When a coffin from the standard range just isn’t them, we’ll help you find or commission one that is.
Sometimes a coffin from the standard range just doesn’t feel right. It might be a favourite colour, a particular wood, or a few words you’d like carried with them to the very end. From our funeral home on Western Road, we arrange bespoke, custom and personalised coffins for families in Borough Green and across Wrotham, Ightham, Platt, and surrounding areas. Tell us what you have in mind, even if it’s only half-formed. We’ll help you work out what’s possible in the time you have.
“Viv, Debbie and the team at Welham Jones Borough Green were professional, respectful, and compassionate throughout the entire emotional process during such a difficult time. Every member of staff showed genuine empathy, dignity, and respect, and were truly amazing in helping make my Dad’s final journey run smoothly and perfectly.”
– Sam G
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There’s no single reason families ask. For some, the coffin should say something about a life: a passion, a place, a sense of humour. Others can’t quite say what they want, only that the catalogue isn’t it. We offer three routes:
Put simply, a personalised coffin is one of our existing designs, changed to reflect the person. A custom one is made to your own specification from the start. Neither is better. What matters is what feels right, and what can be ready for the funeral date.
A first conversation. Call 01732 780600 or come into 43 Western Road. Bring photos, colours, words, or nothing at all. We keep sample coffin ends here, so you can see and touch the timbers and finishes rather than choosing from a screen.
Planning around the funeral. If the service is at Vinters Park Crematorium in Maidstone, it’s booked into a fixed time, and most service slots there run for 45 minutes. The coffin has to be finished and in our care well before that, so we plan the build backwards from the date.
Getting the fittings right. For cremation, national guidance from the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities rules out metal fittings and some finishes, such as polyurethane varnish. Set your heart on a particular handle? We can suggest a cremation-friendly alternative. For a woodland burial at Bluebell Cemetery in Halstead, natural, biodegradable materials are encouraged, so an untreated timber or wicker finish may suit better.
A written cost, then the order. You’ll have a clear written cost before anything is ordered. Printed designs are usually quicker to arrange than a coffin made from scratch, and we’ll give you an honest timeframe at that first conversation.
A made-to-order coffin can’t be priced from a list, because no two are the same. The things that change the cost are whether it’s a printed design or a full build, the timber and finish, the size, the handles and fittings, and whether you’re supplying your own photographs.
Our printed and engraved designs, with their current prices, are shown on our coffin and casket prices page. Whatever you choose, the full cost is agreed in writing before anything’s ordered. No hidden extras get added later, and any crematorium or burial ground fees are shown as their own lines.
Welham Jones are independent funeral directors that are family-run, so you’ll deal with one funeral arranger from the first call to the day itself. That matters more than usual with a made-to-order coffin. There are a lot of small decisions, and someone needs to keep hold of all of them.
Our Borough Green team know the local venues, from Vinters Park and Medway Crematorium to Wrotham’s parish burial ground and the woodland site at Bluebell, and what each will accept. And if someone has died, we answer the phone 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
A personalised coffin starts with one of our existing designs, such as the printed Avant-Garde or the engraved Nomine, and adapts it with images, colour or words. A bespoke or custom coffin is made to your own specification, from the timber to the fittings. You can see sample timbers and finishes for both at our Western Road funeral home.
Our printed and engraved designs have set prices, with an extra charge if you’d like your own photos used. A made-to-order coffin is quoted on its own, because no two are alike. If the service is at Vinters Park, the crematorium’s fee is a separate line, and you’ll see every figure in writing before anything’s ordered.
Yes, as long as it’s built for cremation. National guidance followed by crematoria rules out metal fittings and some varnishes, and asks for the crematorium to be consulted if a coffin will be larger than 81 by 28 by 22 inches. We check made-to-order designs against Vinters Park’s requirements before the build starts.
Yes. Our Avant-Garde picture coffins can carry your own photographs or artwork for an additional charge. Bring prints into 43 Western Road or email them to boroughgreen@welhamjones.co.uk, and we’ll go through the layout with you before anything is printed.
If you’d like to talk through an idea, however rough, call our Borough Green team on 01732 780600. There’s no obligation, and no question is too small.
This page sits within our wider coffin supplier service in Borough Green, where you’ll find every coffin we offer from this branch. For opening hours, directions and the rest of our services, visit our main Borough Green funeral directors page.
Address:
43 Western Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, TN15 8AL
Telephone: 01732 780600
Email: boroughgreen@welhamjones.co.uk
Opening Hours
Monday: 9am to 5pm
Tuesday: 9am to 5pm
Wednesday: 9am to 5pm
Thursday: 9am to 5pm
Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: By appointment only
Sunday: By appointment only
Weekend appointments for making arrangements and visiting are available by request.
For community deaths outside those hours, we also provide a 24/7 response, 365 days of the year.
