Hillier Funeral Service - Old Town, Swindon
- Arranges funerals
- Independent or family-owned
- Prices published online
Hillier Funeral Service runs four of the 16 funeral directors in South West England on Swindon's page, with homes in Old Town, Rodbourne Cheney, Highworth and Royal Wootton Bassett. It has served Swindon since 1923, and the Old Town branch at Kingshill House is rated 5.0 from 192 reviews. Swindon's other firms are fewer but varied, and 12 of the 16 sit in Swindon itself while 3 are in Wiltshire.
Away from Hillier, Mead Family Funerals is run entirely by members of one family and serves Swindon and Wroughton, along with Chisledon, Wanborough, Ogbourne, Broad Hinton and Wichelstowe. It is rated 5.0 from 50 reviews. A. E. Smith & Son Funeral Directors has cared for people in Swindon since 1880 from its funeral home at Queens Drive. Pearce Funeral Services is a family-run firm in West Swindon, with a chapel of rest in Ermin Street, Stratton St Margaret, reachable from the A419.
Blackwells of Swindon has served Swindon, Cricklade and nearby areas since 1916. G. & L. Evans Funeral Directors has a branch at 4 Covingham Square, in a parade of shops off the Piccadilly roundabout, and another at 27 Newburgh Place in Highworth, next to Tesco Metro. Central Co-op Funeral has branches at 439 Cricklade Road in Swindon and at Cardinal House in Highworth, both answering calls 24 hours a day.
Hillier Funeral Service runs five chapels of rest across its homes, each attended by a caretaker, and families can visit in the evenings and at weekends by appointment. The Rodbourne Cheney branch is rated 5.0 from 135 reviews and the Highworth home, with two chapels of rest, 5.0 from 81. Hillier arranges cremations, burials in churchyards and cemeteries, woodland burials, non-religious funerals, infant and child funerals and unattended direct cremations. Pearce Funeral Services, rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, works within the NAFD and SAIF codes of conduct, and Mead Family Funerals can be reached 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
North and west of the town, Royal Wootton Bassett has its own cluster. Co-op Funeralcare in Royal Wootton Bassett also covers Maslin Funeral Service and is rated 4.8 from 25 reviews. Johnson & Daltrey Independent Family Funeral Service was founded in 2012 and has branches in Royal Wootton Bassett, Calne and Malmesbury, with an office open every weekday. Hillier's newest home at Lime Kiln House serves Royal Wootton Bassett, Purton, Lyneham and Broad Town.
One firm serves a particular community. Zakłady Pogrzebowe Nowakowski presents itself as a Polish funeral service covering England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with Polish-language pages on burial, transport and cremation.
Direct cremation is offered by 12 of the 16, a chapel of rest by 11, and green or natural burial by 7. Humanist or non-religious ceremonies are offered by 9, home arrangement visits by 6, and 14 can be reached 24 hours a day. Funeral plans are offered by 13. Prices are published online by 11 of the 16. Under the Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021, funeral directors are required to display a Standardised Price List, and the Competition and Markets Authority publishes a template and guidance. Reviews total 624, with an average rating of 4.7.
Hillier Funeral Service has a Highworth funeral home with two chapels of rest. G. & L. Evans Funeral Directors is at 27 Newburgh Place, and Central Co-op Funeral has a branch at Cardinal House.
Hillier Funeral Service has a funeral home at Lime Kiln House serving Royal Wootton Bassett, Purton, Lyneham and Broad Town. Co-op Funeralcare and Johnson & Daltrey Independent Family Funeral Service also have branches in Royal Wootton Bassett.
Mead Family Funerals serves Swindon and Wroughton, along with Chisledon, Wanborough, Ogbourne, Broad Hinton and Wichelstowe. It is rated 5.0 from 50 reviews.
Pearce Funeral Services has a chapel of rest in Ermin Street, Stratton St Margaret, reachable from the A419. G. & L. Evans Funeral Directors has a branch in the Covingham parade off the Piccadilly roundabout.
Under the Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021, funeral directors must display a Standardised Price List. Prices are published online by 11 of the 16, including Hillier Funeral Service, Mead Family Funerals and Blackwells of Swindon.