The Hawkinge Crematorium has served the community of Folkestone and the surrounding area of Kent for more than 60 years. Simplicity Cremations can arrange a direct cremation or a more personal, attended funeral at this location.Built on the site of an airfield used during the Battle of Britain, Hawkinge Crematorium is nestled among the greens and golds of the Kent Downs. Amidst this beautiful rolling countryside sits the service chapel, surrounded by the Gardens of Remembrance, which offer peace and solitude within a calm, yet charming landscape.As well as Folkestone and the town of Hawkinge, the crematorium is also used by families from the towns and villages that make up this part of the south Kent coast. These include Ashford, Dover, Dymchurch and Hythe.Simplicity Cremations provides a range of low cost funerals, including direct cremations, low-key intimate cremations and fully attended cremations. If a minimal fuss funeral is right for your loved one, contact our team today.
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What We Offer
Our range of services available at Simplicity Cremations in Folkestone allows you to arrange a funeral that suits you and your budget, without breaking the bank.
There's no need for the more expensive elements often associated with a traditional funeral, such as a hearse, limousines and pallbearers.
What's not included in our funeral packages
^Please note, some of our preferred crematoria have placed temporary restrictions on the number of people that can attend an Intimate or Family Led Funeral due to government guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact us for more information.
*Ashes will be hand delivered in a simple container at a mutually agreed time Monday to Friday, AM (9am – 1pm) or PM (1pm – 5pm). This service is only available within mainland Great Britain. Please note while we do our very best to continue to provide services to you the return of ashes may be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Why Simplicity Cremations
At Simplicity Cremations, our services allow you the freedom and flexibility to organise a funeral personalised for your loved one.
At Simplicity, we believe funerals should be less of an undertaking. We provide simple, low cost funerals that take care of all of the practicalities without the needless expense or unwanted formalities.
Most people would assume arranging a funeral without a Funeral Director would be a difficult process. With Simplicity, this is simply not the case. All the funeral arrangements can be made over the phone by our team of funeral arrangers, saving both a considerable amount of time and money in the process.
We understand that many people will have never had the responsibility of arranging a funeral before, and it can often prove to be a stressful and overwhelming time. Rest assured; you can count on our dedicated team to be there to assist you every step of the way.
Organising a funeral without the assistance of a funeral director is not as daunting as it may seem, our telephone-based arrangement team can assist you every step of the way and are available 24/7.
Stress free planning
From the moment your loved one is collected and brought into our care to when the ashes are returned to you or scattered in our gardens of remembrance, every step of the process is carried out with dedication, expertise, and the highest degree of compassion.
When someone close to you dies, it can be a confusing and disorientating time. At Simplicity, we are dedicated to helping people through what can be the most difficult times of their life. To help you, our bereavement and advice counselling service is available 24 hours a day should you need us.
We understand that this is one of the most difficult times of your life. We are here to support and advise you at every stage, with uncompromising compassion and care.
Our promise to you
As part of one of the UK’s largest funeral groups, we’re the only truly national direct cremation and low cost funeral provider that has its own staff, specialised vehicles, crematoriums and mortuaries.
Our nationwide network of facilities and crematoria ensure a consistently high quality of care, teamed with decades of expertise in funeral services.
As part of the UK’s largest funeral groups, we’re the only truly national direct cremation and low cost funeral provider that has its own staff, vehicles, crematoriums and mortuaries.
Our standards
A traditional funeral can be an expensive affair.
You’ll often need a Funeral Director and a whole team of staff to co-ordinate the required services, vehicles and personnel, manage tributes and announcements and ensure everything runs smoothly on the day. And then there are also additional costs for extras such as flowers, service cards, maybe a headstone and often a wake. It usually takes quite a few lengthy face-to-face meetings to arrange, not to mention several thousands of pounds.
By making low cost funeral arrangements with Simplicity Cremations, you'll have the freedom and flexibility to customise proceedings as you wish, so you can hold a truly personalised funeral or memorial for your loved one that suits you and your budget, whilst only incorporating the traditions that are important to you.
Without a team of pallbearers, a procession with limousines and a hearse, and some of the other more traditional elements of a funeral, we can offer a more cost-effective, simple funeral with the focus on how you choose to say goodbye.
By removing some of the more costly extras often associated with a funeral, we can offer simple funerals which take care of the practical side of the cremation, leaving you the freedom to customise proceedings as you wish.
Why we're cheaper
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At Hawkinge Crematorium
Hawkinge Crematorium offers full accessibility for disabled guests, including toilet facilities, along with a hearing loop to enable those with partial hearing to fully appreciate the funeral service.
The crematorium also has an organist, who can play hymns, along with other musical requests. If you prefer, there is a music system specifically for the purpose of providing chosen songs during the service.
The chapel is also suitable for larger congregations.
Facilities
Reviews
Our customer experience is very important to us and we strive to deliver high quality service every time.
Very straight forward, easy, with delightful staff to guide you
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The first contact was very professional and respectful they were very helpful and informative the process of doing paperwork was relatively easy. Sadly despite all this I had to chase them up for confirmation of my relatives cremation (I was told there's a computer problem at the undertaker so why not give me a telephone call) this was disappointing.
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Very straight forward. Easy to navigate website & it was made very easy for me to hand over my money to them. How quick & efficient they will be once i die remains to be seen, although obviously not by me. I'll be dead, so i guess i'll never know !
Hatfield
Very good, bit of a mix up at start with paper work, but sorted out quickly
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Excellent service from start to finish
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