Bereavement services

We have produced information you may need to help you through your bereavement. This includes guidance, support and reassurance about registering the death, funerals and other matters.

• Register a death

  When someone dies, the death must be registered with the local registrar with 5 days.

  Tell us once

  When someone dies, Tell Us Once and we'll do the rest.

  Coping with bereavement

  If you need to talk to someone, help is available.

• Cemeteries

  Find information about location, opening hours and fees.

  Help with funeral costs

  Benefits you may be able to claim if you have recently lost a loved one.

  Cemetery fees

  Cemetery fees from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

• Funeral directors

  Details of local funeral directors and a guide to using a funeral director.

  Cremation

  List of crematoria in the surrounding area and FAQs.

  Organising a Funeral

  Costs and choices

• Probate, property and possessions

  Help with wills, dealing with the estate and notifying organisations

  Referral to the Coroner

  What happens if the death is referred to a Coroner?

  Stopping junk mail being sent to someone who has died

  Help available to help stop mail being delivered when someone has died.

• Registering a stillbirth

  Find out more about how to register a stillbirth

  Child burial and cremations

  Details of the support available for families that have lost a child

  Public health funerals

  We arrange funerals when someone dies and there are no relatives or friends available to arrange their funeral.