Lewis Solomon Funeral Service

171 reviews

A family-run funeral director in Gravesend that has been providing an independent funeral director service to the bereaved since 1870.

Latest Verified Reviews

Andrea Milbourne 1st Dec 2024

Lewis Solomon were amazing when we organised my mother’s funeral a week ago. They were always at the end of the phone if we needed them. Nothing at all was too much trouble. They listened, they gave us time - we were never rushed and as far as the practical side of things were concerned, they took care of everything. We would highly recommend them. 

Nicholas Rolfe 19th Nov 2024

First class service at a very difficult time.

Catherine Lima 2nd Nov 2024

This is the second time I have used Lewis Soloman and I have been again overwhelmed with the support, care and empathy that we as a family have had from the directors.  From my mother’s passing away to her funeral the support has been outstanding. I would recommend them at this sad time. 

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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

Location

19 Darnley Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0RZ

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

About Us

Lewis Solomon Funeral Service is the oldest family funeral directors in Gravesend, Kent, originally established in 1870 and now run by the 5th and 6th generation of the family.

Lewis Solomon Funeral Service is a truly family-run business who can provide any kind of funeral, from traditional services to any kind of bespoke funeral. They can include any special requirements that you may have, with a range of traditional coffins, modern American caskets, wicker and bamboo coffins, eco-friendly cardboards and even one-off coloured coffins printed with your own photo or design. They can provide a range of vehicles, owning a modern fleet of Mercedes hearses and limousines, and also facilitating any kind of funeral transport. motorcycle hearses, white, pink or silver hearses, VWs, Land Rovers or traditional black or white horse drawn carriages or even Shire horses are available.

The funeral home in Gravesend has its own calmly decorated chapels of rest, giving you and your closest loved ones the space to say goodbye in peace and quiet. Lewis Solomon are specialists in repatriation if your loved one died abroad, and can make any necessary arrangements in this regard. They also offer home visits if you would prefer to make the funeral arrangements in the comfort of your own home.

Call Lewis Solomon Funeral Service at any time of the day or night to begin working together to plan the perfect funeral for your loved one.

Latest Obituaries

Enid   Lander

Enid Lander

Nov 1923 - Oct 2024

Mary    Turvey

Mary Turvey

Mar 1935 - Nov 2024

Steve   Finan

Steve Finan

Nov 2024 - Oct 1976

Joyce    Gardner 'Nee Sowter'

Joyce Gardner 'Nee Sowter'

Aug 1928 - Nov 2024

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Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Andrea Milbourne 1st Dec 2024

    Lewis Solomon were amazing when we organised my mother’s funeral a week ago. They were always at the end of the phone if we needed them. Nothing at all was too much trouble. They listened, they gave us time - we were never rushed and as far as the practical side of things were concerned, they took care of everything. We would highly recommend them. 

  • 5 Nicholas Rolfe 19th Nov 2024

    First class service at a very difficult time.

  • 5 Catherine Lima 2nd Nov 2024

    This is the second time I have used Lewis Soloman and I have been again overwhelmed with the support, care and empathy that we as a family have had from the directors. 
    From my mother’s passing away to her funeral the support has been outstanding. I would recommend them at this sad time. 

  • 5 Mel Booker 21st Oct 2024

    I would highly recommend Lewis Solomon Funeral Service.  All of the team are so kind and helpful which is what you need at a difficult time. Sharon took charge of all the arrangements and the special requests which for me included Mum’s ashes being reunited with Dad and she tracked this down. I would highly recommended the music reflection everyone found this a nice addition to the funeral. But my recommendation is about how we as a family were treated and it was supportive and kind and really helpful. Couldnt recommend enough thank you for making the day as easy as it could be. 

  • 5 Pauline Kelly 13th Oct 2024

    The staff have been lovely and helpful all the way through this very difficult time for me and helped me give my husband a beautiful send off. They really looked after Dan and I can’t thank them enough. 

  • 3 Jennifer Gildea 20th Aug 2024

    As nice as the staff were, I felt the only contact I had was if I called the office. I was told by the celebrant I would be called the night before the funeral to make sure I was up to date on everything and how things would run on the day. This never happened. I felt there was a lack of communication between Solomans and the Celebrant. Unfortunately, I couldn't relax and feel we were in good hands leading up to the funeral. The cars were late arriving to my house. Despite emails on Songs and a copy of the order of service sent in, the entrance song was still noted down incorrectly. Sadly, I would not recommend Solomans based on my experience.

    Kind regards

    Jenny Gildea

  • 5 Pam Milledge 23rd Jul 2024

    Everything was absolutely beautiful from the first meeting to the service.  Thank you all so much 

  • 5 Mary Martindale 18th Jul 2024

    The service we received from start to finish by Lewis Solomon was excellent. Rachel the Funeral Director made us feel relaxed and proceeded to take a huge weight from our shoulders at this difficult time. She was so professional in helping us plan a very personalised send off for Frank. Trevor our celebrant, highly recommended by Rachel, conducted a beautiful service for us all. Steve and his team on the day of the funeral were so respectful and made sure everything went smoothly for us. We cannot praise the Lewis Solomon team enough, thanks to you all!

  • 5 Graham Twose 22nd Jun 2024

    everything was as promised

  • 5 Terry Fagg 21st May 2024

    The care and consideration afforded to the our family at such a difficult time was exceptional and heartfelt. All aspects of the service provided to us were faultless and felt personalised, helpful and caring from our first meeting with Funeral Director Rachael to the team on the day and beyond. We used Lewis Solomon for my Father's funeral back in 2017 and the high standards have been impressively maintained.

  • 5 Shelly Brown 19th May 2024

    I cannot thought this company, they were amazing and cared for my beautiful daughter so well. Rachel was brilliant an asset to the company. Thankyou again for everyone that took care of my Chloe.

  • 5 Paul - 28th Apr 2024

    The service provided from start to finish by Lewis Solomon was excellent at a very sad time in our lives. Rachel was so professional in helping us choose what was the best send off we could have wished for and on the day of the funeral the whole Lewis Solomon team were so respectful. 

  • 5 Lesley Dunne 19th Mar 2024

    I am so grateful to everyone for all their help, support and patience while organising the funeral and for how wonderful they were on the day. You provided excellent service in every way and at every stage and made a very difficult time much more manageable. 

  • 5 Madeleine Longfield-Smith 23rd Dec 2023

    The team at Lewis Solomon handled everything for my Mum’s funeral with care and kindness. Rachel was a pleasure to work with- extremely helpful with all our questions and always prompt with emails and phone calls. All the arrangements were flawless. Dan was very kind, and on the day, Stephen handled everything beautifully. It was an emotional time for our family so it was good to know that caring professionals were at our side the whole time. Thank you, Lewis Solomon. 

  • 5 Caroline Turner 2nd Dec 2023

    Right from the first phone call late in the evening to the final committal, I was impressed with empathy shown while still providing a professional and excellent level of service. Nothing was too much trouble and communication was good but not intrusive. I would not hesitate to recommend Lewis Solomon.

  • 5 Gary Cuthbert 25th Nov 2023

    Excellent customer service, made a difficult time much easier. Thank you.

  • 5 Helen Foy 18th Nov 2023

    The whole team have been fantastic especially those that looked after us on the day. There for us when we needed them but quiet in the background when we didn’t. Efficient and supportive. 

  • 5 Debbie Saunders 14th Oct 2023

    Very helpful and professional and also sensitive at such a sad time . 

  • 5 Anna Bryant 5th Aug 2023

    Very professional and extremely caring. Ensured that everything went to plan on the day. 

  • 5 Andrew & Sarah Heselden 10th Jun 2023

    Thank you very much for what you did for my dad’s funeral.it was an excellent service all round . It was much appreciated 

  • 5 Joe Parker 6th Jun 2023

    Everything was taken care of for us and the service was very professional. I would definitely recommend using Lewis Solomon to anyone.

  • 5 Emma- Jane Woodhams 6th May 2023

    Rachel in particular was very supportive and available to help with any questions we had.
    On the day all the team that came were really good and helped make the event as good as it could be.

  • 5 Suzanne Rye 18th Apr 2023

    From beginning to end, as a family, we were shown nothing but respect and helpfulness. Nothing seemed to be any trouble. Their service went above and beyond. Thank you to all staff at Lewis Solomon.

  • 5 Graham Hilliker 7th Jan 2023

    Very happy with the arrangements and think the arranger was great, and very good at her job and is a credit to Solomon's my family love her dearly. Many thanks from all of us Graham Hilliker

  • 5 Kelly Arnold 13th Dec 2022

    Very helpful very nice people  kept me up to date my family have been using them since 1969 

Address
19 Darnley Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0RZ

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

Latest Verified Reviews

Andrea Milbourne 1st Dec 2024

Lewis Solomon were amazing when we organised my mother’s funeral a week ago. They were always at the end of the phone if we needed them. Nothing at all was too much trouble. They listened, they gave us time - we were never rushed and as far as the practical side of things were concerned, they took care of everything. We would highly recommend them. 

Nicholas Rolfe 19th Nov 2024

First class service at a very difficult time.

Catherine Lima 2nd Nov 2024

This is the second time I have used Lewis Soloman and I have been again overwhelmed with the support, care and empathy that we as a family have had from the directors.  From my mother’s passing away to her funeral the support has been outstanding. I would recommend them at this sad time. 

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