Arun District Council Cemeteries

Arundel Cemetery

Ford Road,

Arundel,

West Sussex

BN18 9EX

 

 

An AccessAble guide is available for Arundel Cemetery

 

 

 

Bognor Regis Town Cemetery

Towncross Avenue,

Bognor Regis,

West Sussex

PO21 2BW

 

 

An AccessAble guide is available for Bognor Regis Town Cemetery

 

 

 

Chalcraft Cemetery

Chalcraft Lane,

North Bersted,

Bognor Regis,

PO21 5UA

 

 

An AccessAble guide is available for Chalcraft Cemetery

 

 

 

Findon Cemetery

Findon By-Pass,

Findon,

West Sussex

BN14 0TR

 

 

An AccessAble guide is available for Findon Cemetery

 

 

 

Littlehampton Cemetery

Horsham Road,

Littlehampton,

West Sussex,

BN17 6LX

 

 

A Chapel is available for use for memorial services:  Littlehampton Cemetery Chapel.pdf [pdf] 178KB

An AccessAble guide is available for Littlehampton Cemetery

 

 

Grounds Maintenance

The Council’s greenspace contractor Tivoli maintains the grounds of the five Council cemeteries as well as the following closed churchyards;

• St James, East Ham Rd, Littlehampton. BN17 7AN
• St John the Baptist, A24 by-pass, Findon. BN14 0RF
• St Mary, Church Street, Littlehampton. BN17 5EN
• St Mary, Vicarage Lane, East Preston, Littlehampton. BN16 2SP
• St Mary Magdalene, Bersted Street, Bognor Regis. PO22 9QE
• St Nicholas, Elmer Rd, Middleton-on-sea, Bognor Regis. PO22 6ET
• St Nicholas, London Road, Arundel. BN18 QAT

Some areas of the Council’s cemeteries may be left for habitat conservation which means you may see areas of long grass or wildflower meadows in older sections. Where this maintenance regime affects your access to a grave then we shall make sure it is accessible within 24 hours.

Hedge and shrub pruning typically take place between October-March.

Grounds maintenance staff are tasked with ensuring that the Cemeteries Regulations are enforced and so those items placed on graves which do not comply may be removed without warning.

Cemeteries Service Application Forms 

NOTICE OF INTERMENT.PDF [pdf] 340KB
Notice of Interment Form - Garden of Remembrance.pdf [pdf] 156KB
Application for New Grave Ownership Form.pdf [pdf] 214KB
Additional Existing Grave Owner Form.pdf [pdf] 268KB
Additional New Grave Owner Form.pdf [pdf] 368KB
Memorial Application Form.pdf [pdf] 158KB

Transfer of Ownership

There will come a time when the ownership of the Exclusive Right of Burial needs to be transferred following the death of the owner.

The Transfer of Grave Ownership - flow chart.pdf [pdf] 517KB helps identify the correct and lawful path to a successful transfer.

There a several ways in which this can be undertaken as shown in the above flowchart and are as follows;

• A living owner may transfer the grave to any person and can do so by completing the Form of Assignment.pdf [pdf] 151KB. We will require proof of identity and address for both the current and proposed owners. We will only allow up to three owners at any one time.
• When someone dies and they leave an estate of sufficient value together with a Last Will & Testament then the ownership of the grave shall transfer to the Executor(s) of the estate named in the Will. We will need to see the original Court sealed ‘Grant of Probate’ and the  Transfer of Ownership - Grant of Probate.pdf [pdf] 149KB  form will need to be completed. If the Will specified beneficiaries then the Executor is responsible for passing the ownership of the Exclusive Right of Burial to the required person(s). To do so requires the completion of the Form of Assent.pdf [pdf] 154KB .
• When someone dies and they leave an Estate of sufficient value but there is no Last Will & Testament then the Next of Kin can apply to the courts to become the Administrator of the Estate. In doing so the Next of Kin will receive a ‘Letter of Administration’ from the Court. We will need to see the Court sealed original and a the Transfer of Ownership - Letters of Administration.pdf [pdf] 149KB  form must be completed. The Administrator is responsible for passing the ownership of the Exclusive Right of Burial to the required person(s). To do so requires the completion of the Form of Assent.pdf [pdf] 154KB . In this situations all children of the deceased are equal owners to the burial rights.
• When someone dies and they leave an Estate of insufficient value for either Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration to be obtained then the transfer of ownership must be undertaken by making a Statutory Declaration.pdf [pdf] 152KB . This will need to be signed in the presence of a Magistrate or Commissioner of Oaths. Where a Will is available then the ownership is transferred to the Executor by completing a Statutory Declaration.pdf [pdf] 152KB . The Executor is then responsible for transferring the grave to the required person and is required to do so by using the ‘Form of Assent’. In these instances we will need to see the original or a certified copy of the Will.
• Where a number of persons have a right to ownership, but wish to vest the ownership in one person (or other variation) a  Form of Renunciation.pdf [pdf] 158KB  must be completed together with a  Statutory Declaration.pdf [pdf] 152KB