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WSGWhen Someone Dies Guide

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Search by postcode for funeral directors, solicitors, probate specialists, estate agents, florists, memorial providers and bereavement support.

Last reviewed: 1 September 2026

We do not yet list individual local businesses, and we will never invent them. Enter your area and we will point you at the official directories that cover it.

Register office

Registering a death is done through a register office, usually by appointment. Your council's website lists the local office and how to book.

Find a register office on GOV.UK

Council bereavement services

Councils run cemeteries and crematoria and publish their own burial and cremation fees. Many also offer a simple funeral scheme.

Find your local council on GOV.UK

Funeral directors

Look for a member of a recognised trade body, and ask every director for their standardised price list before you commit.

Compare standardised price lists (CMA guidance)

Solicitors and probate specialists

For estates involving property, businesses, trusts or disputes, a regulated solicitor is usually worth the fee.

Find a regulated solicitor (Law Society)

Free money guidance

MoneyHelper offers free, impartial guidance on bereavement, pensions and debt, backed by government.

MoneyHelper bereavement guidance

Bereavement support and counselling

Cruse Bereavement Support and the NHS both offer routes to talk to someone. There is no rush and no wrong time to ask.

NHS bereavement support

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When Someone Dies Guide provides general information and practical tools for educational purposes. It does not provide legal, financial, tax or medical advice. Rules and fees can change, and individual circumstances differ. Where appropriate, users should check current information with GOV.UK or a suitably qualified professional.