Christmas and New Year closure information
Our council offices and phone lines will close at 4pm on Wednesday 24 December and reopen at 9am on Monday 5 January 2026.
See our service arrangements for customers during this time.
Cemetery rules and regulations - Conditions regulating headstones, memorials and monumental masons
Conditions regulating headstones, memorials and monumental masons
Memorial specifications for designated areas
Both cemeteries hold areas of natural beauty and all memorials must be in keeping with the natural surroundings.
Woodland – Earlham Cemetery
All areas designated to the right of the crematorium as defined on the Earlham Cemetery Map.
Memorials to be of a natural stone and of a monolith type.
The maximum size is 2’6” wide by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
New Side – Earlham Cemetery
Lawn memorials 2’6” wide by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
Section 69 Family Section
Lawn memorial 4’ wide (if placed in middle of the plot) by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
Lawn memorial 2’6” wide by 3ft tall (if placed in each side of the plot) x 12" x 4" thick.
Lawn memorial – Cremation plots section 69 Lawn Memorial 2’ wide by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
Old Side - Rosary Cemetery
Memorials to be of a natural stone and of a monolith type. The maximum size is 2’6” wide by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
New side – Rosary Cemetery
Lawn memorials 2’6” wide by 3’ tall x 12” x 4" thick.
All memorials cannot exceed 12” wide as a base.
