Woking, Surrey


The Woking borough includes Woking, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Knaphill, Horsell, Old Woking, Pyrford, Brookwood 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

Woking Register Office

The Civic Offices

Gloucester Square

Woking

Surrey GU21 6YL


Telephone: 0300 200 1002


Appointments are required before attending.


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Hospital


Woking Community Hospital


Heathside Road

Woking

Surrey GU22 7HS


Telephone: 01483 715911


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


For major acute hospital services, many families in Woking are cared for by St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey.


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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


Woking Crematorium


Hermitage Road

St John's

Woking

Surrey GU21 8TJ


Telephone: 01483 472197


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


Brookwood Cemetery


- Traditional burials

- Ashes interments

- Memorial gardens

- Historic cemetery


Woking Cemetery


- Traditional burials

- Ashes interments

- Memorials


Horsell Cemetery


- Traditional burials

- Memorials


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New Burial Plots


Availability varies depending on the cemetery.


Please contact Woking Borough 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.


Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors


234 Goldsworth Road

Woking

Surrey GU21 6LS


Telephone: 01483 768942


- Independent family funeral directors

- Chapel of Rest

- 24-hour service

- Funeral plans


Alan Greenwood & Sons Funeral Directors


The Broadway

Knaphill

Woking

Surrey GU21 2DR


Telephone: 01483 808759


- Independent family funeral directors

- Chapel of Rest

- Funeral plans


Co-op Funeralcare


129–131 Goldsworth Road

Woking

Surrey GU21 6LJ


Telephone: 01483 756778


- Chapel of Rest

- 24-hour personal service

- Funeral plans


Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors


Station Approach

West Byfleet

Surrey KT14 6NF


Telephone: 01932 855844


- Independent family funeral directors

- Chapel of Rest

- Funeral plans


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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


Woking Borough Council

https://www.woking.gov.uk/


Surrey Registration Service

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


Woking Community Hospital

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/


Woking Crematorium

https://www.thelondoncremation.co.uk/woking-crematorium/


Woking Cemeteries Information

https://www.woking.gov.uk/


Public Health Funerals

https://www.woking.gov.uk/safety-community-care/support-community/public-health-funerals