Rainsbrook Crematorium to include a 3,500-plot cemetery
O’Brien Contractors began working on the new cemetery last week (13 May) and expects to reach completion by September ‘weather permitting’
Rugby Borough Council has announced that work has begun to create a new cemetery at Rainsbrook Crematorium, which is set to include 3,500 grave plots.
This follows Leamington Spa-based O’Brien Contractors Limited being appointed by the council to carry out the project, a decade after the crematorium was first opened.
While a cemetery was included in the original plans for the crematorium, Rugby Borough Council decided to postpone work on the cemetery until the council’s cemeteries at Clifton Road, Croup Hill, Watts Lane and Whinfield were nearer to full capacity.
O’Brien Contractors began working on the new cemetery last week (13 May) and expects to reach completion by September “weather permitting”.
Cllr Derek Poole, portfolio holder for regulation and safety at Rugby Borough Council, said: “A new cemetery for the borough was always part of our plans for the Rainsbrook site and by working with O’Brien Contractors Limited to deliver the project, we have partnered with a company which has considerable experience of building new cemeteries.
“We aim to minimise the disruption to visitors to the crematorium grounds and Diamond Wood during the site works, but appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we build a new cemetery to serve the borough for the future.”
Rainsbrook Crematorium was built by Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council, and opened in April 2014.
While Daventry District Council became part of the West Northamptonshire Council when it was formed in 2021, Rugby Borough Council has sole responsibility for the operation of Rainsbrook Cemetery, with all burial plots owned by the council.