Bridgwater Funeral Services Ltd

Bridgwater Funeral Services was founded in 2001 by Nigel Gillard, who brought over 15 years of prior industry experience to the new business, and is now run alongside his daughter Corrinne Gillard, who passed the Diploma in Funeral Directing in September 2013 and is described by the firm as the highest-qualified funeral director in the area. The independent, family-run business operates from 15 Bristol Road, Bridgwater (TA6 4AU), serving Bridgwater and the surrounding Somerset area with personal service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The range of funerals offered covers traditional religious ceremonies and humanist or non-religious celebrations, as well as more distinctive options including horse-drawn funerals - with a choice of coloured horses and hearses, in pairs or full teams - and military funerals coordinated directly with regimental commanders for former service personnel. Woodland and green burials are also available, and the firm can arrange lower-cost funerals for families working to a tighter budget, alongside prepaid funeral plans through Golden Charter. The Bristol Road premises include a beautifully appointed Chapel of Rest and a comfortable, luxurious waiting room, giving families a calm private setting in which to make arrangements.