For Funeral Directors

Thank you for helping families choose a natural burial with us. We're a small family business, so you'll always deal with the same people: Clair takes every booking, and James and George maintain the footpaths and wildflower meadow. At least one of us will always be there on the day of a funeral to assist if needed. If anything here doesn't answer your question, just call Clair. She's happy to help.

Clair Goodson · 07983 739520 · clair@belvoirnaturalburial.co.uk

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Plaques

Plaques need to be purchased through us.

Ashes

Ashes can be interred in a meadow ashes plot or scattered on the meadow. Ashes must be in a biodegradable container, and the interment can be attended or unattended. Families can book through you or contact us directly.

Interment

We have a reliable digger that we use.

We're an open meadow, so please let families know what to expect. There are mown paths across the meadow making it relatively smooth on foot, however sensible footwear and warm clothing is a good idea, especially in winter. We have a car park that holds 50 cars and enough room for a hearse to turn around. There are no toilet facilities.

View our site regulations.

Facilities

Come and see us

If you haven't been to the meadow yet, we'd love to show you round. Call Clair to arrange a visit.

Contact us
Four people standing outdoors on a cloudy day behind a funeral bier cart with large wheels, with a scenic landscape and church steeple in the background.
A black metal funeral bier cart on a gravel carpark in front of a grassy field under a cloudy sky.
A coffin covered with a woven basket-like material on a metal cart, surrounded by people, some in formal clothing, in an outdoor setting with grassy fields and a cloudy sky.
Black funeral bier cart with a raised handlebar on a gravel surface, with a grassy area and a wooden fence in the background.

Funeral Bier

We have our own funeral bier that we bring on the day of a funeral to use if you wish. At least one of us will always be there on the day to assist with pulling the bier or giving less mobile relatives lifts to the graveside. This is provided at no extra cost and is to make loved one’s journey to their final resting place as easy as possible.

Downloadable forms

Notice of Interment Form
Plot Reservation Form

Our Services

A dirt path runs through a grassy field with white daisies, leading towards a few trees under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Meadow Burial Plot £1400

Set in a wildflower meadow with 360 views of The Vale of Belvoir.

A wide open meadow with wildflowers and tall grass, with a church steeple in the distance under a bright blue sky.

Meadow Ashes Plot £500

This is the natural burial of ashes, also set in a wildflower meadow with 360 views of The Vale of Belvoir.

Close-up of a wooden sign with the words 'Remembrance Wall' engraved on it. The sign is mounted on a wooden surface, with some snow on top. In the background, there are dense, leafless branches with small red berries, and a bright sky visible through the branches.

Memorial Plaques

An optional graveside wooden plaque can be purchased through us separately, price dependent on design. Smaller brass plaques can also be purchased to go on the memorial wall, whether you’re buried with us or not.

A grassy field with a few trees under a blue sky, with a distant church steeple on the horizon and a small garden bed in the foreground. There is a woven basket on the grass and a green mat in the foreground with some wrapped objects and purple fabric.

Interment Fee

This is the cost to dig the grave, paid around the time of burial.

View all prices

Coffins, shrouds and what can go in the ground

  • Accepted: cardboard, wicker, willow, bamboo, seagrass or banana-leaf coffins, untreated sustainable wood, and natural-fibre shrouds such as wool, cotton, linen or felt, with a supporting board if needed.

  • Not accepted: embalming, metal fittings or handles, plastic linings, chipboard or MDF, varnished or veneered wood, and synthetic fabrics.

  • Size: each plot is 3m × 1.5m and takes a single coffin. Coffins over 2m long or over 65cm wide need extra grave preparation and carry a £100 surcharge, so please tell us the size when you book.

  • Grave goods: natural items such as flowers, letters and biodegradable materials. Please check with us about anything else.

If you're unsure about a particular coffin or shroud, send Clair a photo or the maker's details and we'll let you know.

Everything that goes into the grave must be biodegradable.

Banana leaf coffin on the back of an old red Massey Ferguson Tractor with flowers on