Preston Ireland Bowker Funeral Directors
Funeral directors in Lancaster and Morecambe, caring for families across the local community and surrounding areas.
Proud to be part of the Dignity group
Experts in care
Setting the highest standards for care, service and facilities
Supporting communities
Working with charities and carers to improve support
Local teams
Guiding families with local sensitivity and understanding
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Trusted by families across Lancaster
Rated 5 / 5 based on 40 reviews.
Rated 5/5
Well organised, kind and helpful staff, a beautiful service from start to finish
Kay Chisholm, 9 February 2026
Rated 5/5
I honestly can't thank everyone at preston Ireland bowker enough for what they did for baby lottie nit just baby lottie but for looking after us as a family too Alex is absolutely amazing and I would highly recommend this funeral directors to anyone thank you again for everything use have done 💗
Danielle Canavan, 20 October 2025
Rated 5/5
Having recently lost our grandmother, we were dealt the double blow a few weeks later losing our mum. As Preston Ireland & Bowker provided such a wonderful compassionate and professional service for grandma, it was only right we went back to them to look after our beautiful mum. The staff who took mum from home to the funeral directors were beyond respectful and handled the situation and mum with the utmost of care. When it came to arranging the funeral the administration was handled with compassion and dignity by Karl. Sarah oversaw the whole organisation of mum's goodbye, and went above and beyond in everything we could have asked for. She was the epitome of professional, caring and over all had this faultless knack of making us smile and laugh at our lowest ebb. She led the funeral to the crematorium and took our 12 year old daughter by the hand so that she could lead her grandma on her final journey. The comfort this gave my daughter was unplanned and spontaneous on the part of Sarah. She read the whole situation and understood us as a family perfectly. As I said on the day Sarah..."Never ever change, just be you" You will never know just how much the comfort and respect you and your team gave us and mum means to us all.
Thank you all so very much.
Kev, Andrea & Simon
Kev Foxcroft, 18 July 2025
Preston Ireland Bowker
Preston Ireland Bowker Funeral Directors has been supporting families across Lancaster and Morecambe since the nineteenth century. Over generations, we have built a trusted reputation for providing compassionate care, personal service and funeral expertise, helping local families create meaningful farewells while offering support when it is needed most.
You can find us in Lancaster and Morecambe, serving families across the local community and surrounding areas. Your funeral director knows their community and the people in it, and will arrange a funeral that feels right to you – whether that's traditional, alternative, or something simpler.
We're here when you need us. You can call your local funeral director at any time, 24 hours a day.
Frequently asked questions
Advice and guidance
Practical guides on arranging a funeral and what to expect.
What does a funeral director do
What a funeral director actually does, before the day and on it, how they care for the person who has died, and whether you have to use one at all.
Choosing a funeral director
What to look for when comparing funeral directors – local availability, itemised pricing, the care given to the person who has died, and how well they listen.
What to do when someone dies
The first steps after a death, in order – the medical certificate, registering, calling a funeral director and dealing with the estate, with timings.
Types of funeral
The types of funeral to choose between – burial or cremation, religious or not, ceremony or none – and how each can still be personal.
Questions to ask a funeral director
Fourteen questions worth asking before you appoint a funeral director – on costs, care, personalisation and paperwork – and what the answers tell you.
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