Our Funeral Service allows you to say a goodbye at one of our 41 peaceful crematoriums, surrounded by your loved one's nearest and dearest. Our experienced team ensures everything is taken care of to provide a beautiful, personal service.
Independent customer service rating of 4.9/5 on Feefo
The UK’s largest direct cremation provider
A caring and attentive team available on a 24/7 phone line
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
Independent customer service rating of 4.9/5 on Feefo
The UK’s largest direct cremation provider
A caring and attentive team available on a 24/7 phone line
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
With our Funeral Service, you can choose a 30 or 60-minute service, with the option of the support and guidance of a celebrant.
Our experienced team will work with you to tailor a service that reflects your loved one’s life, giving you the space to honour their memory in a meaningful way.
When you choose a Funeral Service with Distinct Cremations:
Looking to make funeral arrangements for the future?
Please see our funeral service plan.
Our Funeral Service is designed to be as personal as you wish. You can choose a celebrant-led or family-led service, with the option of a 30 or 60 minute ceremony. Personal touches such as music, readings, and visual tributes can also be added to create a meaningful farewell.
If you'd like any more information or any further guidance, you can speak to our team at any time.
Can be included for an additional cost
Our funerals include all the essentials which means we do not offer a hearse, limousines, procession or viewing of the deceased as a part of our service.
For additional pricing information and a full list of our optional extras, please see our price list or our CMA standardised price list. For further details, please read our terms & conditions.
To make your funeral arrangements today call us on 01543212000. Or if you want to make funeral arrangements for the future, please see our funeral service funeral plan.
Our attended cremation is available at any of our 41 crematoriums across the UK
If you have any questions at all, our caring, compassionate team will provide you with all the answers and let you take your time to reach a decision. Then, whenever you need us, we can get your funeral arrangements in place.
Rhiannon Pearson, Team Leader
With our Funeral Service, our compassionate team will be on hand to give your loved one the most compassionate send-off. We are experts in cremations and our dedicated professionals will deliver a wonderfully caring funeral.
Complete end-to-end service delivered by our teams:
We use our own private ambulances, mortuary facilities and crematoriums. This means we look after your loved one personally at every stage to guarantee quality service.
State-of-the-art mortuary care:
Our team meticulously prepare your loved one for cremation and care for them on a daily basis using the best mortuary technology.
A respectful farewell at the crematorium chapel:
At all services, an attendant or funeral operative is present whilst your loved one is brought into the chapel to your choice of music.
Ashes returned or scattered at the crematorium:
The individually identified and tracked ashes can be hand delivered back to you at home within 14 days or scattered at the crematorium.
We offer the highest level of support, but don't just take our word for it. Below are recent reviews from customers who bought a funeral with us.
If you're looking for a different type of funeral that may be more suited to your needs, you may be interested in one of our other funeral services. All of our funeral options are available to be paid for in advance with a funeral plan.
Our unattended direct cremation is our most affordable cremation which takes place with no mourners in attendance.
Unattended cremation >>Protect yourself from rising funeral costs by choosing and paying for a funeral in advance with our Funeral Service Plan.
Funeral plans >>Attended cremation costs vary between direct cremation providers, but the average attended cremation cost in the UK is £3,980.* At Distinct Cremations, our prices for an affordable Funeral Service start at just £1,899.
* The average cost of cremation in 2024 (SunLife Cost of Dying Report 2025, sunlife.co.uk/funeral-costs)
There are lots of things you can do with the ashes. Many people scatter ashes in a place that was special to the deceased, some keep them in an urn as a keepsake and others have recently started to have ashes turned into jewellery or glass.
Yes, you can attend a direct cremation. Though most direct cremations are unattended, with Distinct Cremations you can attend a cremation for 30 or 60 minutes depending on your choice.
You can read more on our Funeral Service page.
Upon arranging a funeral, once you’ve agreed the type of service that you’d like, one of our Customer Service Specialists will take the payment in full, which can be made by credit or debit card.
For those planning ahead, we offer funeral plans that can be paid for upfront or in monthly instalments, allowing you to arrange and pay for your funeral in advance.
We’ll keep the deceased dressed in the same clothes they were wearing when they entered our care unless otherwise requested. If you’ve got a specific outfit you’d like them to wear, just let us know and provide it prior to the cremation.
Cremation service lengths can vary depending on the type of farewell you would like. With our attended cremation services, we offer two service lengths. You can choose to have a service lasting for either 30 or 60 minutes. The time can be used to share memories of your loved one, play a piece of music in honour of the deceased, give a eulogy or simply have a moment of quiet reflection.
For an unattended cremation, there’s no service held before the cremation takes place.
Our crematoriums feature state-of-the-art downloadable music systems, allowing us to play any piece of music you want as long as it's been commercially recorded and released.
While we endeavour to cremate the deceased as soon as possible following the service this isn't always possible. However, the cremation is always completed with 24-hours of arrival at the crematorium. Learn more about how long after death is a cremation.
At Distinct Cremations, there is no restriction on attendees for our attended funeral service. Our Customer Service Specialists can give you full information about the seating capacity at your chosen crematorium and the service lengths available. Give us a call on 01543 211997.
If you need to organise a funeral now, we are open 24/7 and will make all the arrangements from taking the deceased into our care and completing all the paperwork.
Your customer service specialists will liaise with you to make arrangements for the cremation and keep you updated.
Call us on 01543 212000
Distinct Cremations office: Oak Tree Court, Brookfield Drive, Cannock, WS11 0JN
‘Distinct Cremations’ is a trading style of Distinct Funeral Plans Limited (DPFL) and Distinct Cremations Limited (DCL). DFPL is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Financial Services Register No. 965289. DCL provides ‘at need’ funeral and cremation services and is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Both companies are registered in England. DFPL No. 13366327 and DCL No. 13366310. Registered office: Head Office Westerleigh Crematorium, Westerleigh Road, Westerleigh, Bristol, BS37 8QP. Part of the Westerleigh Group.
