West Lancashire CEMETERY & CREMATORIUM Bispham Scarisbrick Green A570 Parbold Burscough Halsall A59 Newburgh A565 Barton Ormskirk West Lancashire Westhead Formby CREMETERY & CREMATORIUM Great Atcar Skelmersdale A570 Aughton M58 Lydiate Bickerstaffe Hightown M58 A555 A59 A570 Rainford Crosby A570 Kirkby Litherland Windle A59 A580 Knowsley Eccleston Contact West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium, Pippin St, Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 7SP Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm Tel: 01704 898840 Email: [email protected] www.westlancashirecrematorium.co.uk Memorial Brochure Opened in 2016, set in the heart of the countryside on the edge of Burscough, West Lancashire crematorium provides a natural place for families to hold a dignified service of their choice. Treswithian Downs crematorium is part of the Westerleigh Group West Lancashire CEMETERY & CREMATORIUM Nestling in the Lancashire countryside, the building has been especially designed to blend into its natural surroundings, offering a place of peace and seclusion, so important for a funeral. The chapel is light and open, finished in natural wood and stone and able to seat around 100 people. Bespoke music and lighting systems have been fitted and the chapel can be adapted to provide a fitting environment for any choice of funeral, regardless of faith or religion. The most advanced technology has been used throughout our service, ensuring that West Lancashire is amongst the most environmentally friendly in the world. We are here to help and are always available to speak to About Us Contents you or your funeral director to ensure that everything is • Westerleigh Group is the leading developer and Living Memorials ................................................... 4-5 ready and in place. operator of crematoria and cemeteries in the UK, Trees, Roses, Communal Shrub Beds, Family Gardens We allow 45 minutes between each service to ensure that caring for over 30,000 funerals a year every family has enough time to hold a personal, dignified event. Additional time can also be booked if required. • We have proven expertise, having established a Contemporary Memorials ................................... 6-11 reputation for creating beautifully landscaped, high Benches, Bird Baths, Sundials, Reflection Stones, This allows for half an hour within the chapel with time quality and peaceful facilities to serve the bereaved Boulder Plaques either side for people to get settled inside and then to • The privately owned West Lancashire cemetery and leave unhurried. crematorium was opened in 2016 Traditional Memorials ........................................ 12-19 The floral tribute area is set away from the chapel, offering a quiet spot to gather with friends and family with the Mini Graves, Above Ground Vaults, Garden Memorials, views of the Lancashire countryside beyond. Our Vision Cremation Tablets, Vases & Kerbs, Natural Stones • To give heartfelt care to people suffering bereavement Personalising Memorials .................................. 20-21 • To deliver cremation and burial services to the highest standards Dedications, Photo Plaques, Materials, Chippings • To offer people choices in commemorating loved We feel it is essential that you are able to hold the funeral Personal Memorials ................................................ 22 ones of your choice and our chapel has been designed to cater Caskets, Urns and Keepsakes for people of all beliefs and faiths. • To serve the local community A digital music system offers an almost infinite music Book of Remembrance ........................................... 23 collection, whilst our resident organist can be booked for West Lancashire aims to provide an exemplary level of a more traditional service. service. Our manager and team are available to help in Our chapel is also fitted with a tribute screen which allows any way possible, so please do not hesitate to contact Our Memorials photographs of the deceased to be displayed during the them. This brochure shows the full range of our memorial Our range of traditional and contemporary cremation service, often to accompany a selection of music. options. We would welcome your thoughts on how we memorials are designed and produced to the very Funerals can be recorded too or even streamed live on the could improve and deliver a better experience to the highest standards. Memories are personal to you and internet for those who cannot attend. bereaved. your memorial should reflect this, helping to remember and celebrate a person’s life. We advise that you visit We aim to provide everything that you need and would Richard Evans the crematorium and speak to our staff before making be pleased to discuss any of these options with you to Managing Director a final decision. ensure that every detail is right for your service. 2 West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium T: 01704 898840 | [email protected] 3 Living Memorials Living Memorials Living Memorials Trees Communal Shrub Beds A variety of trees have been planted in our gardens to provide natural, living memorials, each surrounded by granite Shrubs and bushes provide a traditional form of remembrance. They have been arranged in communal beds into setts and can be marked with a dedication plaque. which dedication plaques may be placed. Standard Roses Family Gardens Our rose trees provide a beautiful and traditional form of remembrance. They are arranged in individual beds Family gardens are dedicated to individual families and are planted separately. Each garden is surrounded by granite surrounded by granite setts and can be marked with a dedication plaque. setts and can be marked with a dedication plaque, providing a distinct, private area for you to visit and tend. 4 West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium T: 01704 898840 | [email protected] 5 Contemporary Memorials MemorialsContemporary Contemporary MemorialsContemporary GB01 (Available in all granites) GB02 (Grey granite) Approx. width 48” (122cm) Approx. width 52” (130cm) Wooden Benches Wooden memorial benches are located within the Gardens of Remembrance, in areas of peace and tranquillity and can be dedicated with an inscribed bronze plaque. GB03 (Grey granite) GB04 (Grey/pink granite) Approx. width 55” (140cm) Approx. width 52” (130cm) Granite Benches GB07 (Available in all granites) Approx. width 65” (163cm) Granite benches provide a long lasting, maintenance free alternative to the traditional wooden bench. They are available GB05 (Grey granite) GB06 (Rustic natural granite) in a range of colours and can be engraved with a dedication or emblem and even enhanced with a photo plaque. Approx. width 52” (130cm) Approx. width 43” (110cm) 6 West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium T: 01704 898840 | [email protected] 7 Contemporary MemorialsContemporary Contemporary MemorialsContemporary BB01 (Available in all colours) BB02 (Available in all colours) BB04 (Light grey granite) Approx. height 40” (102cm) Approx. height 36” (92cm) Approx. height 28” (70cm) BB05 (Marble) BB06 (Natural Granite) BB07 (Available in all colours) Approx. height 28” (70cm) Approx. height 24” (60cm) Approx. height 24” (61cm) Bird Baths and Sundials BB03 Bird Bath shown. Approx. height 30” (76cm) Light grey granite Granite, black marble and sandstone have been used to create a varied and interesting range of contemporary bird baths and sundials. Ashes may be buried or scattered beneath and some can accommodate up to two sets of ashes within the pedestal. (Natural granite) (Available in all colours) (Available in all colours) Special positions can be found in the garden for these individual memorials. BB08 SD01 SD02 Approx. height 20” (50cm) Approx. height 36” (92cm) Approx. height 38” (97cm) 8 West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium T: 01704 898840 | [email protected] 9 Contemporary MemorialsContemporary Contemporary MemorialsContemporary Dedication Plaques Dedication Plaques Wall Plaques Reflection Stone The reflection stone is a unique cremation memorial, hewn from basalt with a beautiful natural appearance. Each stone can be dedicated to the memory of a loved one and ashes may be scattered or buried close by. The inscription is engraved on a tempered glass panel on the top sloping face of the stone. Book Plaques Column Plaques Well Plaques Leaf Vault Plaques A unique above ground ashes vault created in Rainbow Sandstone or Granite. The memorial securely holds either Natural and long lasting granite plaques are engraved with your personal dedication. The plaque is placed on a communal one or two sets of ashes and is finished with a granite ‘Leaf’ design for the inscription, offering an original, fitting and memorial set within the Gardens of Remembrance. For full details on our available memorials please contact the dignified resting place. The inset Vase can be used with any of the vaults shown. crematorium office. 10 West Lancashire Cemetery & Crematorium T: 01704 898840 | [email protected] 11 Traditional Memorials Memorials Traditional Traditional Memorials Traditional MG04 MG05 MG06 Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Mini Graves - Available in a full range of colours. A small upright headstone and kerb set provides a distinctive memorial to mark the burial plot of your loved one’s ashes. Each measures approximately 2ft (60cm), is available in a range of granites and can be made to accommodate one or two vases for displaying cut flowers. The