17 July 2025
From Monday 1 September, multi-faith and all non-religious funeral services held at Jersey
Crematorium will be temporarily relocated from the existing Westmount Road location to the
Members’ Room at the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society, RJA&HS, in Trinity.
Given the crematorium's immediate proximity to the new Acute Hospital’s construction site,
the temporary move is necessary to ensure services can continue to be conducted with dignity
and respect during the most potentially impactful phases of the build.
Cremations, interments, and the use of the Garden of Remembrance will remain at the existing
Westmount location, with the office and rose gardens open as usual.
Some minor works to the RJA&HS Members’ Room, which are being carried out by nine local
contractors and suppliers, are underway in advance of the relocation to ensure services can
continue with the same dignity and functionality as they do at the current crematorium site.
Services at the RJA&HS will be held four days per week, similar to the current schedule, with the
new temporary facility offering:
- up to 50 parking spaces, including accessible parking
- capacity for services to hold up to 100 mourners in the Members’ Room
- accessibility for wheelchair users and accessible for hearse and funeral cars
- exclusive use of the space, allowing mourners the same level of privacy that the current
facility provides
- a private, off-road area for mourners to gather privately before and after services
- a location within a 15-minute drive of the crematorium.
The Government of Jersey will continue to engage closely with stakeholders and the public
throughout the relocation and transition period, and a public awareness campaign to support
the relocation will launch next month.
The Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Tom Binet, said: “Ensuring that
Islanders can continue to say goodbye to loved ones in a respectful and dignified environment
has been a key priority throughout the planning of the new Acute Hospital. The relocation of
services to the RJA&HS site allows us to maintain that dignity once construction starts at
Overdale in the months ahead, given the very close proximity of the crematorium to the building
site.”
The Minister for Infrastructure, Connétable Andy Jehan, said: “I would like to thank
crematorium staff, the Crematorium User Group, and the RJA&HS for their collaboration, and
I’m pleased that local contractors are playing a central role in delivering this important
refurbishment work for the Island.
“I would like to emphasise that, while the service aspect of the funeral proceedings will be
temporarily relocated, interments, cremations and the use of the Garden of Remembrance will
remain at the existing Westmount location.”​
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