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Gilroes Cemetery and Crematorium

Gilroes Cemetery and Crematorium

4.2(39 reviews)See reviews ↓·Leicester

What customers say

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Funeral ceremonies at this Leicester crematorium and cemetery are repeatedly described as handled with care and sensitivity. Staff come across as friendly, supportive and willing to go out of their way, particularly when arrangements threatened to go wrong; one family recalls that employees intervened so that a relative who had travelled a long distance could still attend the scattering of ashes. The East Chapel hosted a Zoroastrian ceremony, and reviews mention services that felt less like formal rites and more like personal celebrations of the deceased, with the officiant capturing character and uniqueness.

Several accounts highlight how well the grounds are maintained, describing them as beautiful and peaceful, and noting that the scale of the site allows vehicles to move around it easily. The cemetery's age appears in comments about the older sections, alongside a wish that more entrances were available for disabled visitors and that the grounds were not used as a through route. Practical information about where ashes are scattered forms another recurring theme, as does the helpfulness of staff in explaining arrangements.

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Reviews

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Nick Walsh3 July 2026

Toilets closed before 4pm. Digital book of remembrance doesn't have my grandparents or late uncle in it despite being in the cemetery. Travelled 200 miles for nothing.

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Stuart10 June 2026

Recently attended a funeral service. All went according to plan so no complaints. However there's no signage as you drive in from Groby Rd if you go straight ahead there's a poor looking car park with a brick wall, but no signs directing cars to the chapels, or directions for disabled needing to park closer. Those in charge need to look at this from a first time visitors perspective. Signs don't cost much. I think there are better crematoriums.

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Fali Madon4 July 2024

Huge Cemetery and Crematorium. Performed a Zoroastrian Funeral Ceremony here today at the East Chapel. Staff is helpful and friendly. Maintained well.

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Aisha Hassan30 June 2024

This is a beautiful place to rock with music and I like to party with my grandma she loves it to she might be rotting in hell but at least she’s having fun 😎

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Caroline Taylor1 August 2023

My grandfather, grt aunt, my grandmother and my dad are all buried in one plot. My mum passed away 2018, I was able to place her urn and ashes in with my dad. Ive been going there for over 50yrs Now with the LCC cuts we have noticed that the cemetery is looking rather unkempt. Headstones have fallen due to trees and instead of laying them flat to preserve them they brace them or they go in landfill. area UU The rubbish bins have been moved & Some taps are no longer working.

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Dlila B23 June 2023

A relative of our family was buried there in the Jewish section in April 2023 We don't live in England, so we saw the funeral ceremony on Zoom. The tombstone is still not ready, they are working on it so that it will be ready for the one-year memorial. But there is a plaque on the grave with his name and the date of death. Since then I've ben trying to look all around the web and at Gilrose Cemetery website for his name and the exact location of the grave plote but i can't find it anywhere. When we get there For the memorial on the first anniversary of the death we'll won't know the exact burial place!

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Wendy Whyley14 June 2023

They don't take care of any flowers left in the garden of remembrance,the grass needs cutting,my husband's service was Monday,I went back on Tuesday and my husband's flowers were all over the place I was devastated and disgusted,ok it may have been birds,but I was so upset by it,but what should I expect from a rushed service.

Cremation services in Leicester compared

Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 3 businesses in this category in Leicester are compared.

RankProviderRatingReviewsOpen Sat.
1Great Glen Crematorium and Natural Burial Ground★ 4,832No
2South Leicestershire Crematorium★ 4,630Yes
3Gilroes Cemetery and Crematorium (this page)★ 4,239No
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Working hours
Monday09:00–17:00
Tuesday09:00–17:00
Wednesday09:00–17:00
Thursday09:00–17:00
Friday09:00–16:30
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed