List of Natural Burial Grounds

The world of natural burial is very varied, and largely unregulated, but those sites that belong to the Association of Natural Burial Grounds are all bound by our Code of Conduct, aimed at ensuring the highest professional and environmental standards.

In acknowledgement of this, the Natural Death Centre runs The People's Awards, celebrating the personal attention to detail and support given by the staff at natural burial grounds, which makes such a difference to bereaved families.

Our members pay membership fees to the Association in direct relation to the number of burials carried out annually at each site, and this money helps to fund the work of the Natural Death Centre Charity both to help and advise individual families, and to assist new burial grounds to become established.

Our members have been - and continue to be - absolutely key to helping the natural burial ground movement grow in this country, and the Association is proud to enjoy members with the same shared outlook of helping each other and helping the Natural Death Centre, the Charity that was at the heart of establishing the concept of natural burial.

ANBG Membership. Please choose from the following options

Existing Provisional Members £75.00 GBP New Provisional Members £100.00 GBP 6-20 burials £150.00 GBP 21-50 burials £295.00 GBP 51-100 burials £495.00 GBP 101-200 burials £995.00 GBP 201-300 burials £1,495.00 GBP 301-400 burials £1,995.00 GBP 401-500 burials £2,495.00 GBP International Membership £40.00 GBP

All of our members are required to give families our Feedback Form which is then returned to the Natural Death Centre, not to the site itself. This unique scheme ensures that we can accurately monitor the quality of service and support provided, and provides families with a formal and professional framework for sharing any complaints or issues, as well as praise or thanks.

There are now over 260 natural burial sites in the UK, some privately owned and run, others operated by local authorities alongside the more traditional cemeteries.

There are a number of reasons why a site might not belong to the Association - some may be ineligible, others may have chosen not to participate. If you are considering a non member site, it might be worth you asking why they do not belong to the ANBG...

No matter which site you are considering, we would strongly advise you to make contact with the burial operator and to visit the site  before making a decision. Nothing compares with seeing the place for yourself.

Members of the Association of Natural Burial Grounds are shown below in bold text. Unfortunately we are unable to make comment or provide further information on non member sites.

 

London

South East

South West

East

East Midlands

West Midlands

Yorkshire

North East

North West

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

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Non-Members

London

South East

South West

East

East Midlands

West Midlands

Yorkshire

North East

North West

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

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Please let the Association of Natural Burial Grounds know your experience of any particular natural burial ground - our comments will help us give advice to other member of the public who enquire.

Please print out and complete with as much detail as possible. If any sections are not relevant to you, please leave them blank (i.e. if you have visited the burial site but not attended a funeral)

Thank you

Natural Burial Ground Feedback Form

 

 

We have provisional members in the planning process or looking for suitable land in the following areas:

Arundel

Berkshire

Doncaster

Dorset

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Isle of Wight

Jersey

Kent

Lancashire

North West Wales

South Staffordshire

South West London / Surrey

South East Scotland

Somerset

Suffolk

Surrey

Wales

Warwickshire

Yorkshire

 

If you are thinking about starting up a natural burial site click here to find out how being a provisional member of The Association of Natural Burial Grounds can help you.