Register a death
What you need to do when someone dies.
When a child dies
The legal requirements and what happens after a child has died.
Cemeteries
Our cemeteries include Walthamstow Queens Road Cemetery and Chingford Mount Cemetery.
Coroner's Court
At present we are experiencing problems receiving telephone calls. This is being looked at and we hope to rectify the problem soon. If you are having trouble getting through to us on the telephone, please email us at: coroners@walthamforest.gov.uk telling us the nature of your enquiry and who you wish to speak to, giving us a contact telephone number to return your call. We will get back to you as soon as we can. East London Coroner covers five London Boroughs: Waltham Forest, Newham, Redbridge, Havering, and Barking and Dagenham.
Make funeral arrangements
Guidance on making arrangements when someone dies.
East London Forensic Centre
The East London Forensic Centre, is a new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to providing comprehensive post-mortem examination services.
Public health funerals
Help with funeral arrangements and costs.
Coping with bereavement
Coping with the loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult things to happen in our lives.
How to repatriate bodies
Guidance on bringing a dead body to England or moving one abroad.
Freedom of Information data for public health funerals
We publish information, where possible, to answer the most commonly asked Freedom of Information Act questions on public health funerals - help with funeral arrangements and costs.