Sutton Coldfield Crematorium

This isn’t the nicest sort of place to write a review about, nor is it the sort of place that one likes to visit very often. However, it’s where my Grandad’s ashes are as well as a few other family members and people I’ve known who’ve gone upstairs.
When my Grandad’s ashes were scattered in a quiet corner back in 1996 they overlooked some fields. Nowadays, he’s near to a fence the other side of which runs the M6 toll road! Lovely eh? At least they built a wooden fence to block it out.
Hopefully you never have to visit there but if you do, the chapel is small and sombre whilst the grounds are generally quiet, secluded, (obviously) very floral and well looked after.
One little bit of trivia for you though: The ashes of Arthur Lowe (who played Mainwaring in Dad’s Army) are scattered somewhere in there. Despite never living round here he died whilst appearing in a play in Birmingham in 1982 and was cremated here.
PS. It deserves more than 3 stars, but I can’t bring myself to say «Yay! I’m a fan!» about such a place.