Cemetery Information

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Cemeteries are:

All the cemeteries opening hours are:

8.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. daily (March to October)
8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. daily (November to February).

Bank Holiday opening hours will be available in the form of a public notice in the Merthyr Express and updated here at least two weeks prior to the holiday.

Times of Burials

Interments will take place in the Cemeteries between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. (Monday to Thursday) and 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. (Friday).

Funerals are sometimes held outside the above hours but only by arrangement with the Bereavement Services Office direct. There is an extra charge in these circumstances please see Costs/Charges.

Disabled Access

Disabled persons wishing to make prior arrangements for access or any other requirements within the cemetery can contact the Bereavement Services Office or Cemetery direct for help or advice.

Preparation and maintenance within the Cemetery

Whilst preparing graves for a burial it may be necessary to place excavated soil upon adjoining graves. Protective boards will be placed upon the adjoining grave prior to soil being placed thereon and removed immediately after the funeral. The grave will then be returned to its former state.

In the weeks following a burial, graves can be expected to sink. This will be attended to in the course of normal, routine cemetery maintenance.

Floral Tributes

Floral tributes after a funeral will be removed after 14 days unless a request for an extension of time is received by the Bereavement Services Office or Cemetery Foreman.

Christmas wreaths/floral tributes can stain a memorial or damage grass if they are left for long periods of time. Therefore all christmas wreaths/tributes will be removed by 1st February.

We endeavour to maintain all MTCBC cemeteries to the highest possible standard and ensure that the grass is regularly cut. With so many memorials placed so close together, maintenance (in particular grass cutting) is extremely difficult. However every effort is made to ensure that memorials will not be harmed in the process.

During the grass cutting season grass may be blown onto memorials, the cuttings will not cause damage to a memorial and can easily be wiped away.