Salt & Son Funeralcare, Newcastle-under-Lyme
28 Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2RY
Our funeral home in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been serving the local community since 1846. During that time, we've come to know and love our local area well. We cover areas in and around Newcastle-under-Lyme, including Stoke on Trent, Stone, Market Drayton and Madeley. We're here to give you a friendly, reliable and sensitively planned funeral service at your time of need.
Whatever your religion, culture or beliefs, we can help you arrange the funeral that feels right. Whether it's religious, non-religious or a celebration of life. We have close links with all the local places of worship and crematoriums, including Holy Trinity Catholic Church, St Andrew's CofE Church in Westlands and St Giles Church in Newcastle and Bradwell, Carmountside and Stafford crematoriums. We also know and work with many local clergy and wonderful funeral celebrants.
Whenever you need to arrange a funeral, we'll be here. Call us 24 hours a day or come into our calm and comfortable funeral home on Bridge Street.
Remembrance room / chapel of rest
A calm and peaceful room where you can visit your loved one.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access, accessible arrangement room and toilet.
Cremation from £3,970
Burial from £3,960
Price depends on choices you make.
You can make the funeral as personal as you want, reflecting someone’s faith, culture, personality or wishes.
Choose unique or traditional funeral cars
Add as many personal touches as you like
The date and time of the funeral will be agreed with the funeral director.
Cremation from £3,715
Burial from £3,705
Price depends on location.
A simpler, lower-cost funeral service where family and friends come together to remember the person who died.
Includes a funeral service
Visiting the person who died
Basic coffin and hearse
£1,445
All inclusive price, no hidden costs.
A straightforward, dignified cremation. Remember the person who died in your own time, in your own way.
No funeral service people can go to
No visiting the person who has died
Basic coffin
£2,385
Does not include headstone or burial plot.
A straightforward, dignified burial. Remember the person who died in your own time, in your own way.
No funeral service people can go to
No visiting the person who has died
Basic coffin
All funeral directors are legally required to publish price lists for their products and services. This is to help you understand your options and compare prices between different funeral directors, because prices can vary.
You’ll need to pay 50% of the funeral cost within 2 days of making the arrangements and the rest after the funeral has taken place.
How to pay
We accept cash, credit or debit card as well as Apple Pay or Google Pay payments.
If you have an invoice, you can pay for the funeral online.
Help is available
If you need to help to pay for the funeral:
Co-op Legal Services
There’s a lot of work involved in probate, but Co-op Legal Services can take care of everything for you. They’ll take a few key details from you and then they’ll handle the rest.
What is it like to arrange a funeral with Co-op Funeralcare?
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Unattended
£50 gift card included
£1,700
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
No funeral service that people attend
Cremation only
Basic coffin
No limousine
No cortege
No choice of date, time and location of funeral
Fully guaranteed to cover all crematorium fees
Attended
£100 gift card included
£2,995
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Basic coffin
No limousine
Fixed cortege route
Restricted date, time and location
Capped contribution of up to £850 towards third party fees.
Attended
£200 gift card included
£3,685
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood effect coffin
No limousine
Fixed cortege route
Restricted date, time and location
Capped contribution of up to £1,000 towards third party fees. We guarantee to pay the cremation fee.
Attended
£200 gift card included
£3,975
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood effect coffin
One limousine
Flexible cortege route
Mutual agreement on date and time
Fully guaranteed to cover all third party fees
Attended
£200 gift card included
£4,160
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood veneer coffin
Two limousines
Flexible cortege route
Mutual agreement on date and time
Fully guaranteed to cover all third party fees
Unattended
£50 gift card included
£1,700
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
No funeral service that people attend
Cremation only
Basic coffin
No limousine
No cortege
No choice of date, time and location of funeral
Fully guaranteed to cover all crematorium fees
Attended
£100 gift card included
£2,995
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Basic coffin
No limousine
Fixed cortege route
Restricted date, time and location
Capped contribution of up to £850 towards third party fees.
Attended
£200 gift card included
£3,685
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood effect coffin
No limousine
Fixed cortege route
Restricted date, time and location
Capped contribution of up to £1,000 towards third party fees. We guarantee to pay the cremation fee.
Attended
£200 gift card included
£3,975
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood effect coffin
One limousine
Flexible cortege route
Mutual agreement on date and time
Fully guaranteed to cover all third party fees
Attended
£200 gift card included
£4,160
Co-op Members also get £50 on their Membership card.
Funeral service that people can attend
Cremation or burial
Wood veneer coffin
Two limousines
Flexible cortege route
Mutual agreement on date and time
Fully guaranteed to cover all third party fees
You can pay in full, spread the cost over 6 or 12 months with no additional costs or monthly instalments over 2–25 years (2-5 years for Direct Cremation). There's an additional instalment charge when paying over 2-25 years and age restrictions apply.
Co-op Funeral Plans Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to sell and manage funeral plans.
On site parking: Yes
Number of spaces: 3
Designated disabled parking space: No
Pay and display public car park: Yes
Street parking: Yes
There's restricted street parking outside the funeral home. There is a payable multi-storey car park nearby called Castle Car Park.
Weekend appointments for making arrangements and visiting are available by request.
Calls are answered 24 hours a day by our central care team.
View funeral notices and leave a tribute or donation in their memory
On the day of the cremation, our team will manage everything from collecting your loved one and travelling to the crematorium together with your family, to ensuring the service runs exactly as you have planned it. The service itself typically lasts around 20 to 30 minutes, though we can discuss extended slots if you feel more time would help, and you are welcome to choose readings, music or a celebrant to reflect who your loved one truly was. Afterwards, families often gather at a chosen venue nearby, and our team at Salt & Son on Bridge Street can help you think through those arrangements too.
We have three on-site parking spaces at our Bridge Street funeral home, and if those are taken there is street parking nearby as well as the Castle Car Park multi-storey, which is a short walk away and offers pay-and-display spaces. Our arrangement room is on the ground floor, fully air conditioned and comfortably seats up to six people, so families can take their time without feeling crowded or rushed. The building has step-free wheelchair access and an accessible toilet, so please do not hesitate to let us know in advance if anyone in your family has particular access requirements.
We are here around the clock, so you do not need to wait until morning to call us — our team at Salt & Son on Bridge Street can arrange to bring your loved one into our care at any hour. Once that is in hand, we will gently guide you through the practical steps, including registering the death at Newcastle-under-Lyme Register Office, which is something families often feel uncertain about. There is no pressure to make any further decisions straight away; we will move at whatever pace feels right for your family.
We work closely with a number of local churches and places of worship, and St Giles Church in Newcastle is one we know well, along with Holy Trinity Catholic Church, St Andrew's CofE Church in Westlands and St Luke the Evangelist Church in Silverdale. Whether your family has a particular faith tradition or you are looking for a more informal, non-religious ceremony, our team will help you find the right setting and the right words. We will liaise directly with the officiant or celebrant on your behalf so that you can focus on being with the people who matter.
Yes, our team at Salt & Son on Bridge Street covers funerals across a wide area including Madeley, Audley, Stone, Market Drayton and many of the surrounding communities. Whether your family is in Newcastle-under-Lyme itself or further afield in Stafford or Bradwell, we can come to you. Please do get in touch and we will talk through exactly how we can help.
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