A.B. Walker & Son has been caring for families in Thatcham and the wider Berkshire area since 1826, when the business was founded by Benjamin Dunn before passing to Alfred Blyth Walker in 1882. The firm has stayed within the Walker family for five generations, now led by Julian Walker, with his wife Nicola Kirk, a practising solicitor, serving as a non-executive director.
With over 200 years of experience and nine branches spanning Berkshire and Oxfordshire - including Bracknell, Caversham, Henley-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Reading, Tilehurst, Wokingham and Woodley alongside Thatcham - A.B. Walker offers traditional, direct, burial and green/natural funeral options, memorial masonry including new stones, repairs and grave tending, and an online store for ashes urns and memorial jewellery, together with bereavement support and in-memory giving through the Memory Giving platform.
The firm has also committed to environmental sustainability, operating as carbon neutral with a stated target of reaching net zero emissions by 2026, offering long-established local knowledge alongside genuinely personal, round-the-clock support for arranging or planning ahead for a funeral.
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