New sites are opening regularly in Scotland, so this list is likely to go out of date.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
Aberdeenshire:
Cothiemuir Hill Natural Burial Ground, Forbes Estate, nr Alford
Ayrshire:
Dumfries & Galloway:
Glenley Green Burial Ground, Galloway
Birkhill Woodland Burial Ground (contact details only)
Edinburgh:
Corstorphine Hill Cemetery, Woodland Burial Section (contact details only)
Highlands:
Dellifure Strathspey Natural Burial Ground, nr Grantown
Cockpen and Rosewell Woodland Cemeteries, (web information no longer available at January 2008) Contact details: The Burials Administrator,
Perthshire:
Scottish Borders:
Shawfield Woodland Burial Ground, Selkirk (contact details only)
Hundy Mundy Wood Burial Ground, Mellerstain, nr Kelso
Natural Burial Sites bordering Scotland
Carlisle Woodland Burials,
St. Andrew's Cemetery Woodland Burials, Hexham, Northumberland (contact details only)
Other Relevant Organisations