The London Cremation Company

Welcome

A very warm welcome to The London Cremation Company and our six outstanding crematoria. At each of our sites, our teams dedicate themselves to offering a personal, sensitive and compassionate service to all families. We really get to know you and your loved ones, so that we can support you through this very difficult time. Our teams provide care, kindness and empathy and create bespoke funerals and memorials, within the religious or cultural parameters needed, so that families have the best possible experience under these difficult circumstances.

Our Crematoria

Our crematoria include Great Britain’s first ever crematorium in Woking, Surrey, as well as the world-famous Golders Green crematorium in London. We also have St Marylebone in London, Banbury in North Oxfordshire, Garden of England in Sittingbourne, Kent and Thames View Crematorium and Cemetery in Gravesend Kent. All of our crematoria welcome both families local to them and from further afield and each has a broad range of memorials available.

Our Company

The LCC is owned by The Cremation Society of Great Britain, a registered charity, which was established in 1874 by Sir Henry Thompson, the personal surgeon to Queen Victoria. Sir Henry was cremated at our Golders Green site on his death in 1904. However, the first crematorium in Great Britain was Woking Crematorium, which was built by the Society prior to it creating the LCC and the first cremation was a Mrs Pickersgill who became the first British person ever to be cremated in Great Britain. Click here for more information.

Arranging a Cremation

If you’ve lost a loved one and want to arrange a cremation, the teams at our crematoria will be happy to talk to you about everything you need to know and answer any questions you may have. It’s perfectly normal to be unsure what to do and they’ll help you make the appropriate decisions and offer support at this difficult time. In the first instance if required, they’ll help you find a funeral director and will then work closely with your chosen funeral director to ensure all your wishes are fulfilled.

Please contact your chosen site or click here for more information.