Funeral Directors in Poole, SW

Funeral directors in South West England who work in Poole include a site that holds a crematorium, a funeral home and a 70 acre woodland burial ground together. Harbour View, rated 4.7 from 98 reviews, is one of 10 businesses on this page, and it sits overlooking Poole Harbour and the Purbeck Hills. Nine of the 10 are in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and one is in Dorset. Together they hold 261 Google reviews at an average rating of 4.8.

Harbour View is a family business, and its Tapper Funeral Service is a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors. Funeral arrangements, the service and later bereavement support can all be handled in one place, and a direct cremation service is available for families who do not wish to attend. Woodland burial is part of what it offers, and it answers calls 24 hours a day.

Tapper Funeral Service has helped local families since 1904 and is family owned and operated. It is rated 4.8 from 51 reviews, its funeral homes extend across East Dorset and West Hampshire, and it works with Harbour View. Families in Poole can also reach firms that cover Bournemouth, Wimborne, Ferndown and Verwood.

Best funeral directors in Poole

Parkstone has several branches. Yeatmans Funeral Directors, part of the Dignity group and caring for Dorset families since 1886, has a branch at 24 Albert Road rated 5.0 from 35 reviews, and another at 3 Bournemouth Road, at the bottom of Castle Hill in Lower Parkstone, rated 5.0 from 4 reviews. Co-op Funeralcare, Parkstone is run by Funeral Director Tracy with Arrangers Charlotte and Liz and is rated 4.7 from 25 reviews. Ives & Shand Funeral Service also works from a Parkstone funeral home and looks after families in Poole, Parkstone, Branksome, Ashley Cross and Canford Cliffs. It is rated 5.0 from 10 reviews and has cared for local families since 2006.

Co-op Funeralcare, Poole is rated 5.0 from 19 reviews and arranges traditional services and direct cremation, with coffins, urns for ashes, flowers and memorial items on offer. Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors has served Poole since 1974 and grew from a family business into a group of funeral homes across Wimborne, Verwood, West Moors, Ferndown, Bournemouth and Poole, including a Canford Heath branch. It became part of Funeral Partners Ltd in 2024 and is rated 5.0 from 14 reviews.

Services in Poole cover religious, non-religious and multi-faith funerals, traditional or woodland burial, cremation and unattended cremation. Yeatmans, Nicholas O'Hara and Ives & Shand all arrange non-religious services, and Nicholas O'Hara and Ives & Shand offer home arrangement visits. Harbour View, Yeatmans, Nicholas O'Hara and Ives & Shand answer calls 24 hours a day. Thomas & Denman Family Funeral Directors Poole is rated 4.0 from 4 reviews, and Tim Challinor Dorset Celebrant is rated 5.0 from 1 review. Yeatmans also has a chapel of rest where families can spend time with the person who has died, and Nicholas O'Hara arranges repatriation as well as religious, non-religious and multi-faith services.

Common questions about funeral directors in Poole

Where can a woodland burial be arranged in Poole?

Harbour View has a 70 acre woodland burial ground overlooking Poole Harbour. Tapper Funeral Service, Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors and Ives & Shand Funeral Service also arrange woodland burial.

Which funeral directors work in Parkstone?

Yeatmans Funeral Directors has two Parkstone branches, on Albert Road and Bournemouth Road. Co-op Funeralcare, Parkstone and Ives & Shand Funeral Service also work from Parkstone.

Who arranges non-religious or humanist services in Poole?

Yeatmans Funeral Directors, Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors and Ives & Shand Funeral Service all arrange non-religious services. Nicholas O'Hara also arranges religious and multi-faith services, so the same firm can follow a family's beliefs either way.

Do any Poole firms also cover Wimborne, Ferndown or Verwood?

Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors has funeral homes in Wimborne, Verwood, West Moors and Ferndown as well as Poole and Bournemouth. It also has a branch at Canford Heath.

Who offers direct cremation in Poole?

Harbour View, Co-op Funeralcare, Poole and Tapper Funeral Service all offer direct cremation. Harbour View describes its service as one for families who do not wish to attend.

Which Poole funeral directors are family owned?

Tapper Funeral Service and Harbour View are family businesses, and Ives & Shand Funeral Service is family owned as part of Douch Family Funeral Directors. Tapper has helped local families since 1904.

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