A Slater & Sons, Ashbourne
Conscientious family funeral directors in Ashbourne, serving bereaved families with funeral advice and arrangements.
Latest Verified Reviews
Sue Harrison 11th Apr 2025
Slaters and all of their team were excellent showing compassion and empathy throughout the whole process with the recent service for our father in Alton. Nothing was too much troub ... le and we have no hesitation in highly recommending them. more
Sophie Fox 9th Mar 2025
A slater and Sons are fantastic, John is absolutely amazing at his job and helped me through 2 funerals recently, he made everything seem less daunting and guided me through everyt ... hing, I can’t thank him enough. I highly recommend! more
Shaun Kellow 4th Mar 2025
All involved were dignified, composed, compassionate, and generally a lovely local company to be involved with during this sad time.
Funeral Services
- Traditional burial
- Simple funeral
- Traditional cremation
- Home visit
- On-site parking
- Chapel of rest
Funeral arrangements
- Home visit
- 24 hour telephone support
- On-site parking
- Chapel of rest
- Hearse
- Limousine
- Horse-drawn hearse
- Bespoke vehicle
- Coffin
- Personalised coffin
- Casket
- Headstone / Plaque
- Urn
- Memorial jewellery
- Floral tributes
- Charitable donations
- Newspaper announcement
- Online obituary
- Memorial book
- Order of service sheets
- Music
- Video tribute
- Funeral webcasting
- Catering
- Dove release
- Balloon release
- Fireworks
Types of funeral
- Traditional burial
- Simple funeral
- Traditional cremation
- Green funeral
- Direct cremation
- Burial at sea
- Non-religious funeral
- Anglican funeral
- Roman Catholic funeral
- Muslim funeral
- Jewish funeral
- Sikh funeral
- Hindu funeral
- Buddhist funeral
- Children’s funeral
Financial arrangements
- Financial advice
- Wills & probate
- Pre-paid funeral plan
Additional services
- Repatriation
- Bereavement counselling
- List of mourners
About Us
A. Slater & Sons are a proudly independent funeral directors in Ashbournes, who have been serving families in the local area for over 100 years.
Originally opened by the current owner John’s great-grandfather, Abner Slater, over 110 years ago, A.Slater & Sons covers a wide area, offering both traditional and more bespoke funerals. Any kind of ceremony and funeral can be catered for - just ask the team and they will be able to help.
The compassionate team at A. Slater & Sons believe strongly that a funeral should reflect the person who has died. This means that every funeral they arrange is carefully crafted to be not just a sombre occasion, but also a celebration of that person’s life. This means giving every family a chance to choose and personalise every aspect of the ceremony, from music and flowers, to location and transport.
A.Slater & Sons in Ashbourne are available 24 hours a day, so if you are in need just call.
Verified Reviews
Verified Reviews
Latest Verified Reviews
Sue Harrison 11th Apr 2025
Slaters and all of their team were excellent showing compassion and empathy throughout the whole process with the recent service for our father in Alton. Nothing was too much troub ... le and we have no hesitation in highly recommending them. more
Sophie Fox 9th Mar 2025
A slater and Sons are fantastic, John is absolutely amazing at his job and helped me through 2 funerals recently, he made everything seem less daunting and guided me through everyt ... hing, I can’t thank him enough. I highly recommend! more
Shaun Kellow 4th Mar 2025
All involved were dignified, composed, compassionate, and generally a lovely local company to be involved with during this sad time.
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