Steven Near Funeral Directors
Grimsby
Steven Near Funeral Directors
Grimsby
About our Grimsby funeral home
Steven Near Funeral Directors was established in 1987 to provide compassionate, respectful funerals. We have continued to deliver the highest standards of funeral care for over 30 years.
We are committed to helping every family in our local community of Grimsby when they need us most. Our funeral home is ideally located to offer support to surrounding villages, including Cleethorpes, Great Coates, New Waltham, Laceby and Humberston.
The options for your loved one’s farewell are limitless. We can help you to plan a simple funeral service, or work closely with you to arrange a traditional, bespoke funeral. We can also accommodate any other tribute you have in mind.
You can depend on our dedicated team 24 hours a day. If you need any advice or guidance, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can reach us at any time on 01472 357713.
What we offer
- Advice and guidance at every step, including registering the death
- Arrangements that are tailored to meet your family's needs
- Local expertise and knowledge
- Cremation or burial at any local crematorium or burial site
- Funeral services of all faiths and cultures
- Viewing of the deceased in the chapel of rest
- Hearses, funeral vehicles and bespoke transport options
- Memorials and tributes
- Prepaid funeral plans
To arrange a funeral for your loved one, please call our funeral home on 01472 357713 today.
Funeral Services with distinction
We are proud to be part of Dignity Funerals, a collection of the UKs finest funeral directors, with each and every one committed to setting superior standards.
Many Dignity funeral directors have been part of the local community for generations and it is a privilege to serve those who live beside us. Our rich and lengthy heritage ensures we can deliver our service with local knowledge and unparalleled expertise.
Our services
With two packages available, we will be able to arrange the funeral you have in mind for your loved one.
If you’re looking for a traditional or contemporary funeral with a service, you should consider our Attended Funeral. If you want us to arrange a simple cremation without mourners present, our Unattended Funeral may better suit your needs.
View our Standardised Price List, Additional Options Price List and Crematoria Price List.
The Attended Funeral
Our Attended Funeral includes care of your loved one, a Park Coffin, a service at the place of committal which can be personalised as required for your loved one, followed by a burial or cremation.
- Attended Funeral £2595
- (includes our Park Coffin)£-
- Plus estimated third party costs for cost of cremation and attendance of a celebrant or minister£889
- Total estimated cost excluding optional extras£3484
The Unattended Funeral
Our Unattended Funeral will best suit your needs if you want to arrange a simple and straightforward cremation without a service or ceremony, allowing you and your loved one's friends and family to commemorate them in your own way.
- Unattended Funeral £1595
- (includes our Park Coffin)£-
- (Includes cost of cremation)£-
- Total estimated cost excluding optional extras£1595
Memorials
Choose from a variety of options, including headstones and urns to memorial plaques, vases, statues, jewellery and plenty more. With a Memorial, you can create a tribute that especially reflects the life, love and cherished memories of your loved one.
Where to find us
Contact
Speak to our team 24 hours a day on 01472 357713
Our Address
36 Wellowgate, Grimsby, DN32 0RA
Get DirectionsFuneral home opening times
- Monday0900 - 1700
- Tuesday0900 - 1700
- Wednesday0900 - 1700
- Thursday0900 - 1700
- Friday0900 - 1700
- SaturdayClosed
- SundayClosed
Directions and parking
We are two minutes walk from Grimsby Town Railway Station. There is free parking at our funeral home and a large public car park nearby.
01472 357713Supporting you along the way
We understand that there is a lot to think about, so if you do need assistance with your loved one's funeral arrangements, our funeral experts will offer you all the support you need.
What to do when someone dies
It’s perfectly normal to be unsure of what you need to do following the death of a loved one. These step-by-step guides will carefully explain everything you need to when someone dies, helping you through each stage of the process.
Planning a funeral
Our guides on planning a funeral will ensure your loved one's send off is a personal and unique celebration of their life. We will explain how our Funeral Directors will help you plan a funeral service and support you at every stage.
The day of the funeral
This guide will explain what happens at a funeral; including the funeral procession, funeral service, committal service and the wake. We will be here to help you through every step of the journey.
Frequently asked questions
When someone dies, the first steps will depend on how and where the person passed away. Our step-by-step guides will walk you through the practical steps. For additional support and personal advice, please get in touch with us.
You don't have to make an appointment at our funeral homes. However, doing so will ensure that someone can be available to cater to your needs. When arranging a funeral, our Funeral Directors are happy to visit you in your own home, if required.
Third party funeral costs are additional charges which we will manage for you and attach to your single invoice. Get in touch with us to confirm costs and plan a funeral to fit your budget.
If you choose to arrange the funeral with us, you will be given the option of a complimentary Funeral Notice. We will set it up for you using the details discussed during the arrangements. All we need is an email address.
Dignity Funeral Plans let you pay for your funeral in advance and at today's price. It's a way of taking control of the unexpected, setting out the arrangements and limiting the costs by paying for the services included in the funeral plan upfront.
We are a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors and as such we abide by The Funeral Director Code. We also have a legal obligation to try and ensure the person who is arranging a funeral has the right to do so, or has permission from those who do.
If you are aware that someone has been appointed as the administrator, you should only arrange the funeral with this person's agreement.
If there is no Will or Letters of Administration, then the responsibility would pass to the next of kin.
A Memorial is a way of creating a lasting memory to help remember a loved one.
Dignity has been established for over 200 years and is one of the UK's leading providers of Funerals and with an 'Excellent' Trustpilot rating (02/24). We are proud to help our customers every year with a diverse range of Memorial products and services to help remember their loved ones.
We offer a wide range of products – from traditional headstones, kerb sets, urns and benches to remembrance trees, plaques and vases. We also offer more personal and modern options such as jewellery, pin badges and photo related memorial products. As well as completely customised items.To organise your Memorial contact us on {{BRANCH_PHONE}}
From 9 September 2024, there will no longer be a doctor's fee in England and Wales when arranging a funeral. This is because from this date, all deaths in England and Wales will be independently viewed, either by a relevant coroner or by a Medical Examiner and the cost will be met by the NHS.
A Medical Examiner is a specifically trained independent senior doctor who will scrutinise all deaths across a local area that do not fall under the coroner's jurisdiction. By providing a greater level of scrutiny over the cause of deaths; it is hoped that the introduction of Medical Examiners will make it less likely that unnatural causes of death will go unnoticed; that the number of deaths unnecessarily referred to the coroner will be reduced and that national data about causes of death will be captured with greater accuracy.
Medical Examiners, or Medical Examiner Officers, will also be available to meet with families, or their representatives, if they wish to discuss the cause of death.
When someone dies, the first steps will depend on how and where the person passed away. Our step-by-step guides will walk you through the practical steps. For additional support and personal advice, please get in touch with us.
You don't have to make an appointment at our funeral homes. However, doing so will ensure that someone can be available to cater to your needs. When arranging a funeral, our Funeral Directors are happy to visit you in your own home, if required.
Third party funeral costs are additional charges which we will manage for you and attach to your single invoice. Get in touch with us to confirm costs and plan a funeral to fit your budget.
If you choose to arrange the funeral with us, you will be given the option of a complimentary Funeral Notice. We will set it up for you using the details discussed during the arrangements. All we need is an email address.
Dignity Funeral Plans let you pay for your funeral in advance and at today's price. It's a way of taking control of the unexpected, setting out the arrangements and limiting the costs by paying for the services included in the funeral plan upfront.
We are a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors and as such we abide by The Funeral Director Code. We also have a legal obligation to try and ensure the person who is arranging a funeral has the right to do so, or has permission from those who do.
If you are aware that someone has been appointed as the administrator, you should only arrange the funeral with this person's agreement.
If there is no Will or Letters of Administration, then the responsibility would pass to the next of kin.
A Memorial is a way of creating a lasting memory to help remember a loved one.
Dignity has been established for over 200 years and is one of the UK's leading providers of Funerals and with an 'Excellent' Trustpilot rating (02/24). We are proud to help our customers every year with a diverse range of Memorial products and services to help remember their loved ones.
We offer a wide range of products – from traditional headstones, kerb sets, urns and benches to remembrance trees, plaques and vases. We also offer more personal and modern options such as jewellery, pin badges and photo related memorial products. As well as completely customised items.To organise your Memorial contact us on {{BRANCH_PHONE}}
From 9 September 2024, there will no longer be a doctor's fee in England and Wales when arranging a funeral. This is because from this date, all deaths in England and Wales will be independently viewed, either by a relevant coroner or by a Medical Examiner and the cost will be met by the NHS.
A Medical Examiner is a specifically trained independent senior doctor who will scrutinise all deaths across a local area that do not fall under the coroner's jurisdiction. By providing a greater level of scrutiny over the cause of deaths; it is hoped that the introduction of Medical Examiners will make it less likely that unnatural causes of death will go unnoticed; that the number of deaths unnecessarily referred to the coroner will be reduced and that national data about causes of death will be captured with greater accuracy.
Medical Examiners, or Medical Examiner Officers, will also be available to meet with families, or their representatives, if they wish to discuss the cause of death.
Our reviews
Cody Rushworth
25th Feb 2025
Steven Near provided a compassionate, caring and helpful service at a hard time for me and my family. They provided all information we could need and helped guide us to an arrangement that suited our needs.
Andy Webster
15th Nov 2023
From the initial visit to make the funeral arrangements, the funeral itself and helping us with the burial, everyone was both professional and caring at every step.
Kevin Cain
14th Jul 2023
IN COMPASSIONATE COMPANY
Well what can be said about this company and Bev the office girl and there lack of compassion in what's a very upsetting time.
We have recently lost my mum and as Steve Near had sorted the funeral arrangements for my son some 13 years ago, so I decided to go back to them.
BIG MISTAKE as I have had the unfortunate pleasure of Bev the office girl.
My sister was arranging my mums funeral as she knew what my mother wanted but is was me who was covering the cost of the funeral.
I went into there office today to give them the green form and settle some of the invoice.
I asked about one small part of the cremation to which I was told that my sister was the signed client and my opinion did not matter.
I reminded Bev that if my opinion did not matter then I would not be settling the invoice and asked for the green form back to which she refused.
As the sole executor for my mother I found her approach in compassionate and it felt like it was all about the MONEY not about any care or understanding.
I have now found a lovely family funeral director called JASON ROCKS of freeman St Grimsby and his sympathetic approach in dealing with a very upsetting time was reassuring.
Bev has phoned me with her lovely manner NOT and told me she has posted my mum's green form allegedly and ( second class ) know doubt to try and delay my mum's cremation.
I have a recording of the NOT SO NICE PHONE CALL to which on Monday when my media guys are in the office will ask them to do a podcast/YouTube link showing how bad Bev of STEVEN NEAR ownd by EMBERSON was and is.
I can only ask please don't put yourself though the same upset that me and my wife have had to deal with today from this SHOCKING COMPANY at the hands of Bev the office girl.
EMBERSON is a large company buying up all the small independent funeral directors and its all about the CASH and PROFITS. Care and compassion has gone totally from this company.
THERE REPLY SHOWS HOW BAD THIS COMPANY IS AS THEY HAVE A DEPARTMENT FOR COMPLAINTS.
I OWN A COMPANY AND MY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE UNHAPPY SPEAK TO ME THE OWNER NOT A DEPARTMENT THAT SHOWS THEY JUST DONT CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS ONLY THE MONEY THEY CAN GET OUT OF YOU.
MY MUMS CREMATION IS ON FRIDAY AND JASON ROCKS HAS VISITED MY HOME 4 TIMES OUT OF HOURS TO GIVE THE VERY BEST PERSONAL TOUCH AS YES ITS A JOB ITS A BUSINESS BUT HE CARES UNLIKE THIS SHOWER OF S...T OF A COMPANY.
CUSTOMERS PLEASE STAY WELL CLEAR OF STEVEN NEAR
Sally Harvey (clientrelations@dignityuk.co.uk)
21st Jul 2023
Thank you for contacting Dignity Funerals Limited and for telling us about your experience. I am sorry to hear that your experience was not positive. If you wish to discuss your concerns further, please do not hesitate to contact our Complaint Resolutions department here at the Dignity head office. They are available Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm on 0800 783 7171 or by emailing complaint.resolutions@dignityuk.co.uk.
Mr William N.
19th Jan 2023
Everyone involved in my wife’s passing from the beginning and throughout have been exceptionally supportive helpful and caring thank you from all our family
Steven Near Funeral Directors
20th Jan 2023
The team will be very pleased to hear that their care and support made a difference to your family. Thank you for the kind comments posted on your online review.
Tracy Hingston
16th Nov 2022
I can’t begin to express how nice this business is. I was going through a terrible time.Due to a friends passing. Caroline took care of everything, checked on me. Everything was sorted without a single worry. It’s hard enough dealing with a bereavement but steven nears are truly fantastic, sympathetic and nothing is to much. If you’re needing a funeral directors please consider steven near.’ Thank you for everything. Tracy Hingston
Donna Bennett (donna.bennett@dignityuk.co.uk)
2nd Dec 2022
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