A Modern Ceremony

22/01/2025

We often receive many enquiries and questions from families who have never experienced a natural burial or even planned a funeral before. So, we thought we could help by answering the most frequently asked questions here. Please feel free to chat with us if you require any further information.

❓️"Can anyone be buried at the natural burial ground?"
👍🏻Yes. The natural burial grounds are here for everyone, those of all religions, beliefs and none. There are also incentives for those living local with a discount for Skipton residents.

❓️"What will happen once the site is full?"
🌳 The burial ground will be returned to nature. Ensuring beautiful woodland and meadow areas in the future. The land is fully protected and has been part of Tarn Moor Estate for over 350 years.

❓️"Is natural burial expensive?"
👎🏻In most cases our costs are below that of traditional cemeteries and crematoria. Protecting the environment, supporting the community and eleviating funeral poverty are our key priorities, accordingly it is our aim to ensure our prices are fair.
Below is a link to our list of fees for your reference
https://www.tarnmoormemorialwoodland.co.uk/current-fees

17/01/2025

Simply beautiful!

'𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨. 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧.'

No process, no sanitization, no fancy stuff, just nature doing its thing. So let’s get dirty.....in a natural burial ground... our natural burial ground.

With natural burial, our bodies give energy and nutrients to the earth, and all the nature it supports.
It’s a pretty unique and long lasting gift.
It’s nice to think that with natural burial, our contribution to the planet extends beyond our lives.
Natural burial helps us accept, maybe even appreciate the cycle of life.

Our body contributes to the soil’s renewal and we protect nature forever.

🐝♻️💚🌳🦋🐞🐛🪱🤎⚰️🦉🚶‍♂️🎩💝🦔🐿🪶🕸🕷🪳🦟🪰🌱🥀🌷🌸🪻🐌🪺🍃🍂

05/01/2025

You may feel uncomfortable and not sure what to say when with someone who is grieving. However, just a smile can make such a difference and communicates so much about your care and understanding. Please don't ignore the situation, if you can't think of words to say just simply gain eye contact and smile.

Grief support for all

07/12/2024

These are such true and wise words!.

This Christmas and New Year, as the world celebrates with joy and togetherness, some of us will feel the weight of absence. The empty seats at the table, the silences where laughter used to echo, and the memories of those who are no longer with us will remind us of the void they left behind.

It’s not easy. The traditions they were a part of, the little things they used to do—whether it was decorating the tree, telling the same old stories, or simply being there—are now memories we hold close to our hearts. The holidays bring a bittersweet ache, a mixture of gratitude for the time we had and longing for just one more moment.

But even in their absence, their love lingers. They are in the songs we sing, the meals we share, and the traditions we continue. Their presence lives on in the way they shaped us, in the lessons they taught, and in the love they gave so freely.

This season, let’s honor them by cherishing the ones still here, by creating new memories while holding the old close. Let’s light a candle for them, raise a glass in their name, or carry on something they loved to do.

Grief may soften over time, but the love never fades. And perhaps, in those quiet moments when we feel their absence the most, we can also feel their presence in the warmth of our hearts, reminding us that they are never truly gone.

This Christmas, let’s embrace the love they left behind and share it generously with those around us. Because love, after all, is the greatest gift we can give or receive.

03/12/2024

Absolutely, always!

Today marks the start of National Grief Awareness Week which runs from December 2nd - December 8th. It raises awareness of all aspects of grief and loss on a national scale.

Loss is experienced by the majority of people in our lifetimes. One thing most of us aren’t taught is how to support others going through grief. Grief is still a taboo subject, sending some running the other way rather than acknowledging someone else’s pain.

A recent survey by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, found that over half (56%) of Britons are scared they will say the wrong thing to someone who is grieving, while over half (53%) find it uncomfortable or awkward to know what to say to someone who has lost a loved one.

Don’t let grief become the ‘elephant in the room.'

‘Shine a Light’ is this year’s theme ✨️
Please join us and light a landmark if you can or simply light a candle at 6pm, on the 8th of December.

21/11/2024

07/11/2024

Sending you all our love 🧡

07/11/2024

𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟮

We've found this beautiful piece of writing from Donna Ashworth

WELCOME NOVEMBER…

There is something about November that says ‘keep going’.
We are not quite through the year, yet the finish-line looms.
We are plunged into darkness by Mother Nature.
We are faced with the ‘season of joy’,
and yet many of us wonder where we will find it.

And I think November is a great time to take a little peek behind you,
and see just how much you’ve done.
To take stock of your achievements, your endurance,
your survival.
To rest, reinforce, before the festivities envelope us all.
Before beautiful new beginnings.

And most importantly, November is a time to seek out light.
As the natural order darkens, we must find it ourselves.
We must do whatever we can to brighten our day,
our home, the world.

Seek out light wherever you can my friends,
and pay no heed to those who condemn your sparkle.

You are much-needed.

Keep showing up, in that special way only you can do.
And show up for yourself too
(which can sometimes mean not showing up at all).

This year has been hard.
Again.
But beautiful.
Again.

As is the way of life.

As is the way of life.

07/11/2024

Thank you Tarn Moor Memorial Woodland LTD for such a warm and friendly welcome, as always. I thought that was such a lovely touch to include some tulip bulbs with the interment. Thank you!

25/10/2024

Saying farewell doesn't get more beautiful than this!

30/09/2024

“Let the hard days be hard. When you mourn a person, it’s a form of love. You mourn their loss because they mattered, because the world without them is diminished. Sit still with your grief if you need to, then lift it and carry it with you. KEEP MOVING. Take stock of what you can see in your life now that parts of it are gone: What view has that space created?”

A quote from Maggie Smith herself about grief when she was utterly devastated at the death of her husband Beverly Cross 💔

Her only link to Yorkshire was probably her role in Downton Abbey.
While Downton is a fictional town, it's set in the very real and beautiful Yorkshire Dales.Very little of the series was actually filmed in Yorkshire, but many of its towns — Leeds, Richmond, Ripon, Middlesbrough and Thirsk — are all mentioned by characters in the show.

May she now rest in peace 💔❤️

26/09/2024

That's wonderful, Tarn Moor Memorial Woodland LTD . So pleased that this will raise awareness of such a beautiful place.

𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙏𝙑 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪!

Yesterday we had BBC Yorkshire filming on site!
Lizzy is an award winning journalist who works for a new investigations team for the BBC based in Leeds.

She was looking into natural burials and the green concept and the advantages of it 💚

Special thanks to Sarah from Full Circle Funerals who brought their eco hearse; Louise for coming and talking about her experience with Tarn Moor and Full Circle as her parents are buried with us;
and Team Blades for preparing a plot to show the advantages of a shallower grave in a natural burial ground 🤎

It was a busy afternoon and the rain managed to hold off! 😊

We will let you know when it will be aired on the television 📺 as well as online and on the radio 📻

26/09/2024

This is so true. We should respect and listen to each other!

23/09/2024

22/09/2024

💔❤️🩵

17/09/2024

What a beautiful farewell!

13/09/2024

So beautiful, calm and peaceful.