Test Valley Crematorium to host Mother's Day reflection day

Test Valley Crematorium will welcome visitors on Sunday, March 15, from 10am to 4.30pm in honour of Mother’s Day, inviting anyone who is missing a mother, mother figure, or parents bereaved of a child to spend time in its grounds.

Visitors will be offered daffodils at the entrance, which can be placed on a memorial or taken home.

Test Valley Crematorium is hosting a Mother’s Day remembrance event. (Image: Westerleigh Group)

Robert Metcalf, manager at Test Valley Crematorium, said: "Over the Mother’s Day period, we are holding in our thoughts all those missing their mother, a mother figure and mothers who are bereaved of a child.

"They are all very warmly welcome to join us for some quiet reflection in our comfortable chapel and beautiful grounds.

"We also know that the bereaved can take great comfort from posting messages to loved ones in our white memorial post box, which helps them maintain a feeling of connection with those they have lost."

Guests will have the opportunity to write personalised messages and tributes on cards and place them in the crematorium’s white memorial post box.

The invitation is open to anyone to visit the crematorium in order to remember their loved ones during the Mother’s Day period, whether or not there is a memorial to their mother or mother figure in the crematorium grounds, and regardless of where their funeral took place.