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Woodvale Crematorium

Lewes Road, Brighton

Woodvale is located on the A270 and is well sign-posted, from all directions, as you reach the main entrance in Lewes Road, Brighton. A crematorium location map [pdf 150kb] is available if you need to attend  the crematorium. For visitors using a satellite navigation system in their vehicle, the post code for the crematorium is BN2 3QB.

The crematorium grounds have been developed in a well wooded valley and contains many fine specimens of trees and shrubs. The area adjacent to the north and south chapels has been beautifully landscaped with lawns, a waterfall and stream, rockeries and flower beds to provide a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere for those attending funerals.

Both chapels seat approximately 80 people with the north chapel standing on consecrated ground. Service times are at 45 minute intervals but additional time is available if required. Access ramps are installed for wheelchair users and an induction loop is provided for those with hearing difficulties. 

A comfortably furnished waiting room with toilets (including facilities for the disabled and parents), complementary hot drinks and a free-phone taxi service are also provided. Car parking is available near the chapels and waiting room.

If you are attending a cremation at Woodvale and travelling some distance, you may require overnight accommodation in Brighton and Hove. Contact visitbrighton.com for assistance.

A garden of remembrance has been developed to meet the needs of the bereaved by providing alternative areas to strew or bury cremated remains and to place a form of commemoration if required. Different areas have been set aside - one as a light woodland and the other as lawns, flowering trees and rose beds. A children's memorial garden and a hall of memory to commemorate loved ones, are also available. 
Car parking, water taps and litter bins are available throughout the garden.

The crematorium grounds are open 365 days a year. Monday to Saturday from 9am, Sunday and public holidays from 11am. The grounds are closed at 4pm during the winter and 5.30pm during the summer.

Various publications, a video guide and an audio guide to Woodvale Crematorium and further advice on any matter relating to cremation is available by contacting Bereavement Services. 

Other related information is also available:

• a table of our current charges [pdf 175kb]
• code of cremation practice [MS Word 174kb]
• recycling of metal implants following cremation [MS Word 256kb]
• metal recycling charitable donations [MS Word 170kb]
• strewing cremated remains on water [MS Word 170kb]
• instructions for funeral directors [MS Word 172kb]
• coffin covers for cremation [MS Word 170kb] 
• mercury abatement at crematoria [MS Word 170kb]
• summary of forms required for cremation [MS Word 208kb]