Bereavement services fees and charges


Cemetery and burial fees

Rights of Burial

  • Purchase/Renewal of Rights of Burial (100 years): £1,622.00
  • Pre‑purchase of Rights of Burial (100 years): £2,438.00
  • Out‑of‑area resident surcharge (per adult): £2,438.00

Interment Fees

  • Adult interment: £1,306.00
  • Second‑phase adult interment (at same time): £408.00
  • Child interment (5 to 17 years): Not listed
  • Child interment (24 weeks gestation to under 5 years): Not listed
  • Burial of cremated remains: £337.00
  • Burial of cremated body parts: £92.00
  • Double interment (second‑phase cremated remains): £153.00
  • Additional depth of three: £275.00
  • Oversized coffin / non‑standard grave charge: £194.00
  • Pre‑formed concrete vault: £979.00
  • Breeze block vault: £867.00
  • Children’s pre‑formed concrete vaults: Not listed
  • Grave test dig: £235.00
  • Burial of cremated remains to full depth: £1,163.00

Strewing of Cremated Remains (Cemeteries)

  • Strewing (cremated at Pontefract/Wakefield, with appointment): £104.00
  • Strewing (cremated elsewhere, with appointment): £158.00

Exhumation – Not Connected to Re‑burial

  • Adult: £2,399.00
  • Child (NVF/stillborn–17 years): Not listed
  • Cremated remains: £490.00

Exhumation – For Re‑burial at Another Site

  • Adult: £1,999.00
  • Child (NVF/stillborn–17 years): N/A
  • Cremated remains: £408.00

Rights to Erect a Memorial

  • Headstone only: £230.00
  • Vase/tablet: £97.00
  • Kerbstone only: £196.00
  • Headstone and kerbstone: £393.00
  • Additional inscription / replacement memorial: £92.00
  • Rights to construct a vault: £112.00
  • Wooden cross: £107.00
  • Headstone (when wooden cross permit already paid): £112.00
  • Headstone and kerbstone (when wooden cross permit already paid): £265.00
  • Headstone for under‑18s: £0.00
  • Kerbstone for under‑18s: £0.00

Exhumation – For Re‑burial at Another Site

  • Adult: £1,999.00
  • Child (NVF/stillborn–17 years): N/A
  • Cremated remains: £408.00

Rights to Erect a Memorial

  • Headstone only: £230.00
  • Vase/tablet: £97.00
  • Kerbstone only: £196.00
  • Headstone and kerbstone: £393.00
  • Additional inscription / replacement memorial: £92.00
  • Rights to construct a vault: £112.00
  • Rights to erect a wooden cross: £107.00
  • Headstone (when wooden cross permit already paid): £112.00
  • Headstone and kerbstone (when wooden cross permit already paid): £265.00
  • Headstone for under‑18s: £0.00
  • Kerbstone for under‑18s: £0.00

Removal of Headstones

  • Removal of headstone: £235.00
  • Removal of headstone and kerbstone: £269.00
  • Removal of headstone (required for grave digging): £279.00
  • Removal of headstone and kerbston (required for grave digging) : £315.00

Miscellaneous Cemetery Fees

  • Burial register search (5‑year search): £71.00
  • Appointment to view proposed grave: £71.00
  • Marking grave (genealogy): £73.00
  • Transfer of Exclusive Rights / statutory declarations: £71.00

Crematoria and cremation fees

Direct Cremation Service - No Service - £357.00

Includes:

  • Medical Referee Fee
  • Bio Urn
  • Environmental Levy
  • No service or attendees
  • No music or tributes
  • Strewing without an appointment (no attendees)

Adult Cremation Services (20 minute service) - £806.00

Includes:

  • Medical Referee Fee
  • Bio Urn
  • Environmental Levy
  • 20‑minute service
  • Strewing without an appointment

Adult Cremation Services (40 minute service) - £1122.00

Includes:

  • Medical Referee Fee
  • Bio Urn
  • Environmental Levy
  • 40‑minute service
  • Strewing without an appointment

Additional Crematoria Services

  • Use of chapel for an additional 30 minutes (pre‑booked cremation): £367.00
  • Cremation of child (24 weeks’ gestation to under 5 years): Not listed
  • Cremation of child (5–17 years inclusive): Not listed
  • Cremation of body part (body disposed elsewhere): £92.00
  • Use of crematoria chapel for memorial/funeral service: £408.00

Strewing of Cremated Remains At Crematoria

  • Strewing where cremated at Pontefract/Wakefield (with appointment): £104.00
  • Strewing where cremated elsewhere (with appointment/staffed): £157.00

Strewing of Cremated Remains In Natural Setting

  • Strewing of remains in natural setting: £157.00

Webcasts and Recordings

  • Live webcast (7 days on‑demand): £82.00
  • Downloadable MP4 recording: £49.00
  • MP4 recording with visual tribute: £61.00
  • DVD or USB recording: £86.00
  • DVD or USB recording with visual tribute: £98.00

Visual Tributes

  • Single still image: £37.00
  • Slideshow (max 25 images, no music): £49.00
  • Slideshow - each additional 25 images (no music): £37.00
  • Slideshow (max 25 images, with music): £98.00
  • Slideshow - each additional 25 images (with music): £37.00
  • Family video file (part of slideshow): £37.00
  • Family video file (not part of slideshow): £49.00
  • Downloadable MP4 tribute file: £37.00
  • DVD or USB tribute file: £49.00
  • Urgent service for tributes (after 48‑hour cut‑off): £110.00

Urns and Caskets

  • Wood urn: £86.00
  • Metal urn: £73.00
  • Bio or poly urn: £37.00
  • Wooden casket for re‑interment of exhumed cremated remains: £171.00

Other Crematoria Fees

  • Storage of cremated remains after first month (per month): £112.00
  • Search in cremation register: £37.00

Cemetery memorials fees

Bronze Plaques

Available at Normanton Upper, Hemsworth, Altofts and Whitwood Cemeteries

  • Bronze plaque (original, includes inscription, 25‑year lease): £354.00
  • Reserved space for a bronze plaque: £92.00
  • Bronze plaque replacement or amendment (remainder of lease period): £354.00

Available at Ryhill Cemetery

  • Bronze plaque: £330.00

Granite Plaques

Available at: Altofts, Alverthorpe, Crigglestone, Featherstone, Ferrybridge, Hemsworth, Horbury, Knottingley, Normanton Upper, Outwood, Pontefract, Ryhill, Sharlston, Stanley, Snydale, Wakefield and Whitwood Cemeteries

  • Granite plaque (original, includes inscription, 25‑year lease): £906.00
  • Granite plaque replacement or amendment (remainder of lease period): £433.00
  • Granite plaque renewal for a further 25 years: £357.00

Cremated Remains Mini Graves

Available at: Altofts, Alverthorpe, Castleford, Crigglestone, Featherstone, Ferrybridge, Hemsworth, Horbury, Knottingley, Normanton Upper, Outwood, Ryhill, Stanley, Wakefield and Whitwood Cemeteries

  • Mini grave (includes interment, vase and tablet up to 80 letters, 50‑year lease): £1,744.00
  • Mini grave memorial only (up to 80 letters, 50‑year lease): £1,499.00
  • Mini grave replacement or amendment / additional inscription: £490.00
  • Additional letters (per letter above 80): £3.00

Cremated Remains Grave Memorial Artwork

  • Military Badge and Crest (Sandblasted) BT01 – P.O.A
  • Military Badge and Crest (Painted) BT02 – P.O.A
  • Photograph BT03 – P.O.A
  • Hand Painted BT04 – P.O.A
  • Floral hand‑painted: £129.00
  • Line drawing only: £61.00
  • Blast and paint line drawing: £86.00
  • Photo plaque: £184.00

Crematoria memorials fees

Book of Remembrance

  • 2 lines: £125.00
  • 5 lines: £207.00
  • 8 lines: £253.00
  • Additional line (for existing entries): £66.00

Memorial Cards

  • 2 lines: £61.00
  • 5 lines: £72.00
  • 8 lines: £89.00
  • Additional line (for existing entries): £48.00

Emblems

Emblems can be added to the Book of Remembrance or Memorial cards.

  • Floral emblems: £88.00
  • Crests and shields (each): £119.00
  • Full coat of arms (each): £137.00

Memorial Plaques

  • Granite Plaques, original including inscription (10‑year lease): £636.00
    • Replacement or amendment (for remainder of lease): £257.00
    • Renewal for a further 10 years: £377.00
  • Bronze Path Kerb Plaques, original including inscription (10‑year lease): £510.00
    • Replacement or amendment (for remainder of lease): £270.00
    • Renewal for a further 10 years: £347.00

  • Slate Composite Wall Plaques, original including inscription (10‑year lease): £487.50
    • Replacement or amendment (for remainder of lease): £196.00
    • Renewal for a further 10 years: £316.00

Memorial Rose Tree

  • Replacement or amendment (for remainder of lease): £196.00
  • Renewal for a further 10 years: £294.00

Memorial Sanctum / Barbican

  • Sanctum 2000: £1,297.00
  • Sanctum 2000 photo plaque: £171.00
  • Barbican tablet plaque: £588.00
  • Memorial added value Band A: £159.00
  • Memorial added value Band B: £245.00
  • Memorial added value Band C: Price on request
  • Memorial leaf: £147.00
  • Sanctum tablet plaque renewal / replacement: £514.00
  • Barbican tablet plaque renewal / replacement: £588.00
  • Woodland mushroom plaque (10‑year lease): £428.00
  • Crematorium granite bench plaque (10‑year renewal): £404.00

Other Memorials

  • Bat and bird boxes (fitted, with plaque – new or replacement): £143.00
  • Formal wooden or metal frame bench with new plinth: £1,913.00
  • Formal wooden or metal frame bench without new plinth: £1,530.00
  • Additional bench plaque: £113.00


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