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Your garden waste bin is collected every two weeks between March and November. View your collection calendar.

If you are permanently or temporarily unable to place your bin out for collection, you could be eligible for an assisted bin collection.

Applications will be accepted from anyone who is over 16 years of age, is the householder and who gets at least one of the following:

Disability Living Allowance care component at the middle or higher rate, or the Personal Independence Payment
Higher Rate Mobility
Attendance Allowance

We might also be able to help in other exceptional circumstances.

Distington Hall Crematorium is set in very pleasant surroundings in the north of the borough and serves the majority of Copeland and most of the south of Allerdale.

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A range of dignified service options are available at Distington Hall Crematorium. Please contact us or your funeral director for full details.

There is also the option for an audio-visual display of special memories to be displayed on the crematorium's screens.

The Exclusive Right of Burial deed provides proof of ownership for a particular grave plot. Only the named owner(s) can give consent to open a grave for an interment or strewing of cremated remains and to install or add inscriptions to a memorial/headstone.

To enquire about the transfer of an Exclusive Right of Burial, please contact us.

Our rolling programme of inspection and maintenance of Copeland’s burial grounds and cemeteries is under way.

Our staff are inspecting headstones in all 17 of our open and closed cemeteries to ensure they are stable and pose no risk to the public and colleagues who work there.

The inspections across all its sites will now run on a continuous basis which ensures that every headstone is checked at least every five years, as per Ministry of Justice guidance, with more regular inspections implemented in areas that require them.

We offer you the opportunity to commemorate a loved one by dedicating a bench in their memory at our cemeteries or at Distington Hall Crematorium.

We offer one type of bench. The bench is approximately 1800mm (5feet 9inches) in length and includes a back rail where a plaque can be inserted. (see application form for a picture of the bench).

In addition to the memorial bench, we can supply a plaque (see application form for an example plaque).

The standard size of the plaque is 63 x 152mm made of Stainless Steel, flush mounted into the back rail.

We have five cemeteries which are located in Whitehaven (adjacent to the St Bees Road), Hensingham, Beckermet, Netherwasdale and Millom. All are cemeteries are open to the public.

On this page we hope to help you through this difficult time by giving you all the information you need when you have suffered a bereavement. This includes registering a death, making funeral arrangements, types of funeral service, legal advice, wills and financial advice.

If you think either your rateable value or rating list entry is incorrect, you can make an appeal asking for it to be changed.

As well as the rate payer, the following people may also make an appeal :

As part of our role in the administration of non domestic rates, commonly referred to as Business Rates, we have several areas where we can exercise our discretion to provide reductions to the amounts of business rates that are due to be paid.

The principal consideration when making an award is that any relief granted is in the best interests of the residents and taxpayers of Copeland and produces a local benefit.

Copeland Borough Council

For the latest cost of living support

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