Useful links

Hospitals

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital – (Patients Affairs Office) Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW Telephone: 01202 704125 or 704152
  • Christchurch hospital – (Macmillan Unit) Fairmile Road, Christchurch, BH23 2JX Telephone: 01202 705291
  • Poole Hospital – (Patients’ Property Office) Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB Telephone: 01202 442442

All hospital bereavement offices AND Registrars offices operate an appointment system, please telephone for an appointment to collect medical cause of death certificates and register deaths.

Register Offices

Registration of deaths occurring at an address in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole can be registered at either Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole registrars
offices without incurring any delay to the funeral. Please note all now come under BCP Council.

Bournemouth Register Office – Town Hall, Front entrance and car park on the corner of Bourne Avenue and Braidley Road, Bournemouth, BH2 6DY Telephone: 01202 454945 Open Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm. Online booking at Bournemouth currently unavailable.

Poole Register Office – Poole Register Office, The Guildhall, Market Street, Poole, BH15 1NF Open Monday – Thursday, 8.30am – 4.30pm, Friday 8.30am – 4pm

Christchurch Register Office – Christchurch Borough Council, Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AZ Open Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9.00am – 4.3 0pm. Online booking at Christchurch currently unavailable

Registration of deaths occurring at an address anywhere in Dorset other than Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole can be registered at any registrars office within Dorset with the exception of Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole registrars without incurring any delay to the funeral.

Our nearest Dorset registrar is Ferndown.

Ferndown Registry Offices – King George V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, BH22 9EN Telephone central office: 01202 225153 Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 9.00am – 4.00pm Online booking at Ferndown: www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/registeradeath

Registration of deaths occurring at an address anywhere in Hampshire other than Southampton and Portsmouth can be registered at any Registrars office within Hampshire with the exception of Southampton and Portsmouth registrars without incurring any delay to the funeral. Our nearest Hampshire registrar is Ringwood or Lymington.

Ringwood Register Office – Ringwood Gateway, The Furlong, Ringwood BH24 1AT Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, 9.10am – 4.00pm

Lymington Register Office – Library North Close, Lymington, SO41 9BW Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 9.00am – 4.00pm Appointments for the Ringwood and Lymington. Register Offices telephone 0300 555 1392 stating which registrars office you would like to attend.

Online booking at Ringwood or Lymington: available here

Local Cemeteries and Crematoria

  • Bournemouth Crematorium and North Cemetery – Strouden Avenue, Charminster, Bournemouth, BH8 9HX
  • Boscombe “East” Cemetery – Gloucester Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH7 6JB
  • Kinson Cemetery –  South Kinson Drive, Kinson, Bournemouth, BH11 8AA
  • Wimborne Road Cemetery – Wimborne Road, Cemetery Junction, Bournemouth, BH3 7AA

Telephone Central Office at Bournemouth Crematorium for all the above on 01202 526238 Email: crematorium@bcpcouncil.co.uk

  • Christchurch Cemetery – Jumpers Road, Christchurch, BH23 2JR Telephone Central Office on 01202 49506
  • Poole Crematorium – Gravel Hill, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9BQ
  • Parkstone Cemetery – (no chapel) – Entrance (1) Elgin Road, Lilliput, Poole, BH14 8RD Entrance (2) Pottery Road, Lilliput, Poole, BH14 8RD
  • Broadstone Cemetery – (no chapel) – Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, Poole, BH18 8AE
  • Poole Cemetery – (chapel available) – Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3ZR
  • Branksome Cemetery – (chapel available) – Upper Road, Branksome Poole, BH12 3EN

Telephone Central Office at Poole crematorium for all the above on 01202 265235
Email: admin.crematorium@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
There is limited new grave availability at Poole cemeteries. Please contact our funeral home for advice.

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