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Ballard & Shortall supports families across Crawley, East Grinstead, Forest Row, Horley and Horsham. Because Every Life is Unique

With a heritage dating back to 1899, our caring team provides personal, professional funeral care when you need it most. Through our work as Community Champions we hope to challenge and change out of date negative perceptions of funeral directors by working closely with the communities in which we work. We are more than just a funeral director and have been a family business for over 330 years. We are dedicated to making a difficult time that little bit easier and carry our philosophy that every life is unique in every aspect of our lives. We intend to make a valuable contribution to our local communities and to continue to break down the taboo’s surrounding the work of a funeral director.

30/10/2026

Good luck to the St Francis RFC men’s team this season! We’re sponsoring them this year, and we’d love you to come down and cheer them on with us.

Their next home game is tomorrow afternoon against Shoreham 2. Kick-off is at 3pm at Southgate Park.

Ballard & Shortall, part of CPJ Field

We’re really proud to welcome Ballard & Shortall Funeral Directors on board as a sponsor of the St Francis RFC Men’s team.

It’s great to have their support for the season ahead.

A massive thank you to Paul Shortall and the team for backing St Francis. We’re really excited to have Ballard and Shortall on board 💙🖤

24/09/2026

Yesterday at Ballard & Shortall in Crawley, we held our Macmillan event and raised £100 for Macmillan Cancer Support 💚

It was such a nice day. Lots of people stopped to have a chat, and a couple of people came into the funeral home for a cuppa with us too.

A big thank you to everyone who donated, stopped by or simply came over to say hello. It was lovely to see you. ☕🍰

21/09/2026

Autumn has arrived at Ballard & Shortall in Horsham 🍂

15/09/2026

🍂 This autumn, help us create a special display of remembrance.

Collect a Memory Leaf from our funeral home in East Grinstead and write the name of someone you love and miss, a favourite memory, or a few heartfelt words.

We’ll hang your leaf on our trees outside, creating a beautiful display filled with love and memories.

Your words. Your memories. Your loved one. 🍂

21/06/2026

We've dressed our window for Father's Day. 💜

To all the dads in Horsham, those here with us and those we're holding in our hearts today.

If you're passing by, do pop in, the kettle's always on.

03/06/2026

On Saturday, Forest Row Cricket Club opened its new net facility, with Cllr Williams from Wealden District Council doing the honours.

As a proud sponsor for years now, we've watched the club grow, and our own Pippa, funeral arranger at Ballard & Shortall in Forest Row, was there to mark the occasion alongside Cllr Williams and the team.

Places like this give the Forest Row community somewhere to gather every weekend. We love supporting the spots that keep a community close. Good luck this season, all. 🏏

13/05/2026

His five-year-old grandson chose a bunny. Not a wreath. Not a heart. A bunny. With "Grandad" spelled in gold across the front.

With thanks to Zara Flora

Every funeral we arrange is shaped by the people who loved them. Sometimes that looks like a bunny.

08/05/2026

Raymond Silence was a fireman. He retired in 1962, as Station Officer at Reigate.

More than sixty years later, the service came back for him. The brass helmet sat on his coffin. They remembered.

Some bonds don't end when you hand back the uniform.

01/04/2026

Our Horsham window is looking rather springlike this week. 🐣

Wendy has put together a little something for Easter. If you've got small ones who'd like to colour in an Easter picture, pop in and pick one up. Bring it back when it's done and we'll display it in the window for everyone to see. There's a small Easter treat waiting for them too.

We'd love the window to be full of colour by the weekend.

02/03/2026

This month, the team at Ballard & Shortall, East Grinstead are walking 100K in support of Sands.

Every step we take is to raise funds for baby loss and bereavement support — a cause that means so much to so many families.

If you're able to donate, we would be so grateful - every donation makes a difference.
https://fundraising.sands.org.uk/fundraisers/ballardshortalleastgrinstead

Address

Ballard & Shortall, 12 Hartfield Road
Forest Row
RH18 5DN

Website

http://www.ballardandshortall.co.uk/

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