7 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here covering Hitchin, including a mix of independent and family-run firms.
Austin's has been family-owned for over 300 years, running 13 Hertfordshire offices. This Hitchin branch, on Hermitage Road, is led by Caroline Green, LAFD.
Chenery Funeral Services has served Hitchin since 1935 with deep multi-generational family roots, offering personal touches such as a Highland piper or dove release.
County Funerals is a family-run funeral service established in 2017 by Grant Pinney and Amelia Stoker. This branch is near Hitchin, in Little Wymondley.
Serving Hitchin since 1958, E H Crouch, Stotfold is part of Dignity. The branch offers a chapel of rest and prepaid funeral plans.
J J Burgess & Sons has served Hertfordshire families since 1839. The Codicote branch is part of a seven-site network headquartered in Hatfield.
The Hitchin branch on Walsworth Road offers arrangement rooms and a visiting chapel, overseen by senior branch manager Matthew Mew within the Neville group.
Covering Hitchin and the wider area, V R Jennings is part of Co-op Funeralcare. The team offers a chapel of rest.
Based on the prices Hitchin's listed funeral directors publish, a direct cremation typically runs from £1,375 to £1,745, averaging around £1,504. A fully attended, traditional funeral (funeral director's fees only) typically runs from £2,489 to £3,395, averaging around £2,806. Direct cremation prices are as published by each firm and some include the crematorium fee; third-party costs for attended funerals — crematorium or cemetery fees, a doctor's referee fee, a celebrant or minister's fee — sit outside those prices, so always ask for an itemised breakdown first.
A little further afield, funeral directors covering nearby areas include:
Hitchin currently has 7 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors listed here.
Yes — the lowest-priced direct cremation listed for Hitchin is £1,375, among the options available if an attended service isn't needed.
All 7 funeral directors listed in Hitchin are NAFD or SAIF accredited. Checking for NAFD or SAIF membership is one of the simplest ways to confirm a funeral director has agreed to a code of practice, since the role itself isn't licensed.
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