38 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here for Bristol, from long-established independents to Co-op Funeralcare branches across the city.
Adams Funeral Directors was founded in 2017 by Craig Adams on Lodge Causeway in Bristol, who won a 2022 MTM community award.
Arthur E. Davey & Sons traces its roots to 1920 and is now in its third generation, serving Nailsea as a member of the NAFD and SAIF.
BCM Funeral Services, on Crow Lane, Bristol, is run by Chris Wilshire and Louise Constable with over 50 years combined experience and a Fair Funerals pledge.
Bristol Memorial Woodlands is a 100-acre natural burial ground near Alveston, run by the Bristol Memorial Woodland Trust, with a dedicated Jewish cemetery.
Memorial Woodlands is a 100-acre woodland burial ground near Thornbury, Bristol, run by a charitable trust, with funerals starting from £1,995.
Brunel Independent Funeral Directors, run by Chris Wilshire and Louise Constable in Bristol, offers direct cremation and nationwide repatriation expertise.
Burnell Tovey traces its roots to 1860 in Bedminster, Bristol, and is now run by Julian Britton after 160 years, with BIFD and SAIF membership.
Clarksons' Saltford branch near Bristol opened in 2014. Owned by Carol Spalding with daughter Sophie May as partner, signatory to the Fair Funerals Pledge.
Co-op Funeralcare, Bristol serves the surrounding area. The branch offers attended and unattended funerals.
Cotton & Sons has served Bristol families since 1855, trading as a name of E C Alderwick & Son Ltd. NAFD member offering wicker coffins and repatriation.
Prices among Bristol's listed funeral directors vary noticeably by provider. Based on their standardised price lists, a direct cremation costs from around £1,120 up to about £2,000, averaging roughly £1,573. A fully attended, traditional funeral (funeral director's fees only) ranges from about £1,390 to £3,340, with £2,660 a reasonably typical figure. Direct cremation prices are as published by each firm and some include the crematorium fee; attended funeral prices exclude third-party costs such as crematorium fees, burial plots, and celebrant or minister fees. Weighing up direct cremation specifically? Our dedicated page on direct cremation in Bristol covers it in more detail.
It's also worth comparing funeral directors in the towns around Bristol:
38 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here for Bristol and the immediate surrounding area.
Prices depend heavily on the type of funeral director and the level of service — a simple direct cremation in Bristol starts from around £1,120, while a fully attended traditional funeral can cost several times that.
All 34 funeral directors listed in Bristol are NAFD or SAIF accredited. NAFD (National Association of Funeral Directors) and SAIF (National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors) are the UK's two main trade bodies for the profession, and membership means agreeing to a code of practice and a formal complaints process.