Middleton, Boarshaw Cemetery (Green Flag Award), Middleton

Set within 4.9 hectares, Middleton Cemetery, known locally as Boarshaw Cemetery, is an important local facility and green space which is well-used by the local community. It offers cremation, burial and memorial facilities in a peaceful environment.

Friends of Boarshaw Cemetery

The cemetery has an active and well-established friends group. Since 2006, the group meets regularly to support and promote the cemetery and its management and maintenance.

• Friends of Boarshaw Cemetery

Memorial plaques and Book of Remembrance

Middleton Cemetery features many memorial plaques and a book of remembrance where names are continually added.

An annual service of remembrance is held outside the grounds every summer for local people and churches to come together and commemorate their loved ones.

• Cemetery memorials – includes how to apply for a memorial plaque or add a name in the book of remembrance

Open every day during the following times:

• November, December and January: 9am–4.30pm
• February and October: 9am–5.30pm
• March, April and September: 9am–6.30pm
• May, June, July and August: 9am–7.30pm

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There is free onsite parking at Boarshaw Cemetery, Middleton.

There's a range of facilities at Middleton Gardens, including:

• Formal gardens
• Tree garden
• Cemetery and crematorium chapel
• Book of remembrance rooms
• Guide dogs allowed

The cemetery was created in 1912 to provide further burial space in Middleton. Since its opening, over 9,000 burials have taken place in the cemetery. A crematorium was added to the site in 1952.

In 2012, on the year of its centenary, the cemetery was extended to provide enough burial space for a further 16 years.

Further work improved pathways and car parking as well as new draining, water taps and foundations for the installation of headstones.

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