Deaths, Funerals and Cremations

Information and advice on the arrangements that must be made following a bereavement.

Category Items

Cemeteries

Information about cemeteries in Stevenage
Cemetery Fees and Charges

Fees and charges for Almonds Lane and Weston Road Cemeteries.
Information on independent funerals

Advice and information on how to organise a funeral without the use of a funeral director.
Bereavement

The Council may provide support and advice to relatives about the arrangements that need to be made after bereavement, such as registering the death and obtaining a death certificate.
Exhuming a deceased body

Exhumation of both buried and cremated remains generally requires a Home Office licence.
Repatriation of a deceased body from abroad

If a death occurs abroad, the death should be registered according to the local regulations of that country.
Repatriation of a deceased body to abroad

Some countries require a Cadaver Certificate before they will allow a body into the country for burial.