Newcastle City Council manages 10 Cemeteries and the West Road Crematorium. 

We are a corporate member of the Institute of Cemeteries and Crematorium Management, and as such we strictly adhere to their codes of practice which set the standards we must adopt and maintain.

The Bereavement Services Office is based in the Civic Centre. Contact details can be found on our bereavement page. Please go to Cemetery and Crematorium Fees (pdf 71kb) for this year's charges.  

1. Bereavement
2. Burial and Grave Sections
3. Cemeteries
4. Crematorium
5. Death registering
6. Exhuming a deceased body
7. Independent funerals
8. Mortuary Service
9. Municipal funerals
10. Ordering a memorial
11. Repatriation of a Deceased Body

Documents in other areas:

1. Contact Details at Community and Living » Register Office
2. Family History at Community and Living » Register Office
3. Registering a still-birth at Community and Living » Births
4. War Memorials at Environment and Planning » Conservation
5. Wills and testaments at Advice and Benefits » Legal advice