Bereavement support
We send our condolences to everyone affected by the loss of a loved one during the coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. Visit London.gov.uk (external link) for advice on bereavement and grief during the pandemic.
- Bereavement Services
- Cemetery and Crematorium addresses
- Registering a death
- Need help following a bereavement?
- Arranging a Funeral
- Further help
Bereavement Services
Please note: Haringey Council no longer provides a cremation and burial service.
This is now provided at Enfield Crematorium, Tottenham Cemetery and Wood Green Cemetery by Dignity Funerals Ltd (external link).
All queries relating to the cemeteries and crematorium - including record searches - should be directed to Dignity Funerals Ltd:
- Dignity Funerals Ltd can be contacted by calling Enfield Crematorium on 020 8363 8324
Cemetery and Crematorium addresses
Enfield Crematorium
Great Cambridge Road
Enfield
EN1 4DS
Telephone
020 8363 8324
Tottenham Cemetery
White Hart Lane
Tottenham
N17
Telephone
020 8363 8324
Wood Green Cemetery
Wolves Lane
Wood Green
N22
Telephone
020 8363 8324
Registering a death
Find out how to register a death.
Need help following a bereavement?
A wide range of organisations provide help for people organising funerals and to assist with the grieving process. Details of some support services can be found on the help and contacts page.
Arranging a Funeral
Most funerals are arranged through a funeral director. However, you could arrange the funeral yourself if you wish. Useful information on all types of funerals is available on the Citizens Advice website (external link) and on GOV.UK (external link).
Local authorities must, under the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984, organise a funeral - called a Public Health Funeral - for a person who dies within the borough and who either has no next of kin, or none willing or able to do so. If a such a person passes away in a hospital or care home, the hospital bereavement officer or care home manager will organise the funeral, depending on the individual circumstances.
Our primary duty when arranging a public health funeral is to the person who has passed away, and they will be buried or cremated as soon as is practically possible - simply but with dignity and respect.
If no instructions have been left by the person who has died as to what kind of funeral they want, we will organise a burial. If, however, the deceased has left instructions that they wish to be cremated, this can be arranged.
The person who has died will be buried in an unmarked public grave, unless they have made arrangements for a private grave. The council's contracted funeral directors will provide everything necessary for a simple but dignified service, including a coffin, the transport of the person who has died to the crematorium or cemetery in a hearse, and pallbearers to transfer the coffin to the chapel. Any religious beliefs or none will be respected, and an appropriate service will be conducted.
Relatives and/or friends, if known to us, will be advised of the date, time and place of the service. If a cremation is organised and friends or relatives wish to scatter the deceased person’s ashes - either in the cemetery’s garden of remembrance or somewhere else - then this can be arranged.
The council also has a duty to reclaim costs of the funeral from the deceased’s estate, if any, and will have first call on the estate to ensure that our costs are covered.
If you require any further information on the subject, please contact the Bereavement Team:
Telephone
07974 607 554
Further help
For help relating to COVID-19 in Haringey please contact Connected Communities: email ConnectedCommunities@haringey.gov.uk.
There is a wide range of help and advice available from a variety of organisations including how to repatriate the body of a deceased person, advice on wills and burials of varying cultures and faiths. Some of these are listed on our help and contacts page.