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Funerals, Repatriation & Memorials

"Every funeral is unique, every life honoured and celebrated"

Steven Mears

Group CEO

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Your Mears Family Funerals Branch is Just A Click Away

Find your nearest branch by entering your postcode below, or choose a branch from the list.

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How can we support you?

Our local teams support families across South East London and North Kent, with regional branches in Aylesbury and Southampton. We can help with funeral arrangements, repatriation and memorials, and explain your choices and costs.

Our Orpington premises are currently closed for relocation. Please contact the team before planning a visit.

Find branch contact details and visitor information or compare funeral services and costs.

Throughout our site, you'll find a range of useful resources, from funeral price estimators to guides on funeral etiquette.

Questions families often ask

What is a direct cremation?

A direct cremation takes place without mourners attending the crematorium. Families can choose to hold a separate gathering or memorial. Read about our direct cremation service and its conditions.

What are disbursements?

Disbursements are charges from other organisations involved in a funeral, such as a crematorium, cemetery or officiant. Our estimates show these separately from our own charges. Understand funeral costs.

Can I record my funeral wishes?

Yes. An Expression of Wishes form records your preferences and guides those arranging the funeral. It does not pay for the funeral. Record your funeral wishes.

Your local team can answer questions in person, by telephone or by videocall. Contact your local branch.

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Our Principles

Mears Family Funeral is founded on three key principles:

personal-service Personalised Funeral Services & International Repatriation

At Mears Family Funerals, our family has provided compassionate funeral care across four generations for a century. We guide you through every stage of honouring your loved one, handling all details from custom floral tributes and comprehensive funeral planning to international repatriation services and lasting headstone memorials.

To ensure seamless funeral arrangements, you will work directly with a dedicated local Funeral Director. They serve as your personal point of contact, ensuring every detail reflects your family's exact wishes.

professional-staff Experienced Local Funeral Directors & Caring Staff

We maintain exceptional standards across all our funeral services by recruiting outstanding individuals and continuously investing in their growth. Our commitment to professional development, industry best practices, and ongoing training equips our team to provide compassionate, expert funeral care.

Through cross-department secondments and regular group development meetings, we foster a shared, client-focused ethos and deep expertise across our entire organisation.

exceptional-value Experienced Local Funeral Directors & Caring Staff

We take pride in offering transparent funeral pricing that delivers outstanding value. To keep costs clear and straightforward, we offer unified pricing structures, such as a standardised rate for headstone installation regardless of location.

Our core funeral costs focus on your chosen coffin and our standard Essential Services, allowing full flexibility to tailor the service to your loved one's memory. You can easily estimate total costs - including optional additions and third-party disbursement fees for burial or cremation venues - using our online funeral cost calculator. Any required third-party fees are always passed along directly at cost without markup.

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 “On behalf of myself and our family, we would like to send special thanks to Sharon, James and Stephen for a wonderful send off for our dad. From the time dad was collected from the home to the time we laid him to rest, the compassion and service provided was outstanding. They all ensured our dad was given the love and care that he deserved. We are so grateful for the personal touches like home visits, emails, chats on the phone touched our hearts.”

Dawn White

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Our Services

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Basic Funeral

The Basic Funeral includes a simple coffin, removal from the place of death and a hearse direct to the crematorium or cemetery of your choice with a funeral conductor and attendant bearers.

The service will be arranged at a date and time at our discretion Monday to Thursday only.

There is no allowance for any additional services such as embalming, viewing, limousines etc. However, Orders of Service, floral tributes, cremation urns, fingerprint jewellery etc are available. 

Basic Funeral Service

£3,000
(plus disbursements)

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Local Direct Cremation

A direct cremation is a contemporary choice for families who do not want a traditional funeral service. It is a low cost, unattended service with a respectful farewell in a simple and fuss-free way. Viewing of your loved one is included at our London branches only.

Our direct cremation service can be arranged over the telephone or face-to-face in our branches for just £1,645.

We entrust our local partner crematorium with the cremation, but you can choose any other crematorium. There will most likely be a small surcharge for the additional crematorium fee. 

Local Direct Cremation £1,645
(fully inclusive)
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Bespoke Funeral

The funeral arrangement for your loved one will be unique and reflect their personality, interests and life experiences. Starting with the choice of coffin, English or American-style casket, our experienced funeral arrangers will guide you through the options that are available, enabling you to create a funeral service that truly celebrates the life of a loved one.

In addition to our essential services, you may wish to personalise the funeral with the addition of a Victorian horse-drawn carriage hearse, Orders of Service, limousines and floral tributes.

 

Bespoke Funeral, from £3,375
(plus disbursements)
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