R Gwinnell & Sons is a family-run independent funeral director headquartered in Colchester, operating nine branches across Essex and Suffolk including Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Dovercourt & Harwich, Hadleigh, Halstead, Ipswich, Manningtree, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton-on-the-Naze.
The firm offers traditional funeral arrangements, coffins, caskets and urns, headstones and monuments, hearses, limousines and carriages, pre-paid funeral plans, guidance on procedures following a death (including Coroner/inquest support), and bespoke tribute creation, with 24/7 availability.
The business is a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM), and describes its approach as "a very personal, individual approach" across all its branches, including this Ipswich location.
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