Cemetery space fear

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 Almost half of England's cemeteries could run out of space within the next 20 years, a BBC survey suggests.

And a quarter of 358 local authorities responding to the BBC said they would have no more room for burials within a decade.

Cemetery experts warned of a looming "crisis", while managers called for a change in law to allow graves that are more than 75-years-old to be reused.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the issue was "under constant review".
BBC Local Radio approached 699 local authorities - 358 of which responded.

 

Many of the councils surveyed, including those in Gosport, Mole Valley, Crawley and Rother, said they had five years or less before they ran out of room. Other areas - such as Tandridge district council in the South East - said they had already run out of space.

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In Cranfield we should be OK thanks to farsightedness by parish councillors particularly Delise "Dee Eagle" Ball the chairwoman of the PC.  The extension is now ready for use and within the next year will take its first interment. Ground prepared and cut, road constructed. We are looking at extending the water supply.

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