Peace Funerals - UK woodland funerals

WOODLAND BURIALS

If you want your passing to bring some benefit to the environment, or just like the idea of a tree being your lasting memorial, you may wish to consider the idea of Woodland Burial.

In a Woodland Burial Ground, or woodland cemetery, trees are used to mark the graves instead of headstones. Such sites have a much less manicured appearance than traditional cemeteries, grasses being 'topped' just two or three times a year, allowing wildflower growth and encouraging wildlife.

And, as more burials take place, the land fills up with trees, and the burial ground becomes a wood. A special place for remembrance and an asset to our environment.

As founder members of the Association of Nature Reserve Burial Grounds, managers of two Woodland Burial Grounds of our own, and as the company with more experience of organising woodland burial across the UK than any other funeral company, Peace Funerals has the expertise to give you the support that you need.

OUR OWN WOODLAND BURIAL GROUNDS

If you live within ready access of Peace Funerals' two Woodland Burial Grounds, why not go and visit and see for yourself how peaceful they are. One of them is in South Yorkshire, about 6 miles from the centre of Sheffield and about 4 miles from the centre of Rotherham; the other is in Derbyshire, near Ripley, north of Nottingham and Derby. They are both open at all times.

Click here for details of South Yorkshire Burial Ground

Click here for details of Golden Valley Burial Ground

Both of our Woodland Burial Grounds are dedicated exclusively to woodland burials, unlike the majority of sites which are areas set aside within traditional cemeteries.

Also at our Woodland Burial Grounds, a British native tree, of the family's own choosing, is planted on each grave. And wildflower seed stock harvested from local Sites of Special Scientific Interest is sown to restore the species diversity that has disappeared from our country over the last 50 years.

And so that you will never lose track of where a loved one's grave is located, we also allow a small York stone plaque to be laid flat at the site of the grave

The burial grounds are open to people of all faiths and to people of none, and ashes plots can also be purchased.

WOODLAND BURIAL ELSEWHERE

There are now several locations around the country where land has been set aside for woodland burial. So, if our burial grounds are not in your area, and you would prefer to find out if there is a site more local to you, you may wish to obtain the Natural Death Handbook (4th edition), produced by the Natural Death Centre, which includes a listing of Woodland Burial Grounds across the country. For details on how to obtain a copy, visit their website at www.naturaldeath.org.uk And, if you would still like our help as your funeral directors, please don't hesitate to contact us on freephone 0800 093 0505.

Click on one of the pictures at the foot of this page, if you would like to find out more about the woodland cemeteries that Peace Funerals manage

Click here for details of South Yorkshire Burial Ground

Click here for details of Golden Valley Burial Ground