sun rising burial ground

The Location

For two years we searched for the ideal site for a natural burial ground in the beautiful heartland of Britain, and we believe we found it. Down a quiet lane, with a real sense of seclusion, it is also easily accessible.

Right on the edge of the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, where the higher land falls away to the plains below, the escarpment just above the burial ground is called Sun Rising Hill.

This is the Vale of the Red Horse. Legend tells of a great horse carved into the clay-red hillside, crafted by local Saxon warlords.

With the ancient stone circle of the Rollrights about ten miles south, and the civil war battleground of Edge Hill just a few miles to the east, the history of this place stretches millennia. Check our page on local history.

Shakespeare's Stratford upon Avon is 12 miles north, while the bustling town of Banbury is 10 miles south. Warwick, Leamington and Evesham are in easy distance, with beautiful small Cotswold towns such as Shipston on Stour, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Chipping Campden and Broadway also close by. Indeed, despite its beautiful serenity, other major cities are not far (Coventry 27 miles, Oxford 35 miles, Northampton 40 miles, central Birmingham 40 miles, and central London just 90 miles).