Heathlands Cemetery
Heathlands Cemetery is a lawn cemetery run by Yateley Town Council. It has been serving the people of Yateley since opening in 1957 and you’ll find it in a peaceful spot next to Yateley Common.
You can enter the cemetery through two pedestrian kissing gates, one of which is wheelchair-friendly and both are always open. The main gates for vehicles are only open on Wednesdays from 10am to 3pm.
The cemetery includes designated areas for different faiths, including Roman Catholic, Church of England, and other denominations. Additionally, there is a Garden of Remembrance for ashes interments and an Infant Burial Area for children up to the age of five.
The burial records are kept at the Council Offices. For information on a relative’s grave, please contact us or click the ‘search cemetery map’ button below.
Arranging Interments
Most burials at Heathlands Cemetery are coordinated through a funeral director, who will handle all necessary paperwork and arrange the grave digging, among other details. Families who wish to manage the arrangements independently should contact the Council Office on 01252 872198 or office@yateley-tc.gov.uk for guidance on the process.
Interments are subject to a fee set by the Town Council. Please refer to the Cemetery Fees for the current charges.
Memorials
Memorials (headstones/tablets etc) can only be placed on graves where an Exclusive Right of Burial has been purchased. A BRAMM registered memorial mason will be able to help you with this process and the completion of the necessary application form.
All memorials and additional inscriptions require authorisation from the Town Council and the payment of a fee prior to installation. Please refer to the cemetery Rules and Regulations on what is and isn’t permitted at Heathlands Cemetery and the cemetery fees for the current charges. All Memorials must be fixed in accordance to ‘BS 8415:2018 Memorials within burial grounds and memorial sites’
Memorial Safety and Testing
The council has a legal obligation to ensure that all memorials remain in a safe condition and therefore has a rolling inspection programme in place. You can read more about the need for testing and the process involved in our Memorial Safety Policy and Method Statement
If a memorial is found to be unstable, a temporary measure may be needed to provide stability and remove the risk of toppling until a permanent fix is carried out. In most cases this is likely to be the placing of a wooden stake behind the stone and using a strap to secure it, in some cases we may lay the stone flat.
Memorials remain the responsibility of the holder of the Exclusive Right of Burial (normally a family member) along with any repair needed to make them stable. We will do our best to contact them about the situation.
An accredited Memorial Mason will be able to undertake the repairs necessary BRAMM – The British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons (bramm-uk.org)
July 2025- Following a series of inspections and an effort to trace and contact family members a number of headstones in the cemetery remained unstable.
Yateley Town Council, therefore, undertook work to make these headstones permanently safe. In most cases this will be by a process called monolith conversion. See the guide below for information.
Please contact Yateley Town Council if you have any questions.
