Established 18 July 1935 Country England Owned by Blackpool Council Phone +44 1253 882541 | Type Public Founded 18 July 1935 Owner Blackpool Council | |
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Address Stocks Ln, Blackpool FY6 7QS, UK Hours Open today · 8:30AM–4PMFriday8:30AM–4PMSaturday9AM–3:15PMSunday9AM–3:15PMMonday8:30AM–4PMTuesday8:30AM–4PMWednesday8:30AM–4PMThursday8:30AM–4PM Burials | ||
Carleton Crematorium, together with the adjacent necropolis, Carleton Cemetery, is a graveyard located within the Greenlands ward of Blackpool with its main entrance on Stocks Road in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in England. It was opened on 18 July 1935.
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The building was created by Blackpool Borough architect, J.C. Robinson, who based his design on his own interpretation of the Mausoleum of Mausolus. At the north door is a chapel containing Books of Remembrance, which note the names of all those cremated or interred there.
The site is located in Blackpool and partly in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, the crematorium comes under the jurisdiction of Blackpool Council.
Notable cremations and interments
A number of notable people have been buried or cremated at the site. These include
Carleton cemetery
There are 88 Commonwealth service personnel of the Second World War buried at the cemetery.
Carleton crematorium
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has erected a white stone memorial near the crematorium listing 51 Commonwealth service personnel cremated here during the Second World War.