Ascension & Cliff Small Funerals, Bolton Le Sands

Ascension & Cliff Small Funerals is a genuinely independent, family-owned funeral director run by Robert and Kathryn Caunce and their family, operating from a head office in Garstang with branches in Caton, Morecambe and this office at 91 Main Road, Bolton Le Sands. Between them the branches cover Garstang, the Lune Valley, Lancaster, Morecambe, Wyre, Fylde and the surrounding parts of Lancashire, with the firm stating plainly on its site: "We are a true Independant Funeral Directors owned and run by Robert & Kathryn Caunce & family."

The firm arranges both burials and cremations, memorial headstones and cremation memorials, and pre-paid funeral plans through its partnership with Golden Charter. Families can choose from traditional and eco-friendly coffin options - including banana leaf, seagrass, wool, willow and recycled cardboard - and the firm also offers horse-drawn hearses, alternative transport, floral tributes arranged through a local florist, monumental masonry, and local and national repatriation. A chapel of rest is available at each branch, with 24-hour availability for families needing to make contact outside the standard Monday-to-Friday, 9.30am-4.30pm office hours (Saturdays by appointment).