Setting the highest standards for care, service and facilities
Working with charities and carers to improve support
Guiding families with local sensitivity and understanding
Our Lancaster funeral directors are experienced, trusted professionals dedicated to providing dignified, compassionate care for every family we support. We have invested in modern facilities across the area to ensure the highest standards of care for your loved one, backed by reassuring guidance and support whenever you need it. Choose your nearest funeral home and speak to our caring team any time.
Your local team can talk you through an attended funeral in Lancaster or an unattended funeral in Lancaster, and help you choose memorials in Lancaster when you feel ready. You can also see all our funeral directors in Lancashire.
If you are planning a cremation, your local funeral director can arrange a service at any crematorium in line with your wishes. As part of the same business group, we work closely with Lancaster & Morecambe Crematorium, located on Powder House Lane, which may be a convenient option for local families.
We are situated on Queen St Lancaster close to Aldi.
These are estimated costs for a cremation. For a burial, please call us and we'll explain the costs.
Total price: £4,149
Total price: £1,745
The cost of a funeral depends on what you need. We'll help you understand everything, so you can plan without any surprises.
Our prices include all the essentials
The prices you see on each branch's Price List are our lowest for each type of funeral. They include caring for the person who's died, a simple coffin, and the cremation or burial. We don't charge for the little touches like placing a rose on the coffin or playing music.
What affects the cost?
You can choose to add a personal touch, such as a unique coffin, flowers, your choice of transport, a printed order of service or a memorial. There might be additional costs depending on the type of funeral you choose, or what you require. You can find out additional costs by looking at Additional Options Price Lists on each branch's webpage.
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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
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 Island Bowker, very polite professional and with dignity
A pure cremation I chose for my wife, you’re kindness provided me with great care and sympathy & Comfort knowing my was taken care of
Thank you very much
Andy Hamer, 2 May 2025
Practical guides on arranging a funeral and what to expect.
The first steps after a death, in order – the medical certificate, registering, calling a funeral director and dealing with the estate, with timings.
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.
The types of funeral to choose between – burial or cremation, religious or not, ceremony or none – and how each can still be personal.
Five practical ways to bring a funeral bill down, who is responsible for paying it, and why a cheaper funeral need not be a lesser one.
Fourteen questions worth asking before you appoint a funeral director – on costs, care, personalisation and paperwork – and what the answers tell you.