Location Gosport – Portsmouth Area of operation Solent and English Channel Type of boat Catamaran Duration of trip 2 – 4 hours Capacity of boat 12 Refreshments Yes. Tea, coffee and a microwave Ceremony Scattering ashes directly onto the water can lead to them being blown about which some families may find distressing. We supply…
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Location South East England – New Forest, Hampshire: Ashes into Stratosphere / the Edge of Space
Would you like your loved one’s ashes scattered on the edge of space? We have a launch site in the New Forest in Hampshire just a hop skip and Jump from London. Say goodbye in your own way, bring family and friends together, celebrate your loved one’s life, at a perfect individually customised launch day?…
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Royal Naval Ashes Committal: Portsmouth
This is guidance for the Portsmouth Service. Arrangements can be made for a ceremony, which includes a short religious service to be carried out at Spithead Portsmouth at a point near to Spitbank Fort. Committals are conducted by a Naval Chaplain. Usually more than one committal is carried out per trip. Due to high security at a…
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Southampton Water, Hampshire: River Test
Scattering Ashes at Sea and River Southampton Location Ocean Village, Southampton Area of operation Southampton Water Type of boat Passenger Boat, see picture, capable of carrying 150 comfortably. Heated saloon, and large sun decks. Bar, snack and drink facilities available. Duration of trip Just over one hour, depending on location. Capacity of boat 6 -150…
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Ashes dumped in Hampshire cemetery: fee dodging?
The Vicar of the charming village of Lyndhurst in Hampshire has got hot under the collar. The Rev Dr James Bruce spoke out after it was revealed that the ashes, of what appeared several people, had been tipped onto the grass at the graveyard near his church. The ashes were discovered by a maintenance worker,…
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Pets and Owners can have their ashes together
Dignity Pet Crematorium in Winchfield, Hook, Hampshire will become the first pet crematorium in the Britain to allow people to have their ashes scattered in the same place as their beloved pets. Scattering Ashes is a big supporter of this, from the surveys run on our site there were many responses that came back…
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