Rural Countryside Venue

We are very pleased that we have been informed we are able to keep the safari tent in situ. It is an integral part of the Barrow, as we can offer shelter during events.

The tent can accommodate 60+ people sitting in rows for a more formal ceremony, or 50 comfortably sitting at tables.

ClearSky Safari Tent reception venue . . . .

The safari tent can be used for any type of event, during our opening times of 10am and 4pm, as long as the attendees visit the Barrow.

Refreshments, or homecooked meals, can be provided at competitive rates, (from £5 per head) although no charge is currently made for the hire of the tent itself.

If you are looking for a rural venue, this could just be the place. It even has a mains toilet!

Clearsky Safari Tent . . .

Visit by Motorcycle Funerals Ltd

We have been visited by Martin from Motorcycle Funerals Ltd, a fantastic example of a funeral sidecar, it was driven expertly along our path and right up to the barrow entrance !

Motorcycle Funerals visit . . . .

What to do with Cremation Ashes.

Before the emergence of Modern-Day Round Barrows there were several choices as to what to do with cremation ashes, however, very few of these gave families the opportunity to not only visit the location of where the ashes may or may not have settled during scattering, but to actually be able to touch the urn, or even, feel as though the life lost is present at an event.

 One family I know, regularly visit ‘Granny’ who rests in one of the Barrows, and they carefully lift her urn from its niche, place it in a chosen grassy spot, and all enjoy a picnic together. 

Sunset over the barrow . . .

This may not be everyone’s choice for remembering a loved one, but it may be the solution for families who are looking for a way to enable them to feel closer to the person they have lost. 

A recent visitor to the Barrow said he didn’t particularly think he would visit his Aunt in the Barrow, but he needed to know where she was. Until his visit to the Barrow, her ashes had remained for some time, with a Funeral Director, because ‘nowhere felt right.’ 

Mid-England Barrow can be for you whatever you want it to be, a meeting place for family and friends to truly feel close to that person, or just a named location, so family know exactly where their loved one is.

Can Human and Animal ashes be Stored Together?

We are a nation of pet lovers. Around half of all households in the UK own a pet, and I’m sure a number of those owners consider their pets part of the family, after all, a considerable amount of us spend large amounts on treats, holiday accommodation (kennels) and other ‘essential’ items for their animals.

 It is also becoming more popular for us to want to remain with our pets after death, however, places where this can be done are few and far between.

 At Mid-England Barrow all pet ashes are welcome, whether they be accompanied by their loyal human or not. The pet ashes can be contained with the human ashes, or in a separate mini-urn beside.

Mid-England Barrow - An idyllic rural modern-day Round Barrow for the safe keeping of cremation ashes as an alternative to Natural and Woodland Burial. We also provide a unique countryside Funeral venue.