Crematorium
Funeral Flowers for Scholemoor Crematorium
Scholemoor is the crematorium for the western half of Bradford. Lidget Green, Great Horton and Girlington are its nearest neighbourhoods, but families come from right across the city, Nab Wood, the district's other crematorium, picks up the Shipley and Bingley side instead.
The crematorium stands inside Scholemoor Cemetery, off Necropolis Road in Lidget Green, a couple of miles west of the city centre. The Victorian cemetery around it is one of Bradford's oldest, the whole site is run by Bradford Council, and locally the venue is often just called Bradford Crematorium.
Tributes of flowers are part of most services held here, and the arrangements around them follow a settled, predictable pattern.
Flower Policy
Florists carry every familiar shape of tribute through these gates, tied sheaves, wreaths, cushions and hearts, pieces for the casket, names picked out letter by letter. The flowers come in before the service starts, on a delivery window the florist has already squared with the funeral director and the crematorium staff.
Afterwards the tributes generally go out to a flower area within the grounds, where mourners can walk among them. Families wanting the flowers back home with them, or passed on to a hospice or care home, find it works best when the funeral director hears about it before the day, so the venue staff know what is intended.
Delivery Guidance
What matters on the order is the full name of the deceased, the exact start time, and the destination written without abbreviation, Scholemoor Crematorium, Necropolis Road, Bradford. A note that the crematorium sits inside Scholemoor Cemetery spares delivery drivers who have never been here before a confusing search.
For Bradford florists this is a standard local run, and a day or two of notice keeps everything unhurried; same-day orders tend to succeed when the call comes early in the morning. A quieter route altogether is for the arrangement to be waiting at the funeral director's office the afternoon before, ready to travel with the coffin.
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Access & Directions
The cemetery entrance opens off Necropolis Road, approached from Legrams Lane and the B6145 Thornton Road corridor, and there is room to park inside the grounds.
The site lies around two miles west of Bradford city centre, with buses along Thornton Road and Great Horton Road stopping within walking distance.
Towns Served
Nearby Crematoria
- Nab Wood Crematorium
Bingley Road, Nab Wood, Shipley
- Cottingley Hall Crematorium
Elland Road, Leeds LS11
- Lawnswood Crematorium
Otley Road, Adel, Leeds LS16
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Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Who runs Scholemoor Crematorium?
Bradford Council, which operates the crematorium at Scholemoor Cemetery alongside Nab Wood Crematorium near Shipley as part of the district's bereavement services.
When do flowers need to be at Scholemoor?
Before the service opens. The florist builds in a margin and squares the details with the venue, so a correctly written order, right name, right day, right time, is all a family really contributes.
What becomes of the tributes once the service is over?
They are normally moved out into the grounds for family and mourners to see. Where a family has asked in advance, flowers can usually go home with them or on to a hospice or care home.
Is Scholemoor or Nab Wood the right venue for my family?
Scholemoor lies west of Bradford city centre; Nab Wood sits between Shipley and Bingley to the north. The funeral director simply books whichever the family prefers or finds easier to reach.