Deric Scott
- Arranges funerals
- Part of a larger group
- Prices published online
Repatriation is a notable part of the work among the 14 funeral directors in South West England on Bournemouth's page. Nine of the 14 arrange it, and Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons travels anywhere in the UK when asked. All 14 sit within the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, and between them they have homes in Boscombe, Charminster, Kinson, Westbourne, Winton and Southbourne.
Boscombe has some of the oldest names. Deric Scott on Christchurch Road is rated 5.0 from 216 reviews, has served Bournemouth for more than 100 years and is now part of CPJ Field. W Smith & Sons Ltd has served Boscombe, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and the surrounding areas since 1892, when Walter Smith, a wheelwright from Puriton in Somerset, set up a coach building business. George Scott Funeral Services has run since 1899 and is now managed by Neil Scott, great grandson of the founder, with homes in Boscombe, Charminster and Kinson.
North Bournemouth is covered by George Scott Funeral Services at 1537 Wimborne Road, which looks after Kinson, Northbourne, Ensbury Park, West Howe, Bear Cross, Wallisdown, Redhill and Throop. The Charminster office on Charminster Road serves Charminster, Winton, Moordown and Queen's Park. Co-op Funeralcare has a Winton branch.
On the east side, Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors names Tuckton, Christchurch, Southbourne, Iford, Pokesdown and Wick among the communities it serves. Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors has also served Bournemouth and Poole since 1974 from homes in Westbourne and Canford Heath. The business became part of Funeral Partners in 2024. Co-op Funeralcare has a Southbourne branch and a Westbourne branch.
The Co-op Funeralcare branches in Winton, Westbourne and Southbourne arrange traditional funeral services and direct cremation, and stock coffins, urns for ashes, flowers and memorial items. Winton is rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, Westbourne 4.7 from 13 and Southbourne 5.0 from 9. Nicholas O'Hara has two entries here, rated 4.9 from 38 reviews and 4.7 from 23, and George Scott Funeral Services has three, the largest rated 5.0 from 108 reviews. Weldon Funeral Services Ltd, rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, describes its two female funeral directors as serving families under the line Safe in our Hands.
Several firms look further than the town itself. Weldon Funeral Services Ltd covers Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, the New Forest and West Dorset, and is female-owned and family-run. Alan Rice & Tapper is connected to Tapper Funeral Service, which has helped local families since 1904 and runs funeral homes across East Dorset and West Hampshire. South Coast & Nigel J Sellick Independent Funeral Directors LTD has operated since 2019 under owner Nigel J Sellick, who started in the industry in 1986. Head & Wheble serves Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and parts of Dorset and Hampshire.
Direct cremation is offered by 13 of the 14, prices are published online by 11, and 10 can be reached 24 hours a day. Funeral plans are offered by 10 and home arrangement visits by 6. Humanist or non-religious ceremonies are offered by 6, and green or natural burial by 4. Reviews across the 14 total 603, with an average rating of 4.9. The places the firms most often name as where they work are Christchurch and Poole, followed by Wimborne, Ferndown and Verwood.
Repatriation is arranged by 9 of the 14. Deric Scott arranges worldwide repatriation, and George Scott Funeral Services and Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons also arrange it.
George Scott Funeral Services has a home at 1537 Wimborne Road that looks after Kinson, Northbourne, Ensbury Park, West Howe, Bear Cross, Wallisdown, Redhill and Throop. It has a further home in Kinson.
Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors serves Tuckton, Christchurch, Southbourne, Iford, Pokesdown and Wick. Co-op Funeralcare also has a Southbourne branch.
Weldon Funeral Services Ltd covers Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, the New Forest and West Dorset. Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons serves parts of Dorset and Hampshire.
Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons combines funeral directing with monumental masonry, with more than 95 years behind it. Deric Scott also lists memorial masonry among its services.