About Us

Peter Melrose set up Melrose Funeral Directors over 30 years ago offering families a complete 24-hour Funeral Service which covers all areas in Northumberland and North Tyneside. We are passionate about helping families through a difficult time whenever it arises.

We offer Pre Payment Plans by Golden Charter.

Melrose Funeral Directors provide an unrivalled service that ensures the bereaved are not overwhelmed by the many details of a time which is already demanding.

With years of experience, we are able to offer invaluable advice about a number of affiliated aspects of the process and are sure to afford this most significant of times the best opportunity to meet the expectations of those it affects.

Our aim is to arrange the funeral you want for your loved one.

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Three Decades of Experience

We offer a fully comprehensive service to ensure that the potential burden of this most challenging of periods is taken up by those best equipped to organize it.

With over three decades of experience, we have earned a reputation for a complete and efficient service, seeing to every aspect of the arrangements with the appropriate sense of occasion, affording the event every due dignity.

Efficiency and Sensitivity

Right from the most obvious considerations such as an appropriately worded obituary to the more detailed organization of flowers, memorials, catering and the order of service, we approach every aspect with efficiency and sensitivity.

Aside from the aforementioned, we can provide Private Chapels of Rest as well as a fleet of Mercedes ceremonial vehicles in Grey or Black.

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Writing a review for a Funeral Services company is thankfully not an everyday occurrence. However, as a family we cannot praise the staff at Melrose, especially Jake, highly enough for their professionalism, understanding, sympathy, respectfulness, support and patience.

During a time of great family grief their assistance and guidance was offered graciously, which helped make a difficult time less stressful. As a family managed business they provide an excellent service with dignity and great attention to detail, with the all the funeral arrangements being well managed and organised.

Professional Memberships

Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors

SAIF membership gives families the security that we are meeting a nationally recognised standard within the business.

Bristish Institute of Embalmers

BIE membership - we abide by the professional standards and regulations required by the B.I.E Code of Ethics.

British Institute of Funeral Directors

BIFD - Qualifications and dedication to delivering the exceptional standard of service required by the Code of Ethics.