Bereavement Care Service are responsible for all burials which take place in all of the nine cemeteries in Stoke-on-Trent.
These cemeteries are:
- Carmountside
- Longton
- Trentham
- Stoke
- Burslem
- Smallthorne
- Fenton
- Hanley
- Tunstall
Carmountside Cemetery and Crematorium keeps a list of burials which have taken place in all of the City Cemeteries in Stoke-on-Trent. These are arranged in date order, but without name index. If you want to search our records, please contact the Carmountside office on: 01782 235050 for details. Some records are available from the city centre library.
To book a burial please contact the Bereavement Care Service office on 01782 235050. You can book a burial yourself, or if you prefer, a Funeral Director can do it for you. You need to give us three working days notice for a burial to take place.
All payments need to made up to 24 hours in advance of the burial taking place. We take payments by;
- Cash,
- Cheque,
- Debit/Credit card
To find out more information about burials in Stoke-on-Trent, please click on the attached booklet at the bottom of this page.
If you have any questions about burials you can contact the Bereavement Care Service office on 01782 235050 and a member of staff will try to answer any of your questions.
Weekend and Bank Holiday Burial Provision
For information regarding our Weekend and Bank Holiday Burial Provision please see the booklet of the same name at the bottom of this page.
All cemetery grounds opening hours
- Summer – 1 April to 31 October – 8.30am till 8pm every day
- Winter – 1 November to 31 March – 8.30am till 5pm every day
Baby and Infant Funerals
Please see the attached document below for policy and guidance which has been designed to assist bereaved parents
with making decisions that are right for them. It was formulated with the kind assistance of Sands (the stillbirth and neonatal
death charity) during the review of the Institute of Cemetery Management Charter for the Bereaved with the intention of providing
information to parents and burial authorities and ultimately raise the level of services provided.
Security
CCTV cameras operate in Fenton, Burslem cemeteries and Carmoutside Cemetery & Crematorium while security patrols
are carried out in all cemeteries.
Traffic Management
We ask that you respect the five mile per hour speed limit in all cemeteries. Please use designated parking spaces where
provided and do not drive or park on the grassed areas. Traffic control barriers are in place in many cemeteries to
keep pedestrians safe, and protect graves and memorials from damage by vehicles. You can still access restricted areas
by arranging this with us in the Carmountside office.
Dogs
We don’t mind if you bring your dogs into the cemetery grounds, but would ask you to keep them on a lead at all times,
and always clean up after them. Free poop bags are available at the Carmountside office. No dogs are allowed in
the Garden of Remembrance, Woodland Park, Sweet Dreams and Butterfly Dreams babies and childrens burial areas at Carmountside
Cemetery.
Genealogy
We have staff that can carry out searches of grave and cremation registers for you. We need the full name, date of death
and cemetery where the person is buried. There is a charge for this service. Click here to view our current fees and charges leaflet.
How to apply for a register search:
- Apply online - click here to apply online
- Apply by post - download a copy of the application form from the bottom of the page.
- Apply in person - Visit the Bereavement Care Service office and complete an application form.
Click here for our contact details
Stoke on Trent City Archives has copies of the city's burial registers from their beginning in the late nineteenth century up to 1960. It also has copies of the parish registers which records burials in the city's Church of England churchyards up to around 1950. The archives offer advise on tracing your family tree and hold a wide range of resources. If you want to obtain a death certificate you should contact the Register Office at Hanley Town Hall who are also able to offer advise on locating family history information.
Attached files
- Bereavement Care Service Booklet Please Click Here to view this booklet
- Weekend and Bank Holiday Provision Please Click Here to view this booklet