New sites are opening regularly in Scotland, so this list is likely to go out of date.  If you want to know whether there is a natural burial site in a particular area and there is not one listed below, contact the Cemeteries Management section of the Local Authority for that locality.  They will have a comprehensive knowledge of both local authority and privately run sites in their area and are likely to know of any in the planning stages.

Natural burial includes the burial of ashes in a bio-degradable container or their scattering, in addition to the burial of bodies in shrouds or bio-degradable coffins.

If you are aware of natural burial sites, or provision within a traditional cemetery provided by a local authority, which are not recorded here, please let us know via the contact form so that we can add the information to this page.

Natural Burial Sites in Scotland

Clovery Woods of Rest, Aberdeenshire

Craufurdland Woods, Ayrshire

Birkhill Woodland Burial Ground, Dundee (contact details only) 

Corstorphine Hill Cemetery, Woodland Burial Section, Edinburgh (contact details only)

Glenley Green Burial Ground, Galloway

Cockpen and Rosewell Woodland Cemeteries, Midlothian (web information no longer available at January 2008)  Contact details: The Burials Administrator, Dundas Buildings, 62A Polton Street, Bonnyrigg EH19 3YD Tel: 0131 561 5280 Fax: 0131 654 2797

Native Woodland Ltd (Several)

Strowan Woodland Cemetery, Perthshire

Shawfield Woodland Burial Ground, Selkirk (contact details only)

Natural Burial Sites bordering Scotland

Carlisle Woodland Burials, Cumbria (contact details only)

St. Andrew's Cemetery Woodland Burials, Hexham, Northumberland (contact details only)

Northumbrian Woodland Burials

Other Relevant Organisations

The Natural Death Centre