30/07/2025
📢 Big changes at Worcester Crematorium!
Final preparations are underway for a major refurbishment at our Astwood Road site. This upgrade includes the installation of state-of-the-art electric cremators — a significant step toward a more sustainable future. 🌿⚡
The work begins on Monday 4 August and will last until summer 2026. During that time, funeral services will be held at the KGV Hub in Ash Avenue, off Brickfields Road, seven minutes’ walk from the Crematorium.
The grounds of Astwood Cemetery will be open as normal throughout the refurbishment, with visitors having full access to the graves of their loved ones and the majority of the memorials at the site.
The Book of Remembrance has already been moved to a temporary new home in The Guildhall’s Green Room, where it can be visited Monday-Saturday during the building’s normal opening hours. No appointment is necessary.
The first phase of the work, running 4-15 August, will see National Grid installing an upgraded power supply at the entrance to the cemetery. As part of this, four-way traffic lights will be put in place at the Astwood Road roundabout and traffic will be one-way only along Brickfields Road, between the junction with Blackpole Road and the roundabout. A diversion will be in place, along the northern part of Astwood Road, Bilford Road and the southern part of Blackpole Road.
The City Council is sending a letter with details of the work to all the homes on the diversion route.
Also from Monday 4 August, the KGV Hub will become the temporary venue for funeral services, for the duration of the works at Astwood Crematorium. Up to four services will be held each day, Monday-Friday.
After a service, cremations will be carried out at Redditch Crematorium. The ashes will be returned to the KGV Hub for collection, unless the family has made alternative arrangements with their funeral director.
With the Astwood Cemetery grounds remaining open, burials will continue as normal, both there and at St John’s Cemetery. It will also still be possible to scatter ashes in Astwood Cemetery’s garden of remembrance.
