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Welcome to H C Townsend & Son

Independent family Funeral Directors since 1927

Serving Harrogate and surrounding areas. Call or email us any time, 24/7, 365 days a year. We are here to offer advice, guidance and support.

We're here for you in your time of loss

The first steps to be taken when a death occurs are often the hardest for people When a loved one passes away, it can be a confusing and overwhelming time. Allow us to help by guiding you through your funeral process step by step.

What to do when someone dies

Types of funeral

We believe every funeral should be carried out with dignity and respect for both the deceased and the bereaved family. Over our 90+ years of service we have worked hard to ensure we always deliver the very best for every funeral. Let us help to make your funeral the best for you.

Choose a funeral service to suit you
HC Townsend & Son are one of the longest serving funeral directors in Harrogate, Boroughbridge and all surrounding areas. Our services have been refined and perfected for almost 100 years across 4 generations of funeral directors.

As professional funeral directors, we believe every funeral should be carried out with dignity and respect for both the deceased and the bereaved family. Our range of funeral services should be more than enough to provide your loved one with the funeral that they deserve.

We will respond to any request for our services at any time. David Townsend is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once you have contacted us, arrangements can be made for the conveyance of the deceased to our Chapel of Rest.

With over 40 years experience as a Funeral Director, David will guide you through every step of the funeral arrangement process, and offer all the necessary advice you need to make the right decisions. We complete all the necessary legal documentation and contact the relevant authorities on your behalf.

Funeral costs

Following a CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) review into the practices of the funeral industry, from 16th September 2021, every Funeral Director must now produce a full price list, allowing everyone a fair opportunity to compare their costs.

Transparent funeral costs

Funeral plans

At H C Townsend & Son, we’re proud to partner with Golden Charter, one of the UK’s leading funeral plan providers. With a Golden Charter funeral plan you can choose us as your preferred funeral director. When the time comes, we’ll take care of your wishes locally with the utmost care and respect.

Prepaid funeral plans

95 years of HC Townsend

From start to finish, Townsends provided a compassionate, kind and informative service. They explained everything simply and easily and lifted so much burden of worrying what to do and how to do it. I really felt they honoured my Mum and enabled the whole process to to be sensitive and warm. I heartily recommend them.

Jenny AinsworthHarrogate

Thank you sincerely David and Anne for all the care and professionalism you showed to me and my family before, during and after the funeral. In spite of covid restrictions, you made the funeral everything I could have hoped for Michael. I will forever remember your many kindnesses

Bernadette BroderickHarrogate

Five stars are not enough to rate the service David and his family with the attention to detail and compassion he afforded myself and my Father. He went above and beyond his duty and I cannot thank you enough.

Emma CharltonHarrogate

The hardest time losing my mum ,so thankful I choose HC Townsend and Sons. They took the weight off my shoulders and took care of everything in the most compassionate and professional way possible. A real godsend. I could not ask for better service.

Zoe SladeHarrogate

David’s care, attention and professionalism were absolutely second to none and we felt in very safe hands. We have had such lovely comments about my Dad’s service and yes, we had a major input in that but the service went very smoothly and we never once felt concerned. We can’t thank David and his team enough, they made a very trying and upsetting time just a little bit less so with their support.

Ali HullHarrogate