W J Beswetherick & Son Funeral Directors
A modern independent funeral home in Truro, with decades of experience providing funerals tailored to each family’s individual need
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
At a very sad time, W J Beswetherick and Son’s dedicated team aim to provide an understanding and helpful funeral service, that fulfils your loved one’s funeral wishes.
Located in the heart of the city in a bright and contemporary space, W J Beswetherick and Son is a family-run funeral home that has served Truro and the surrounding area for almost 60 years.
Cindy Pennycook and her supportive team help bereaved families in Truro through the process of arranging a loved one’s funeral, and are there to listen to their individual needs.
As an independent funeral home, every funeral is tailored according to request. W J Beswetherick and Son aims to ensure that bereaved families choose the services most important to them.
The focus is on tailor-made funerals, not packages, to ensure bereaved families need only consider exactly what they want – from a traditional funeral, to green burial, or direct cremation service. The team is happy to provide free, no obligation quotations, and, as an independent funeral director, its prices reflect lower costs.
This funeral home has its own chapel of rest and free onsite parking for families. It is also happy to support families who live further away, and make funeral arrangements via email or post. W J Beswetherick and Son can help arrange for a loved one to be repatriated for their funeral.
With a hearse and limousine available, W J Beswetherick and Son can help organise special funeral transport, including traditional horse and carriage, motorcycle hearse or VW Camper Van.
The Truro funeral home is a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors and also the British Institute of Funeral Directors. It is a nominated funeral director for the majority of funeral plan companies and also offers Golden Charter funeral plans.
Contact W J Beswetherick and Son today to begin making arrangements for your loved one's funeral.
What Families Say
AI SummaryMany families describe being guided through arrangements with compassionate support, emphasising how the team made an emotionally demanding process feel manageable by listening carefully to what they wanted and checking in at each stage.
Families frequently mention the funeral day itself running smoothly, with staff handling every detail attentively so relatives could focus on saying goodbye rather than worrying about organisation or logistics.
Several reviewers highlight how responsive and easy to reach the team were throughout, whether answering questions by phone, email or in person, and describe appreciating the personal family-business approach combined with clear professional standards.
This summary is generated by AI from recent verified reviews.
Verified Reviews
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Professional Standards
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NAFD Member
Members agree to a published Code of Practice and can be held to account through the Association if something goes wrong.
What they do
- Inspects member premises to check standards are being met
- Runs a complaints and resolution service for bereaved families
- Provides funeral training and professional qualifications
Latest Verified Reviews
Caroline Gould 23rd May 2022
My Son and myself had amazing help and support from everyone at Beswethericks during a difficult time following the death of my husband. We didn’t really know where to start. Cindy asked what we would like and they organised it all. The lovely Di, the vicar was also recommended she was absolutely fabulous. It was perfect. They were professional, thorough and compassionate. We would definitely recommend Simon, Cindy and Di of Beswethericks Truro and would definitely recommend them all family and friends said the service was a very fitting tribute to Mike my late husband and my sons father x
Maggie Macfarlane 23rd May 2022
Thank you so much for helping me through a very traumatic time. Your kindness and compassion, along with your guidance enabled us to hold a funeral for my brother that everyone said was perfect. Our sincere thanks to you all.
Tony Macdonald 23rd May 2022
From the time I made the first call to notify Beswerherick until after the funeral we were treated with the utmost compassion and respect. Everything went like clockwork. They made a very difficult situation for myself and the family as easy as it could be.