Blackwells Independent Funeral Director, Swindon

Blackwells was founded in Cricklade in 1916 and has operated in Swindon since 1999, giving the Swindon branch over a century of Blackwell family heritage behind it even though the business today is run independently rather than as part of a corporate chain. The Swindon premises, at 38 Cheney Manor Road, are staffed by a team of seven funeral directors - Nigel Keen, Robert Orford, Susi Valero, Russell Osman, Hugo Kennard, Tinikka Mason and Samantha Wilson - available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the firm says it will "help you plan the funeral which best reflects their life."

Services include full care and preparation of the deceased, a choice of coffins and caskets in wood, wicker, wool or cardboard, and a modern Mercedes limousine fleet for mourners. The team also provides memorial products such as headstones, gravestones and cremation tablets, arranges post-funeral catering, and offers prepaid funeral plans through Golden Charter, for which Blackwells is an FCA-regulated appointed representative (FRN 965279). The Swindon branch is a member of both the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and SAIF, and serves families across Swindon, Cricklade and the surrounding Wiltshire area.