Find a funeral director in Billingham

Find funeral directors in Billingham

We’ve collected a list of funeral directors in Billingham to help you arrange the funeral you have in mind for your loved one. Whether you’re looking for an independent director like Joel D Kerr Funerals, or a director that’s part of a bigger brand, like Dignity’s Relph & Teesside funeral directors in Billingham, you’ll be able to find all the information you need here.

Planning a funeral in Billingham

Your chosen funeral director in Billingham will be able to help you put plans in place. The local area has a nearby crematorium, as well as several cemeteries and wake venues. If you’d like to organise a religious ceremony, there are churches in the town, as well as synagogues, mosques and temples in the neighbouring areas of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and wider Middlesbrough.

Find a Billingham crematorium

The closest crematorium to Billingham is:

• Teesside Crematorium – this crematorium is in the grounds of Acklam Cemetery, 5-miles from Middlesbrough town centre. It has two chapels, which can be used for services. These are St Bede’s and St Hilda’s.

Find a cemetery or burial ground in Billingham

There are various council-run and privately-run cemeteries in Billingham. Some you might like to consider are:

• Billingham Cemetery – Billingham Cemetery on Wolviston Back Lane lies at the centre of the town. As well as the main cemetery, there’s the Garden of St Hilda (dedicated to babies’ graves) and a Cremated Remains Garden for ashes.

• Durham Road Cemetery – this cemetery is a 15-minute drive from Billingham. Like Billingham Cemetery, it has a dedicated garden for babies’ graves, as well as a garden for ashes.

• Thornaby Cemetery – also a 15-minute drive from Billingham, Thornaby cemetery houses St Cuthbert Babies’ Garden and has a dedicated garden for ashes.

• Oxbridge Lane Cemetery – just 20-minutes from Billingham, this cemetery was extended to make room for more burials. It also has a garden of remembrance for ashes and is home to St Nicholas Babies’ Garden.

• Egglescliffe Cemetery – while the main cemetery closed to new burials in 2003, it does still have a garden for ashes available to use. It’s a 25-minute drive from Billingham.

You can find more details about these cemeteries on the Stockton-on-Tees council website.

• Blue House Woodland - if you’re planning a natural burial, Blue House Woodland Burials is the nearest woodland burial site. It’s roughly 15-minutes in the car.

Find funeral wake venues in Billingham

You might choose to host the wake at your home or at a community centre. There are 7 community centres near Billingham. These are:

• Low Grange Community Centre
• High Grange Community Centre
• Old Billingham Community Centre
• Monkseaton Community Hall
• Wolviston Court Community Centre
• Clarences Resource & Community Centre
• Marsh House Community Centre

You can find out more about them on the Billingham town council website. If you’re looking for a pub, restaurant or other function room, you can find a list of alternative venues here.