Colney Park

A prestigious 26-acre venue amidst woodland and parkland that’s perfect for services, pilgrimage and remembrance.

You’ll find things are different at a GreenAcres Living Memorial Park. Death is part of life, so we create beautiful, natural spaces in British woodlands and landscapes that help people come to terms with loss. You won’t find rows of headstones in our Parks. Instead, you’ll be uplifted by the power of nature and given the space you need to reconnect with loved ones.

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Colney Park

Colney Park, Watton Road Norwich Norfolk
NR4 7TY

Our nature-rich Parks honour your loved ones while providing tranquil spaces teeming with richly diverse flora and fauna for the living to reflect on precious memories. From shady glades to wildflower meadows, these serene landscapes will be sustained for generations, offering solace in the knowledge that memories will remain. Providing a final resting place for your loved one, a place you and your family will want to return to, time and time again, to walk together, share memories and reflect.

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Our Living Memorial Parks offer you a choice of memorials, a physical remembrance which serves as a lasting tribute to a person’s life, legacy and forever imprint.

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We understand that every individual is unique. Whether or not your loved one has been laid to rest in one of our Parks, we provide a range of natural and unique options to create a fitting and personal memorial to help you live with loss more easily.

Living Memorial Tree

A Living Memorial Tree – Living Memorials are increasingly popular for those seeking an eco-friendly way to honour loved ones. A Living Memorial Tree offers a lasting tribute that grows and flourishes. Whether used for burials, a final resting place for ashes, or a special dedication; Living Memorial Trees offer a sustainable alternative to traditional memorials, aligning personal remembrance with ecological responsibility.

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A beautiful space created by nature between the foliage of the Park. The burial or ashes plot is marked by the natural environment and carefully placed moss logs, blending your loved ones resting place into the Park’s peaceful surroundings. Designed to accommodate two or four burials, a number of ash burials or a combination of both.

Woodland Burial

Choose the perfect final resting place amongst the beauty of our woodlands, under the canopy of native trees. Our woodlands are alive with flora and fauna, these leafy, magical wonderlands provide solace for many. Woodland burials are seen as the most ecological (green) option, which is why we avoid the use of all metal, plastic and imported stone within all our woodlands.

Living Memorial Tree

A Living Memorial Tree – Living Memorials are increasingly popular for those seeking an eco-friendly way to honour loved ones. A Living Memorial Tree offers a lasting tribute that grows and flourishes. Whether used for burials, a final resting place for ashes, or a special dedication; Living Memorial Trees offer a sustainable alternative to traditional memorials, aligning personal remembrance with ecological responsibility.

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A beautiful space created by nature between the foliage of the Park. The burial or ashes plot is marked by the natural environment and carefully placed moss logs, blending your loved ones resting place into the Park’s peaceful surroundings. Designed to accommodate two or four burials, a number of ash burials or a combination of both.

Woodland Burial

Choose the perfect final resting place amongst the beauty of our woodlands, under the canopy of native trees. Our woodlands are alive with flora and fauna, these leafy, magical wonderlands provide solace for many. Woodland burials are seen as the most ecological (green) option, which is why we avoid the use of all metal, plastic and imported stone within all our woodlands.

Colney Park Pricing

Whatever your wishes, we have various options to suit all budgets. Speak to a member of our friendly and knowledgeable team to explore your options and find the memorial option that’s right for you.

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Opening Hours

We aim to keep our Park open during daylight hours. However, be sure to check our notice boards and social media for seasonal updates. There may also be a rare occurrence where the Park has to close due to adverse weather conditions to keep our visitors safe, please contact the Park on 01603 811556

We are dog friendly – we love meeting your dogs! We kindly ask for dogs to be kept on a lead in our parks.

Please see our 2024 Christmas Opening Hours here

Week Dates Office Hours Park Visiting Hours
Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm
Monday – Friday (May to August) 9.00am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday 9.00am – 4.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm
Sunday Appointment only 9.00am – 4.00pm
Bank Holidays 9.00am – 1.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm
Thursday (May to August only) 9.00am – 6.00pm* 9.00am – 8.00pm
Christmas Day, Boxing Day & Easter Sunday Closed 9.00am – 4.00pm
Last entry into the Park is 30 minutes prior to the gates closing.
*By appointment only between 5.00-6.00pm
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Contact Us

Speak to a member of our friendly and knowledgeable team to explore your options call 0203 745 8325 or email [email protected]

If your enquiry relates to an existing memorial, plot or funeral please call Colney Park directly: 01603 811556

Colney Park Address

GreenAcres Colney Park
Watton Road
Norwich
Norfolk NR4 7TY

Travelling by Car

From Norwich: Leave Norwich city centre west-bound on the B1108/Earlham Road. Continue for approx 3.5 miles, going past the entrances to the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital until you reach the roundabout at the junction of the A47 Norwich Southern Bypass. The entrance to Colney Park is on Watton Road on the right-hand side. Continue all the way around the roundabout so the entrance is on your left.

Westbound Directions: Leave via the B1108 slip road, signposted University and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Turn right at the roundabout to cross the A47 and take the first exit towards the city at the next roundabout. Colney Park is on the left.

Northbound Directions: Continue past the exit for the Longwater Retail Park, exit at the next slip road for B1108, signposted University and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Take the first exit. Colney Park is on your left.

Travelling by Train

Norwich Railway Station is approx 5 miles away on the East side of the city centre.

Park Facilities

There is ample space for car parking at our Park, as well as parking for coaches, bikes and motorcycles. Disabled parking spaces are available near the buildings. All buildings have disabled access and facilities and there is an electric buggy available to transport visitors with restricted mobility around the woodland.

The Park roads are sufficiently wide to accommodate two cars passing. Driving on site is restricted while funeral services take place. We humbly request all our visitors to be respectful to the rules and regulations of the Park.

We are dog friendly – we love meeting your dogs! We kindly ask for dogs to be kept on a lead in our Parks.

“I want to thank GreenAcres Colney for their brilliant service. My husband was terminally ill, and they enabled him to visit the site to decide where he would like his ashes to go, so he had the peace of knowing where he would be after his death. The way we were treated was perfect, the staff seemed to know just how to deal with us, and the actual service was lovely. It was awful to lose my husband and my Son’s daddy, but the service from Colney made it all much easier to cope with and to feel peaceful about.”
“My father-in-law passed away very suddenly just before Christmas, and suddenly the family were faced with a number of decisions to make, one of which was where the burial was to take place. David loved nature, the outdoors, flowers and birds, so we took a look at Colney Park (never even knew these places existed before).
We took a drive to Colney to take a look at the grounds, and the location was beautiful, very serene, and bizarrely for me it was a place that felt happy and felt pleasant to be.
This is a place I will visit often with my family, and indeed there were many families while I was there, unlike a cemetery, they were smiling, laughing, sharing stories, and generally a lovely feeling about the place. In summary – Colney Park is a beautiful place, has a lovely feeling about it – and my advice is….If you are in doubt – go and visit the place, I am sure you will love it, as will those you are laying to rest.”
“It was such a perfect experience. I can’t begin to explain how wonderful it was, from our very first visit which was a guided walk, and amazingly, included a buggy for my dear belated Husband Paul’s parents, to the then so thoughtful and caring meeting to discuss arrangements for Paul’s Special Day as our family preferred to call it. During our above-mentioned walk we found the perfect resting place for Paul, in the middle of four perfectly beautiful trees, which we all, including the wonderful staff at GreenAcres always then referred to as Paul’s ‘four-poster bed’ which proves just how perfectly wonderful they all are.”
Michelle Dan Madeline

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