Simple ceremonies

We've designed a Simple Funerals package to provide a cost-effective service for those who wish to celebrate the lives of their loved ones in a non-traditional way.

Simple Cremation will be the first of many new services introduced within the Simple Funeral Community. The service involves the local authority, in partnership with a local funeral director, taking care of the sensitive transport of your loved one's body to the crematorium. Once medical paperwork has been approved, the cremation will take place without a service. 

This service is planned to appeal to those who do not wish to arrange a funeral via an official funeral director or those who want to arrange their own celebration of their loved one's life and need the body to be cared for in a straightforward and respectful manner.

Simple Cremations package

• collection and care of the person who has died from non-communicative disease
• completion of statutory medical papers and support with arranging any legal administration
• cremation costs
• provision of an environmentally friendly coffin suitable for cremation
• provision of a vessel for cremated remains to be kept that can be returned to the applicant's home by a member of staff within two working days of the service or kept onsite while the applicant makes further plans for a final resting place

The package does not include:

• use of any of the chapel buildings
• physical memorial at any of the cemeteries or memorial gardens
• viewing of the body

Use of a chapel building, a physical memorial and viewing of the body can be added.

A family member or friend of the deceased can simply call the crematorium office or the out-of-office call centre, and the Cremation Authority will do the rest. The applicant will be called back to confirm the information needed for statutory medical paperwork. Only when the medical examiner and the Cremation Authority have given approval will the cremation take place at the earliest opportunity. 

The price of a Simple Cremation will be £1,507. That will cover everything for the bereaved with nothing further to pay until they wish to add more services; if so, it will be charged at a very reasonable rate, for example £147 for the use of the chapel for a memorial service. 

To access this sensitive service, please call Hither Green Crematorium on 020 8314 9635 between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday. Outside of these times please call 07754483081.