Funeral Directors in Plymouth, SW

Plymouth anchors 134 funeral directors in South West England, a group that stretches from the Cornish coast to the Wiltshire border. Of those, 18 sit in Plymouth itself, 33 in Devon and 19 in Cornwall, with others in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area. Someone searching for a funeral director in Plymouth will meet firms based in the city alongside firms that work across several counties.

The firms with a Plymouth address are the natural starting point. Clifford's Family Funeral Directors Limited, Wyatt Brothers Funeral Directors and Plymouth and District Funeral Services are all rated 5.0, from 293, 167 and 102 reviews respectively. Knapman Family Ltd works from Mannamead Road, off Mutley Plain, and Southwest Funeral Care is based in the Southway Centre in the PL6 area. Westcountry Funeral Service, with a funeral home and chapel of rest at The Old Smithy, is rated 4.7 from 79 reviews. Plymouth and District Funeral Services covers Plymouth, the South Hams, Ivybridge and Saltash.

Several well-known names run more than one branch in and around the city. Walter C. Parson Funeral Directors has offices in Crownhill, Plympton, Plymstock and Plymouth, and further offices in Callington and Ivybridge. The family business began in 1842 at Stoke Climsland in Cornwall. Earl of Plymouth Funeral Directors has cared for Plymouth families since 1947 from a funeral home at 23 Wolseley Road, and it is part of the Dignity group. Co-op Funeralcare has branches in Crownhill, Exeter Street, St Budeaux, Devonport, Plymstock and Plympton, so most districts of the city have one close by.

Cornwall and west Devon supply many of the other names. Arthur W Bryant Funeral Service has offices in Bude, Camelford and Launceston in Cornwall and Holsworthy in Devon, and Ugalde & Son in Liskeard has served South East Cornwall since 1887. Pidgen & Son Funeral Service is in Torpoint, across the water from Plymouth. In the South Hams, Kingsbridge Funeral Directors and J D Andrews & Son inc. Savill Funeral Directors both work from Kingsbridge, and Okehampton has Albery & Redstone Independent Funeral Directors.