Cemeteries

Windrush Cemetery

OX29 6UT

The Windrush Cemetery is a 9 hectare site located on Oxford Hill and was opened in 2004.

With beautiful views over Witney and the surrounding countryside, this cemetery can accommodate traditional as well as meadow and woodland burials. There is also an area designated for cremation memorials and a special area for young people and infants. There are benches and seats overlooking the valley providing a serene and picturesque area for quiet contemplation.

Tower Hill Cemetery

OX28 5ES

Tower Hill Pic

The Town Council maintains the 4 hectare Tower Hill Cemetery. The site has been used since 1857 and there are burial records dating from that time.

General access to pedestrians and for vehicles (to  the small car park) is Mon – Thur 9am to 4pm and Friday 9am to 3pm.

You can also request that the bollards are lowered for you to visit less accessible gravesides by car at other times but we require 24 hours notice. This service is only available Monday to Friday between 9am and 3pm providing that no funerals are taking place.

In addition, the bollards in Tower Hill cemetery are lowered from Christmas Eve to New Years Eve (inc), from Good Friday through to Easter Monday (inc) and from Friday pm to Monday am on the weekends that Father’s Day and Mothering Sunday fall on.

Closed churchyards

The Town Council also maintains closed church yards at St Mary’s Church, Church Green and Holy Trinity Church, Woodgreen.

For further information relating to cemeteries, burials or memorials on these sites please see our

Guide to Burials & Cemeteries 2024

Burial Forms

Application for purchase of a grave space

Application to Return a Grave Space

Assignment of Right of Burial

Assignment of Right of Burial – Example of Completion

EROB – Form of Renunciation

EROB Transfer Request

Explanation of Transfer of Grave Ownership

Memorial & Plot Sizes New Imperial

Memorial & Plot Sizes New Metric

Memorial Mason Registration

Memorial Permit Application

Plaque request for Tower Hill

Plaque request for Windrush

Statutory Declaration

Statutory Declaration Example of Completion

 

Cemetery Regulations 

2022-23 Cemetery Regulations

Our Burial Fees

A list of burial and cemetery fees and charges can be accessed here, on the schedule of charges below, or contact our switchboard on 01993 704379.

 

 

Our Schedule of Charges

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