We’re an award winning family-run & independent natural burial specialist and funeral directors

Peace Funerals have been providing natural burial services to families for over 25 years.

Driven by the desire to make environmentally-friendly funeral options available, we established two of the first natural burial grounds in the UK – South Yorkshire Woodland Burial Ground at Ulley and Golden Valley Woodland Burial Ground. And twenty five years on, we are still committed to extending ‘greener’ choices to families, both as cemetery managers and funeral directors.

We have always provided alternative coffins. We designed, and created, the first willow coffin to be used in the UK (the ‘Mawdesley’) which is made exclusively from sustainable resources and is still in use today. We also provide coffins made from everything from cardboard to bamboo, banana leaf to pandanus, all of which have good environmental credentials.

Our most recent commitment to the environment is the creation of a new natural burial ground at Apperknowle, a village nestled just three miles to the south of Sheffield. A local viewpoint, you can see from here for miles across the Drone Valley and across to the eastern slopes of The Peak.