Unique Funeral Hearses

Unique Funeral Hearses

Inspiration for Unique Funeral Hearses and Transport

If you are looking funeral transport that is a little different or unique, nowadays there are lots of wonderful options. Read on to find out more.

Motorcycle Hearse and Sidecar

For a motorcycle enthusiast, a sidecar hearse or a custom-built motorcycle with a carriage attachment could be a fun and fitting tribute.

A last journey, riding alongside a Harley Davidson Motorcyle
A custom-made motorcycle sidecar by Motorcycle Funerals
Or this wonderful trike from Motorcycle Funerals

An Elegant Horse Drawn Carriage Hearse

For a timeless, classic touch, a horse-drawn carriage hearse can provide a serene and peaceful way to travel. It doesn’t have to be a custom built. For a farmer or country lover, you could adapt a farmyard horse and cart and decorate it with flowers. 

An elegant white horse-drawn hearse as photographed by Andy Wade

Customised Hearses

Customised hearses can be a wonderful way to reflect aspects of someone’s life or character. 

For a true patriot, customised with a Union Jack
Or all the colours of the rainbow, from Green’s Carriage Masters
Pretty in pink, Poppy’s eye-catching funeral hearse
For an animal lover, a leopard print hearse from Green’s Carriage Masters

Choose an Environmentally Friendly Bicycle Hearse

A tandem bike hearse from Motor Cycle Funerals
Use pedal power for their final journey, with this tandem bike from Motorcycle Funerals
An electrically assisted bicycle hearse from Cycle Hearse UK

A Big Red Double Decker Bus

An unusual and eye-catching way to transport mourners too, in this classic London double decker bus.

Room for everyone on this London Double Decker bus from AW Lymn

Custom Built Hearses

Custom built from their favourite car. Whether it’s a VW Camper Van, a Landrover or a Cheverolet, it’s a wonderful way to go.

For someone who loves the countryside
A flatbed lorry
A custom built VW Camper Van hearse from Green’s Carriage Masters

Transport for a Burial or Ashes Scattering at Sea

For someone who has a close affinity with the sea, a burial or ashes scattering at sea may be a lovely choice. There are organisations that can help with this and provide boats for the occasion.

Wesley Offshore offer ashes scatterings at sea
Or Burials at Sea can organise a burial

Find Further Helpful Information About Choosing Hearses and Cars for Funerals

For more about choosing funeral transport, please go to our Information on Transport.

Or for comprehensive information about planning a funeral, celebration of life, or memorials service, please see whiteballoon’s Funeral Planning Information.

Find Suppliers of Funeral Hearses and Cars in the whiteballoon Community

On whiteballoon we have a community of suppliers of funeral hearses. To find more, please go to our Provider Directory for Funeral Cars & Hearses.

Funeral Planning

Organising a funeral can feel overwhelming.  Step-by-step guides and planning tools enable you to quietly gather your thoughts and safely save information.

Our Provider Directory

Our Provider Directory helps you find caring and compassionate individuals and services throughout the UK, covering all aspects of funeral ceremonies.

Ideas and Inspiration

A carefully curated selection of poems, readings and music, as well as other ideas and inspiration for legacy and memorials, plus helpful books and guides.

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