Work begins on new Mytton Oak Remembrance Park
Work has today begun on the construction of the £1.1 million pound Mytton Oak Remembrance Park in Shrewsbury.
Mytton Oak Remembrance Park will enable burial at the site for the next 100 years. It will also provide an opportunity for a broader range and more environmentally-sensitive types of burial – including meadowland and woodland burials.
The work is being carried out by Oswestry-based Pave Aways Limited on behalf of Shropshire Council. Work is due to be completed by January 2014, and the site is due to open in spring 2014.
Steve Charmley, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member responsible for bereavement services, said:
“I’m really pleased that work is now starting on Mytton Oak Remembrance Park, and look forward to it opening next spring, as planned. A new cemetery is much needed for this area and it’s great that work is being carried out by a Shropshire-based company, who I know will do a great job.”
Steven Owen, Managing Director of Pave Aways Limited, said:
“The new cemetery and Remembrance Park will be an integral part of the Shrewsbury community throughout this century and into the next. Pave Aways are honoured to be chosen as the contractor and look forward to working alongside Shropshire Council to create a park that will provide solace and reflection.”
Planning permission for the site was granted in February 2013.
It is estimated that developing the new site will cost £1.1million, which is included within the council’s capital programme.
