CROWBOROUGH TOWN COUNCIL

HERNE ROAD & ST THOMAS' CHAPEL

CEMETERY REGULATIONS

Crowborough Town Council (Council) welcomes all visitors to the cemetery and chapel and you are asked to respect the peace and dignity of the facilities.

The cemetery and chapel are managed and operated by the Council in accordance with the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order (LACO) 1977, as amended by the Local Authorities' (Amendment) Order 1986 and such other legislation as may be made from time to time.

All persons entering the cemetery do so at their own risk and the Council will not accept any liability for injuries or damage sustained howsoever caused.

The cemetery is open to the public on a daily basis.

The usual hours for interments are 10.00am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday, with the chapel available by arrangement.

The Council reserves the right to close the cemetery and limit entry at any time.

The Council is empowered to alter or amend these regulations at any time; to introduce further regulations at any time, to waive any of the foregoing regulations in exceptional circumstances or to impose temporary restrictions on any matters not specifically covered by these regulations.

MANAGEMENT OF THE CEMETERY

  1. All visitors to the cemetery must keep to the footpaths or roads provided for that purpose, except whilst visiting a grave, and refrain from touching the trees, shrubs, plants or flowers.
  2. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale any article, commodity or thing of any kind whatsoever or solicit for orders from the same within the cemetery.
  3. Any person using a motor vehicle in the cemetery shall do so only on a carriageway suited to the purpose, except with the consent of the Council and shall not exceed 10mph.
  4. Visitors to the cemetery shall not unreasonably interrupt the Council's employees at their duties or employ them to execute private works within the cemetery or extend to them any gratuity.
  5. No person shall drop, throw or otherwise deposit and leave in the cemetery any wastepaper or refuse of any kind, except in the litter bins provided. All rubbish and waste material, including wreaths and floral tributes, which have been removed from graves, should be disposed of in the litter bins provided. Household waste or other waste material not generated in the cemetery must not be placed in the litter bins.
  6. No person shall operate any sound reproducing equipment or play any musical instrument in the cemetery without the prior consent of the Council.
  7. Children (under the age of 12) are not permitted in the cemetery except under the care and supervision of a responsible person.
  8. Dogs must be kept on a lead and owners are required to clear up any dog fouling.

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