At the heart of the Gateshead community

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£1,700

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    About Us

    Established in 2002, our Gateshead funeral home is located on Old Durham Road. If you are arriving by car to meet with us or visit your loved one in our Chapel of Rest there is parking available.

    We can help to plan religious and non-religious funeral services and serve many different communities. 

    Our experienced and caring team will advise and support you at every stage of the funeral planning process, with a wide range of funeral options and transparent pricing.

    Our Gateshead funeral home is open from Monday to Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm. Funeral home opening times may vary over bank holidays, but we are always available on the telephone 24 hours a day, every day of the week.

    If you would like support and advice from Walker & Morrell Funeral Directors in Gateshead please don’t hesitate to come and see, contact us on 01914 785 415, or we can arrange a home visit.

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    Featured Reviews

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    Walker and Morrell provided outstanding care and professionalism at a very difficult time. They were compassionate, respectful and made the entire process feel calm and well managed. We are very grateful for their support and would highly recommend them to anyone needing a funeral director.…

    Barry Turnbull

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    I would like to thank Nicola for taking care of my Mam and looking after me and my family during a very sad and difficult time. Nicola is professional, respectful, compassionate and friendly, also many thanks to Hayley for being there for us when we…

    Annette Graham

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    Nicola helped guide us through the most difficult time of our lives after our son, Robin, was born sleeping. She was incredibly kind and patient with us during the whole process - we had (thankfully) never needed to plan a funeral before so really didn’t…

    Kate Bell

    Google

    Through the hardest time of my life everyone made it so smooth and issue free. Massive thank you to Natalie and Conor. Cant thank you guys enough…

    Julie Middleton

    Google

    We recently had the funeral of Sister Assumpta, of Oaklea Convent, Sunderland.I can highly recommend Walker and Morrell, and especially Aimee Hughes. All was perfectly done and the family were all very happy at the professionalism and attention to detail. Many thanks to all involved.…

    Patricia Shoulder

    Google

    At a time in your life when you lose someone you love dearly you are full of sadness and anxiety about their passing. The next stage is their funeral and our family were very fortunate my loved one pre booked their funeral with Walker &…

    Angela Lawson

    Google

    I would like to thank Nicola for taking care of my Mam and looking after me and my family during a very sad and difficult time. Nicola is professional, respectful, compassionate and friendly, also many thanks to Hayley for being there for us when we…

    Annette Graham

    Google

    For ny Dads funeral we mainly dealt with Nicola who was amazing. Switched on, respectful, organised, compassionate. Skills which are hard to find in one person but she had them all. She also managed our very specific wishes with ease and attention to every detail.…

    Christina Force

    Google

    Natalie and Amy took care of all our needs. They were both very calm and explained everything in detail. We all felt very trusting of them . The day went without a hitch , plus they even followed up afterwards, checking on our wellbeing. An…

    Paul

    Google

    Natalie and Amy were both lovely. So kind and helpful. It made things so much easier during the most difficult time of our lives.

    Stephanie Lowes

    Find us

    Gateshead

    Opening hours

    Monday – Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm

    Contact us

    01914 785 415

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    Branch opening hours may vary over bank holidays but we are available via telephone 24hrs a day

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    We're available 24 hours 365 days a year

    Call 0191 416 4160 visit branch or arrange a home visit