Rated 5 / 5
H Dales have been excellent, very compassionate and caring staff, especially Liz, highly recommend
Sarah Bath, 24 October 2026
Rated 4.9 / 5
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H. Dale Funeral Directors, Stoke
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- 176 Anchor Road, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5EF
Call 24 hours a day:
01782 313866
Office opening hours:
Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
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Our services
These are estimated costs for a cremation. For a burial, please call us and we'll explain the costs.
Total price: £3,574
Attended funeral
A ceremony tailored to any needs and wishes. Including all religions, cultures, traditions and beliefs.
- Our support and services
- £2,495
- A Basic Coffin, or choose any other and pay only the difference
- A traditional hearse
- Care in our first class facilities
- Estimated third-party costs
- £1,079
- Crematoria fees
- A celebrant or minister to lead the ceremony
- Total estimated cost
- £3,574
Total price: £1,645
Unattended funeral
A simpler option, without mourners present at the cremation.
- Our support and services
- £1,645
- A simple, Unattended Funeral coffin, or choose any other and pay only the difference
- Care in our first class facilities
- A cremation without a ceremony or mourners present
- Total estimated cost
- £1,645
How do funeral costs vary?
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.
Trusted by families in Stoke-on-Trent
Rated 4.9 / 5 based on 106 reviews.
Rated 5 / 5
We cannot thank HD Funeral Directors enough for the care, compassion and professionalism they showed us when arranging my husbands funeral. They made such a difficult and heartbreaking time a little easier, treating my husband and our family with the utmost dignity, kindness and respect. Every detail was handled beautifully, and we will be forever grateful for everything they did. We couldn’t recommend them highly enough
Lynsey Carruthers, 13 October 2026
Rated 1 / 5
Where shall we start…
When my sister and I went in , on behalf of our mum, we were taken into a room, where we chose the casket for our dad.
We then specifically asked!!!!!
For us to be informed about the day of his cremation.
It was a no attendance funeral, which our dad specifically asked for.
We were not!!!! Informed, we had to ring to ask , imagine how we all felt, especially our mum, only to be told that he had been cremated already!!!
The following week, we went to fetch dads ashes, to bring him home, with the staff eating chips, the whole place stunk of chips!
Very professional NOT.
Upon receiving our dad, when we were just about to go, when we noticed that they had spelt his name wrong.
We had to ask them to do it again.
We also noticed that when we got home to mum, the casket hadn’t got the handles on which is what we were shown.
Neither my sis or I have said nothing about it to our mum, as we think the loss of our dad is enough for her to cope with.
All we can say, is that we would never consider this company again!!
Amanda Glover, 11 October 2026
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Types of funeral
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