Cemeteries

Cemeteries

Whenever you visit our two cemeteries in Tewkesbury or Bishop’s Cleeve we hope you will find an atmosphere of peace, reverence, reflection and comfort:

Tewkesbury Cemetery, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury GL20 7DA. 

Facilities available include: Water, chapel, resident sexton, cremated remains plots, Commonwealth war graves, lawned graves, children and babies area, traditional graves with kerb sets, burial areas by religious denomination, Garden of Remembrance.

The cemetery is accessible at any time.

Bishop’s Cleeve Cemetery, Kayte Lane, Cheltenham GL52 8AT.  

Facilities available include: Water, cremated remains section, lawned graves, Garden of Remembrance.

The cemetery is accessible at any time.

Guide to burial and memorial forms

The following forms can be found in the Documents section in the sidebar.

• Application for a memorial or additional inscription permit
  This application form is for a permit to carry out memorial works in the cemetery
• Bench and bench plaque application form
• Bronze memorial plaque application form
  This application form is to enable a bronze plaque to be put in either the garden of remembrance or under a tree where an interment of cremated remains has taken place.
• Exclusive right of burial indemnity form
  This indemnity form must be submitted where a burial is to take place and the Deed of Grant cannot be produced.
• Granite plaque application form
• Lawn cemetery form
  Details the conditions of a lawn cemetery burial. Bishops Cleeve Cemetery and a section of Tewkesbury Cemetery are lawn style cemeteries.
• Notice of interment form
  A notice of interment to carry out burials in the cemetery.
• Notice of interment of cremated remains form
  A notice of interment to enable cremated remains to be interred or scattered in the garden of remembrance, a grave plot, or under a tree (subject to availability).

Cemetery Viewer

If you are trying to trace a family member or friend that may have been buried in either Tewkesbury or Bishop’s Cleeve cemeteries you can access this information on our app, cemetery viewer. 

Cemetery Viewer Interactive Web Map

This site will allow a quick search which will provide you with burial and cremation information. Please note not all our records are digitised and we welcome you to give us feedback regarding missing or incomplete records.