Graves and burial

• Burial and grave details

• Burial and grave details for Alston, Appleby, Garrigill, Nenthead and Penrith cemeteries are kept at the Bereavement Services Office in Mansion House, Penrith.

• Grave purchasing

• Find out about who can buy a grave, grave costs for number of years you purchase, when burial can take place, types of graves, and maintaining graves.

• Cremation

• There are two Crematoriums in the Westmorland and Furness area. Cremated remains can be buried in bio-gradable caskets or scattered.

• Interments

• Book interments through the Bereavement Services Office. Standard Interment hours are Monday - Friday from 10am.

• Woodland burial area

• There are woodland burial areas at Penrith and Alston cemeteries. Graves are among trees and wild flowers, with memorial plaques on the Garden of Rest Wall.