Mole Valley, Surrey


The Mole Valley district includes Dorking, Leatherhead, Ashtead, Bookham, Fetcham, Brockham, Mickleham and the surrounding villages. This guide brings together the key local services to help you when someone dies, including registering a death, arranging a funeral and accessing bereavement support.


Quick Guide


Service| Available

Death Registration| ✅

Hospital| ✅

Bereavement Services| ✅

Coroner Service| ✅

Crematorium| ✅

Cemeteries| ✅

New Burial Plots| Subject to availability

Chapel of Remembrance| ✅

Webcasting| ✅

Disabled Access| ✅

Parking| ✅


Registering a Death


Deaths are registered through the Surrey Registration Service.


Registration Office

Leatherhead Register Office

The Mansion

70 Church Street

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 8ER


Telephone: 0300 200 1002


Appointments are required before attending.


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Hospital


Leatherhead Hospital


Poplar Road

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 8SD


Telephone: 01372 735765


Bereavement support is available following a death in hospital, and families will be advised of the next steps.


For acute hospital services, many families in Mole Valley are cared for by Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.


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Coroner


Unexpected, unexplained or unnatural deaths may be referred to the Surrey Coroner before registration can take place.


The Coroner may:


- Arrange a post-mortem examination

- Open an inquest where necessary

- Authorise burial or cremation


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Crematorium


Randalls Park Crematorium


Randalls Road

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 0AG


Telephone: 01372 363181


Facilities


- Modern chapel

- Chapel of Remembrance

- Webcasting

- Music system

- Book of Remembrance

- Gardens of Remembrance

- Memorial options

- Disabled access

- Parking


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Cemeteries


Dorking Cemetery


- Traditional burials

- Ashes interments

- Memorials


Randalls Park Cemetery


- Traditional burials

- Ashes interments

- Memorial gardens


Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground


- Natural burials

- Ashes interments

- Woodland memorials


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New Burial Plots


Availability varies depending on the cemetery.


Please contact Mole Valley District Council for the latest information regarding:


- Burial rights

- Memorial permits

- Cemetery records

- New burial plots

- Grave searches


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Funeral Directors


Please note: The funeral directors listed below are provided for information only. The Funeral Companion does not recommend or endorse any individual funeral director. We encourage families to compare services, facilities and prices before making a decision.


Sherlock & Sons Independent Funeral Directors


11 Wathen Road

Dorking

Surrey RH4 2JS


Telephone: 01306 876558


- Independent family funeral directors

- Chapel of Rest

- 24-hour service

- Funeral plans


Stoneman Funeral Service


1 South Street

Dorking

Surrey RH4 2DY


Telephone: 01306 883001


- Independent family funeral directors

- Chapel of Rest

- Funeral plans


Co-op Funeralcare


142 Kingston Road

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 7PZ


Telephone: 01372 372435


- Chapel of Rest

- 24-hour personal service

- Funeral plans


Surrey Green Burials Funeral Directors


234 High Street

Dorking

Surrey RH4 1QR


Telephone: 01306 740407


- Independent funeral directors

- Green funerals

- Natural burials

- Funeral planning


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Financial Help


Depending on your circumstances, you may be eligible for:


- Funeral Expenses Payment

- Bereavement Support Payment

- Public Health Funeral assistance


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Bereavement Support


Support is available from:


- Cruse Bereavement Support

- NHS Talking Therapies

- Samaritans

- Your GP

- Local hospice bereavement services


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Official Local Resources


Mole Valley District Council

https://www.molevalley.gov.uk/


Surrey Registration Service

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/birth-death-and-ceremonies


Leatherhead Hospital

https://www.surreydownshealthandcare.nhs.uk/


Randalls Park Crematorium

https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/crematoria-and-cemeteries/crematoria/find-a-crematorium/randalls-park-crematorium/


Mole Valley Cemeteries Information

https://www.molevalley.gov.uk/community/cemeteries-burial-sites/


Funerals, Burials and Cremations

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/birth-death-and-ceremonies/death/after-a-death/funerals-burials-and-cremations