Burial and memorial fees

See how much burial and memorial fees are in our cemeteries.

Fees must be paid in advance and VAT is included where it applies.

Burial fees

Fees must be paid in advance and VAT is included where it applies.

Interment fees
Interment Fee
Two interments, second interment fee £800
Triple depth (grave in a single plot) £1,468
Double depth (grave in a single plot) £1,306
Single depth (reopening only when deeper depth is unavailable) £1,141
Hand digging a single depth grave and conveying/committal of a coffin within the cemetery £882
Hand digging a double depth grave £1,486
Child interment under the age of five (single depth in a half grave space) – no maintenance fee No fee
Child interment from age 5 to under the age of 18 (at single depth) – no maintenance fee No fee (If a deeper family grave is needed, standard charges will apply)
Interment of body parts £799
Surcharge for interments Double the relevant fees
Green burial fees
Burial  Fee
Additional fee for hand digging a single depth ‘green’ grave and conveying/committal of a coffin within the cemetery £882
Hand digging a double depth grave £1,486
Cremated remains fees
Cremated remains Fee
Adult interment fee for cremated remains in a small urn or wooden casket, for scattering in permitted locations £332
Child interment fee (under the age of 18) for cremated remains in a small urn or wooden casket, for scattering in permitted locations No fee
Exclusive rights of burial fees
Grave type Fee
In a single grave space 9' x 4' allocated by us £1,400
In a single grave space 4'6" x 4' allocated by us £615*
In a single grave space 4'6" x 4' allocated by us for a child under the age of five £307*
In a cremation plot in the lawns of the Gardens of Remembrance for 20 years, renewable for a maximum of two interments £155
Grave lease renewal fee £280

*Non-residents pay double the fee

Chapel fees
Chapel hire type Fee
Hire of chapel (including music playing facility upon request, in advance only) per 30 minute funeral service £215
Hire of chapel (non funeral) per hour £257
Use of chapel and music playing facility for under 18s or funerals paid by us No fee
Surcharge for use of chapel on weekends Double the relevant fees
Burial search and certificates fees
Search or certificate type Fee
Search of register per name £54
Certified copy of entry in burial register £44
Copy of deed of grant of exclusive right of burial £41
Transfer of ownership Deed of Grants – with Probate £113
Transfer of ownership Deed of Grants – Statutory Declaration £113
Copy of cemetery grave location plan – per name (up to A3 size) £30

Memorial fees

Fees must be paid in advance and VAT is included where it applies.

Grave memorial permit fees
Memorial Fee
Headstone within permitted dimensions not exceeding 4' in height £213
Detached vase block and tablets (each) £143
Full memorial on each single grave space £619
Kerb surround on each single grave space £496
Chippings and/or coverslab/paving on adult grave £116
Full memorial on a half grave space for an infant £230
Full memorial on a half grave space for cremated remains £362
Each additional inscription after the first £132
Laying down unsafe memorial £142
Memorials for lease fees
Memorial Fee
Wooden markers £81
Memorial vase (10 year lease, renewable)  £694
Memorial vase renewal fee with existing tablet £477
Balmoral flower vase (10 year lease, renewable) £868
Balmoral flower vase renewal fee with existing tablet £677
Balmoral flower vase pictures, images or emblems POA
Metal memorial plaque (10 year lease, renewable) - single £396
Metal memorial plaque renewal - single £296
Metal memorial plaque (10 year lease, renewable) - double £623
Metal memorial plaque renewal - double £499
Leather commemorative panels (10 year lease, renewable) £253
The Herne tablet and Herne Meadow tablet (10 year lease, renewable) £726
The Herne tablet and Herne Meadow tablet renewal £477
Remembrance posies and commemorative vases, per vase, 2 year lease £123
Seats - new cemetery seat and plaque £1,983
Seats - plaque on existing vacant seat £987
Seats - additional plaque on dedicated seat £362
Seats - the Herne Bench (existing, where sited only) £1,257
Tree dedication memorial scheme (cast 'bronze', double memorial plaque to foot of existing tree (20 year lease, renewable for 10 year periods, at half of the then current price) £615
Book entries (not exceeding two lines) £115
Book entries (three to five lines) £180
Memorial cards (not exceeding two lines) £63
Memorial cards (three to five lines) £103
Special crests £97
Baby in hand and baby in shell tablet (small) £187
Baby in hand and baby in shell (medium) £233
Baby in hand and baby in shell (large) £314
Exhumation fees
Exhumation Fee
Exhumation service fee (includes up to 10 hours of registrar time and Environmental Health Officer time and ancillary costs) £3,958
Hourly rate for additional registrar and Environmental Health Officer time £121