Lewis Solomon Funeral Service

159 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

Linda Turner 16th Sep 2021

An excellent service from start to finish. Thankyou to the arranger for her professionalism and the rest of the team for making a sad time more bearable.

Michelle Hunt 16th Sep 2021

Arranging a funeral for a loved one is one of the hardest and most emotional things you will ever had to do.  when my father passed away suddenly last month Lewis Solomon made this heart-breaking journey so much easier. She looked after my father like he was one of their own and treated my grieving family with the upmost respect, compassion and professionalism. Thank you for all your support and care you showed us all. The  living family of Brian Holland..

Julie Payne 11th Sep 2021

Very professional service. Well managed and kept every word they said. Salvaged a pre paid funeral with coop and gave my dad the funeral he deserved. Nothing was too much too ask for. Eternally grateful.

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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

Shirley   Ann Tavener

Shirley Ann Tavener

Sep 1932 - Dec 2023

Peter   Cotton

Peter Cotton

Feb 1966 - Nov 2023

Anne (Margaret)    Nicholson

Anne (Margaret) Nicholson

Apr 1933 - Nov 2023

Robert    Russell

Robert Russell

Jul 1952 - Oct 2023

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Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Linda Turner 16th Sep 2021

    An excellent service from start to finish. Thankyou to the arranger for her professionalism and the rest of the team for making a sad time more bearable.

  • 5 Michelle Hunt 16th Sep 2021

    Arranging a funeral for a loved one is one of the hardest and most emotional things you will ever had to do.  when my father passed away suddenly last month Lewis Solomon made this heart-breaking journey so much easier.
    She looked after my father like he was one of their own and treated my grieving family with the upmost respect, compassion and professionalism.
    Thank you for all your support and care you showed us all.
    The  living family of Brian Holland..

  • 5 Julie Payne 11th Sep 2021

    Very professional service. Well managed and kept every word they said.
    Salvaged a pre paid funeral with coop and gave my dad the funeral he deserved. Nothing was too much too ask for. Eternally grateful.

  • 5 Tanya Green 7th Sep 2021

    The Service I experienced at Lewis Solomon was amazing.
    I have never used a funeral parlour before but the arranger explained everything in fine detail with empathy, as well as going above and beyond to accommodate all of our family and friends requests.
    The funeral itself was overlooked by Steve who made sure everything was perfectly planned and dignified.
    I am so grateful to them for making such a life changing experience just that little bit more bearable, with such empathy and respect.I would truly recommend Lewis Solomon Funeral Service

  • 5 Christopher Boyd 24th Aug 2021

     Very understanding & helpful.

  • 5 Marge Waywell 22nd Aug 2021

    Trying to arrange a funeral is obviously a very emotional process. Trying to arrange a funeral when you don’t live in the same country adds to the emotional stress. The staff at Solomons went above and beyond to help me and support me every step of the way. Nothing was too much trouble.  I cannot thank them enough. 

  • 5 Lesley Atkinson 20th Aug 2021

    We received very professional and sympathetic service throughout from everyone involved. Would highly recommend this company. 

  • 5 Ruth Mitchell 19th Aug 2021

    Our family have used Solomon’s for funerals for many years and every time their provision has been excellent. 
    They are very professional, very considerate and pay great attention to detail which is so supportive at this stressful time.
    The support on the day was very good.
    A big thankyou to David on the day and to the arranger for organising everything.
    Ruth

  • 5 Elizabeth Haggar 18th Aug 2021

    Lewis Solomon funeral directors were wonderful for us, we were guided through the process by the arranger who was lovely, she dealt with queries quickly and helped us give our Dad a beautiful send off.

  • 5 Nicola Battison 16th Aug 2021

    Kindness and compassion all the way. Nothing was too much trouble for the arranger to deal with and she was always available for help and guidance.

  • 5 Denise Cloke 16th Aug 2021

    Were very well organised and punctual and the whole service went smoothly and would recommend their services at the most difficult times.

  • 5 Fran Walsh 16th Aug 2021

    Excellent service. Very organised, compassionate and kind. 

  • 5 Andrew Homden 15th Aug 2021

    With great attention to detail, Lewis Solomon provided sensitive and knowledgeable advice and service from the moment that we notified them of my mother's death. They made sure that the order of service was printed in line with our wishes and the visual tribute was organised exactly as we wished. They recommended an excellent celebrant who conducted a humanist order of service in line with what my mother wanted. On the day we were supported and guided in a helpful way by the members of a great team who knew how to strike the right tone without any hint of false sadness, and who smiled at the right time in response to our smiles as we recalled a happy memory.

  • 5 David Caleno 9th Aug 2021

    We had an excellent meeting at Lewis Solomon, mothers funeral was pre-paid, every aspect of the funeral arrangements were explained in detail that we could understand. A couple of alterations were made, to the original and were adapted. The follow-up communications were excellent, either by e-mail or phone. The day of the funeral went without any hitch, and our two grandsons were allow to have their own wishes granted and carried the coffin into the crematorium. So we have no qualms about giving the company an excellent review.

  • 5 Dennis Williams 4th Aug 2021

    The funeral could not have been conducted any better by any other company!From initial contact to the final resting of my wife it was all so dignified!Thank you from all the Williams family and Friends who also commented on the entire sad journey!!I know i shall be looked after when my time comes!Special thanks to Nicki Steve and Lauren !!

  • 5 Harry Mulheran 3rd Aug 2021

    Lewis Solomon helped me through every step of organising the cremation. They were very thoughtful, organised and quick to respond.

  • 5 Joanna Catchpole 20th Jul 2021

    Very helpful and thoughtful at every opportunity during such difficult time. The arranger was exceptionally kind, which made situation feel slightly easier when dealing with a loss of loved person. 

  • 5 Paul Varghese 19th Jul 2021

    Professionally organised.
    Proud to have entrusted you.

  • 5 Sheila Perkin 16th Jul 2021

    The staff of Lewis Solomon were kind, compassionate and extremely helpful during a very sad and difficult time for me and my family.

  • 5 Krishnan Patel 13th Jul 2021

    A very well experienced and professional family run business. Made the most difficult day so much more brighter.

  • 5 David Bickerstaff 13th Jul 2021

    Outstanding service at a very difficult time.
    Nothing was to much trouble.
    So much care and compassion shown by all the team

  • 5 Mark Jewiss 26th Jun 2021

    Excellent service from start to finish , my fathers funeral went very smoothly. I would be pleased to recommend Lewis Solomon.

  • 5 Peter Allinson 14th Jun 2021

    Helen was struck down with pancreatic cancer very suddenly and died after 4 weeks of suffering. She was very specific about her Cremation wanting a non religious, very private ceremony with her choice of music and the opportunity of relatives and special close friends to be able to say their tributes, and her close relatives to arrange and conduct the ceremony themselves.

    Lewis Soloman bent over backwards to help us achieve exactly what we wanted, allowed us to visit in the chapel of rest at anytime and gave advice, with lots of compassion, on how we could achieve what we wanted.

    The result was, according to those present, that the ceremony went off without a hitch and was amongst one of the best funerals they have ever been too.

    We owe so much thanks to the staff at Lewis Soloman's for making the most saddest day of our lives one of the best. Many many thanks.

    The Allinson family

  • 5 Jill Taylor 13th Jun 2021

    We had because of covid and other the fact martins son  couldn’t be at a funeral, as he lived in Canada, we decided on cremation only with a view later in the year to have a memorial lunch and to scatter martins ashes. 

    Solomon Lewis did not make this feel this was second best and made us feel this was the right decision and supported us all the way 

  • 5 Mary Jenner 8th Jun 2021

    We are a large family, but all of us were dealt with sensitivity and kindness. The stress and worry were taken away and I can’t praise them highly enough. Thank you all.
    Mary Jenner 

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

Linda Turner 16th Sep 2021

An excellent service from start to finish. Thankyou to the arranger for her professionalism and the rest of the team for making a sad time more bearable.

Michelle Hunt 16th Sep 2021

Arranging a funeral for a loved one is one of the hardest and most emotional things you will ever had to do.  when my father passed away suddenly last month Lewis Solomon made this heart-breaking journey so much easier. She looked after my father like he was one of their own and treated my grieving family with the upmost respect, compassion and professionalism. Thank you for all your support and care you showed us all. The  living family of Brian Holland..

Julie Payne 11th Sep 2021

Very professional service. Well managed and kept every word they said. Salvaged a pre paid funeral with coop and gave my dad the funeral he deserved. Nothing was too much too ask for. Eternally grateful.

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