Cemeteries

Cemeteries

Welcome to the City of Westminster's cemeteries web pages

The City of Westminster operates three cemeteries at which grave spaces for burial and the interment of ashes are available.

In 2008 East Finchley and Mill Hill Cemeteries were both awarded Green Flags. The Green Flag was awarded for the management of the non burial element of the cemeteries.

Westminster has also adopted the Charter for the Bereaved which covers the processes related to how burials are handled.

The three cemeteries are:

1. Hanwell Cemetery (formerly City of Westminster Cemetery) 
2. East Finchley Cemetery (formerly St. Marylebone Cemetery) 
3. Mill Hill Cemetery (formerly Paddington New Cemetery)

What is available
The following can be arranged at any of the cemeteries by contacting the Hanwell Cemetery Office

1. Purchase of new grave spaces at any of the three cemeteries
2. Re-interment into an existing grave
3. Cremated remains may be interred in a new or existing grave with the right to erect a permanent memorial
4. Funeral services can also be arranged in the chapels.

Denomination, religion or belief
The councils cemeteries are primarily for Christian burials but services are provided for all people no matter what denomination, religion or belief they may have.

Where possible any special requirements will be accommodated to ensure that each service is as individual and appropriate to the wishes of the deceased and relatives as possible.

Opening times 
The Chapels are available for all funeral services between 09:00am and 16:30pm Monday to Friday and live or taped music may be played upon request.

Donated benches
The City Council also permits under certain conditions the placing of donated benches near to identified grave plots. If you are considering donating a bench to one of the councils cemeteries please visit our Donated Benches Scheme web page

Contacting the Cemetery Office
The main Cemetery Office is located at our Hanwell Cemetery where all the records for the three Cemeteries are held. If you have any comments on the service you receive, need advice or wish to use one of the cemeteries for filming or photography or you wish to purchase grave spaces, book interments or to obtain information from the cemetery records can be arranged by contacting the Hanwell Cemetery Office on:

Tel: 020 8567 0913
Fax: 020 8579 1750

Contact: The Cemeteries Team

If you have a complaint or other comment that you feel cannot be dealt with by the staff at our Hanwell office then you should  contact the client officer for Cemeteries whose contact information is on our contact page

Who provides the service
The cemetery is managed by the City of Westminster's Parks Service which comprises the City of Westminster client officers and Continental Landscapes Ltd.

What we do not provide
We do not offer a grave maintenance service but this can be arranged with a private contractor or through the cemetery office. Cremated remains may be interred in a new or existing grave with the right to erect a permanent memorial

The Opening Hours for the three Cemeteries are:

	November - February	March - October
Monday to Friday	08:30am to 16:30pm	08:30am to 18:00pm
Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays	11:00am to 16:00pm	11:00am to 18:00pm

Former City of Westminster Owned Cemeteries

For information on burials or interments in the former Paddington Cemetery in Willesden Lane you should contact London Borough of Brent who now hold all the cemetery records

Westminster Association of Relatives

This Association exists to represent the views and concerns of all who have loved ones buried in any of the City of Westminster's three cemeteries and can be contacted on:

Tel: 0207 286 9299