Burials and cemeteries

There are a total of 24 cemeteries which cover the whole Bradford Metropolitan District. The cemeteries are managed by two Area Offices.

The Area Offices are open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4pm, and are not open at weekends or on public holidays.

Burials are normally arranged by funeral directors. For your local funeral director visit the Funeral Directory website or the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors.

Bradford Area Office

• Bowling 
• Clayton
• North Bierley Thornton 
• Queensbury  
• Scholemoor 
• Thornton 
• Tong

Keighley Area Office

• Bingley
• Charlestown 
• God's Acre (Burley-in-Wharfedale)
• Haworth 
• Ilkley 
• Menston
• Morton
• Nab Wood 
• Oakworth 
• Oxenhope 
• Silsden
• Stanbury 
• Steeton-with-Eastburn 
• Wilsden 
• Windhill

Vehicle access to cemeteries

Bradford cemeteries are open to vehicles during the following times

• 9.30am to 8.30pm, from April to September
• 9.30am to 4.30pm, from October to March

Cemetery gates/bollards may be locked when the cemetery is closed to vehicles. Pedestrian access is available at all times.

All vehicles are parked at the owner’s risk

If you encounter any problems with access outside of normal office hours, please contact the Council Emergency Service on 01274 431000

Visiting cemeteries during unpleasant weather

During very wet weather, particularly during the winter, certain areas will inevitably become muddy especially in the vicinity of grave digging activities. The contractor is required to remove any soil/mud deposited on roads as soon as possible. Grassed areas can also become waterlogged and very soggy.

Please wear suitable clothing if you have to visit a cemetery during or immediately following heavy rain.

Heavy rain can cause graves to sink in the months following a burial. These will be 'topped up' by the contractor, but please report any that may have been missed.

During icy or snowy weather, the roads and paths to imminent funerals will be treated if at all possible. Please take extreme care if you feel you need to visit the cemetery.

Woodland Burial, Thornton Cemetery

The Woodland Burial Ground provides the ideal setting for a burial area and offers the opportunity for those departed to 'return to nature' and contribute to the formation and preservation of natural woodland.

Cemeteries owned and managed by Bradford Council

Cemetery	Address	Year the cemetery opened
Bingley Cemetery	Bailey Hills Road, Bingley BD16 2RJ	1870
Bowling Cemetery	Rooley Lane, Bradford BD5 8LD	1889
Charlestown Cemetery	Otley Road, Charlestown BD17 7HU	1863
Clayton Cemetery	Middle Lane, Clayton, Bradford BD14 6DS	1928
Gods Acre Cemetery	Bradford Road, Burley in Wharfedale LS29 7PU	1873
Haworth Cemetery	Cemetery Road, Haworth BD22 8EN	1893
Ilkley Cemetery	Ashlands Road, Ilkley LS29 8JT	1878
Menston Cemetery	Bradford Road, Menston LS29 6EB	1927
Morton Cemetery	Bradford Road, Sandbeds, Keighley BD20 5JR	1916
Nabwood Cemetery	Bingley Road, Shipley BD18 4BG	1895
North Bierley Cemetery	Cemetery Road, Buttershaw, Bradford BD6 2NG	1933
Oakworth Cemetery	Wide Lane, Keighley BD22 0RJ	1906
Oxenhope Cemetery	Hebden Bridge Road, Oxenhope BD22 9QH	1887
Queensbury Cemetery	West End, Queensbury, Bradford BD13 2AH	1905
Silsden Cemetery	Howden Road, Silsden BD20 0JB	1930
Silsden Churchyard	Kirkgate, Silsden, BD20 9JS	1930
Scholemoor Cemetery	Necropolis Road, Bradford BD7 2PS	1860
Stanbury Cemetery	Sladen Bridge, Stanbury, Keighley BD22 0HA	1888
Steeton Cemetery	Elmsley Street, Steeton, BD20 6SE	1896
Thornton Cemetery	Thornton Road, Bradford BD13 3QB	1907
Tong Cemetery	Tong Street, Bradford BD4 6NB	1860
Utley Cemetery	Skipton Road Keighley BD20 6EJ	1857
Wilsden Cemetery	Shay Lane BD15 0DJ	1922
Windhill Cemetery	Owlet Road Windhill Shipley BD18 2RJ	1835
Undercliffe Cemetery*	Undercliffe Lane, Bradford BD3 0QD	1854

Undercliffe Cemetery

* Undercliffe Cemetery is not managed by Bradford Council but by a charitable trust. Bradford Council owns the land but lease it to the trust.

Should you require further information about Undercliffe Cemetery then please contact the Registrar:

Email: office@undercliffecemetery.co.uk
Telephone: 01274 642276
Address. 127 Undercliffe Lane, Bradford BD3 0QD

Muslim burials

There is Muslim burial provision at Scholemoor, Bowling and Utley cemeteries.

For burial at Utley, please contact our Keighley office.

We work in partnership with the Bradford Council For Mosques. Please contact the Council For Mosques for more details:
6 Claremont, Bradford BD7 1BQ
Telephone: 01274 732479