
Norfolk Bluebell Wood
Best Natural Burial Ground in the UK 2025
Norfolk Bluebell Wood
Background to The People's Awards for
The Best Natural Burial Grounds in the UK
These awards are different to any other kind of assessment of green cemeteries, they are not about how sustainable each site is, the facilities that are available or the way the land is managed; the People's Awards are all about the people involved, the level of service they provide, the personal touches and the impact that each natural burial ground manager has made on the famiies of those who they have helped to bury.
The Code of Conduct of the Association of Natural Burial Grounds requires members to provide families arranging funerals with them an opportunity to complete a NDC Feedback Form which is returned directly to the Natural Death Centre headquarters. We receive dozens of these forms every week, the vast majority praising the burial grounds and the people involved. Any concerns or complaints are instantly responded to and reported back to the ANBG member concerned.
Earlier this year, almost 1,000 forms received from families who had funerals at one of the ANBG member sites during the previous year were scrutinised by the trustees and staff of the NDC. The results were logged and analysed, and after many hours of work, a winner and a close runner up in each of the eight qualifying regions across the UK were identified.
Winner and Regional Runners Up 2025
Overall Winner:
Norfolk Bluebell Wood, Hainford, Norfolk
Regional Winners:
Westhope Green Burial Ground, Shropshire
Cairnbrae Natural Burial Ground, Kellas, Dundee, Angus
The Willows Natural Burial Ground, Leicestershire
Norfolk Bluebell Wood, Hainford, Norfolk
Hay Meadow Burial Ground, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Atlantic Rest Natural Burial, Bude, Cornwall
Forget Me Not Fields Natural Burial Ground,Wirral
Riverview/Deerton Natural Burial Ground, Kent
Alne Wood Park Natural Burial Ground
Regional Runners Up:
Eden Valley Woodland Burial Ground, Kent and Surrey
The Windmills Natural Green Burial Ground, Northampton
Leafy Lane Woods, Natural Burial Ground, Corsham, Wiltshire
Bargoed Natural Burials, Saron, Llandysul
Old Park Meadow, Essex
South Yorkshire Woodland Burial Ground, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Brightwater Green Burial Ground, Lincolnshire
Clovery Woods of Rest, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Westall Park Woodland Burial, Redditch, Worcestershire
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