What to Do with Ashes in Merseyside

Find woodland burial on the Wirral, memorial art and ashes jewellery in Merseyside, from Liverpool to Thurstaston and Eastham.

Forget Me Not Fields Natural Burial Ground

Forget Me Not Fields Natural Burial Ground is twenty one acres of wildflower meadow at Church Farm on the Wirral, looking out across the Dee Estuary towards North Wales. They take ashes interment, ashes scattering and full burial, so all three options are available in one place, which is unusual and useful. It is run by the Ledsham family, who Read more…

Forget Me Not Ashes Jewellery (Warrington)

Price Range: £100 to £250

Forget Me Not Ashes Jewellery make cremation jewellery in a wide range of forms, including some you do not often see. Alongside pendants, rings, charms, bracelets and earrings they make brooches and keyrings, which suits people who would rather not wear something. They also offer photo engraving, and can work from handprints or paw prints as well as ashes and Read more…

Hope and Grace

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Hope and grace makes memorial jewellery and keepsakes. A special piece of jewellery to honour and remember your lost loved one. You can use ashes, hair or other sentimental fibres like an old tshirt. Read more…

Recollections

Recollections has been handcrafting personalised keepsake jewellery in England since 2008. They capture a loved one’s fingerprint, handprint, footprint, paw print or handwriting in hallmarked silver and gold pendants, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks and keyrings. They also make ash lockets holding a small amount of a person’s or pet’s ashes. Print-taking kits are supplied so families can capture the print at Read more…

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Gary Harper Art (Ashes to Art)

A Liverpool-based painter who began blending cremation ashes into acrylic landscape and still-life paintings after losing his cousin in 2024. Each commission starts with a consultation to understand the person and what they loved, with a small amount of ashes worked into the paint layers so the texture becomes part of the finished piece. Featured on BBC, genuinely new to Read more…

Mayfields Woodland Burial Ground

An 18 acre woodland burial ground on the banks of the River Mersey in Eastham, Wirral, with views across to Liverpool Cathedral. Families can choose full natural burial or ashes interment, marked with a bronze memorial plaque or a choice of native tree rather than a headstone. A separate pet memorial garden is also on site. Read more…

Merseyside is shaped by water, from the River Mersey and Liverpool's waterfront to the Dee Estuary and the beaches of the Wirral and Sefton coast. Families here often want a memorial with a view of the river or the sea, and the Wirral has two natural burial grounds that offer exactly that. Liverpool also has a close-knit group of memorial jewellers and artists.

Woodland and natural burial on the Wirral

Mayfields Woodland Burial Ground in Eastham covers 18 acres on the banks of the Mersey, with views across to Liverpool Cathedral, and has a separate pet memorial garden. Forget Me Not Fields at Church Farm, Thurstaston, is 21 acres of wildflower meadow looking across the Dee Estuary to North Wales, and offers ashes interment, ashes scattering and full burial in one place. See all eco memorials and natural burial in Merseyside.

Memorial jewellery and art

Recollections in Liverpool has made fingerprint, handwriting and ashes locket jewellery since 2008. Hope and Grace makes jewellery using ashes, hair or fabric from an old t-shirt, and Forget Me Not Ashes Jewellery in Newton-le-Willows makes pendants, rings, brooches and keyrings. Liverpool painter Gary Harper blends ashes into landscape and still life paintings. See all memorial jewellery in Merseyside.

Is there a woodland burial ground near Liverpool?

Yes. Mayfields in Eastham is on the Wirral bank of the Mersey, and Forget Me Not Fields in Thurstaston is on the Dee side of the Wirral.

Can I scatter ashes in the River Mersey?

Yes, scattering ashes at sea doesn't need a licence. The Mersey is tidal and busy with shipping, so a boat trip or a quiet spot on the shore with permission is best. Our guide to scattering ashes at sea covers what to expect.

Can pets be remembered at a natural burial ground?

Some sites allow it. Mayfields has a separate pet memorial garden.

Can ashes be added to a painting?

Yes. Artists like Gary Harper mix a small amount of ashes into the paint, so it becomes part of the texture. See our memorial ideas for ashes for more.