Cemetery regulations

After a burial the ground will need time to settle. This can take up to 12 months. The grave owner should level the ground and properly turf it. This might not apply if the grave is traditional and has a memorial where the grass space would be. Cremated ashes graves will not need to be levelled or have turf placed onto them.

Turfed mounds are not permitted.

The grave owner of a traditional, or non lawn grave should keep the grave space tidy and free from weeds. If a grave has too many weeds, or looks untidy the cemetery manager can level the grave space. This is not a rule for lawn graves and cremated ashes graves.

The manager can prune, cut down, or dig up to take away any shrubs, trees, plants, or flowers at any time. This will be done if the plants are not good for the cemetery, or are untidy.

Putting plastic, silk or not natural wreaths, flowers on grave is not allowed. Glass of any type, pottery, tins, wooden crosses, plastic or wire fences or any other items are not allowed. Items put onto graves, or in the cemetery can be removed and might not be able to be given back.

The cemetery can remove from any type of grave, flowers, plants, or wreaths that do not look healthy. Or if they are not suitable, or may cause offense.

Any soil removed from a grave or vault can to be placed in any part of the Cemetery as needed to by the manager. Sometimes this can be on grave spaces.

A small, temporary, grave marker can be put onto a grave that has no headstone, and when it is the first burial in the grave. This can be in place for the first year from the date of a burial. This should be no bigger than 30cm in total. If a headstone memorial is placed on the grave in that first year, the marker will be removed. If a marker is removed by the cemetery staff, we might not be able to give it back.