Is Harbour View The UK’s Greenest Crematorium?
At Harbour View, every farewell is a chance to honour both memory and the environment. Nestled in peaceful countryside overlooking Poole Harbour, our crematorium and memorial park blend natural beauty with a deep commitment to sustainability. From carbon-conscious cremations powered by solar energy, to wildflower meadows, rare-breed chickens, and Home Farm produce used by our in-house floristry and catering teams, every detail reflects a greener way to say goodbye. Here, your final footprint can be one of care, harmony, and connection to the land.
At Harbour View, we’re committed to initiatives that care for the environment:
- We have built our own solar farm that is large enough to generate all the electricity required by our cremators.
- Our cremators contain filters to remove harmful Nitric gases that are produced during the cremation process.
- During the cremation process, small quantities of metals are recovered. These are collected and recycled, with all of the proceeds going to local charities. Recently we donated £34,000 to three local hospices. This donation was funded entirely by our metal recovery programme
- Since 2005, we have planted over 10,000 trees at Harbour View.
- We forage much of the floral material that our florists require to make the tributes for your loved-ones and everything that is left over is either re-cycled or composted.
- We are developing a Home Farm in the fields surrounding Harbour View.
- We have our own chickens and bees, providing us with home grown produce for our after-funeral catering.
- Purpose-built bat hotels provide a safe haven for native bat species, helping to protect and encourage these important nocturnal pollinators within our grounds.