Green, Eco-Friendly Funerals from £4,398 inclusive

Not everyone wants a traditional funeral. An increasing number of families and individuals are concerned about the environment and wish to have an ecologically friendly service…and it may surprise you to find out that it can be less expensive to have a woodland burial than many people think. There are a couple of excellent green burial sites in our area and we can give you advice about these as well as offering a range of beautiful eco-coffins. Green funerals are often very lovely events conducted in natural and beautiful surroundings.

Natural, Eco-Friendly Coffins

All of our eco-coffins are made with sustainable natural materials or recycled cardboard. Natural coffins are very beautiful and have a completely different effect on many people than traditional coffins. With their gentler and softer aesthetic some people report a greater sense of peace in saying goodbye to their loved one.

Each coffin is fully lined with natural fibres and comes complete with a soft shroud and all fittings.

Bamboo

The least expensive of the natural fibres, Bamboo coffins offer a simple, light design in both traditional and rounded styles.

Bamboo Invicta
£530
Bamboo Round
£490
Bamboo Traditional
£490
Bamboo Lattice Round
£560
Banana

Available in both Coffin and Casket styles, Banana fibre is a slightly heavier material than Bamboo offering a stronger weave and greater tonal variation. There are also various colour options for the Caskets.

Banana Hazelfield
£690
Banana Casket Ebony
£720
Banana Bridgemoor
£690
Banana Casket Cerise
£720
Cardboard

Offered in Manila, White and Woodgrain our cardboard coffins present a simple elegance with the least impact on the environment. Cardboard coffins are very suitable for burial but are also an excellent choice for cremation as they create far less CO2 than any other coffin material.

Manila Cardboard
£390
White Cardboard
£400
Woodgrain Cardboard
£440
Decorated Cardboard

If you like the simplicity and environmental friendliness of a cardboard coffin but want a little more individuality then please see our range of Decorated Cardboard coffins.

Bluebells
£599
Butterfly
£599
Daffodils
£599
Seaside Sunset
£599
English Willow

All natural coffins are relatively light but Willow is a little heavier and structurally stronger than Bamboo and Banana coffins. Our English Willow coffins are available in white, green and brown trim with colour options available.

English Willow Brown
£980
Double Rainbow
£1,240
English Willow Round Green
£980
English Willow Light
£980
Willow

Willow coffins, whilst offering less tonal variation than English Willow, does present a very polished and elegant finish. Our Willow line also offers the unique “Pod” design which we feel is even more impressive in real life than it appears in the pictures.

Willow Cromer Light
£792
Willow Pod Light
£844
Willow Highsted
£748
Willow Pod
£783
Willow Eco 2

The Willow Eco 2 coffins, in our opinion, offer the sharpest lines with their very tightly woven design style. The effect is an uncomplicated and simple beauty that is gentle on the eye

Chelington Brown
£844
Broadwich light
£844
Willow Kingsted
£980
Willow Stockberry Light
£980
Child & Infant

Offering a natural beauty in a range of material with a soft and gentle lining for the most difficult of goodbyes.

Banana Baby
£0
Pandanus Baby
£0
Willow Baby
£0
Pandanus

The Pandanus coffins present a two tonal, twisted weave that leans towards a sense of hemp or rope. For some this creates a slightly more nautical feel to the coffins. Up close these are very beautiful.

Pandanus Traditional
£650
Pandanus Round
650
Pandanus Ringlemere
£690
Pandanus Oatydown
£690
Paulownia

The Paulownia is a reasonably priced real wood coffin that is simple and minimalist in design.

Paulownia Wood
£600
More eco-coffins are available
Get in touch for our full range of eco-coffins

Testimonials

Hello. I would like to thank you all for the care, support and compassion you all showed and for the lovely service you gave for my husband Dennis’ funeral on 11th August. He had a grand “send off” with so many to say their goodbyes, and the sun shone too. John Banks gave a lovely service and myself and my family would like to express our thanks for your help on such a sad day in our lives.
Regards,
Barbara and all the Hudswell family - Sept 2021

I really can’t thank the team at Penrose enough for the beautiful funeral they managed for my dear husband Fred. Especially Nathan for helping us plan the day with such care and dignity.

I met Nathan’s dad Jeremy for the first time when he arrived with the cortege to collect us from home. Immediately I felt totally at ease with this charming charismatic gentleman leading the service perfectly from begining to end.

Thank you so much

from Georgie

Georgina Bateman - February 2020

To Jeremy and your lovely team

Thank you for all your support during our hard times. Your team are lovely, kind and so respectful. Many family members commented how lovely you all are.

Best wishes,

Angela Nash and all the family of Arthur Buckley - October 2020

Dear Jeremy and all the amazing staff at Penrose,

From myself and the rest of the family I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for all that you have done for us at this incredibly difficult time. We will be eternally grateful for the respect and care you showed my dad – Alan Holmes – during his time with you, and for allowing our final precious moments spent with him.

Furthermore, your kindness and compassion made this challenging process much less painful. It is impossible to fully express our gratefulness in words.

Thank you so very, very much!

With love

Natalie and the Holmes family - Sept 2024

Nathan,

I just wanted to say a sincere thank you to you and everyone at Penrose for the professionalism, care and support you showed throughout Dad’s funeral arrangements.

Everything yesterday was handled so calmly and respectfully, and despite the slight delay at the start, the service still came together with some improvised cuts . I’m very grateful for all the help you gave us in making sure everything was organised properly.

Many thanks again for everything.

George - October 2026

To Nathan, Jeremy and all at Penrose,

Thank you so very much for all your care in looking after our beloved Ryan, we couldn’t have hoped for a more beautiful funeral.

with love xx

Jackie, John, Holly and family - January 2024

Good afternoon Jeremy

Just wanted to say thank you so much to you all for making mums funeral so special in these very difficult times. Thank you to Brendan for taking us through the initial arrangements and for getting mum to your care.

The order of service was perfect as was the service. John did a lovely service it would of been exactly what mum would of wanted thank you for recommending him.
Thank you for guiding us through on the day which is very difficult with all the covid rules. I was worried how it was going to be but you made it all very easy for us as a family so thank you.

Take care stay safe

Annalise Jarvis and family - Feb 2021

I can’t recommend Penrose highly enough. They were excellent in every way. Efficiency, advice, assistance, sensitivity and communication. My Mother’s wishes were carried out to every detail. Their help eased all anxiety and nerves and led to a very emotional day being focused on my Mother. It was a celebration of her life and everyone that attended commented on how well the whole service went. Thank you everyone at Penrose Funerals you made a very hard day all that much easier.

Tanya Stevenson - March 2023
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