Brackley Road Cemetery

The town’s cemetery is at Brackley Road, Buckingham. The cemetery is open to visitors seven days a week.

This cemetery is owned, maintained and managed by Buckingham Town Council. On this page are a number of documents that are required when a burial plot is to be used at the cemetery. Further information and confidential help can be obtained from the burial officer at Buckingham Town Council.

Directions

The nearest postcode to Buckingham Brackley Road Cemetery is MK18 1JA.

From Buckingham town centre: travel along West Street until it becomes Brackley Road. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road. Pedestrians can enter through the large iron gates.

There is no public car park at Brackley Road Cemetery. The nearest public car park is located at West Avenue MK18 1HS, Western Avenue Car Park (Buckingham), operated by Buckinghamshire Council. This car park is approximately a 5-10 minute walk from the cemetery. We kindly request that visitors who choose to park off-road outside the cemetery gates ensure they do not block the footpath, allowing safe passage for scooter and pushchair users.

Cemetery Enquiries

Please contact us on:

• Tel: 01280 816 801 (lines open at 9am Monday to Friday)
• Email: cemetery@buckingham-tc.gov.uk

Guides and Handbooks

Printable versions of documents required for cemetery work/requests

Memorial Testing at Brackley Road Cemetery

Buckingham has a distinguished historic cemetery that is over 150 years old which Buckingham Town Council is responsible for maintaining. As part of its commitment to providing an attractive and safe cemetery for its visitors, the Town Council has a rolling programme to assess the safety of memorials in the cemetery.

The memorial safety testing will be done in an appropriate and sensitive manner. This will be an on-going process, conducted on a yearly basis, with all of the memorials being tested over a five year period. The holder of the grave deed is ultimately responsible for the maintenance of the memorial; a list of any unsafe memorials will be made available on the Town Council website and at the cemetery. The council would like to stress that if any unsafe memorials are found they will not be laid flat unless there is no alternative to making them temporarily safe until they can be repaired.

Deed holders of burial plots in the cemetery are asked to update the Town Council with their current address, especially if it has changed since being issued with the original burial deed.

The Town Council will answer any questions anyone has about the memorial testing at the cemetery.

List of unsafe memorials 2025

Memorial Testing Method Statement

Please contact: Lee Phillips on 01280 816 801 or email him at: estates@buckingham-tc.gov.uk

Commonwealth War Graves

Brackley Road Cemetery has 10 Commonwealth War Graves and regularly hosted tours by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC). These are an engaging and insightful series of free tours where you delve into the history of the Commonwealth War Graves in our local cemetery and uncover the stories of ten brave service personnel from the First and Second World Wars. Dates of upcoming tours can be found on the CWGC’s website and advertised within our social media and cemetery’s noticeboard.

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