Darlington Funeral Service

26/06/2026

When making funeral arrangements, please make sure you find out what services you are actually going to receive. The article below demonstrates the mis-information we have discussed many times from the large corporate companies; that people buying a 'Funeral Plan' from TV adverts are in fact only paying for a Direct Cremation.

A Direct Cremation means that family and friends don't attend a service at the crematorium and although it's completely the right choice for some, we find that for others, they can feel regret or sadness for not having attended a traditional funeral together with loved ones, to say a final goodbye.

For all Direct Cremations and Simple and Traditional funerals, choose a local funeral director who will treat your loved one with care and dignity and keep your loved one local.

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against online direct cremation firm Pure Cremation.

21/06/2026

We know this weekend will be difficult for many of you, we are thinking of you all, 🧡

19/06/2026

We think this is a positive step to help make the public aware of how misleading these corporate direct cremation companies are.

Contact us, your local funeral director instead, to find out what a direct cremation actually involves and whether it’s the right choice for your loved one.

We don’t have hidden costs, we can explain your options and we will keep your loved one local.

Pure Cremation’s advert has been pulled be regulators for claiming an attended funeral service was part of its standard plan

16/06/2026

We are very grateful to Darlington Lions Charity Bookshop for helping us out by coming to collect a very large amount of books from our North Road office. We had a huge amount of books that had been kindly donated for our Marie Cure charity book sale last month, that we held at our sister branch in Stokesley and we're happy they have gone to help another great cause. 🥰🥰

10/06/2026

Dedicated to the memory of Keith James Thornton

04/06/2026

Our flower baskets are starting to bloom now 🌺🌼🪻 Lovely trailing pansies from JJ Blair & Sons nursery.

01/06/2026

We had a brilliant fundraising day in aid of Marie Curie UK at our Rea Funeral Service branch at Stokesley last month 😄

🌼🌼Today we were delighted to present the 'big cheque' to Jean from Stokesley and District Fundraising Group for Marie Curie UK. 🌼🌼

Thank you so much once again to EVERYONE that gave so generously at our Book and Cake Sale last month and helped us to raise such a fantastic amount 😍.

31/05/2026

Would you like a low cost funeral for £1695, but still have the chance to say a dignified goodbye?

Here at Darlington Funeral Service (Part of Rea Funeral Service) we offer a Direct Cremation with a Goodbye Service.

Find out more at
www.darlingtonfuneralservice.co.uk
Call us on 01325 480000
We are located at 297-299 North Road, Darlington DL1 2JR.

31/05/2026

We have a Creative Café Summer fair coming up, on the 4th June and we would love to see you there!

The fair will kick off from 1pm and is hosted at The Wellbeing Hub at the Woodlands, and will include a variety of activities to keep you busy, plus entry is free on the day

- Raffle 🎟️
- Tombola 🎫
- Cakes 🍰
- Plants 🪴

So save the date, we would love to see you there!