Grave Concerns
Are we running out of burial space, and can we afford to maintain our current stock of graveyards?
Last updated: 31 May 2010
Within a decade many of Wales' churchyards and cemetries will be full.
Yet both churches and local councils are reluctant to open new space for burials as the cost of buying and maintaining the necessary land can be crippling - especially for small congregations.
Can we continue to bury a quarter of our population when the cost of land is at premium and our current stock of graveyards has finite space? Or do we need to radically rethink the way we tend our graves?
Selma Chalabi reports.
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