W Naylar & Sons Funeral Directors - Strood

30/10/2025

30/10/2025

Plan ahead, protect your loved ones, and get rewarded.

Take out a funeral plan by 30th November and receive...

✨ £50 gift card with a direct cremation plan

✨ £150 gift card with an attended plan

Find out how: www.dignityfuneralplans.co.uk or call 08082 586 880

25/10/2025

Even though it happens more often than people realise, losing a baby through miscarriage is an unexpected and particularly traumatic experience for expecting parents. The grieving process that follows can be lonely and painful.

This guide helps you to understand the effects of pregnancy loss and how to cope with grief after a miscarriage.

This guide provides information on how to cope with a miscarriage. Read our advice on understanding the effects of pregnancy loss and coping with grief.

23/10/2025

W Naylar & Sons thank everyone who attended our 175 Years Celebration Event! It was a lovely day, full of great memories and surrounded by friends and families we have been honored to work with. Thank you to Revered Mark Ball for blessing our branch, to Councilor Linda Bowen for coming to see us, and Sharon Austen for taking fantastic photos of the day!

Many ask why we do this job, it must be difficult and sad. While that can be true, it really is a true privilege to be there for you and your loved ones through some of the hardest and darkest moments. So thank you, thank you for trusting and choosing us to look after your loved ones, here's to many more years🎉

23/10/2025

"If only we could
know the reason
why they went
We'd smile and
wipe away the
tears that flow...

And wait content."

By an Unknown Author

22/10/2025

Today W Naylar & Sons Funeral Directors - Strood and W Naylar & Son Funeral Directors - Rochester are celebrating 175 years of dedicated funeral service to our local community! Please come down to celebrate with us at our Delce Road branch in Rochester! Reverend Mark Ball will be blessing the branch at lunchtime, our doors are open all day, see you soon🤍

21/10/2025

Grieving the loss of someone close is a private experience which is largely determined by our relationship with them and the circumstances of their death. That close association combined with the lack of knowledge can often be the reasons why there are so many myths about the grieving process.

Discover the five most common myths about grief and the facts that sit behind them. This guide will help dispel these misconceptions.

21/10/2025

20/10/2025

Our Funeral Director Bob conducted a service for a much loved gentleman who was a retired veteran of the Royal Navy. Upon approach to the crematorium there was an incredible guard of honour, it was a lovely tribute.

Thank you to the family for letting us share these photos🤍

11/10/2025

The violent death of someone you love is a terrible, shattering experience. It is difficult to accept what has happened and you may feel numb, or talk and act in a different way. People think you are “being very brave” but your body is protecting you from the terrible pain of the truth, and gradually you come to accept the facts.

We offer advice on some of the emotions people feel when someone close has died a violent death, and the situations you will have to deal with.

09/10/2025

Death can be a confusing concept for children and they often have many difficult questions. We offer advice on how to explain death to a child and answer questions they may have about the death of someone close to them.

Find out how to explain death to a child and how to answer any questions they may have.