Useful Local Information After Someone Dies in Woodley

What to Do After Someone Dies in Woodley

When someone dies in Woodley, there can be a number of practical arrangements to make alongside planning the funeral.

This guide brings together useful local information for families in Woodley, Earley, Sonning, Charvil, Winnersh and the surrounding area, including registration services, hospitals, crematoria, cemeteries, the Coroner and bereavement support.

If you are unsure where to begin, our guide explaining what to do when someone dies takes you through the process step by step.

You can also contact AB Walker Woodley on 0118 969 8888, 24 hours a day.

Registering a death in Wokingham Borough

Woodley falls within Wokingham Borough, and deaths occurring within the borough are registered through Wokingham Registration Service.

Register Office
Shute End
Wokingham
RG40 1BN

Telephone: 0118 974 6000, option 3
Email: [email protected]

Appointments are held face-to-face once the appropriate paperwork has reached the Registration Service.

For more information about who can register the death and what happens during the appointment, read our AB Walker guide to registering a death.

The registrar should also explain the Government’s Tell Us Once service, which enables several government organisations to be notified of a death together.

Royal Berkshire Hospital Bereavement Office

Many Woodley families use the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

If someone dies at the hospital, its Bereavement Office can provide help with the Medical Examiner process, registration arrangements and Coroner referrals.

Telephone: 0118 322 8066, option 1
Email: [email protected]

Address: Level 1, South Block, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Craven Road, Reading, RG1 5AN

You do not have to wait until registration has taken place before speaking to us. We can begin discussing the type of funeral you would like to arrange while the paperwork is being completed.

Bereavement support

Bereavement support is available through a number of local and national organisations, including Cruse Bereavement Support.

Cruse national helpline: 0808 808 1677

Wokingham Borough Council also signposts families to specialist organisations supporting different types of loss.

AB Walker’s own loss and bereavement support service includes GriefChat, bereavement resources, counselling options and our complimentary Link Bereavement Course.

We also provide practical support following a death, including guidance about Tell Us Once and notifying other organisations.

AB Walker also offers bereavement support and resources, including free online GriefChat and our complimentary Link Bereavement Course.

Churches, celebrants and wake venues

Families can choose a religious funeral, a non-religious ceremony led by a celebrant or a service that combines different elements that were important to the person who has died.

Woodley and the surrounding area have churches and places of worship representing different faiths, as well as community halls, hotels, pubs and other venues suitable for funeral receptions and celebrations of life.

Our Woodley team can help arrange the minister, celebrant and venue and talk you through the many ways a funeral can be personalised.