Gillotts Funeral Directors, Eastwood

173 reviews

Independent family funeral directors in Eastwood serving bereaved families with bespoke funeral arrangements.

Latest Verified Reviews

Julie Drury 11th Feb 2022

They have been amazing  throughout the whole process. They listened to everything we were looking for in the arrangements for David’s funeral and fulfilled everyone, making the whole experience as personal and special as we wanted and needed it to be.

Judith Humphries 6th Feb 2022

Gillotts staff were kind and courteous throughout ensuring a very difficult day ran as smoothly as possible. Thank you

Lyn Bowley 3rd Feb 2022

We were very well looked after. We were talked through all options and given time to make the right choices. Nothing was too much trouble, and the attention to detail was much appreciated. We were well supported on the day of the funeral too.

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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

154 Nottingham Road
Eastwood
Nottinghamshire
NG16 3GG

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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
Call: 01773 307910

About Us

Tracing their origin back to 1867, Gillotts Funeral Directors are a funeral director in Eastwood. They are proud to be an independent family business, offering caring and compassionate funeral services to families in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, although they are also happy to conduct funerals further afield if requested.

In 1867, Star Livery Stables on Victoria Street in Eastwood began providing horse-drawn hearses to local undertakers. The business continued to hire vehicles to undertakers throughout a wide area for many decades, until in the 1970's it became a fully fledged funeral service. In the 1980's it moved to its current location on the main road in Eastwood. Over the years, the business has grown to five funeral homes, through a merger with Gillotts Funeral Service - a long-running business in Heanor, and by opening satellite funeral homes in Stapleford, Kimberley and Selston.

As a true family business, the partners of the business are directly involved with its day to day operation of the funeral home. The partners are Barry and Elaine Hutsby, who have grown the Eastwood side of the business since the 1970's when they joined forces with Elaine's Aunt and Uncle, their daughter Joanne, and Anthony Topley, whose father-in-law founded the Heanor funeral home.

Gillotts Funeral Directors, Eastwood has its own fleet of modern and reliable Jaguar hearses and limousines, and can also arrange for bespoke transport such as horse-drawn hearses and motorbike hearses.

Gillotts Funeral Directors, Eastwood is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and on Saturdays from 9am to 12.30pm, with a 24-hour telephone service. Call now to find out more about the services they provide and begin making funeral arrangements for your loved one

Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Julie Drury 11th Feb 2022

    They have been amazing  throughout the whole process.
    They listened to everything we were looking for in the arrangements for David’s funeral and fulfilled everyone, making the whole experience as personal and special as we wanted and needed it to be.

  • 5 Judith Humphries 6th Feb 2022

    Gillotts staff were kind and courteous throughout ensuring a very difficult day ran as smoothly as possible. Thank you

  • 5 Lyn Bowley 3rd Feb 2022

    We were very well looked after. We were talked through all options and given time to make the right choices. Nothing was too much trouble, and the attention to detail was much appreciated. We were well supported on the day of the funeral too.

  • 5 Neil Watson 29th Jan 2022

    We found them to be professional, caring and understanding. The staff were friendly and helpful which made a very difficult time a little easier for us as a family.

  • 5 Derrick Plackett 26th Jan 2022

    The service we received was excellent and the staff went above and beyond to fulfill our wishes.

  • 5 Sharon Purdy 24th Jan 2022

    Gillotts funeral directors were  professional and  helpful while being mindful  of our feelings, they helped us make difficult decisions without pressuring us. The funeral its self ran smoothly and calmly from start to finish. We felt very well looked after.   

  • 5 Derren Gittins 24th Jan 2022

    Very friendly, professional and would highly recommend. Thank you

  • 5 George Ward 23rd Jan 2022

    first class service from start to finish caring sympathetic and very professional

  • 5 Christine Barnsdall 20th Jan 2022

    I would definitely recommend Gillotts they did a fabulous job from beginning to end with my husband's funeral. Thank you

  • 5 Jennifer Clarke 17th Jan 2022

    I was treated with great respect at a difficult time losing my mum 22nd December was a difficult time of year. All arrangements ran smoothly and even to stopping outside mums house which was a short distance away. My mum looked like an angel when we visited her a lovely picture after the image when we left her at death Joanne was the one who dealt with us and she was always available to reassure us. The other staff where very respectful too. If I needed an undertaker in the future you would be chosen.

  • 5 Deborah Keech 1st Jan 2022

    Absolutely amazing from the offset. It was an unbearable time losing David so suddenly at only 54. Gillots went above and beyond to help and ensured David got the send off he deserved.
    From our family we can't thank you all enough.

  • 5 Dawn Conway 18th Dec 2021

    Couldn't ask for more from a funeral directors.
    Gillotts were professional, helpful and caring at a very difficult time.

  • 5 Jennifer June Martin 30th Nov 2021

    From the very first phone call to actual funeral itself they were extremely professional and helpful in the planning particularly Joanne who was always ready to talk and make changes where necessary 

  • 5 John Michael Dye 22nd Nov 2021

    I cannot properly convey the help I received at this most difficult time, the patience, understanding and gently asking those most difficult questions.
    Guiding me through the service and helping put together the order of service, and also the suggestion of the most appropriate person to take the funeral service.
    All of this help to produce the most wonderful tribute to my wife, mother ,sister and friend to many, we could not have wished for more.

  • 3 Tim Dawson 18th Nov 2021

    Professional and competent, if detached.   Managed details by phone or email. Paul set things in motion, Joanne stepped in later. All went as planned.

  • 5 Neil Priestley 15th Nov 2021

    Very professional service
    Staff very understanding
    Highly recommended 

  • 5 Paul Wood 7th Nov 2021

    They have been very considerate, thoughtful and one step ahead of my needs. Thanks.
    However, I do believe that the initial meeting with Paul he could have made the poem available & got the costings and details right. The girls seem to have sorted it. 

  • 5 Gaynor Wild 7th Nov 2021

    Gillotts have been amazing throughout the whole ordeal of having to sort the funeral for my dad. They have been really accommodating and will happily make changes to the service whenever requested. They guided us through the whole process and helped make the horrible process that little bit more easy. So glad I went with them for arranging the service for my dad,it went perfectly on the day. 

  • 5 Carole Moore 2nd Nov 2021

    I cannot thank Gillotts enough for all their help  in organising my mum’s funeral. I live in Norfolk & thought that it would be so difficult to organise  but even from 100 miles away, Joanne & Claire helped me at every stage & to find Joanne there to lead us through everything on the day was so reassuring. Reverend Billy Nelson lead a lovely service and the flowers we ordered were beautiful.

    Again, ‘thank you’  is just not enough. 

    Carole Moore

  • 5 Robert Bullock 25th Oct 2021

    Excellent service, very professional

  • 5 Jayne Williams 23rd Oct 2021

    From start to finish everyone at Gillott’s, Eastwood has been simply wonderful. They are kind, respectful and dignified without being at all starchy or aloof. We felt that they genuinely cared about our family and our loss. My Grandad was clearly treated with the utmost care and respect which we could see when we visited him in the Chapel of Rest. Paul took us through all the arrangements in a gentle and respectful way whilst also keeping the discussions light and humorous where needed. He matched us with the perfect celebrant, Shirley Gray, who delivered the service beautifully. I spoke to Claire and Alison at various stages throughout the process and they were equally easy to talk to, helpful, caring and reassuring. Anthony looked after us on the day of the funeral and his caring, respectful demeanour made an incredibly difficult day just that little bit more bearable. The drivers were second to none, making our final journey with Grandad through the greenery of Cossall feel so special. We honestly cannot fault any part of the process at all and are so grateful to the whole Gillott’s team for helping us to give my Grandad the send off he truly deserved.

  • 5 Jane Lee 20th Oct 2021

    Gillotts could not have been more helpful & compassionate, they made an extremely sad time bearable and stress free. Thank you. 

  • 5 Peter Matwiejczuk 12th Oct 2021

    In such traumatic and upsetting times Joanne was a great comfort and helped us every step of the way in her professional yet friendly manner.
    Thank you to all at Gillotts.

  • 5 Paula Booth 11th Oct 2021

    Gillotts have truly been amazing, they have looked after me all the way through this sad time. Within 4 months they’ve been their for me. Not with just my grandad but with my mum too. 
    I would highly recommend to people to use this company.
    Such a friendly team. 

  • 5 Celia Keech 28th Sep 2021

    Gillott’s we’re very professional and empathetic.  I would definitely recommend them. 

Address
154 Nottingham Road
Eastwood
Nottinghamshire
NG16 3GG

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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

Julie Drury 11th Feb 2022

They have been amazing  throughout the whole process. They listened to everything we were looking for in the arrangements for David’s funeral and fulfilled everyone, making the whole experience as personal and special as we wanted and needed it to be.

Judith Humphries 6th Feb 2022

Gillotts staff were kind and courteous throughout ensuring a very difficult day ran as smoothly as possible. Thank you

Lyn Bowley 3rd Feb 2022

We were very well looked after. We were talked through all options and given time to make the right choices. Nothing was too much trouble, and the attention to detail was much appreciated. We were well supported on the day of the funeral too.

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