Burials and graves

Planning a burial (also known as an interment) involves several key steps, from choosing a funeral director and meeting legal requirements to making personal arrangements that honour the wishes of the deceased.

When can burials take place?

Burials in Hillingdon can take place:

• Mondays to Thursdays, 9am to 3pm
• Fridays, 9am to 2pm

Plots

If the deceased has not already reserved a plot, one must be arranged and paid for.

If no plot has been reserved, and you know of no preference, you must decide where you want the grave to be.  

Cemeteries - description of grave types

Arranging a burial

To arrange for a deceased relative to be buried within one of our cemeteries or burial grounds, please contact a funeral director who will arrange the interment on your behalf.

• CEM 1 - Notice of interment
• CEM 2 - Application to purchase exclusive right of burial
• CEM 3 - Notice of interment - under-18s
• CEM 4 - Application to inter - under-18s

What happens after a burial?

As soon as is practicable, after a burial in the lawn section, the grave space will be either sowed with grass seed or laid with turf. This will be laid over the whole of the grave space, with the exception of a bed 600mm x 1200mm (2' x 4') at the end of the grave space as determined by Hillingdon Council.