Epping Forest Local News
Epping Forest Burial Park is holding nature events throughout the year to raise money for a range of charities including the Essex Wildlife Trust, Butterfly Conservation, the British Trust for Ornithology and St Clare Hospice. A Spring Walk on Sunday 11 April is the first 2010 event at the 52-acre...
Full details >17.03.2010
Chiltern Woodland Burial Park and Epping Forest Burial Park are attending the UK Aware exhibition at London Olympia on Friday 16 th and Saturday 17 th April. The show, in its third year, has dramatically increased in size, with over...
Read more >09.12.2009
Epping Forest Burial Park has been named Customer Service Team of the Year in the prestigious National Customer Service Awards 2009. The company received this impressive accolade on Wednesday 9 December when the awards ceremony was held at the Grosvenor...
Read more >14.09.2009
Clare Savidge, a local Business Adviser, tragically lost her brother Paul after a short illness when he was just 47. As Paul had made no specific wishes for his final resting place, Clare felt it was important to lay her...
Read more >10.08.2009
Epping Forest Burial Park has received the prestigious Green Flag Award for the second year running, in addition to winning the Special Award for Innovation in the Sustainability category. Epping Forest District Council Chairman Penny Smith joined the team on...
Read more >03.08.2009
In August 2009 Woodland Burial Parks received a Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice & Sustainable Development. This recognises the high environmental standards and passion for sustainability that form a major part of the company’s ethos, and is highly...
Read more >15.06.2009
Local woodcarvers are being urged to get in touch with Epping’s woodland burial park, to help meet demand for high quality memorials. Epping Forest Burial Park opened last year to offer families an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional funerals. And...
Read more >23.03.2009
A talented group of 20 young singers will be performing in the award-winning buildings at Epping Forest Burial Park later this month. The concert is being held on Sunday 29 th March, at 12 noon in the Woodland Hall, where...
Read more >16.03.2009
Natural burials have been catapulted into the spotlight, following national press reports about plans for the funeral of reality TV star Jade Goody, who died early yesterday. Reports in many of today’s papers name Epping Forest Burial Park as the...
Read more >23.02.2009
A creative, educational and fun-packed afternoon in a beautiful woodland setting is being offered this half term. On Sunday 22 nd February at 2pm, children aged 5 and above were invited to participate in building their very own nest box...
Read more >09.02.2009
Staff relationships are stronger than ever before at Epping Forest Burial Park – where the team now includes three members of the same local family. A familiar face to many visitors, office administrator Sue Cook was the first to join...
Read more >12.12.2008
Christmas has come early for two homeless kittens that have found a purr-fect refuge in the Epping countryside. Holly and Willow were destined for a shelter for unwanted pets – and an uncertain future. But when animal loving colleagues at...
Read more >14.10.2008
Lost babies will be remembered at a special service to be held at Epping Forest Burial Park next month. The service at 2pm on Sunday 19th October is open to anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby –...
Read more >09.09.2008
The funeral of the late Ken Campbell, actor and director, took place at Epping Forest Burial Park on Tuesday September 9th. Hundreds of friends gathered to pay their respects to this icon of the stage, including many well known names....
Read more >08.08.2008
Graduate Beth Penney is the latest new recruit to join the team at Epping Forest Burial Park. Prior to taking up her post as marketing assistant, 21-year-old Beth studied at the University of Northampton, where she gained a 2:1 BA...
Read more >14.07.2008
An Essex mum who has helped raise thousand of pounds to help sick children has planted the first tree in an avenue of remembrance at Epping’s new woodland burial park. Up to 70 memorial oak saplings will be planted along...
Read more >23.06.2008
Producers of an educational DVD with a difference are appealing for volunteer extras to take part in filming in Epping Forest next week. The newly opened Epping Forest Burial Park has commissioned a professional film crew to produce a DVD...
Read more >12.06.2008
A trio of budding young artists have been named winners in a competition which focused on spring in the woodland. The arty challenge was held to celebrate the opening of Epping Forest Burial Park, with entries on display at recent...
Read more >09.05.2008
Award-winning author and broadcaster Kate Adie OBE will officially open Epping Forest Burial Park – the country’s largest woodland cemetery – tomorrow, Friday 10 May. As the BBC’s Chief News Correspondent, Kate Adie has worked in danger zones across the...
Read more >14.04.2008
Bishop of Chelmsford the Rt. Rev. John Gladwin led a service of dedication at the new 52-acre Epping Forest Burial Park in North Weald on Friday, 11 April. Over 120 people attended the inter-denominational service at the £2.7m venue, believed...
Read more >14.03.2008
Fresh air, exercise – and a free lunch – are being offered to volunteers who sign up for a mammoth hedgerow planting session in North Weald later this month. Woodland staff at the new Epping Forest Burial Park are appealing...
Read more >21.02.2008
Special areas have been set aside for the burial of babies in the newly opened Epping Forest Burial Park. A number of ‘snowdrop’ trees within the 52-acre woodland are to become dedicated burial areas for babies who die before or...
Read more >20.12.2007
Fran Hall, one of the management team at Woodland Burial Parks, has recently enjoyed the experience of a lifetime. She took up an opportunity offered by Bibby Line Ltd, one of the shareholders in the company, to volunteer on a...
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