Bereavement

• Cemeteries
• Crematorium
• Gardens of Remembrance
• Remembrance Room
• Memorials
• Burial and Cremation Records

Cemeteries

The Cemeteries have provision for burials of various denominations, with separate Muslim sections at Hyde and Ashton (Hurst).

A service may be held at any of our Chapels which are located at Denton, Droylsden, or Dukinfield Cemeteries.

For those who have suffered the special loss of a stillborn or very young child, an area is set aside at Dukinfield Cemetery for the purpose of interment.

The individual plots may be marked with stone memorial tablets available through the Cemetery Office at Dukinfield.

Opening Times:

The cemetery grounds are open every day of the year. Please note the drive in gates may be locked earlier than the below stated times. The drive in gates are for funeral cortege only and all vehicles enter at own risk.

October, November, December, January, February, March: 9.00am - 4.00pm

April, May, June, July, August, September: 9.00am - 7.00pm

Warning: Do not enter or remain within the Cemetery after the stated closing times.

Crematorium

The Crematorium is situated at Dukinfield cemetery, where services for both burials and cremations are held at the multi-denominational chapel with seating for between 80 and 100 people.

The waiting room and toilets, including facilities for the disabled, are to be found in the crematorium building. Toilets are also available at the Memorial Lodge.
Wheelchairs are available both at the Chapel and the Crematorium office should visitors require to use one.

Media Services are available to the Crematorium Chapel via the Wesley system, this includes music, visual tribute, recordings and live webcasts. All requests must be made to your appointed funeral director.

Relatives of the deceased may choose to have the ashes interred in a family grave in any of the Council's cemeteries, or collected and taken elsewhere for scattering or interment.

Alternatively, they may be dispersed in the Garden of Remembrance around the crematorium under the careful supervision of crematorium staff, with the family in attendance, if so desired.

Car park facilities are available at the main entrance of the Crematorium and an overspill car park is available just past the crematorium chapel on the left hand side. Alternatively, if the car parks are busy please park on the left side of the main drive only but please be mindful of the memorial plaques and allow access for families to tend to their memorial plaque. Two disabled parking bays are available directly outside the Crematorium chapel.

We have a new Mulberry Garden on our Main Driveway with an everlasting Mulberry Tree for which you can purchase a Memorial Leaf with an inscription for your loved one and we can also arrange for scatterings of ashes under the tree. We also have a Post Box so you can post “A Letter to Heaven” to your loved ones. The Post Box stands on the Main Drive close to the Mulberry Garden. All items posted are entirely private and are not opened, read or replied to.  All items are disposed of respectfully and confidentially. The Post Box is available for anyone who feels they may benefit from sending a card, writing a note, letter or poem to someone they have lost

Opening Times:

The grounds and Book of Remembrance Lodge are open every day of the year.

October, November, December, January, February, March: 9.00am - 5.00pm

April, May, June, July, August, September: 9.00am - 7.00pm

Warning: Do not enter or remain within the Cemetery after the stated closing times.

Gardens of Remembrance

Gardens of Remembrance for the purpose of the scattering of cremated remains are situated at Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde and Mossley cemeteries, where provision also exists for the placing of memorial plaques.

In addition, the Gardens of Rest at Denton and Mottram cemeteries have been set aside specifically for the interment of cremated remains, with an inscribed stone memorial marking the place of burial.

Cut flowers may be placed in the vases provided surrounding the Garden of Remembrance.

 

Remembrance Room

Remembrance Room reopens 

The Dukinfield Crematorium Book of Remembrance Room has reopened to normal hours.
 The grounds and Book of Remembrance Lodge are open every day of the year.
 
October, November, December, January, February, March: 9.00am - 5.00pm
April, May, June, July, August, September: 9.00am - 7.00pm
  

 

Memorials

Listed below are details of the memorials which can be purchased if desired:-

• The Book of Remembrance inscriptions are entered under the date of death and a page is turned daily so that the names appear annually on the anniversary day.
• Benches can be purchased in memory of you loved one. These are specially made out of recycled material which make them less prone to damage or vandalism. A memorial plaque may be fixed to the bench and it will be bolted firmly into the ground. The Customer and Senior Registrar will agree the location of the bench prior to ordering. Every effort will be made to locate it as near to your loved ones resting place.

We have a variety of Memorials available including Stone Look and Boutonierre plaques, Brass plaques, Memorial Leaves, Granite Vases, Sanctums and Columbariums. Please click on the link below for more information

Further information regarding fees and charges in connection with the provision of plaques can be obtained from the Registrar's Office at the Crematorium.

You can order a memorial here

 

Burial and Cremation Records

You can access our online database by clicking here. The registers contain over 300,000 records. All burial records for Droylsden, Hyde and Mossley Cemeteries are currently online and we are working hard to make the remaining burial and cremation records available on the online service.

Any additional information can be obtained on application to the Registrar's Office during normal office hours 8.30am to 12 noon and 1.00pm to 4.00pm.

You can request cemetery maps by emailing into us at cemeteriesandcrematorium@tameside.gov.uk quoting the cemetery, section and grave number.