Tavistock Town Council welcomes all visitors to our cemeteries in Tavistock and asks that visitors respect the peace and dignity of our facilities as well as other users. These are communal spaces for quiet reflection and remembering our loved ones.
Regulations
We would ask all visitors to the Cemetery to make themselves familiar with all of the rules and regulations. Through our rules and regulations we aim to provide a balance between individual rights/information and the need to regulate for a safe, tidy and dignified environment with respect for the bereaved, visitors to the cemetery as well as its historic character.
Please do contact the Town Council if there is any aspect you require further information on.
We thank you in advance for your consideration.
Cemetery Rules and Regulations
Charges
The Council is responsible for managing the Plymouth Road Cemetery and the associated setting of fees and charges. Each year fees and charges are reviewed by the Town Council allowing them to set an appropriate and fair charge for its services. Any increase in charges is to ensure that people who use these facilities are charged fairly, while still covering the costs of maintaining them, and to help mitigate any council tax subsidy.
For a full list of our current charges for Plymouth Road Cemetery, please click on the link below;
Interments
Interments may only take place during the following times:
Monday to Friday: 10.00am to 3.00pm
A provisional booking should be made by telephone or email. This must be followed by submission of a completed Application for Interment Form, available from the Town Council. If you are using the services of a Funeral Director, they will normally complete and submit all required documentation on your behalf.
The completed Application for Interment Form must be received by the Town Council at least four working days before the interment. This period excludes weekends, public holidays and the day of interment itself. Exceptions may be made where an immediate interment is required due to exceptional circumstances.
To avoid delays or errors, all information provided on the Application for Interment Form must be complete, accurate and legible.
The following documents, together with the appropriate fee, must be submitted with the Application for Interment Form:
- Certificate for Burial; or
- Coroner’s Order for Burial; or
- Cremation Certificate (where applicable).
The Town Council does not undertake the excavation (grave digging) of full burial graves. Funeral Directors, or applicants arranging an interment without a Funeral Director, are responsible for arranging grave excavation through a suitably qualified and competent grave digger or contractor.
The facility for full burial graves to be excavated by Town Council staff ceased on 31 March 2004.
Please note that ashes plots continue to be excavated by Town Council staff as part of the interment arrangements.
Application for Interment Form