice Service, the Competition and Markets Authority has produced advice for those who need to arrange a funeral. It explains the simple choices you can make about funeral arrangements that will help you select a funeral that is affordable, and feels right to you and for the person who has died.

You can download the information leaflet here: Advice for those arranging a funeral

Burials

Spaces are allocated in the cemetery for full interments and for burial of cremated remains. Arrangements should be made through a funeral director in the first instance. Burials take place between 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Monday to Friday. If you would like a burial to take place outside these hours or at weekends every effort will be made to meet your requirements, although additional fees will be payable.

Memorials

The Council will try to provide the bereaved with as much flexibility as possible in the choice of memorials and other items that will be permitted in the cemetery, but the Council also has to consider the overall appearance of the cemetery and balance the practical requirements of maintenance and the safety of its staff and members of the public. The Council therefore publishes a formal policy relating to memorials and other items that are permitted, and a copy is available on this website (see below).

To ensure that all memorials are safely installed to standards set by the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM), the Council operates a registration scheme for memorial masons who wish to carry out installations or work on memorials in Hadley Cemetery. To become registered the Memorial Masons must show that they meet those installation requirements, that they have adequate public liability insurance and that they offer suitable guarantees of their products and workmanship. A list of Memorial Masons who are currently registered to work in Hadley Cemetery is available on this website (see below). Inclusion in this register does not imply any recommendation by the Council of a particular firm. If you wish to instruct a Memorial Mason who is not currently on the list, they can apply to the Council at any time to become registered.

Hadley Cemetery Regulations (Summary) 

Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 - Offences in Cemeteries

Hadley Cemetery Table of Fees with effect from 1st September 2023

Hadley Cemetery Policies relating to memorials etc

Hadley Cemetery Registered Memorial Masons (updated 22 April 2021)