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Memorial wind chimes

Updated: October 2026

You are choosing a sympathy gift, often after a funeral or for a parent, and a wind chime feels like something the household can hear in the garden. Memorial wind chimes work when that household has a place to hang one and wants the sound. They are a poor gift when the home is a flat against neighbours, or when nobody will take the chime down in a gale. The amazon.co.uk table is the [wind chimes comparison](/hub/diy-supplies/wind-chimes). Peter F. read those listings and the UK reviews on 16 October 2026. This is not a bereavement service. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are choosing a sympathy gift, often after a funeral or for a parent, and a wind chime feels like something the household can hear in the garden.

Our top picks

Koshi Koshi Terra tuned chime

Best overall

Koshi Koshi Terra tuned chime
8.3/10about £35
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ASTARIN ASTARIN 36 inch aluminium chime

Rank 2

ASTARIN ASTARIN 36 inch aluminium chime
9.0/10about £29.60
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Rdutuok Rdutuok 81 cm bamboo chime

Preis-Tipp

Rdutuok Rdutuok 81 cm bamboo chime
8.6/10about £18.99
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On this page
  1. 1.When a chime is a fair sympathy gift
  2. 2.What this set actually includes
  3. 3.Sound and shelter
  4. 4.If the parcel cannot be hung

When a chime is a fair sympathy gift

Engraved chimes from workshops are a different product. None of these twelve listings is described as engraved. Start with the home, before any brand. Someone with a porch, a tree or a balcony they already use can hang a chime the week it arrives. Someone in a flat tight against neighbours may never take it out of the box. If the person you are buying for sleeps near the spot you imagine, a quieter bamboo knock is the kinder sound than a deep aluminium chime. If you cannot picture a hook and a household that wants to hear it, choose something that stays indoors. Who each strong listing is for is on best wind chimes. The material choice is on bamboo or aluminium wind chimes.

What this set actually includes

The ASTARIN is the listing in this set sold with a sympathy card. The occasion field says Funeral, and the bullets say a greeting card is included. It is £29.60, six aluminium tubes, 948 g, and 4.8 from 6,129 reviews. You are giving a heavy porch chime that happens to include a card, not a small token. The Rdutuok is a bamboo chime at £18.99, 81 cm, with 4.6 from 1,162 UK-labelled reviews, and the copy talks about a memorial. A greeting card is not in the included list. The sound in UK reviews is a quieter woody knock for a small garden. Length clashes on cheaper titles are set out in the buying guide. The Koshi Terra listing is still indoor, at £35. Do not reclassify it as a grave marker. A different 76 cm shop chime, reduced to £59.99 on the page we saw, is not a row here.
Koshi Koshi Terra tuned chime

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Koshi Koshi Terra tuned chime
8.3/10about £35
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Sound and shelter

Volume is the reason a memorial chime comes back indoors. If the heavy aluminium is too loud for the bedroom you had in mind, the gift fails in the first windy week. The Rdutuok's quieter knock is the alternative in this set when you still want something to hang. Bring bamboo in for a harsh winter, and take any chime down in a gale, because a cord can fail.

If the parcel cannot be hung

If it arrives tangled, or the lights on a solar gift never work, that is a quality complaint under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9. The Winzwon solar chime, often bought as a present, has UK texts about lights that never come on.

Common questions

Which listing in this set is sold as a sympathy chime with a card?
The ASTARIN. The occasion field says Funeral, and the bullets include a greeting card, at £29.60 with six aluminium tubes and 948 g. UK reviews mention the card and a deep tone. They also mention loudness and a cord that snapped in high wind. It is the card listing, not a promise that every household can live with the sound.
Is a wind chime a kind gift for a flat?
Often it is not. A flat with close neighbours may have nowhere the chime can hang without becoming someone else's noise, and people say these gifts stay in the box. If there is no hook and no wish to hear it, choose a gift that stays indoors. A balcony with a little air can take a quiet chime, and you should still say that the neighbour is part of the decision.
Will a deep chime be too much beside a bedroom?
It can be. One UK review of the ASTARIN says the buyer brought it indoors because it was very loud. That is the heavy aluminium end of this set, at 948 g. A bamboo knock, such as the Rdutuok, is the quieter gift in the same table, and some buyers find even that too soft to hear. Match the sound to the room, not to the word memorial.
Do these amazon.co.uk chimes come engraved?
No. None of these twelve listings is described as engraved with a name or a date. Shops that cut a message into aluminium are a different purchase, often at a higher price, such as the Personal Creations 76 cm chime we saw reduced to £59.99. Do not tell the family that the ASTARIN card is an engraving. The card is a card.
What can a council do if the sound becomes a dispute?
Crawley Borough Council says it will not investigate wind chimes as everyday noise. That is one council, not a rule for the UK. GOV.UK requires councils to look into a complaint that could be a statutory nuisance, and night hours from 11pm to 7am can bring a separate warning. A memorial purpose does not decide that complaint. If the garden is tight, do not give the loud chime.
What if it arrives tangled and cannot be hung for the occasion?
Tell the retailer. A chime you cannot untangle, or solar lights that never work, is a quality problem under section 9 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, read against the price and the description. The VEKEK file includes returns over tangled strings. Leave enough time before the visit that a replacement can arrive. The sentiment does not depend on hanging a faulty parcel that afternoon.

Related pages

How to hang wind chimes

Wind chimes

Bamboo or aluminium wind chimes for sound and winter

Best wind chimes UK for porch tone or a quiet garden

Wind chimes buying guide for length, weight and sound

Sources

GOV.UK, Crawley Borough Council, legislation.gov.uk, the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, The Wind Chime Shop, Koshi and the Health and Safety Executive. Prices and stars are the amazon.co.uk listings in this set. Prices move.

  1. GOV.UK, noise nuisances (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  2. Crawley Borough Council, neighbour noise (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  3. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  4. General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  5. The Wind Chime Shop, FAQs (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  6. The Wind Chime Shop, care (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  7. Koshi FAQ (retrieved 17 October 2026)
  8. HSE, ladders (retrieved 17 October 2026)