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What to Do with Ashes in Suffolk, United Kingdom

Find woodland burial, natural burial and memorial jewellery in Suffolk, from Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham to Lowestoft and Sudbury.


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Primrose Wood Natural Burial Ground

Price Range: £500 to £1,000
Ashes interment is confirmed, they take natural burials and interment of ashes. Developing broadleaved woodland near Lavenham, run by a family who have farmed there over 200 years, trading as GF Hawkins since 1954. There’s a Tudor Barn on site for the ceremony and the gathering afterwards. Open to all faiths or none, with single and double plots available to Read more…
Gunton Woodland Burial Park

Gunton Woodland Burial Park

Gunton Woodland Burial Park was the first environmentally friendly woodland burial park in the Waveney and Great Yarmouth area. It is run as a non-profit charity rather than a business. Once the start-up loans are repaid, surplus funds go to local causes, so the money families spend stays in the area rather than going to shareholders. That is rare in Read more…
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Woodland Burials, Culford

Woodland Burials’ Culford site sits just north of Bury St Edmunds and takes both full burial and ashes interment. As with all their Woodlands of Remembrance, the grave is permanent rather than leased, so it will not be re-used the way municipal cemetery plots can be. A native broadleaf tree is planted for every interment, ashes included, and the grave Read more…
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Mabelskeepsakes

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Price Range: Under £100
Luxury 925 Sterling Silver, 18CT Gold Plated and Solid 9CT Gold Sentiment jewellery. Based in the heart of East Anglia- Suffolk, Sudbury. Engraved, Breastmilk, Ashes, Hair, Cord, Placenta, Flowers, Pregnancy Test, Notes and various other sentiments accepted. Creating personalised keepsake jewellery in as little as 1 week. Read more…

Suffolk is a county of quiet villages, heathland, big skies and a gentle coastline of shingle and estuaries. Its natural burial grounds include a charity-run woodland on the coast, a family farm near Lavenham with a Tudor barn, and permanent woodland graves near Bury St Edmunds.

Woodland and natural burial in Suffolk

Woodland Burials at Culford, just north of Bury St Edmunds, offers permanent graves that will never be re-used, with a native tree planted for every burial, ashes included. Gunton Woodland Burial Park in Lowestoft is run as a non-profit charity, so surplus funds go to local causes. Primrose Wood Natural Burial Ground at Brent Eleigh, near Lavenham, is run by a family who have farmed there for over 200 years, with a Tudor barn for ceremonies. See all eco memorials and woodland burial in Suffolk.

Memorial jewellery

Mabelskeepsakes in Sudbury makes keepsake jewellery in sterling silver, gold plate and solid gold with ashes, hair and many other sentimental items, in as little as a week. See all memorial jewellery in Suffolk.
Are woodland burial graves permanent? At many sites, yes. At Woodland Burials in Culford, graves are permanent and will never be re-used, unlike some council cemetery plots.
Is there a natural burial ground near Lowestoft? Yes. Gunton Woodland Burial Park is in Lowestoft and serves the Waveney and Great Yarmouth area.
Can I scatter ashes on the Suffolk coast? Yes, scattering ashes at sea doesn't need a licence. From the beach, check with the landowner first and choose a quiet time. Our guide to scattering ashes at sea covers what to expect.
Can I hold a ceremony at the burial ground? Some sites have a building for services. Primrose Wood has a Tudor barn for the ceremony and gathering afterwards.

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