Funeral Directors in Truro, SW

Truro is a city whose funeral directors are scattered across the Cornish countryside around it. This page covers 8 funeral directors in South West England, all in Cornwall, and several are based in villages rather than the city itself. Carlyon Funeral Directors works from Mount Hawke, The Cornish Funeral Company is on the Roseland just outside Truro, and Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service is at Mill Stream Funeral Home in Ponsanooth. Together the businesses carry 129 Google reviews.

Ponsanooth sits on the A393 between Redruth and Falmouth, and Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service extended its premises in 2021 to add a chapel of rest, a reception area and an arranging room. Watters, Court & Maddern trades as CFS, part of Cornwall Funeral Services, which has funeral homes in Redruth, Newlyn and Truro and has helped families since 2015. W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd serves Perranporth, Goonhavern and communities across central Cornwall, and is now in its fourth generation after being founded in 1959.

Older family firms are rooted in the city itself. L.J.Tregunna has served Truro and mid Cornwall since 1948, is a third-generation family business and will visit families at home or meet them at its Truro office, where parking is available. Dennis Barnicoat & Son also arranges funerals in Truro and makes arrangements at the family's own home at a time that suits them.

Best funeral directors in Truro

L.J.Tregunna

5.0(18 reviews on Google)

49 Kenwyn St, Truro

  • Arranges funerals
  • Independent or family-owned
  • Prices published online
+44 1872 273568

The trade here has a strong green streak. The Cornish Funeral Company describes itself as an independent green funeral director. Its funerals include cremations, burials and DIY funerals, with environmentally friendly choices at the centre. Carlyon Funeral Directors offers eco funerals with a woodland burial as well as traditional ceremonies with a horse-drawn hearse, and keeps a private mortuary and chapel of rest beside the family home. Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service and W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd also arrange green or natural burial, with natural burials available at some local sites.

Direct cremation is arranged by The Cornish Funeral Company, L.J.Tregunna, Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service and W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd, among others, and repatriation by Carlyon Funeral Directors, L.J.Tregunna and W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd.

Reviews run from 38 down to 4. Carlyon Funeral Directors is rated 5.0 from 38 reviews, The Cornish Funeral Company 5.0 from 19 and L.J.Tregunna 5.0 from 18. W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd is rated 4.2 from 19, and Dennis Barnicoat & Son 4.0 from 4. Co-op Funeralcare, Truro is rated 5.0 from 11.

Common questions about funeral directors in Truro

Which funeral directors near Truro offer green funerals?

The Cornish Funeral Company describes itself as a green funeral director on the Roseland, and Carlyon Funeral Directors arranges eco funerals with woodland burial. Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service and W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd also arrange green or natural burial.

Is there a funeral director between Redruth and Falmouth?

Kingsley Tresidder Funeral Service is based at Mill Stream Funeral Home in Ponsanooth on the A393 between Redruth and Falmouth. Watters, Court & Maddern also has a home in Redruth.

Which Truro firms will come to the family's home?

L.J.Tregunna visits families at home or meets them at its Truro office. Dennis Barnicoat & Son makes arrangements at the family's own home, and Carlyon Funeral Directors also offers home arrangement visits.

Who serves Perranporth and Goonhavern?

W J Beswetherick & Son Ltd serves Perranporth, Goonhavern and communities across central Cornwall. It was founded in 1959 and is now in its fourth generation.

Does any Truro funeral director arrange a horse-drawn hearse?

Carlyon Funeral Directors lists traditional ceremonies with a horse-drawn hearse among its funerals, from its base at Mount Hawke near Truro. It runs a 24 hour service, every day of the year.

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