Urgent £640k repairs needed at crematorium – report

Urgent repairs costing about £640,000 are needed at a town's crematorium, according to a report.

Problems with machinery at Kingsdown Crematorium in Swindon, Wiltshire, began in 2022, when the heat exchanger, which cools the air leaving the three cremators so it can be filtered before exiting the building through its flues, failed.

Since then, its flues and filtration system has also failed, with work also needed on the building's large canopy, cladding and tiles.

Councillor Kevin Small, cabinet member for finance, is set to ask senior councillors to approve the budget for the work.