Fees and Charges 2012/2013 - With Effect From 1 April 2012
All burial charges are trebled in price for non-Borough residents (except, at the discretion of the Bereavement Service Manager, former residents who were placed in an elderly persons home or with relatives outside of the Borough for the latter years of their life).
New grave prices should be calculated by adding together the Exclusive Right of Burial Fee and the Interment Fee for the depth required. Charges are based on a coffin size 203cm (80ins) in length by 66cms (26ins) in width. Additional oversize charge: £100.00
NB: All burial charges are trebled in price for non-Borough residents
| Type of Charge | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Purchased Graves | |
| *includes VAT | |
| Deed of Exclusive Right of Burial (Private Grave) | £730 |
| Half Size Grave for cremated remains (Stone & Swanscombe only) | £490 |
| Interment (Burial) to Depth up to 4ft 6ins (Single Depth) | |
| Stillborn and Children up to 12 months | Free |
| Stillborn and children up to 12 months non borough resident | Free |
| Children over 12 months and up to 16 years | £220 |
| Adults (17 years and over) | £475 |
| Interment (Burial) to Depth up to 6ft 6ins (Double Depth) | |
| Stillborn and children up to 12 months | £280 |
| Children over 12 months and up to 16 years | £400 |
| Adults (17 years and over) | £590 |
| Interment (Burial) to Depth up to 8ft 6ins (Triple Depth) Re-open only | |
| Stillborn and children up to 12 months | £335 |
| Children over 12 months and up to 16 years | £520 |
| Adults (17 years and over) | £815 |
| Additional Charge when a Casket (bio-degradable only) is used instead of a coffin | |
| Interments up to 4ft 6ins | £145 |
| Interments up to 6ft 6ins | £265 |
| Internment up to 8ft 6ins | £385 |
| Burial of Cremated Remains | |
| In bio degradable container | £175 |
| Right to scatter cremated remains | £80 |
| Chapel Fees (including taped music or CD facilities) | |
| Use of Chapel at the cemetery. | £145 |
| Use of Chapel at the cemetery (non Borough Residents) | £290 |
| Unpurchased Graves | |
| Stillborn and Children up to 12 months | Free |
| Stillborn and children up to 12 months non borough resident | £280 |
| Children over 12 months and up to 16 years | £335 |
| Adults (17 years and over) | £475 |
| Memorial Permit Application Fees | |
| Headstone including first inscription | £180 |
| Full kerb memorial including first inscription | £240 |
| Additional tablet/vase with inscription on existing memorial | £105 |
| Each additional inscription | £80 |
| Each additional tablet/vase/kerbs without inscription | £80 |
| Clean and repair (Permit required) | Free |
| Stillborn and children up to 12 months tablet/vase (permit required) | Free |
| Memorials for Stillborn and children up to 12 months non borough residents | Standard Fees Apply |
| Replacement of old/worn memorials (permit required) | Free |
| Miscellaneous Fees | |
| *Grave Identification and selection | £150 |
| Deed of Assignment/Transfer | £50 |
| *Search fee per name | £25 |
| Certified copy of entry in burial register | £25 |
*Top Soiling and seeding of grave (on request) |
£25 |
*Search Fee Per name (to be paid in advance) |
£25 |
| Watling Street Garden of Remembrance | |
| Sanctum 2000 Columbaria (period 25 years inclusive of first interment & inscription up to 80 letters) | £1150 |
| Second interment of cremated remains | £175 |
| Additional inscribed plaque for second internment | £220 |
| Additional inscribed letters - per letter | £1.85 |
| Photo plaque | £165 |
| Motif | £150 |
| Renewal fee on expiry of lease for further 25 years | at Current Fee |
| Memorial pergola (10 year lease, cast bronze plaque up to 80 letters, scattering of cremated remains, floral tribute vase and holder) | £450 |
| Additional cast bronze plaque | £175 |
| Scattering of additional cremated remains on dedicated lawn area | £80 |
| Renewal fee on expiry of lease for further 10 years | at Current Fee |
| Balmoral Memorial Bench (25 year lease, engraved cast bronze plaque up to 80 letters, scattering of cremated remains, floral tribute vase and holder | £950 |
| Additional cast bronze plaque | £115 |
| Scattering of additional cremated remains on dedicated lawn area | £80 |
| Renewal fee on expiry of lease for further 25 years | at Current Fee |
*Hire of excavator excavation of graves other than those programmed by the Council is charged at hire cost for the time required, plus admin charge.
Exhumation on application
THESE CHARGES INCLUDE VAT
