CEMETERY OPENING TIMES

The cemetery is open to the public

1st October to 31st March 8am to 3pm

1st April to 30th September 8am to 6pm

The Chapel in the cemetery has undertaken some extensive work over the past two years. We are delighted it is now open and available for hire. It will only hold a very small number of people (max 25/30) but would be an ideal place to meet with family before/after an interment or for a small period of reflection on an anniversary or special day.

Charge - £25 per hour.

Please contact the clerk for further details, or complete a booking form

Ibstock Cemetery is located on Pretoria Road in Ibstock,

It currently has two areas available for the deceased. The lawned section, for burials of bodies or the New Garden of remembrance for the interment of ashes.

The cemetery do not allow ashes to be scattered.

The rules of the cemetery are attached, Please read them carefully. They are there to maintain both the health and safety of staff and visitors. The Council reserve the right to remove anything that contravenes these rules.

Headstones and Memorials

Headstones and memorial vases and tablets can only be erected on plots by authorised Stone Masons. A permit must be obtained from the council before any memorial is placed in the cemetery.

Please Note that 36inches is the maximum Size of the foundation stone on a headstone in the main section, and 12inches is the maximum size of the foundation stone in the New Garden of remembrance, Any Memorials should aim to be well within the foundation stones.

The recommendation is a 2ft 6 - 30 inch wide Headstone on a 36inch foundation in the lawned section Or a 10 x 10 vase on a 12 x 12 base in the new garden of remembrance.

Only one headstone per grave space, and any vases or tributes must be on the plinth not on the grass.

In the New Garden Of remembrance all tributes must be in the vase on the memorial, not on the grass.

All Christmas Wreaths will start to be removed after February 14th in any year.

PLEASE KEEP DOGS ON LEADS AT ALL TIMES IN THE CEMETERY AND PICK UP ANY MESS THEY DROP

Further information can be obtained from the parish clerk