Chapel description and views

If you are going to Medway Crematorium, and need to see it on a google map click here Crematorium map

The Medway Crematorium has served the people of Medway and the surrounding areas since 1959. The Medway Council is committed to maintaining and improving the facilities to make sure they benefit everyone who visits.

The crematorium covers 14 acres and is a mix of woodland, shrub beds, formal planting and grass. The grounds are full of stately trees.

These are the views that everyone will have had at Medway Crematorium. Mind you when you are there for real, you sometimes don’t get the chance to see it properly.

There are two Chapels, and they are a mirror image of each other.

These are the views that everyone will have had at Medway Crematorium, and these pictures are of the new chapels. One chapel has the extension to the left as you enter, and the other has it to the right as you enter.

Medway Crematorium East Chapel

You will notice the seats are very comfortable, and are in rows of four immediately in front of the minister or celebrant. You can use both sides if it is important that several people sit at the front. And you will see the front row on the right hand side, goes from four seats to ten seats long as the rows go back! Different, but we are used to it, and with the large window at the back, there is a lot of light flooding in and it does feel very spacious and relaxed. Well done to the architect. The picture below looks into the new extension form the front of the chapel.

This picture below gives an excellent view of the Chapel looking from the organ loft. The lectern is where the minister or celebrant will lead the service from, and where you will stand if you are to speak. However, if you feel you want to walk from side to side, or up and down the aisle, then you do that. Before everyone tells me off, if you do stray from the lectern, you will need to speak loudly and slowly!

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