Choosing between burial & cremation
This can sometimes be a difficult decision to make; we will advise you fully on all the implications in order for you to make an informed choice.
Some points to consider about a burial
- In some areas, burial space is limited, no longer available or extremely expensive. At Adam & Greenwood, we are fortunate in being able to offer our families the opportunity of burial in our own beautiful woodland cemetery, called ‘Herongate Wood’, in nearby Brentwood. Burial at Herongate Wood enables a loved one to rest forever in a bluebell wood. Herongate Wood also has a Service Hall (Hall of Remembrance) in which to hold an unhurried funeral service. Please click here to visit the Herongate Wood website
- If you or your family wish to be buried close by, you may want to reserve additional adjacent plots
- You may already have a family grave or plot which we can arrange to re-open and have any memorial removed, stored, updated and replaced
- You can hold the funeral service in a local Church or in a Cemetery Chapel
- After the burial, we can help you arrange a memorial headstone or a new inscription on an existing headstone.
Some points to consider about a cremation
- There is usually a cost differential and it pays to consider the costs of each
- The funeral service can be held at the crematorium itself or elsewhere (for example in church or at Herongate Wood, before going to the crematorium)
- We would advise clients that, whilst the crematorium works to a strict time schedule, we can often arrange to overcome this when booking
- We will help you decide the final resting place for the ashes; this decision does not have to be made at the time of the funeral arrangement.
