Facilities on site

Our state-of-the-art bereavement centre has been designed to blend in naturally with the lakeside setting. Visitors will enter a welcoming area, where they will be able to see the funeral procession arrive beneath the porte cochere. From here, they move into the main multi-faith chapel. A secondary service chapel is accessed off the main hall for small ceremonies. 

At the end of the ceremony, visitors will leave the main hall and make their way along a raised flower walkway which incorporates a viewing terrace overlooking the lake. A small function room and memorial gardens are available for visitors who wish to stay longer.

Bereavement centre, crematorium and natural burial area

This will include:

• a covered drop off and entrance lobby with a welcome/waiting area with toilets; a vestry and bearers' room  
  a 125 seat multi-faith chapel with lakeside views
• an 8-seat side chapel for smaller ceremonies (including natural burials) with views out to the landscaped setting of the site
• access to state-of-the-art digital media to give families the option to use video, and livestream services via the internet to mourners unable to be present on the day
• a covered cloistered area with adjacent flower garden where guests leaving the crematorium can gather
• a function room, a waiting room, refreshment facilities and toilets
• a natural burial area
• an electric cremator powered by green energy  
• 80+ parking spaces for visitors, with separate staff parking

Outside areas

There will be a mix of areas outside where friends and families can remember loved ones or enjoy peaceful natural surroundings.

These will include:

• a flower meadow  
• elevated boardwalks and a viewing platform overlooking the lake
• gardens of remembrance
• accessible seating  
• an area for memorial native tree planting  
• a remembrance wall

There will also be:

• lakeside walkways, where it will be possible to walk dogs on leads  
• a hide for bird watching  
• seating areas  
• permit fishing in specific areas away from the bereavement centre

All landscaping will be designed to protect and enhance the biodiversity of the site.

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