Pilning and Severn Beach Cemetery -
Headstone Safety Audit 19th August 2024 updated 5th August July 2025
A health & safety audit has been carried out at Pilning & Severn Beach Cemetery and a further headstones was found to be unsecure.
These memorial have been or will be respectfully laid flat on the ground.
Plot 110 Fredrick & Mary Oakhill
Plot 141 Walter & Florence with David Andrews
Plot 168 Mary & William with William James Barnett
Plot 221 Alfred Samuel & Kate Elizabeth Lee
If you need to make a repair to a gravestone please contact Odile McIntosh Cemetery Clerk in the first instance.
cemetery@pilningsevernbeach-pc.gov.uk
M: 07796 190794
The memorials that have been laid down are
Plot 155 Sarah, John & William Sellick
Plot 160 William Davey
Plot 174 Mary, John & Margaret Cox
Plot 175 Stuart Charles Pugh
Plot 229 Smith / Rossiter
Plot 231 Hazel Bryson
Plot 234 Colin Scrivin
Plot 267 Mary Martha Gray
Memorials that need remedial work must only to be undertaken by a BRAMMS registered memorial mason. In 2005 Law changed and as a result all memorials must comply with BS8415 and have a below ground fitting system installed.
Note putting headstones back upright unsecured will mean the grave owner is liable in the case of any incident or damage.
Unsecured heavy gravestones can cause serious damage to visitors.

