Crematoria, cemeteries and wake venues near St Albans

St Albans funeral venues - choices for the residents of St Albans and the surrounding area

Crematoria 

Council run crematoria

• Hemel Hempstead Crematorium (Hemel Hempstead)

• West Herts Crematorium (Watford)

• Oak Hill Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium (Hatfield)

• Chilterns Crematorium (Amersham)

• Breakspear Crematorium (Ruislip)

Privately run crematoria

• Harwood Park Crematorium and Memorial Gardens (Stevenage)

• Woollensbrook Cemetery and Crematorium (Hoddesdon)

• North Herts Memorial Park and Crematorium (Hitchin)

Memorial Gardens

• The Gardens of Remembrance, West Herts Crematorium (Watford)

• Tring Memorial Gardens (Tring)

• Harwood Park Memorial Gardens (Stevenage)

• Breakspear Gardens of Remembrance (Ruislip)

• North Hertfordshire Memorial Park and Crematorium (Hitchen)

• Woollensbrook Cemetery and Crematorium (Hoddesdon)

• GreenAcres Cemeteries and Ceremonial Parks (privately run sites including Beaconsfield and Epping Forest)

Cemeteries

For residents of St Albans and Harpenden, the council run cemeteries are:

• Hatfield Road Cemetery (St Albans)

• London Road Cemetery (St Albans)

• Westfield Road Cemetery (Harpenden)

 For residents of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, the council run cemeteries are:

• Oakhill Lawn Cemetery

• Hatfield Hyde Cemetery (no new graves available for full burials)

For residents of Hemel Hempstead and the Dacorum borough, the council run cemeteries are:

• Heath Lane Cemetery (Hemel)

• Woodwells Cemetery (Hemel)

• Poppy Fields Cemetery (Hemel)

• Kingshill Cemetery (Berkhamsted)

• Tring Cemetery

For residents of Watford, the council run cemeteries are:

• North Watford Cemetery

• Vicarage Road Cemetery (no new graves available for burials / interment of ashes )

Alternatives to crematorium / council cemetery options

• Meadow burial sites

  • Cosgrove Green Burial Meadow (privately run just outside Milton Keynes) 

  • Aylesbury Vale Burial Meadow (privately run just outside Aylesbury)

Please see my blog post on meadow burial grounds for more detail on what meadow burial grounds offer.

• Woodland burial sites

  • GreenAcres Cemeteries and Ceremonial Parks (privately run sites including Beaconsfield and Epping Forest)

  • Woodcock Hill Cemetery (council run just outside Rickmansworth). NB, if not a Rickmansworth  / Three Rivers District resident, charges are 3 x the resident fees.

  • St Albans Woodland Burial Ground, Keysoe, Bedfordshire (Near St Neots)

Please see my blog post on woodland burial grounds for more detail on what woodland burial grounds offer.

• Burials on own land

• You can legally be buried in your own garden / on your own land so long as you own the deeds and the burial plot is far enough from water sources to satisfy environment agency guidelines.  See funeralinspirations.co.uk for further details.

Venues for memorial services and wakes

(Please see  my blog post 'funeral wakes in St Albans, Watford and Hemel Hempstead' for greater detail)

• Verulam Golf Club (St Albans)

• The Rose & Crown (Sandridge, St Albans)

• High Elms Manor (Watford)

• Shendish Manor (Apsley, Hemel Hempstead)

• Hotel Cromwell (Stevenage)

• Toddington Park (Toddington)

Venues for funeral wakes offering in house catering

• West Herts Crematorium - High Elms Manor or the restaurant at Burston Garden Centre. For small gatherings of fewer than 25, the Bluebell Tearoom at the crematorium can provide platters of light refreshments on request. 

• St Albans cemeteries - Verulam Golf Club,  The Prae Wood Arms, or The Rose & Crown in Sandridge 

• Harwood Park Crematorium and North Herts Crematorium - Hotel Cromwell

• Hemel crematorium & cemeteries - Shendish Manor or The Green Man

Village hall wakes

• The Chapel Halls (Wheathampstead)  

• St Michael's Memorial Hall or Parish Centre (St Albans)

(you might want to use the services of The Enchanted Catering Company in conjunction with these - see below) 

For wakes at home

• The Enchanted Catering Company - home made finger food, platters and cakes, delivering to Herts, Beds & North London.

NB For more details, please see blog post on 'funeral wake venues in St Albans, Watford and Hemel Hempstead'