Our attended cremations let you say goodbye at a private service with your loved one's nearest and dearest present. We include everything our direct cremation offers plus a service for up to 8 or 20 people.
Our attended services are family-led, giving you complete control of what to include. Arrange an attended cremation with a service at one of our 40 crematoriums across the UK.
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The UK’s largest direct cremation provider
A caring and attentive team here for you and your family 24/7
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
Independent customer service rating of 4.9/5 on Feefo
The UK’s largest direct cremation provider
A caring and attentive team here for you and your family 24/7
Nationwide provider operating throughout mainland GB
Give your loved one a dignified and modest send off with our attended cremation services.
Say goodbye together with your closest friends and family. Our two low cost cremation with service options include either a 10 minute service for up to 8 attendees or a 20 minute service for up to 20 attendees.
You can witness the committal of the coffin and take time to remember your loved one in your way. You may like to give a reading, have a few moments of quiet reflection or play a piece of music in honour of the deceased.
For those who don’t wish to have any mourners present at the cremation, we also offer our Unattended Cremation service.
Planning for the future? Our Small Attended Cremation Plans allow you to plan and pay for an attended cremation funeral in advance so that everything is sorted when the time comes.
View our price list for a full breakdown of everything that's included and not included as well as a list of all optional extras.
Alternatively, view our CMA standardised price list. For further details, please read our terms & conditions.
To arrange a low cost attended service straight away, call our compassionate and knowledgeable Customer Service Specialists.
If your loved one is near to death and you would like more information before making funeral arrangements, you can also download a free guide to our funeral services.
Call us on 01543 212000If our Small Attended Cremation services don't fit your funeral preferences or budget, you may be interested in one of our other funeral services. All of our funeral options are also available to be paid for in advance with a funeral plan.
Our unattended direct cremation is our most affordable cremation which takes place with no mourners in attendance.
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Funeral plans >>Whichever funeral option you choose, we’ll give your loved one a compassionate send-off that respects their dignity. We are experts in direct cremations and simple funerals. Trust your instinct and trust the dedicated professionals at Distinct to deliver a wonderfully caring funeral.
Complete end-to-end service delivered by our teams
We use our own private ambulances, mortuary facilities and crematoriums. This means we look after your loved one personally at every stage to guarantee quality service.
State-of-the-art mortuary care
Our team meticulously prepare your loved one for cremation and care for them on a daily basis using the best mortuary technology.
A respectful farewell at the crematorium chapel
At all services, an attendant or funeral operative is present whilst your loved one is brought into the chapel to your choice of music.
Ashes returned or scattered at no extra cost
The individually identified and tracked ashes will be hand delivered back to you at home within 14 days or scattered at the crematorium.
Our optional extra can be added for £100 and includes:
Our attended cremation is available at any of our 40 crematoriums across the UK
Distinct Cremations leave out the funeral fuss and needless extras but leave in great service and a wonderfully caring attitude. That’s why my instinct is Distinct.
Sue Cook, TV Presenter
You can say farewell to your loved one in an alternative way to the traditional funeral with our low cost Unattended Cremation.
Whichever of our funeral options you choose, a respectful cremation will take place. The ashes can be scattered at the crematorium gardens or personally returned to you by our team.
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These are the steps in the process when you choose one of our attended cremation services for your loved one. Your loved one's dignity and care will always be prioritised and you will be kept informed throughout each stage of the arrangements.
Call us to begin getting your arrangements in place and for support with the necessary forms and paperwork
Our team care for your loved one at our professional mortuary whilst you plan a service to suit their wishes
Following cremation at one of our crematoriums, the ashes will be personally returned within 14 days
We will collect your loved one via private ambulance from their place of rest and bring them into our care
Your loved one will be resting in the chapel ready for your family-led, affordable attended funeral service
Upon arranging a funeral, once you’ve agreed the type of service that you’d like, one of our Customer Service Specialists will take the payment in full, which can be made by credit or debit card.
For those planning ahead, we offer funeral plans that can be paid for upfront or in monthly instalments, allowing you to arrange and pay for your funeral in advance.
There are lots of things you can do with the ashes. Many people scatter ashes in a place that was special to the deceased, some keep them in an urn as a keepsake and others have recently started to have ashes turned into jewellery or glass.
At Distinct Cremations, we provide two attended cremation services that give your family and loved ones the opportunity to pay their respects. Our attended cremations accommodate either up to 8 or up to 20 attendees ensuring a dignified and cheap memorial service.
We’ll keep the deceased dressed in the same clothes they were wearing when they entered our care unless otherwise requested. If you’ve got a specific outfit you’d like them to wear, just let us know and provide it prior to the cremation.
Attended cremation costs vary between direct cremation providers, but the average attended cremation cost in the UK is £3,795.* At Distinct Cremations, our prices for an affordable memorial service start at just £1,599.
* The average cost of cremation in 2023 (SunLife Cost of Dying Report 2024, sunlife.co.uk/funeral-costs)
Cremation service lengths can vary depending on the type of farewell you would like. With our attended cremation services, we offer two service lengths. You can choose to have a service lasting for either 10 or 20 minutes. The time can be used to share memories of your loved one, play a piece of music in honour of the deceased, give a eulogy or simply have a moment of quiet reflection.
For an unattended cremation, there’s no service held before the cremation takes place.
While we endeavour to cremate the deceased as soon as possible following the service this isn't always possible. However, the cremation is always completed with 24-hours of arrival at the crematorium. Learn more about how long after death is a cremation.
Yes, you can attend a direct cremation. Though most direct cremations are unattended, with Distinct Cremations you can attend a direct cremation with services lasting up to 20 minutes for 20 people.
Our crematoriums feature state-of-the-art downloadable music systems, allowing us to play any piece of music you want as long as it's been commercially recorded and released.
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