Memorials of Distinction Reviews 

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TrustScore 5 out of 5

4.8

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Memorials of Distinction installed my parents headstone recently, and I am absolutely delighted. The detail and finish is more than what I had expected. The team were compassionate and helpful right... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I wanted to order a memorial stone for my mother's cremation plot. I emailed and phoned a number of stonemasons from a list that I was given at the crematorium, only contacting the ones that were... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Memorials of Distinction installed a headstone for my husbands grave a few days ago. It is absolutely beautiful. Every detail of the inscription is correct. As a family we are thrilled. It has been... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great communication, good variety to chose from. You're able to tailor things to your requirements. Happy to answer any questions and resend paperwork when i lost some. Nothings too much trouble. Kep... See more

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  1. Stonemason
  2. Monument Maker

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Welcome to Memorials of Distinction, a family-run business with over 35 years’ experience in stonemasonry using the highest quality materials. We are dedicated to helping create the perfect tribute to your departed loved one following a burial or cremation.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service nothing was too much…

Excellent service nothing was too much trouble
Charlie and her colleagues were really helpful emails answered very quickly

March 28, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

That's great to hear, thank you. I will pass on your kind words to the team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

MEMORIALS OD DISTINCTION

All the business was carried out online, the staff were very pleasant and help guiding me through all the stages. MOD are a very professional and efficent company and a pleasure to do business with and I will not hesitate recommending them to others.. My husband's headstone is now in situ, myself and family are delighted with the result.

April 9, 2025
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That's great to hear, thank you for your kind review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic customer service and fantastic quality headstones

they were accommodating throughout the whole process of designing's stone, communication was great and friendly.They were able to install the stone 2 months early on my late Fathers birthday. i can't recommend them enough

February 25, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you for such a glowing review. Great that the team were able to install your Father's memorial in time for that special day, we do always try our best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company

Great company, we entrusted them with mums headstone. It was installed early and it looks really great.

February 5, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

It's great to hear we were able to install ahead of schedule, and that you are happy with the result.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I found this company very professional…

I found this company very professional and let us know what was happening at every stage of the procedure and as a family we're very pleased with the memorial

February 19, 2025
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So glad you're a happy customer!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Professional service

Friendly , thorough , and professional throughout the whole process . Very pleased with the end result.

February 25, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you Gerard, much appreciated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recommend this company for a headstone

From our first visit through to the installation of my wife's memorial stone everything was handled very efficiently. All members of staff were helpful and courteous.We were extremely pleased with the appearance of the stone and lettering.We have already recommended your company to a gentleman we met at the cemetery!

January 22, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you for your kind review, our staff always do their very best to guide customers through what can sometimes be a complicated and emotional process. We really appreciate your recommendation :-)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible Experience

The reason I am unable to award this company anything more than 1 star after purchasing a £3,000+ service from them is due to the awful customer experience I was subject to.

The headstone was nice.. it’s just a shame that the customer service wasn’t.

After paying over £2600.. I was invoiced £600 (I thought I only had around £400 left to pay but I never refused to pay or challenged them..) I just explained that it would be most convenient for me to settle the payment at the end of the month.

I was taken by complete shock & disgust when the team suggested that if they don’t receive the payment of £600 by the 6th of February, that they would remove the headstone & send me information of how much it will cost me to get it put back in.

The fact that they were willing to put a customer that has already paid their company so much and provided a date for that was just 22 days later through such a horrible low quality experience is why they don’t deserve our custom.

I am still sickened to this day by the lack of compassion / the condescending attitude of the staff.

I will pay them on the 6th, to avoid any further issues or disturbances but I wouldn’t wish such a low quality experience on anyone.

I’m sure there are plenty of other companies that offer quality products with a high quality service to match.

I wish I had a better experience to share.

Part 2:

In response to your response the only inaccuracies are in you pretending to be attacked. If expressing how appalled, disgusted or disappointed I am with your service offends you then I would suggest taking a better approach than threatening to disturb my mothers grave after already receiving over £2600 and receiving a date for settlement of the final £600.

I haven’t lied or exaggerated once. I am happy with the headstone. The only thing I am not happy with that I have clearly explained above is the terrible customer service experienced.

If there was an option to give you zero stars I would because the more you try to flip the script and paint me out to be the problem the less satifactory the service becomes.

Had you said you couldn’t wait until the 30th and urged me to pay by the 6th without the distasteful threats then I would have made the exact same arrangements that I have had to make and you would’ve got a much better review.

February 3, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

We strongly dispute the hurtful inaccuracies in this review.

Not once throughout the memorial process was there any suggestion you were unhappy with our service; not when we contacted you with updates and confirmed the balance; not when we installed your beautiful memorial on time; not when we sent you a gentle payment reminder offering a 10-day extension; not 14 days after that when we sent you a letter explaining the action which would have to be taken if you failed to pay and offering you yet another 5 day extension. Then, after exceeding that deadline, you told (not asked) us that you would pay in a further four weeks’ time. Do you honestly think that is reasonable?

Even then we gave you another week to pay before any action was taken. It was only at this point your opinion about our customer service seemingly turned. Suddenly you began verbally and now publicly attacking us without taking any accountability whatsoever for your own actions (or rather inaction).

Taking back a memorial which hasn't been fully paid for is an absolute last resort and something we would only do if all other avenues had been exhausted. We briefly referred to this consequence of non-payment in our email to you because previous deadlines had been ignored and there does have to be a limit. You had earlier signed a document to say you understood this, so it should not have been a shock when we mentioned it.

Finally, your memorial price didn’t alter from the start of the order process, so we cannot account for the fact you were surprised by the amount remaining. It is and always was 20% of your memorial value.

We look forward to concluding this matter once we have received your payment on 6th. It is sad to end on such a bitter note.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very professional and easy to do…

Very professional and easy to do business with. We’re able to accommodate by request to have memorial in place prior to my wife’s anniversary and very impressed with the service and levels of communication. Happily would recommend

January 20, 2025
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Thank you Pat, we do our best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We can not thank memorial of…distinction enough. Amazing outstanding service

We can not thank memorial of distinction enough for the beautiful headstone which has been carved for our parents. We originally ordered one for my mother but whilst in the process of deciding on design and wording my dad was quite poorly. We were very distressed at the time and were told we could delay the order until we found out about our dad . Sadly he passed away but then we were able to continue with the original order . We now have the most amazing excellent crafted headstone to remember our parents and it stands pride of place in the cemetery.
Thankyou so much to all involved for making this happen. Xx

February 1, 2024
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you Joanne for taking the time to leave this lovely review. We were glad to be of help in such sad circumstances and it is great to hear you were pleased with the final memorial.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

Excellent customer service, kept informed, at all stages.
Headstone delivered an installed, well ahead of schedule.
The Family are very happy and pleased, with your work.
Thank you

January 8, 2025
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you for your lovely review, so glad we could help :-)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid this company at all costs

Avoid this company at all costs!
They have absolutely no compassion for your loss and they will try to charge you ludicrous amounts of money in hidden costs.

August 29, 2024
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Very sad to see this review. We try to show understanding of our customers' situation and are always open to discussing extensions or installments if we are informed about financial difficulties.

With regard to hidden costs, we strongly dispute that, our charges are all clearly laid out on the order forms which a customer signs at the start of the process. If there are any additional fees from the cemetery or if the customer adds further items to their order, we always make sure the costs are explained and written down before proceeding.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered a headstone with silver…

I ordered a headstone with silver writing and silver pots… you can imagine my horror when the headstone eventually turns up and it’s got silver writing and gold coloured pots! It looked awful! They did rectify it a few days later by posting the right colour pot tops… But it ruined what should have been a memorable day

March 22, 2024
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Sorry you had a disappointing visit to see the memorial after it was installed, we do appreciate that could be upsetting. However, we apologised and rectified the mistake with the vase pots as soon as we heard, so a 1 star review seems harsh.

We would also like to note that despite our mulitple attempts to communicate with you this past year and ultimately the small claims court ruling in our favour, your balance is still outstanding as of Jan 25.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

v good

everyone i dealt with was wonderful - helpful & friendly and nice
all queries quickly resolved
v sympathetic
and stone was perfect
great all round

January 23, 2023
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you for your kind review, glad you were happy with our service!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Memorial for my late Husband

I ordered a Memorial for my late Husband it is beautiful more than I had hoped for the Staff were helpful and kind at every stage because I wanted a bespoke car included designed by my granddaughter. They accommodated everything and the whole family is delighted with the tribute and quality of the headstone. Thank you.

December 15, 2023
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you for your review Valerie, it is always rewarding to help customers with a bespoke design like yours. So glad you were pleased with the result!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service throughout offering…

Excellent service throughout offering advice and nothing was to much trouble.
I would thoroughly recommend this company without hesitation

June 6, 2023
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Very kind, thank you Denise!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I would highly recommend this company

I would highly recommend this company. I used them to design and install my dads grave. Communication and customer service was great , the quality of work is exceptional .Thank you for his lovely grave stone .

May 6, 2022
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Reply from Memorials of Distinction

Thank you Miranda, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave this lovely review.

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