Some people choose to keep the cremated remains of a loved one close by as a personal source of comfort, popular choices including the garden, on the mantelpiece, in the bedroom, or even as part of a display cabinet.

Others are said to keep a token amount of cremated remains with them at all times. The number of ways to achieve this increase every year, the most popular being to encase them in some kind of jewellery.

Fancy something completely different? You can also dispose of a loved one’s cremated remains in a spectacular way with popular, if a little unorthodox, choices including fireworks, space memorial flights or eternal reefs.