Home memorials

We’re here to help you craft a cherished memorial to keep close by, always.

Home memorials encompass personalised tributes to keep safely at home, specifically designed to honour the memory of a loved one. From elegantly crafted urns and caskets to heartfelt wooden hearts with chambers for ashes, they offer a tender embrace of remembrance. These intimate spaces serve as poignant reminders and offer solace through reflection and remembrance.

  • 2 minute read
  • 17 September 2026

Ways to keep a loved one close at home

With many charming options available, a loved one can own a special place in your home, in a way that reflects them and allows you to admire and remember them every day. This can be through any of the below:

  • Memory bear: acts as a keepsake urn that holds special memories safe in a specially designed zipped compartment.
  • Wooden hearts for ashes: include chambers for ashes in heart-shaped containers, serving as a cherished keepsake in memory of a loved one.
  • Photo frames for ashes: elegantly display cherished photographs, offering a heartfelt tribute and comforting reminder of enduring memories.
  • Paperweights including ashes: beautifully crafted paperweights with a variety of stone colours available.
  • Urns, caskets and scatter tubes: read more about urns and caskets.

Personalising your memorial

Our memorials are fully customisable to align with your preferences, allowing you to select the ideal material, design, shape and size. Personalisation can of course be incorporated, although there are some memorials where personalisation is not an option because of the material.

This page is here to provide memorial inspiration. If you have any questions about a particular home memorial, our memorial specialists are on hand to help. Call 0808 304 7791 or email memorials@dignityuk.co.uk.

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