Crematorium
Funeral Flowers for Cottingley Hall Crematorium
Arriving at Cottingley Hall on the morning of a funeral, most mourners come along Elland Road from the M621 or up from Beeston and Churwell, turning into a site the crematorium shares with Cottingley Hall Cemetery on the southern side of Leeds.
Leeds City Council operates the venue as its main crematorium for the south of the city, and it is the one families from Beeston, Holbeck, Morley, Middleton and Hunslet tend to know best, while the motorway puts it within easy reach of Pudsey, Wortley and much of west Leeds too.
Gardens of remembrance lie beside the chapel, where ashes may later be scattered or interred, and the guidance that follows concerns the flowers themselves, how to order them, when they need to arrive, and where you will see them on the day.
Flower Policy
By the time the cortège draws up, any flowers ordered for the service will already be in place, because florists bring tributes to the crematorium ahead of the start time and confirm their arrival window with the staff or with the funeral director rather than with the family.
What you choose is up to you, a spray that rides on the coffin, a circle of foliage and blooms, a hand-tied sheaf, a small posy, or letters spelling a name, though if you have something unusually big or intricate in mind it is sensible to let the funeral director run it past the venue before money changes hands.
When the service ends, the flowers are brought out so that those leaving the chapel can pause over them and read the messages; should you want particular pieces brought home, or given on to a hospice or care home, say so to the funeral director ahead of the day.
Delivery Guidance
An order only needs a handful of details to find the right service: the name of the person being mourned, given in full rather than shortened, the day and start time, and the destination written out as Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Elland Road, Leeds, making plain that you mean Cottingley Hall and not Lawnswood, the council's venue in north Leeds.
Beeston, Morley and Holbeck florists, and those in the city centre, treat the run down Elland Road as everyday work, so a local order placed a day or two ahead is rarely a problem.
There is also the quieter option of routing the tribute through the funeral home: sent there in advance, it simply travels out with the hearse and you have nothing to watch on the morning.
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Access & Directions
Mourners driving in find the entrance on the A643 Elland Road, just south-west of the city centre near junction 1 of the M621, with parking inside the grounds once you are through the gates.
Buses pass along Elland Road, Cottingley railway station lies nearby, and the journey from central Leeds usually takes ten to fifteen minutes by car.
Leeds United's ground stands on the same road, so when a match is on the traffic crawls, build in extra time if the funeral falls on a fixture day.
Towns Served
Nearby Crematoria
- Lawnswood Crematorium
Otley Road, Adel, Leeds LS16
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Scholemoor Cemetery, Necropolis Road, Bradford
- Nab Wood Crematorium
Bingley Road, Nab Wood, Shipley
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Frequently asked questions
Who operates Cottingley Hall Crematorium?
Leeds City Council, whose bereavement service runs Cottingley Hall in the south of Leeds alongside Lawnswood in the north of the city.
How early do flowers need to be at Cottingley Hall?
They should be there before mourners are, florists deliver ahead of the published start time and settle the precise window with the venue, so an accurate name, date and time on the order is all the family must supply.
Is the crematorium near Elland Road stadium?
Yes, the football ground sits on the same road, and on match days the surrounding streets slow right down, which florists and funeral directors plan around by setting off earlier.
Where do the flowers go once the service is over?
They are set out for family and friends to look at on their way out, after which you may carry them home, leave them at the venue for a while, or arrange for them to be donated.