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 £656
Triple depth (grave in a single plot) £1,688
Double depth (grave in a single plot) £1,500
Single depth (reopening only when deeper depth is unavailable) £1,312
Hand digging a single depth grave and conveying/committal of a coffin within the cemetery £573
Hand digging a double depth grave £1,201
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 £487
Surcharge for interments Double the relevant fees
Cremated remains fees
Cremated remains Fee
Adult interment fee for cremated remains in a small urn or wooden casket, for scattering in permitted locations £345
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 £1,456
In a single grave space 4'6" x 4' allocated by us £728*
In a single grave space 4'6" x 4' allocated by us for a child under the age of five £364*
In a cremation plot in the lawns of the Gardens of Remembrance for 20 years, renewable for a maximum of two interments £161
Grave lease renewal fee £291

*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 £223
Hire of chapel (non funeral) per hour £267
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 £56
Certified copy of entry in burial register £45
Copy of deed of grant of exclusive right of burial £42
Transfer of ownership Deed of Grants – with Probate £117
Transfer of ownership Deed of Grants – Statutory Declaration £117
Copy of cemetery grave location plan – per name (up to A3 size) £31

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 £84
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 £704
Balmoral flower vase pictures, images or emblems POA
Metal memorial plaque (10 year lease, renewable) - single £411
Metal memorial plaque renewal - single £308
Metal memorial plaque (10 year lease, renewable) - double £647
Metal memorial plaque renewal - double £518
Leather commemorative panels (10 year lease, renewable) £263
The Herne tablet and Herne Meadow tablet (10 year lease, renewable) £755
The Herne tablet and Herne Meadow tablet renewal £496
Remembrance posies and commemorative vases, per vase, 2 year lease £127
Seats - new cemetery seat and plaque £2,062
Seats - plaque on existing vacant seat £1,026
Seats - additional plaque on dedicated seat £376
Seats - the Herne Bench (existing, where sited only) £1,307
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) £639
Book entries (not exceeding two lines) £119
Book entries (three to five lines) £187
Memorial cards (not exceeding two lines) £65
Memorial cards (three to five lines) £107
Special crests £100
Baby in hand and baby in shell tablet (small) £194
Baby in hand and baby in shell tablet renewal - small £163
Baby in hand and baby in shell (medium) £242
Baby in hand and baby in shell  renewal - medium £193
Baby in hand and baby in shell (large) £326
Baby in hand and baby in shell renewal - large £271
Exhumation fees
Exhumation Fee
Exhumation service fee (includes up to 10 hours of registrar time and Environmental Health Officer time and ancillary costs) £4,116
Hourly rate for additional registrar and Environmental Health Officer time £125
Exhumation service fee - ashes (includes Registrar time only) £1,183