The Mayor has officially opened Crowborough’s new town cemetery.
Cllr Matthew Street, cut the ribbon to officially open the new Summersales Burial Ground on Monday morning (12 May).
Summersales Burial Ground is located in a beautiful meadow in London Road, about a mile from the town centre owned and managed by Crowborough Town Council.
It replaces the Herne Road Cemetery which was opened more than 100 years ago and which is now almost full.
Summersales offers coffin and ashes interments (in the Forest View Garden of Remembrance), as well as three new options – natural burials in the Summersales Meadow; the Ashdown Family Garden, allowing families to be buried together in one location; and Summersales Lea, an area for four circular garden beds, which will be available to book for the scattering of ashes. There is also The Children’s Garden.
At the centre of the plot is The Summersales Room, a bright stand-alone building with a glass frontage and seating for up to 40 people. It has AV available with a screen for video and music. The room can also be hired for memorials. The burial ground is now open for visitors daily.
Crowborough Town Council said: “We understand that burying a loved one is a difficult and sensitive time, and we hope that the Crowborough Summersales Burial Ground will become established as a place of peace and tranquillity for all who visit it.”