The Saints Memorial Wall is a columbarium wall containing spaces called ‘niches’. Each niche holds an urn, which in turn holds the cremated ashes of a deceased person.

The Memorial Wall offers a positive, uplifting, and meaningful place for loved ones to celebrate your life. For those who love Saints, it is a unique opportunity to remain part of the Club forever.

Although columbarium walls have been part of memorial traditions for hundreds of years, incorporating them into sports stadiums is a modern innovation. Northampton Saints are the first rugby club in the UK to offer this service, joining a small number of major sporting organisations globally – including FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Texas A&M – who have created dedicated memorial spaces within their stadiums.

Subject to planning permission, the wall will sit within a new Memorial Garden in a quiet corner of the Supporter Village at Franklin’s Gardens. It will be accessible daily and will remain in place for at least 50 years, ensuring a lasting tribute within the stadium footprint.

There are 560 niches available.

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No. Niches are available to anyone – living or passed away – who loves or loved the Club.

The wall is accessible on any day the stadium is open (Monday to Friday, plus matchdays). Please note: visiting the wall does not provide matchday access to the stadium.

Yes. Anyone can purchase a niche, regardless of location. Your family must arrange transportation of your ashes in line with our guidelines. They may bring them personally, or you can use a specialist logistics partner. Please contact us and we will help you explore the best option.

Most funeral directors or crematoria return ashes within one week. We will then schedule the interment on the next available Interment Day.

Your nominated representative brings the ashes to the stadium on the ceremony day. A qualified member of our team transfers the ashes into an urn, places the urn in the niche, and seals it with the engraved front plate.

They are scheduled in advance and will be listed HERE, once the Memorial Wall has been constructed.

Yes, there may be a number of people being interred on the same day – but this will not happen at the same time. The Interment Ceremony is exclusive to the family and friends of the person being interred.

All interment ceremonies are exclusive to the family and friends of the person being interred at that time.

Yes, you can arrange for your own celebrant to lead the Interment Ceremony. The act of placing ashes in the Memorial Wall will be done by a qualified member of the Sporting Legacies team.

The standard Interment Ceremony is non-religious, but you can arrange for your own celebrant of any faith if you wish.

Yes, parking is available.

You will provide contact details for up to five nominated representatives. They will notify us and arrange for your ashes to be brought to the venue for interment.

Up to 30 people (owing to the size of the Memorial Garden) may attend the Interment Ceremony itself.

If you are also hosting a wake or life celebration at the stadium, our event spaces have capacity for larger parties. Once you have agreed a date for your Interment Ceremony, the Sporting Legacies team will connect you with our hospitality team at Franklin’s Gardens to make arrangements. Any food or drink arrangements must be agreed and paid for in advance.

No. Your family will need to arrange and pay for any catering at the time – although you may provide for this in your Will.

Please complete the nominated representative form on our webpage. You will then receive an information pack explaining the next steps. We will require; a cremation certificate and the number of ceremony attendees. If you wish to book a wake or life celebration at the same time, the Sporting Legacies team will connect you with the hospitality team at Franklin’s Gardens.

Visit the Club’s Memorial Wall webpage to see if niches are available. If they are, you may purchase one directly or arrange a call with our team.

You can enter the wording that will appear on your front plate through our online design tool. Each plaque will show the person’s name, date of birth, date of passing, and an optional short tribute message (for example, “Forever in our hearts”). To ensure the Memorial Wall remains tasteful and consistent, all wording is subject to approval; for example, we reserve the right to refuse wording which is profane or likely to cause offence, and plaque fonts and colours follow a standardised style.

Your name, date of birth, date of death, and an optional short tribute message may be engraved. We provide an online template for guidance.

No.

No – details included on niches are; name, date of birth, date of passing, and an optional short tribute message. To ensure the Memorial Wall remains tasteful and consistent, all designs are subject to approval, and plaque fonts and colours follow a standardised style.

Yes – the Sporting Legacies customer services team can send a diagram of the Memorial Wall, and you can select which niche you would prefer. Niches are only reserved once payment is made in full or a deposit is received.

A single niche costs £4,000, while a double plot (two niches with a shared front plate) costs £8,000.

We understand that choosing a final resting place is a deeply personal decision, and families want to feel confident they are making the right choice. We benchmarked the Saints Memorial Wall against traditional burial plots, cremation interment fees, and other niche‑based memorial options. We considered the quality of the space, the length of the 50‑year term, and the unique opportunity to be interred at Franklin’s Gardens– a place that holds lifelong meaning for so many. Our pricing is based on our research, and reflects the rarity and longevity offered by this memorial.

Yes.

• Single niche: £400 deposit + 10 monthly instalments of £360 (total £4,000)
• Double niche: £800 deposit + 10 monthly instalments of £720 (total £8,000)

Your fee includes: an urn, niche, engraving, cleaning, maintenance, insurance, security, customer service support, the interment itself, and an interment ceremony for family and friends. You may also opt (at additional cost) to host a memorial lunch or wake at the venue. Food and drink options are available upon request. The Wall will remain accessible for loved ones to visit for the full term.

There are only two packages, single niches cost £4,000 and family plots cost £8,000.

Payments are made to Northampton Saints via bank transfer. Details and your Customer Reference Number are included in your Customer Contract.

You may state in your Will that you would like to be interred at Saints. However, niches cannot be reserved without purchase. Your family may be able to buy one at the time, depending on availability. The only way to secure your place is to purchase a niche in advance.

You will be able to set up your direct debit dates when registering for a niche.

Yes. You have a 14 day cooling off period under UK Consumer Rights legislation.

You have a 14‑day cooling‑off period. After that, no refunds are available.

No.

A minimum of 50 years from the construction of the Saints Memorial Wall.

Yes. To protect both you and Northampton Saints, there is a legal contract to ensure everything is completely clear.

No. The lease term is fixed at 50 years.

If your ashes are interred as soon as the wall is built, your term will be the full 50 years. If you are interred later, your term is 50 years minus the time the wall has already been in place. You must be interred within 24 months of passing, or the right to use the niche is forfeited.

No.

Sporting Legacies Limited have been appointed to handle niche sales; however, you will contract with – and make all payments directly to – Northampton Saints.

No. Niches are non-transferable and allocated to one named customer.

Yes.

No.

No.

No. The facility is only for cremated ashes.

No.

Yes. The Memorial Garden will be a secure, enclosed space and will be kept locked when not in use. Access will be available to authorised friends and family members via a dedicated security system, ensuring the garden remains a peaceful and protected place of reflection. Full details of the access arrangements will be shared once the Memorial Garden has been built.

The façade is regularly cleaned, and the wall sits within the stadium’s secure perimeter with CCTV coverage. The wall is insured for damage or theft and is considerably more secure than a typical graveyard. Should damage occur, it will be addressed under this insurance.

While ashes themselves cannot be insured, the Saints Memorial Wall is insured for damage or theft. The wall is highly secure, and removing a sealed urn is difficult. Theft is extremely unlikely, and the niche is far more secure than a public graveyard. In the unlikely event ashes were stolen, the engraved front plate would remain in place for the full term.

The Club will decide either to extend the life of the wall or relocate the ashes elsewhere within the stadium footprint. In the unlikely event the Club moves or ceases operating, ashes will be respectfully relocated within the stadium footprint before any sale or redevelopment.

Yes. Double plots include two adjacent niches sharing one front plate engraved with both individuals’ details.

No. Only double plots may contain two urns, due to legal requirements.

If both individuals have already been cremated, they are interred together. If only one has been cremated, their details will be engraved at their interment, and the second set of details added when the second interment takes place.

You may purchase as many single or double niches as are available. To check availability, please contact our Customer Care team.

No.

Yes. You may choose to place some or all your ashes in your niche.

Yes. You can book a phone call or a Teams/Zoom video call with the Sporting Legacies customer services team HERE.

The Club has partnered with specialist provider Sporting Legacies, whose customer service team will manage all Memorial Wall sales and be happy to answer any questions. Once the wall is full, the Club will handle any future enquiries from you or your family.

Please get in touch via the contact page on the Club’s website.

Sporting Legacies’ customer services team can be reached on 01604 907298.

Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm.

If you call, we will respond immediately. If you email, we aim to respond within 24 hours on weekdays.

We can meet prospective customers at the stadium during pre‑scheduled Open Days.