About Collier & Brain Ltd
Collier & Brain is a family-run funeral director in the village of Drybrook in the Forest of Dean, trading since 1938. It was founded by Trevor Collier and John Brain, thrived through the 1960s and 1970s, and later passed to Ernest Heal & Sons, an independent family funeral director with a long association with the business. Families can arrange direct cremation, a simple funeral service or a traditional funeral, and the team deals with civil funeral celebrants, clergy, crematoria and burial authorities. Pages cover the funeral fleet, cremated remains options, aftercare and memorials including headstones. Funeral plans are offered as an appointed representative of Golden Charter, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Help is available 24 hours a day all year round. Rated 5 from two Google reviews.
Services and details
Arranges funerals
YesIndependent or family-owned
YesDirect cremation
YesNon-religious and humanist
YesAvailable 24 hours
YesFuneral plans
Yes
No information yet on part of a larger group, prices published online, chapel of rest, own mortuary, green or natural burial, specific faith traditions, repatriation, home arrangement visits, nAFD or SAIF member. The website did not say; call and ask.
Contact
- +44 1594 542205
- The Cross, Drybrook GL17 9ED, United Kingdom
- Website
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Hours
- Monday
- Open 24 hours
- Tuesday
- Open 24 hours
- Wednesday
- Open 24 hours
- Thursday
- Open 24 hours
- Friday
- Open 24 hours
- Saturday
- Open 24 hours
- Sunday
- Open 24 hours
Listing compiled from public sources on 2026-11-10. Report a correction or request removal. Back to funeral directors in Plymouth.