The historic chapels feature a dedicated café and tea room, alongside two beautifully preserved Victorian chapels, providing elegant and private spaces for funeral wakes and post-funeral celebrations of life where family and friends can gather in comfort.
For more information, please visit the venues website where you can find the various offers, menus and information on how to book.
Please note: The historic chapels are no longer in use as functioning chapels for funeral services
Our old chapels were used for over 150 years and will remain an important focal point for the cemetery at Cheltenham. Now a café and wake venue, this historic building will carry on being at the heart of Cheltenhams Bouncers Lane Cemetery.
In the early 19th century burial space in Cheltenham’s churches was proving inadequate for the elderly and unwell who moved to the spa town.
The site at Bouncers Lane was acquired in 1861 and the cemetery first opened in 1864, designed by WH Knight.
The cemetery was extended in 1883, 1926 and again in the late 20th century with the more recent areas being added to the east of the original Victorian graveyard.
The Gardens of Remembrance were developed from before the 1930s and the Crematorium opened in 1938, the 38th to be opened in the British Isles.
Below are some photos that show the historic chapels how they were when funeral services operated from them.
