Published fees for bereavement services

• Administration fees (per hour) – £35
• Fees for late burial paperwork** – £60 – ** late fees are applicable to any late statutory forms and certificates, etc., which are not received by this office by 3pm three full working days prior to the funeral service to reflect the need to ensure graves are prepared in a timely and safe manner. Fees will apply to where any forms and certificates are missing or incomplete.
  Please note that as we are unable to safely process documents submitted less than 48 hours prior to an arranged funeral, you will be asked to defer your service
• Fees for late cremation paperwork** – £60 – ** late fees are applicable to any late statutory forms and certificates, etc., which are not received by this office by 3pm two full working days prior to the funeral service. Fees will apply to where any forms and certificates are missing or incomplete.
  Please note that we are unable to safely process documents submitted less than 24 hours prior to an arranged funeral and you will be asked to defer your service
• Genealogy search, per contact (initial enquiry is free of charge, which is to be submitted on our genealogy form. Subsequent search(s) are subject to advertised fees) – £18

Please note:

• we are unfortunately unable to offer any cremation service at a weekend of public holiday.
• child – aged 17 or under – where costs are stated for a child, there is no charge to the families, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England

• Adult – 18 years and over – to include a 40-minute use of the chapel (to encompass entry and exit of mourners from the building), environmental and medical referee fees, music media and strewing in the Garden of Remembrance at Woodlands Crematorium, if requested, Monday to Friday. Saturday strewings are subject to availability and an additional fee of £35.00. It does not include hold images or visual tributes – £715
• Child – aged 17 years and under – to include a 40-minute use of the chapel (to encompass entry and exit of mourners from the building), environmental and medical referee fees, music media and strewing in the Garden of Remembrance at Woodlands Crematorium, if requested, Monday to Friday. It does not include hold images or visual tributes – £715.
• Direct cremation – please note that a direct cremation is a cremation with no funeral service, no ceremony performed beforehand, and there should be no attendees attending our premises. This service is offered Monday to Wednesday at 8.45am and by arrangement, Monday to Friday at 9.20am. Music nor tributes are not permitted via our Wesley portal – £515.
  Strewing in the Garden of Remembrance at Woodlands Crematorium is free (Monday to Friday). Saturday strewings are subject to availability and an additional fee of £35.00.
• Simple cremation – to include a ten minute use of the chapel (appointments available Monday to Friday, 9.20am and 9:40am) (to encompass entry and exit of mourners from the building), environmental and medical referee fees, and strewing in the Garden of Remembrance at Woodlands Crematorium, Monday to Friday (if requested). Saturday strewings are subject to availability and an additional fee of £35.00. It has the option to have one piece of entry music and one piece of exit music only, webcasts are not permitted – £600.
  Body parts – £66
• Chapel 20 minute extended service time – £150
• Chapel 40 minute extended service time – £200 (optional)
• Chapel over-running service – £200 – We understand attending a funeral of a loved one is a difficult time for bereaved families, however, services which over-run, impact on users of our services.
• Chapel used for 40 minute memorial service – £200 (optional)
• Late cancellation charge – applies to 72 hours prior to time of service – £150
• Organist – We no longer offer an organist; however, the organ is available should you wish to appoint your own. We encourage families to liaise with our music media provider, who may be able to meet your needs.
• Replacement cremation certificate – £18
• Consultation and help with completing forms for independent funerals – £85 (optional)

*child – aged 17 or under – where costs are stated for a child, there is no charge to the families, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England

• Adult – aged 18 years and over (Monday to Friday) – £75
• Adult – aged 18 years and over (Saturday, subject to availability) – £110
• Child* – aged 17 years and under (Monday to Friday) – £75
• Child* – aged 17 years and under (Saturday, subject to availability) – £110

The following media services are provided by a third party and all, are optional services which can be used in conjunction when using our Woodlands Chapel. Where these have been requested, these services are chargeable.

Please note, that due to the nature of the internet, we are unable to guarantee live-streaming delivery of any audio and/or visual data will be uninterrupted or error free.

• Webcasting per service including seven days on demand – £50 (optional)
• Recording of service and presented as a download link – £32 (requested before the day of the service) (optional)
• Recording of service and presented as a download link with embedded tribute – £48 (optional)
• Recording of service and presented on a DVD or USB (requested before the day of the service) £48 (optional)
• Recording of service and presented on a DVD or USB, and includes an embedded tribute £64 (optional)
• Recording of a webcast (recording requests can be made up to three months after the webcast event has completed) £64 (optional)
• Visual tribute – holding image (on screen throughout the service) £15 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 25 images, no music – £40 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 26 to 50 images, no music – £64 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 51 to 75 images, no music – £87 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 25 images, including music- £71 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 26 to 50 images, including musical – £95 (optional)
• Visual tribute up to 51 to 75 images, including music – £119 (optional)
• Visual tribute slideshow (76 images and over) – price on application
• Family visual tribute (a personalised video recording made by a family member) £17 per tribute (optional)
• Visual tribute presented as a download link – £16 (optional)
• Visual tribute presented on a DVD or USB – £29 (optional)
• Visual tributes orders received less than two working days before funeral service – an additional fee will be charged to the tribute order £120
• We operate an automated scheduling music and tribute service and we have limited ability to change music at the time of the planned event. Our media provider finalises events at 5pm on the day prior to the planned funeral service. Any same day requests for changes to music and visual media (ie. tributes, webcasts, recordings, or music), is subject to a same day amendment charge** £25

• Wooden casket or metal urn – £39
• Adult cardboard ashes box – £8
• Child cardboard ashes box – £2 – (Please note there is no charge to the public, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England)
• Poly urn – £12

We offer a range of ways for you to remember your loved one, including:

Book of remembrance (inclusive of VAT)

• Two lines – permanent entry – £66
• Five lines – permanent entry – £107
• Eight lines – permanent entry – £148
• Crests/badges/motifs added ( 5 lines minimum entry) – £58
• Floral design – £41
• Reserved lines – each line (inscription done at current rate) – £13
• Miniature book – Plus first line – £69
• Additional lines to miniature book, for each extra line – £11.04

Memorial cards

• Including up to two lines (personal copy of entry in the Book of Remembrance) – £22
• Including up to five lines (personal copy of entry in the Book of Remembrance) – £32
• Including up to eight lines (personal copy of entry in the Book of Remembrance) – £38
• Crests/badges/motifs added to books or cards – £58
• Floral design – £41

• Tree of Remembrance Leaf – leaf plus initial five year lease – £70
• Tree of Remembrance Leaf – renewal for a further five years – £50
• Tree of Remembrance Leaf – return of leaf to applicant when item not renewed – £12.50 – Arrangements can be made for the leaf to be returned via registered mail, to an applicant when not renewed.
  • Please note there is no charge for items collected from the Bereavement Services office, however, appointments must be made in advance and as soon as possible following the expiry date. Unfortunately, the Bereavement Services office can only keep items for a limited time (as per our rules & regulations).

• Rose boulder – boulder plus initial five year lease – £280
• Rose boulder – renewal for a further five years – £200
• Rose boulder – new/replacement plaque where an inscription is added (per occasion) – £25
• Rose Boulder – memorials not renewed – £25 – Arrangements can be made for the plaque to be returned via registered mail, to an applicant when not renewed.
  • Please note there is no charge for items collected from the Bereavement Services office, however, appointments must be made in advance and as soon as possible following the expiry date. Unfortunately, the Bereavement Services office can only keep items for a limited time (as per our rules & regulations).

Price on application – please contact us for prices

• Tower plaque – plaque plus initial five year lease – £180
• Tower plaque – renewal for a further five years – £130
• Tower plaque – added inscription (per occasion) – £65
• Motifs – £25
• Photograph – £70
• Tower Plaque – memorials not renewed – £75 – Arrangements can be made for the plaque to be returned via registered mail, to an applicant when not renewed.
  • Please note there is no charge for items collected from the Bereavement Services office, however, appointments must be made in advance and as soon as possible following the expiry date. Unfortunately, the Bereavement Services office can only keep items for a limited time (as per our rules & regulations).

• Plaque – five year lease – £235
• Plaque – renewal for further five year lease – £150
• Photograph – £75
• Motif – price on application
• Sundial Plaque – memorials not renewed – £75 – Arrangements can be made for the plaque to be returned via registered mail, to an applicant when not renewed.
  • Please note there is no charge for items collected from the Bereavement Services office, however, appointments must be made in advance and as soon as possible following the expiry date. Unfortunately, the Bereavement Services office can only keep items for a limited time (as per our rules & regulations).

• Plaques – £250
• Badges, emblems and similar items – contact us for prices

• Dedication of whole seat for initial five year period – £800
• Dedication renewal of whole seat for a further five years – £300
• Dedication of one third share for initial five year period – £300
• Dedication renewal one third bench for a further five years – £116
• Dedication of one sixth tree seat (available at Woodlands Memorial Park only) share for initial five-year period – price tbc
• Dedication renewal one sixth tree seat (available at Woodlands Memorial Park only) for a further five years – price tbc
• Seat plaque dedications not renewed – £12.50 – Arrangements can be made for the plaque to be returned via registered mail, to an applicant when not renewed.
  • Please note there is no charge for items collected from the Bereavement Services office, however, appointments must be made in advance and as soon as possible following the expiry date. Unfortunately, the Bereavement Services office can only keep items for a limited time (as per our rules & regulations).

• Ten year lease of Ash vault, to include a maximum of 80 characters – £750
• Ash vault renewal further ten years – £325 (optional)
• 20-year lease of Ash vault, to include a maximum of 80 characters – £1,250
• Ash vault renewal further 20 years – £650 (optional)
• Extra characters over 80 – £2.50
• Additional inscription added to an existing vault (maximum 80 characters) – £215
• Photograph – £80
• Motifs and badges and any additional designs at manufacturer’s costs – price on application
• Additional casket placement into an existing vault (per item) – £50
• Additional placement of any other item into an existing vault (per opening) – £17.50

Unfortunately, we are unable to reserve graves for a period of no longer than four weeks before an exclusive right of burial must be purchased

• Adult – 18 years and over – full lawned grave – burial rights for 50 years – £997
• Child – aged 17 years and under – full lawned grave – burial rights for 50 years – £997 (Please note there is no charge to the public, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England)
• To purchasing of unused full lawned grave Exclusive Rights of Burial years – £22 per added year (please note you are not permitted to hold any years more than 50 years at any one time)

Please note: child – aged 17 or under – where costs are stated for a child, there is no charge to the families, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England

• Adult – 18 years and over – cremated remains lawn grave – burial rights for 50 years – £578
• Child – 17 years and under – cremated remains lawn grave – burial rights for 50 years – £578
• To purchasing of unused cremated remains lawn grave – Exclusive Rights of Burial years (please note you are not permitted to hold any years more than 50 years at any one time)
• Adult – 18 years and over, full traditional grave burial rights for 50 years – £1242
• Child – 17 years and under, full traditional grave burial rights for 50 years – £1242
• To purchasing of unused full traditional grave – Exclusive Rights of Burial years (please note you are not permitted to hold any years more than 50 years at any one time)- £26.50 per added year
• Adult – 18 years and over, cremated remains traditional grave burial rights for 50 year – £700
• Child – 17 years and under, cremated remains traditional grave burial rights for 50 years – £700
• To purchasing of unused cremated remains traditional grave Exclusive Rights of Burial years (please note you are not permitted to hold any years more than 50 years at any one time) – £15.50 per added year
• Fee for the Exclusive Rights of Burial transfer of ownership – £70 – Please note that any transfer of ownership of Exclusive Right of Burial will be subject to the production of satisfactory evidence and title and the approval of the council. The transfer/arrangement fee includes such transfer be registered in the records of the cemetery and the Deed of Grant of Exclusive Right of Burial endorsed at the Bereavement Services office
• Exclusive Rights of Burial refunds – The council may be able to buy back the plot and issue you with a refund of the original purchase payment, less the years of ownership and an administration fee. The formal date of surrender is when the Bereavement Office receives your letter of surrender instruction together with the Deed of Grant(s). When received, the Bereavement Services Office will calculate the refund owing for purchased remaining years on the Exclusive Right of Burial. Any calculations prior to the formal date of Surrender will be approximate refund figures only.

• Adult – 18 years and over – full size grave – £822
• Child – 17 years and under – full size grave – £822 (Please note there is no charge to the public, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of
• Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England)
• Body parts – £82 **Please note there is no charge for child, 17 years and under

Burials, Saturday, where available. Excluding Christmas and Easter public holidays

• Adult – 18 years and over – full size grave – £1533
• Child – 17 years and under – full size grave – £1533 (Please note there is no charge to the public, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England)

Please note: child – aged 17 or under – where costs are stated for a child, there is no charge to the families, these charges are claimed for from the Ministry of Justice Children’s Funeral Fund for England

• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of single cremated remains – £140
• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of two sets of cremated remains in the same plot, at the same time as each other – £200
• Child – 17 years and under – burial of single cremated remains – £140 (
• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of single cremated remains from another Burial and Cremation Authority – £148
• Child – 17 years and under – the burial of single cremated remains from another Burial and Cremation Authority – £148

Burial of Cremated Remains – Saturdays only, where available. Excluding Christmas and Easter public holidays.

• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of single cremated remains – £204
• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of 2 sets of cremated remains in the same plot, at the same time as each other – £265
• Child – 17 years and under – burial of single cremated remains – £204
• Adult – 18 years and over – the burial of single cremated remains from another Burial and Cremation Authority – £204
• Child – 17 years and under – the burial of single cremated remains from another Burial and Cremation Authority – £204
• Excavation of a grave space subsequently not use – £375

Please note that our aim is to process all permit applications within ten workings days from receipt in this office. However, if errors are found during any process of the application, there may be delays in its granting.

• Permit to erect a single memorial, vase and/or kerb edging (submitted as one single application)* – £135
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases.

Please note that no work should be carried out on a memorial without:

• • The authority of the person holding the Right of Burial to the grave
  • Your memorial mason submitting the application form and fee to the Council before commencing works
  • The Council granting a permit
• Permit to erect a double memorial, vase and/or kerb edging (submitted as one single application)* – £243
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases.
  Please note that no work should be carried out on a memorial without:
  • The authority of the person holding the Right of Burial to the grave
  • Your memorial mason submitting the application form and fee to the Council before commencing works
  • The Council granting a permit
• Permit to Erect a memorial retrospectively – £389 – This fee will be applied when it is noted that the memorial has been fitted and no permit application made. Please note that you may be requested, at your own costs, to remove the memorial until such a time that the permitted is granted.
• Permit for additional inscription to an existing memorial, where a previous permit has been issued – £85 –
• Permit for additional plaque/tablet within existing kerb set, where a previous permit has been issued – £85
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases as not all graves will be permitted to erect kerb edging to graves.
  Permit to subsequently erect new kerb edging where a permit has not been previously granted – £85
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases as not all graves will be permitted to erect kerb edging to graves.
  Permit to remove existing kerb edging and replace with a new memorial only – £85
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases.
  Permit to replace an existing memorial with a new memorial – £85
  *Please refer to the cemetery and crematorium rules and regulations as to the permitted sizes and types of memorials which are acceptable within our local authority managed cemeteries before committing to purchases.
  Permit for professional cleaning and or refurbishment of existing memorial only (this does not include for changing memorials and/or any added inscriptions which are to be applied for separately) – £25

• New grave plaque (to include plinth and legs) including 50 characters – £456
• Existing plaque – additional inscription up to 50 characters – £318
• Refurbishment of existing plaque – no re-lettering – £225
• Refurbishment of existing plaque, to include re-enamelling a max. of 150 characters – £325
• Additional characters over the 50 in items 100 and 101 (if space permitting) – £6
• Butterfly baby plaque (or similar) – £100

• Exhumation (this does not include any additional Exclusive Rights of Burial or re-burial costs)- £1000
• Exhumation of Cremated Remains (this does not include any additional Exclusive Rights of Burial re-burial costs) – £350