Service Charter for Cemeteries

Bereavement services will:

Open our cemeteries for 365 days per year.
Display our opening times at the entrance to each cemetery (Details of our opening times are also available in our published material and by following the Contact the Service link on the left)
Give you information on facilities for burial, baby graves and woodland burial
Carry out a burial at 3 working days notice, Monday to Friday. Ensure that the grave is dug to specified dimensions in preparation for the burial and ensure that on the day of the funeral that the grave presentation is to a high standard.
Ensure a high standard of horticultural maintenance in Cemeteries. The grass will be cut on a cycle of 3 weeks during the growing season April to September.
Process applications for the erection of memorials within 7 working days.
Inspect 2000 memorials each year to ensure that they are safe.

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