Cemetery Service Consultation

Overview

Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) operates 15 cemeteries (view map here). 

Demand for Council cemetery plots is expected to increase as the Borough population continues to grow and as church burial grounds run out of space.

The management of the ABC Council cemeteries is governed by the Council’s Cemetery management rules and regulations. These were reviewed in 2025, and the updated document can be found below 

download the PDF..

A range of choices of burial options has become available to residents across the cemeteries. Not all options are available in all the cemeteries:

• Traditional with kerb sets/surrounds
• Lawn cemeteries/lawn sections
• Children and babies
• Multi Faith areas
• Cremated remains

In 2025, we developed a draft Cemetery Strategy for the Borough, and we want to hear your views and feedback on the proposed Strategy (below)

download the PDF to ensure that the Cemetery/Bereavement Service continues to meet the needs of our residents.

The associated Equality Screening and Rural Needs Impact Assessment form can be found here.

All feedback will be reviewed for consideration by the Executive Management Team (EMT), before being presented to the Environmental Services Committee for consideration, with ratification at Full Council after.

Have your say

As residents of the Borough and users of services, we welcome your feedback regarding our proposed Draft Cemetery Strategy.

Please tell us your views by completing this questionnaire. Your feedback will be part of a report with many other people’s feedback, so you will not be personally identified.

Alternatively, you can email or send your comments in by post using the contact details below:

Email address:         cemetery.info@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

Postal address:        FAO Martin McCorry

                                 Kernan Cemetery

                                 37 Kernan Hill Road

                                    Portadown

                                    Craigavon

                                    BT63 5YB

If you would like a copy of this survey in any other format, please contact the Cemetery Team on 028 3833 9059

This survey closes at 4pm on 13^th April 2026.

Our team will be on hand to help answer any queries regarding the draft Strategy, at a drop-in session. See below for details -

Location: Brownlow Hub

Date:  18^th March 2026

Time: 4pm-6pm

We look forward to welcoming you then.