Memorial Brochure
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The Vale CREMATORIUM JUNCTION 6 A422 WORCESTER A422 The Vale CREMATORIUM JUNCTION A44 BIDFORD 7 A46 ON AVON Fladbury M5 Cross Wyre Piddle PERSHORE EVESHAM Badsey A44 A46 M50 BROADWAY Contact The Vale Crematorium, Evesham Road, Fladbury, Pershore WR10 2QR Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm t: To be confirmed Email: [email protected] www.thevalecrematorium.co.uk Memorial Brochure In the heart of the Worcestershire countryside, The Vale Crematorium provides a natural place for families to hold the dignified service of their choice. Treswithian Downs crematorium is part of the Westerleigh Group The Vale CREMATORIUM Bordering the communities of Pershore and Evesham, the new facility has been especially designed in the local rural character so it blends into the countryside, offering a place of peace and seclusion, so important for a funeral. The chapel is light & spacious, finished in natural stone with picture windows along one side to frame the magnificent views beyond. Our manager & team are available to help in any way possible, so please do not hesitate to contact them. Our Chapel About Us Contents At The Vale Crematorium we have a comfortable and • Westerleigh Group is the leading developer and Living Memorials ................................................... 4-5 modern chapel. It is furnished in oak and enjoys long operator of crematoria and cemeteries in the UK, Trees, Roses, Communal Shrub Beds, Family Gardens ranging views of the countryside beyond. caring for over 30,000 funerals a year The chapel has a state of the art media centre, • We have proven expertise, having established a Contemporary Memorials ..................................... 6-9 providing live webcasts, visual tributes and an almost reputation for creating beautifully landscaped, high Benches, Bird Baths, Sundials, Reflection Stones, Leaf unlimited music library. Tradition is not forgotten though quality and peaceful facilities to serve the bereaved Vaults, Dedication Plaques and the beautiful, multi faith chapel is fitted with a • The privately owned Vale Crematorium was opened Viscount organ. All forms of live music are welcome in 2017 and the crematorium staff would be pleased to offer Traditional Memorials ........................................ 10-17 any advice you may need. Mini Graves, Above Ground Vaults, Garden Memorials, Our Vision Cremation Tablets, Vases & Kerbs, Natural Stones The Crematorium is able to seat 100 with standing space for a further 100. Speakers are also located in • To give heartfelt care to people suffering bereavement the lobby area and outside of the chapel allowing larger Personalising Memorials ................................... 18-19 • To deliver cremation and burial services to the highest parties to be catered for. standards Dedications, Photo Plaques, Materials, Chippings We allow 60 minute service slots with 30 minutes for • To offer people choices in commemorating loved the service. This ensures that every family has enough ones time to hold a personal and dignified service. • To serve the local community Our Memorials The floral tribute area is set slightly away from the chapel, offering a quiet spot to gather with friends and Our range of traditional and contemporary cremation family after the service. Floral tributes will remain on The Vale Crematorium aims to provide an exemplary level memorials are designed and produced to the very display outside for a minimum of three days, unless of service. Our manager and team are available to help highest standards. Memories are personal to you and otherwise instructed. There are approximately 90 in any way possible, so please do not hesitate to contact your memorial should reflect this, helping to remember allocated parking spaces, although more parking may them. This brochure shows the full range of our memorial and celebrate a person’s life. We advise that you visit be found within the grounds. options. We would welcome your thoughts on how we the crematorium and speak to our staff before making could improve and deliver a better experience to the a final decision. bereaved. Richard Evans Managing Director 2 The Vale Crematorium T: To be confirmed | [email protected] 3 Living Memorials Living Memorials Living Memorials Trees A variety of trees have been planted in our gardens to provide natural, living memorials, each surrounded by granite setts and marked with a dedication plaque. Communal Shrub Beds Family Gardens Shrubs and bushes provide a traditional form of remembrance. They have been arranged in communal beds into which Family gardens are dedicated to individual families and are planted separately. Each garden is surrounded by dedication plaques may be placed. granite setts and marked with a dedication plaque, providing a distinct, private area for you to visit and tend. 4 The Vale Crematorium - Images used are for illustrative purposes only. T: To be confirmed | [email protected] 5 Contemporary Memorials MemorialsContemporary Contemporary MemorialsContemporary GB01 (Available in all granites) GB02 (Grey granite) Approx. width 48” (122cm) Approx. width 52” (130cm) 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 The Vale Crematorium - Images used are for illustrative purposes only. T: To be confirmed | [email protected] 7 Contemporary MemorialsContemporary Contemporary MemorialsContemporary BB01 (Available in all colours) BB02 (Available in all colours) BB03 (Light grey granite) Approx. height 40” (102cm) Approx. height 36” (92cm) Approx. height 30” (76cm) Dedication Plaques Leaf Vault Natural and long lasting granite plaques are engraved A unique above ground ashes vault created in rainbow with your personal dedication. The plaque is placed sandstone or granite. The memorial securely holds on a communal memorial set within the Gardens either one or two sets of ashes and is finished with a of Remembrance. For full details on our available granite ‘Leaf’ design for the inscription, offering an Dedication Plaques, please contacts the crematorium original, fitting and dignified resting place. The inset office. vase can be used with any of the vaults shown. BB05 (Marble) BB06 (Natural Granite) BB07 (Available in all colours) Approx. height 28” (70cm) Approx. height 24” (60cm) Approx. height 24” (61cm) Reflection Stone Bird Baths and Sundials The reflection stone is a unique cremation memorial, A range of bird baths & sundials in granite, black marble hewn from basalt with a beautiful natural appearance. or sandstone. Ashes may be buried or scattered Each stone can be dedicated to the memory of a loved beneath or some can accommodate up to two sets one and ashes may be scattered or buried close by. of ashes within the pedestal. Special positions can be The inscription is engraved on a tempered glass panel found in the garden for these individual memorials. (Natural granite) (Available in all colours) (Available in all colours) on the top sloping face of the stone. BB08 SD01 SD02 BB04 Approx. height 28” (70cm) Light grey granite Approx. height 20” (50cm) Approx. height 36” (92cm) Approx. height 38” (97cm) 8 The Vale Crematorium - Images used are for illustrative purposes only. T: To be confirmed | [email protected] 9 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 area in front of the headstone can be filled with coloured chippings or with soil for MG07 MG08 MG09 planting. Alternatively, a co-ordinating granite slab can be provided. Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) MG01 MG02 MG03 MG10 MG11 MG12 Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) Approx. w 24” x h 24” (61cm) 10 The Vale Crematorium - Images used are for illustrative purposes only. T: To be confirmed | [email protected] 11 Traditional Memorials Traditional Traditional Memorials Traditional Above Ground Vaults AG03 Item shown: (53cm x 48cm x 45cm) Vault: Alpine Brown with Black Granite. Garden Memorials Unlike other traditional memorials, these secure granite vaults hold the ashes urn above ground, making them particularly A range of hand-carved memorials are available, which are ideally placed within communal gardens. They are also often suitable for shorter term leases. They consist of a granite sanctum and an above ground mini grave that can each hold up used to mark the ashes burial plot within a private space. Available in all granite colours, they can also be made of Italian to four sets of ashes. The vaults are available in the full range of granites, unless otherwise stated. white marble but it is important to note that marble will weather naturally over time. AG01 AG02 AG03 AG04 (Grey/pink granite) RB01 RB02 RB03 Approx. height 21” (54cm) Approx. height 24” (61cm) With either Heart, Book or Tablet Approx. width 52” (130cm) Approx. w 18” (46cm) x h 14” (36cm) Approx. w 18” (46cm) x h 14” (36cm) Approx. w 18” (46cm) x h 14” (36cm) AG05 (Light grey granite) SD02 BB01 Leaf Vault RB04 RB05 RB06 Approx.