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
Contact details
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.