Dartford has four cemeteries which are open every day.
On these pages you can find information on dealing with a death and the support that is available. You can also contact us to request to search the burial records.
Dealing with a death
There are a lot of practical and legal issues that have to be dealt with when someone dies so we have put together some links below to help. There is also advice and information about support groups that may help you cope with losing someone close to you.
- Notify Dartford Borough Council of a death
- Register the death with a Registrar of Births and Deaths in the area where the death happened. The Kent Registration Services provides information on how and where you do this.
- Details of Funeral Directors, local and national
- Independent Funeral Information
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- The Child Bereavement Trust
- BUPA's fact sheet about bereavement and grieving
- Search Dartford's Burial Archives 1856 - 2006
Council Tax and Benefits/Pensions
If, as a result of the death, you are the only adult living in a property you may be entitled to a reduction in the amount of Council Tax payable.
You may be entitled to claim a Funeral Payment, Bereavement Payment and Bereavement Allowance. Go to the website for the Department of Work and Pensions and then use the benefits and services A-Z for more information.
If the person who has died receives any benefits or pensions or if you or someone else is in receipt of any benefit or pension which included an amount for the deceased, the organisation paying the benefit or pension will need to be notified.