A lasting resting place for the ashes of lifelong Northampton Saints supporters, at the heart of the ground they loved.
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For thousands of supporters, Franklin's Gardens isn't just a stadium. It's where the best days of their lives were spent, with family, with friends, in the green, black and gold.
Around 80% of Saints supporters now choose cremation, yet none can choose a resting place connected to the club they have loved.
The Saints Memorial Wall changes that. A dignified, individual niche holds a loved one's ashes within the ground itself, so they're always close to the action, and always somewhere the family can come back to.
See how it works
Most people arrive here for one of three reasons. Whichever sounds like you, the brochure will help.
Many families keep a loved one's ashes for years, unsure of the right next step. The wall offers a permanent, meaningful home at the club they adored, with no rush and no pressure to decide today.
Read what's involved →Choosing your own resting place is a gift to the people you leave behind, one less decision at the hardest time. Reserve your niche now and design exactly how you'll be remembered.
See your options →We're so sorry. When you're ready, our team will guide you gently through every step, from the niche to the wording to the interment ceremony, at whatever pace feels right for your family.
How we'll help →Hand-finished porcelain plaques in a secure, beautifully kept Memorial Garden, open on matchdays and throughout the week.
Four straightforward steps, with our team beside you at every one.
Pick a single niche or a double family niche, and select its exact position on the wall from a simple diagram.
Design the front-plate wording online, with the name, dates and an optional tribute, all beautifully engraved.
A private ceremony for up to 30 guests on a scheduled Interment Day, with an optional celebration at the stadium.
Cleaning, maintenance, insurance and security are all included, for a minimum of 50 years.
No hidden fees and no surprises. Pay in full, or spread the cost over ten months with no interest.
Every niche includes the urn, engraving, interment, cleaning, maintenance, insurance, security and customer support.
For comparison, where available, the average cost of a niche in local crematoria and cemeteries ranges from £4,250 to £5,300 for a 50 year lease, without the connection to the club you love.
Real words from the people who've chosen a place on the wall, for themselves and for those they've loved.
Peter stood next to him every match. Once we talked about them sitting next to each other, and then being next to each other, it just felt like a nice option, really.
A lot of Mike's family live away, but he made so many friends over the years. To think someone can pop round and say, "that's where they are," I think is nice.
It's always hard to make any decision when somebody's passed away. But if that's what they'd have liked, and you feel that's what they would've wanted, go for it.
Sporting Legacies creates lasting memorial walls at the homes of much-loved sports clubs, giving supporters a dignified final resting place at the ground that shaped their lives. It's an idea already proven at some of the biggest clubs in world sport, from FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid to Texas A&M.
Northampton Saints are the first rugby club in the UK to bring it home. We worked hand in hand with the club, and with groups of supporters, to shape every detail, from the design of the wall to the pricing, so it genuinely reflects what the Saints family wanted.
A partnership built to honour the supporters who never stopped believing.
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A single niche costs £4,000, while a double plot (two niches with a shared front plate) costs £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.
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).
No. Niches are available to anyone, living or passed away, who loves or loved the Club.
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.
A minimum of 50 years from the construction of the Saints Memorial Wall.
Yes. You have a 14 day cooling off period under UK Consumer Rights legislation.
Yes. You can book a phone call or a Teams/Zoom video call with the Sporting Legacies customer services team online.
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.
There are 560 niches available.
Porcelain, chosen for its durability, weather resistance, ease to clean, and attractive appearance.
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 guidelines. They may bring them personally, or you can use a specialist logistics partner.
Most funeral directors or crematoria return ashes within one week. Interment will then be scheduled on the next available Interment Day.
Your nominated representative brings the ashes to the stadium on the ceremony day. A qualified member of the 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 online, 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, 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 the hospitality team at Franklin's Gardens to make arrangements.
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 the webpage. You will then receive an information pack explaining the next steps. We will require a cremation certificate and the number of ceremony attendees.
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 the team.
Yes, provided your existing package does not involve burial. Your nominated representative will simply need to liaise with the appointed funeral director to ensure the ashes are available for the scheduled Interment Day.
You can enter the wording that will appear on your front plate through an online design tool. Each plaque will show the person's name, date of birth, date of passing, and an optional short tribute message. All wording is subject to approval.
Your name, date of birth, date of death, and an optional short tribute message may be engraved. An online template is provided for guidance.
No.
No, details included on niches are name, date of birth, date of passing, and an optional short tribute message. 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.
The pricing was set after carefully benchmarking against traditional options, including burial plots, headstones and cremation interment fees, as well as other niche-based memorials. The pricing reflects the quality of the memorial, the 50-year term, what is included, and the unique opportunity to be interred at Franklin's Gardens.
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.
You will be able to set up your direct debit dates when registering for a niche.
You have a 14-day cooling-off period. After that, no refunds are available.
No.
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.
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No. The facility is only for cremated ashes.
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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.
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. 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. 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 the Customer Care team.
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Yes. You may choose to place some or all your ashes in your niche.
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.
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 to 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.
Yes. If you would prefer not to use email or online systems, please call Sporting Legacies on 01604 907298, and the team will explain how you can proceed. Open Days at Franklin's Gardens will also be hosted where you can see the Memorial Wall and speak with partners in person.
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