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Cemeteries and Bereavement Services

In this section

  1. Bereavement Services General Information
  2. East Herringthorpe Cemetery and Crematorium
  3. Greasbrough Town Lane Cemetery
  4. You are here: Maltby Cemetery
  5. Masbrough Cemetery
  6. Moorgate Cemetery
  7. Rawmarsh Greasbrough Lane Cemetery
  8. Rawmarsh Haugh Road Cemetery
  9. Rawmarsh High Street Cemetery
  10. Wath Cemetery
  11. Useful Contacts

Maltby Cemetery

Address

Maltby Cemetery
Grange Lane
Maltby
Rotherham
S66 7DA

Map

 

Cemetery Opening Hours

1 April to 30 September

8am to 7pm Monday to Friday

9am to 7pm Saturdays

10am to 7pm Sundays and Bank Holidays

1 October to 31 March

9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday

10am to 5pm Sundays and Bank Holidays

General Information

This cemetery was opened on the 1 of February 1913, with a distinctive lychgate at the main entrance. The site also contains a small welfare block to the right of the cemetery entrance.

Friends of Maltby Cemetery

Maltby have an established ‘Friends Of’ group who are actively seeking like-minded, enthusiastic individuals, who have a passion for their community and a particular interest and pride in their local cemetery and the people that use it.

Dignity

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Dignity Funerals Ltd have been contracted since August 2008 to manage Rotherham Borough Council’s cemeteries and crematorium.

If you would like to report an issue, request a service, or discuss matters relating to interments, cremations or memorials please contact the main office using the details below.

The office is open between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and run an appointment system for face-to-face enquiries. Please call the Dignity Rotherham Office on 01709 850344 to speak to a member of the team or to book an appointment.

Visit the Dignity website

Should you wish to make a complaint about the service you have received please either contact the Dignity office directly by telephone, email or alternatively via the Dignity head office client relations department who’s contact information can be found below:

Complaints | Dignity Funerals Ltd

The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM), have awarded Dignity Rotherham a Gold standard under the Charter for the Bereaved.

Further information about ICCM's Charter for the Bereaved

Emergency and Out of Hours Contact

For issues or situations relating to any of the cemeteries or the crematorium, please call the Dignity Rotherham Office phone number on 01709 850344. If no one is available in the office, your call will automatically transfer to Dignity’s Central Contact Centre, you may experience a few minutes hold time. Dignity aim to answer all calls as soon as possible.

Bereavement Services

The Council has retained the responsibility for the lychgate, the utility block and some of the boundaries. Works to refurbish the welfare block were completed in June 2022 and the building is now operational.

Bereavement Services manages the performance of the Dignity contract.

If you would like to report any general site maintenance issues or request a specific service, please contact the Dignity office on 01709 850344.

If you would like more information on joining your local cemetery friends group, wish to contact the Council regarding the cemetery chapels or boundary walls, or have another concern or query that you wish to raise with the Council, please contact us via the enquiry form below and a member of our team will respond within 10 working days.

Bereavement Service: Contact the Bereavement Service Team | Instructions – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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