UNITED KINGDOM

 

  • Number of crematoria: 307
  • Crematoria situated in (county):
    • Bedfordshire (2), Berkshire (4), Bristol (3), Buckinghamshire (4)
    • Cambridgeshire (3), Cheshire (6), Cleveland (3), Cornwall (3), Cumbria (4)
    • Derbyshire (4), Devonshire (6), Dorset (4), Durham (5)
    • Essex (11)
    • Gloucestershire (3)
    • Hampshire (8), Herefordshire (1), Hertfordshire (4)
    • Isle of Man (1), Isle of Wight (1)
    • Kent (9)
    • Lancashire (9), Leicestershire (4), Lincolnshire (8), Greater London (24)
    • Manchester (Greater) (14), Merseyside (6)
    • Norfolk (5), Northamptonshire (3), Northumberland (1), Nottinghamshire (7)
    • Oxfordshire (3)
    • Shropshire (2), Somerset (6), Staffordshire (5), Suffolk (4), Surrey (3), Sussex (8)
    • Tyne & Wear (7)
    • Warwickshire (4), West Midlands (12), Wiltshire (4), Worcestershire (7)
    • Yorkshire (24)
    • Scotland (31)
    • Wales (17)
    • Northern Ireland (1)
    • Channel Islands (2)

*Statistics of cremations:

  Cremations Total Deaths % of Deaths
2018 481,308 616,014 78.13
2019 472,302 *604,723   *78.10  

*Figures for 2019 are provisional.

Cremation Organisation:
The Cremation Society
1st Floor
Brecon House
16 Albion Place
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 5DZ
Web site:
https://www.cremation.org.uk
Chairman:
Professor Hilary J Grainger OBE
Chief Executive:
Mrs Miriam Deacon
Date of foundation:
1874
Name of journal:
Pharos International
Date of foundation:
1934
Published:
quarterly plus statistics issue
Editor:
Mrs Miriam Deacon