Fees and charges for cremation, 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Our bereavement services team can help guide you through our fees and charges for cremation, as well as your options for a memorial.
If you would like to speak to a member of the team, please contact us using the contact details below.
For details about the memorials we offer, please see our crematorium memorials page.
Cremation fees
Cremation of a person aged over 18 years | £969 |
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Cremation of a child aged under 18 years | No charge |
If the cremation service is likely to be longer than the normal service time, we may charge an extra fee (see Chapel fee item a.)
The above fees include:
- Interment of cremated remains in the Garden of Remembrance or provision of a Polytainer if you take them away
- Use of the Obitus music system
- Medical referee's fees - the Joint Negotiating Committee for Doctors Assisting Local Authorities has set a national rate of £19 for a set of cremation papers
- Use of the chapel and waiting rooms
- All attendance after the coffin has been placed on the catafalque
- Deposit of cremated remains for one month
- CAMEO - mercury abatement charge of £56, as set by the Federation of British Cremation Authorities
Miscellaneous cremation fees
Interment or scattering of cremated remains | £98 (only payable if cremation took place at another crematorium) |
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Temporary deposit of cremated remains (per month - first month free) |
please contact bereavement services office to discuss |
Urns | |
Polytainer | £25 (included as part of cremation fee) |
Wooden casket | £55 |
Forwarding cremated remains by post | by arrangement |
Certified extract from Register of Cremation | £30 |
Exhumation (on receipt of a Home Office licence) | |
Transfer for memorial vault | No charge |
Exhumation (on receipt of a Home Office licence) | £269 |
Chapel fees
a. | Use of chapel for additional service time | £134 |
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b. | Use of chapel for memorial service, but no cremation |
£310 (inc. VAT at 20%) |
c. | Use of chapel of rest (per day or part of a day) | £28 |