The People's Awards Norfolk Bluebell Wood Best Natural Burial Ground in the UK 2025
Norfolk Bluebell Wood Background to The People's Awards forThe Best Natural Burial Grounds in the UKThese awards are different to any other kind of assessment of green cemeteries, they are not about how sustainable each site is, the facilities that are available or the way the land is managed; the People's Awards are all about the people involved, the level of service they provide, the personal touches and the impact that each natural burial ground manager has made on the famiies of those who they have helped to bury.
The Code of Conduct of the Association of Natural Burial Grounds requires members to provide families arranging funerals with them an opportunity to complete a NDC Feedback Form which is returned directly to the Natural Death Centre headquarters. We receive dozens of these forms every week, the vast majority praising the burial grounds and the people involved. Any concerns or complaints are instantly responded to and reported back to the ANBG member concerned.
Earlier this year, almost 1,000 forms received from families who had funerals at one of the ANBG member sites during the previous year were scrutinised by the trustees and staff of the NDC. The results were logged and analysed, and after many hours of work, a winner and a close runner up in each of the eight qualifying regions across the UK were identified.
Winner and Regional Runners Up 2025 Overall Winner: Norfolk Bluebell Wood, Hainford, Norfolk Regional Winners: Westhope Green Burial Ground, Shropshire Cairnbrae Natural Burial Ground, Kellas, Dundee, Angus
The Willows Natural Burial Ground, Leicestershire Norfolk Bluebell Wood, Hainford, Norfolk Hay Meadow Burial Ground, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Atlantic Rest Natural Burial, Bude, Cornwall Forget Me Not Fields Natural Burial Ground,Wirral Riverview/Deerton Natural Burial Ground, Kent Alne Wood Park Natural Burial Ground Regional Runners Up: Eden Valley Woodland Burial Ground, Kent and Surrey The Windmills Natural Green Burial Ground, Northampton Leafy Lane Woods, Natural Burial Ground, Corsham, Wiltshire Bargoed Natural Burials, Saron, Llandysul South Yorkshire Woodland Burial Ground, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Brightwater Green Burial Ground, Lincolnshire Clovery Woods of Rest, Turriff, Aberdeenshire Westall Park Woodland Burial, Redditch, Worcestershire
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