With Distinct Cremations, you have the choice of having your loved one's ashes hand delivered to you by our attentive team or having the ashes scattered at the Garden of Remembrance next to the crematorium. The choice is yours.
Over 74,000 cremations a year
Independent customer service rating of 4.9/5 on Feefo
A caring and attentive team here for you and your family 24/7
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
Over 74,000 cremations a year
Independent customer service rating of 4.9/5 on Feefo
A caring and attentive team here for you and your family 24/7
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
You can choose to have your loved one's ashes personally delivered to you at home by one of our professional funeral operatives.
Once the cremation has taken place, our compassionate team will liaise with you to decide on the best time and date for delivery, and from there it's up to you to decide how you'd like to commemorate your loved one.
Here's a step by step process of how it works.
Readying the ashes
Once the cremation has taken place, our team will ready the ashes in an ashes container for delivery. If you wish, you can choose something a little more decorative upon request.
Arranging the delivery
If you've chosen to have the ashes hand delivered back to you, our team will call to confirm a time, date and address that suits you within 14 days of the cremation. Don't worry, we'll work around you.
Hand delivery of the ashes
After liaising with you, our team will hand deliver the ashes at the date and time you requested, in the ashes container you requested. From here, you can choose what you would like to do with the ashes.
Commemorating your loved one
Each family commemorates their loved one differently. Sometimes ashes are scattered somewhere meaningful, others turn the ashes into a keepsake, while some families keep the ashes in the ashes container and make it the centrepiece of a memorial service. You can read about memorial service ideas.
All our crematoriums feature purpose-designed gardens of remembrance, full of greenery and surrounded by beautiful views where you can commemorate your loved one.
Set back from the memorial grounds and crematoria buildings, our garden of remembrance offers tranquil spaces in beautiful surroundings for remembering those no longer with us. Designed as a place to think and grieve, many find our gardens the ideal place to scatter their loved ones' ashes and say their final goodbyes.
You can visit the crematorium to scatter the ashes in our gardens, or we can perform it on your behalf.
Readying the ashes
Once the cremation has taken place, our team will ready the ashes and store them.
Your options
You may want to scatter or bury the ashes in the garden of remembrance yourself and our team at the crematorium will be happy to help you with this process.
Or if you prefer, you can have the ashes scattered or buried on your behalf by one of our caring team. The decision is completely up to you.
The scattering or burying of the ashes
Whether you're doing it yourself or you've entrusted our team, you may like to scatter the ashes in the garden or carefully bury the ashes in the ground in a designated burying spot.
Arranging a memorial service
You may like to commemorate the deceased with a memorial service or celebration of life. You can read more about memorial service ideas.
Not only are our funerals carried out with love and care, but we also offer one of the UK’s best value services.
From your very first phone call, right through to the hand delivery of the ashes, you can rest assured that you will be in the most caring and attentive hands with Distinct Cremations.
Our caring teams are here 24/7 to support you through the most difficult of times.
Rhiannon Pearson
Team Leader
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Over 74,000 cremations a year
Westerleigh Group including Distinct Cremations carried out over 74,000 cremations in 2024.
