Peterborough Crematorium
Arranging and attending a funeral
As members of the Charter for the Bereaved we aim to ensure
that each service is meaningful and meets you and your family's
needs. A full copy of the Charter for the Bereaved can be
viewed at the Bereavement Services office.
Booking a Cremation
In most circumstances a funeral director would be instructed
by the family, or executor, to make the funeral arrangements.
The funeral director will book the date and time with the
crematorium and will have the application forms required for
completion.
Providing there is some flexibility with date or time (to
allow us to honour prior bookings), our service aim is to provide a
cremation within five working days of the booking request.
The chapel can be booked at 30 minute intervals, on the
hour or half hour, to permit a service time of 20 minutes. If
you do require a longer service time, to personalise your
service, 1 hour bookings are available (50 minutes service
time) subject to an additional fee (see Fees and
Charges).
Occasionally enquiries are received from families who would
like to arrange a funeral without the guidance of a funeral
director. Guidelines on arranging funerals without a
funeral director are given in the section Self Arranged Funerals.
Any recognised form of service, religious or civil, may be
held in the non-denominational chapel, which
seats approximately 80 people with additional standing room at
the rear.
You can choose to have the main service at your local church,
with a short committal service at the crematorium, or you can have
the whole service at the crematorium.
If you are expecting a large congregation at the crematorium,
you are advised to book an extended service time of up to 50
minutes to allow the congregation to enter and leave the
chapel. Large congregations can rarely be accommodated within
the basic service time of 20 minutes without the service giving the
impression of being 'rushed'.
An extended service time is also appropriate for those
families who prefer a longer service with personal tributes and
readings.
Arriving at the crematorium
You can arrange to meet the funeral director at the
crematorium or have the option of the funeral cortege leaving from
a home address.
Please click Crematorium Directions
for directions to the crematorium
If you arrive early, please wait quietly to avoid disturbing
mourners whose service is taking place in the
Chapel. The Chapel Attendant will open the doors
for you to enter the Chapel as soon as the previous service has
left. To avoid causing distress to other
families, please do not enter the Chapel until invited to do
so.
Entering the chapel
Five minutes is allowed for the mourners to enter the
chapel. To facilitate this friends, colleagues
and relatives (other than immediate family) enter the Chapel
immediately, whilst the coffin is being removed from the
hearse. The front rows of
seats are generally reserved for the immediate
family, as advised in advance by the funeral director.
The Officiant leads the procession of the coffin and members
of the immediate family of the deceased into the
chapel. The family then occupy the reserved
row(s) of seating, at the front.
Although our chapel seats approximately 80 people, the service
can be relayed through speakers to the covered area outside the
chapel.
With the Officiants agreement, suitable symbols of the life
and faith of the deceased may be placed near the coffin.
Music
Music may be played while mourners are entering the
Chapel. This music is normally 'faded out'
allowing the service to continue without interruption.
As part of the service you can have one or two hymns, or music
of your choice. Accompaniment to hymns can be
recorded music, with a discreet backing choir if required, or 'live
organ music.' If you require an organist, please
arrange this with the funeral director.
We have a 'state of the art' music system that does not
require tapes or CD's and we currently have an extensive music
catalogue which is held by the funeral director. If the
music you require is not listed, your funeral director can arrange
for most commercially available music to be sent to the crematorium
via our music supplier.
If you would like to view a copy of our music catalogue,
please go to
http://www.wesleymusic.co.uk/musiclibrarylists/peterborough.php.
Peterborough Crematorium offers facilities to families where
they are able to request that the funeral service is recorded
subject to an additional fee (see Fees
and Charges). We offer this facility in a variety of
formats:-
Audio CD - An audio recording can be
requested at the time the arrangements are being made with the
Funeral Director. The service will be recorded and
after approximately 10-14 days, an audio CD will be
produced. Once the CD has arrived, the Funeral Director will
arrange collection from the Bereavement Services
office.
DVD - A DVD recording can be requested at the
time the arrangments are being made with the Funeral Director. The
service will be recorded and after approximately 10-14 days, a
DVD will be produced. Once the DVD has arrived, the
Funeral Director will arrange collection from the Bereavement
Services office.
Webcast - The webcast facility can be
requested by the applicant for cremation at the time of arranging
the funeral. This facility offers families who cannot attend
services at the crematorium, the ability to view the service
on-line. If this service is requested, the applicant for
cremation will be issued with a unique password, a user name
and instructions by the Funeral Director.
The webcast funeral service can only be viewed by
those people who have been issued with the user name and
password and is not available to the general public.
The service can be viewed live or the recording can be viewed
for up to 7 days after the service, but only after 2 hours have
passed from when the service has finished. This is to
enable our supplier to upload the recording to their
website.
It is the responsibility of the Funeral Director, and the
Applicant for Cremation, to obtain consent regarding the broadcast
and/or recording of the service from the minister/officiant
conducting the funeral.
The Committal
During the committal, music of your choice can be played as
the curtains close. If you do not wish the curtains to close
at the committal, please advise your funeral director .
If you wish the music to be played in full at this time, please
inform the funeral director.
Close of Service
Music of your choice may be played whilst the mourners leave
the Chapel for which an allowance of 5 minutes is made within the
scheduled 30 minute service time. You will be guided through
the exit at the rear of the Chapel, which will take you to the
floral tribute area. If you are to be collected by your
funeral director in a limousine, this will be waiting for you
adjacent to this area.
Fees and Charges
Please click on document below to view our current fees and
charges for the crematorium.
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