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Cemeteries and Crematorium Fees and Charges

Bereavement Services

(From 01 April 2024)
Cemetery & Crematorium Fees 2024 PDF

The Council provides cemeteries at Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Mottram and has a crematorium in Dukinfield.

Cemeteries

Scale of ChargesFees
Exclusive Right of Burial (Resident)£1120
Exclusive Right of Burial (Non-Resident)£1970
Interment Fee – (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family)
(Aged 17 years and under) excluding stillbirths
£1060
Interment fee - stillbirths (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family)£245
Interment Fee (Resident - Aged 18 years and over)£1060
Interment Fee (Non-Resident)
Aged 18 years & over
£1885
Widening of Grave£150
Use of Chapel£145
Interment of Cremated Remains (Resident)£245
Interment of Cremated Remains (Non-Resident)£435
Burial/Cremation of Body parts or Blocks & Slides£75
Muslim Burial Chamber£780
Providing a Double Chamber Vault£3745
Bricking of Semi Vaults£650
Timbering of Graves£495
Temporary Grave Marker for New Graves£100
Right to Erect a Headstone£180
Right to retrofit Kerbs to Headstone£55
Inscription Fee on Headstone or Kerb£55
Foundations to Monuments£180
Removal of Kerbs for Purpose of Burial£85
Removal of unauthorised railings/edgings etc, for purpose of Burial£85
Right to Place a Vase£20
Searching Register (per grave)£25
A Wooden Casket for Cremated Remains£75
Use of Droylsden Chapel Organ£28
Transfer of Ownership including 1 Deed£90
Duplicate Grave Deed (to grave owner only)£25
Selection of Grave / Bench£55
Extract of Burial/Cremation Register£25
Weekend/Bank Holiday on cost (Muslim Interments)£525
Renewal of plaques for 10 years£110
Transfer of plaque to new position£40

All grave fees below are inclusive of the exclusive right of burial fee, interment fee, foundation fee, temporary marker fee (and chapel fee, if applicable)

Scale of ChargesFees
New Grave using Chapel (Deceased and Purchaser both Residents)£2605
New Grave using Chapel (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)£4280
New Grave using Chapel (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)£3455
New Grave using Chapel (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)£3430
New Grave Direct (Deceased and Purchaser both Resident)£2460
New Grave Direct (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)£4135
New Grave Direct (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)£3310
New Grave Direct (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)£3285
Purchase Without Interment (Purchaser - Resident)£1300
Purchase Without Interment (Purchaser - Non-Resident)£2150
New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased and Purchaser both Resident)£1645
New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)£2685
New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)£2495
New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)£1835

Cremation

Scale of ChargesFees
Cremation Fee (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family)
(Aged 17 years and under) excluding stillbirths
£860
Cremation Fee stillbirths£245
Cremation Fee (aged 18 years and over)
Made up by: £787 Cremation, £20 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee
£860
Cremation Fee (Non-Resident) (aged 18 years and over)
Made up by: £787 Cremation, £20 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee, £45 Non Resident fee
£905
Cremation fee (Municipal Funeral)
Made up by: £752 Cremation, £20 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee
£825
Special time 12.00 noon, 12.30pm, 1:00pm & 4.00pmAdditional fee £40
Direct Cremation fee (Resident 18 yrs & over)
No mourners in attendance by choice
Made up by: £507 Cremation, £20 Med Ref, £53 Environment Fee
Non Resident – Additional Fee
£580


£45
Scatter of Cremated Remains at Dukinfield Crematorium if Witnessed by family£30
Scatter Cremated Remains if Cremation Carried out Elsewhere (any cemetery)£65
Storage fee for ‘retained’ cremated remains at Crematorium (per week)£20

Media Options (Dukinfield Crematorium only)

Scale of ChargesFees
Webcast of service£60
Downloadable recording of service (NOT including visual tributes)£45
Downloadable recording of service (Including visual tributes)£55
DVD or USB recording of service (NOT including visual tributes)£60
DVD or USB recording of service (Including visual tributes)£70
Visual tribute to music (Dukinfield Crematorium only) Photos only up to a max 25 photos£60
Visual tribute/slideshow WITHOUT music (Dukinfield Crematorium only) Photos only up to a max 25 photos£40
For every additional 25 images£20
Visual tribute (1 still photo or order of service displayed throughout)£25
Family video file including 1 single still image£45
Downloadable video file of tributes only£20
DVD or USB of tributes£35
URGENT SERVICE - additional fee for tribute requests received after 48hr cut off period£100

Dukinfield Crematorium - Memorials Book of Remembrance (All inclusive of VAT)

Scale of ChargesFees
2 Line entry£175
5 Line entry£210
8 Line entry£255
5 Line entry with Emblem/Crest£310
8 Line entry with Emblem/Crest£340

Memorials

All memorials are on a lease period. At the end of the lease terms, if the memorial is not renewed, the plaque becomes the property of the Council. Should any family wish to take the plaque away from the site for their own personal use, a nominal fee is payable to the Council.

Scale of ChargesFees
Purchase of memorial to take away from site at the end of lease term or prior to the end of lease£60

Sanctums (Dukinfield, Droylsden & Denton only)
(Holds 4 cremated remains)

Scale of ChargesFees
For 20 year lease (including 1st inscription (150 characters) and placing of 1st cremated remains)£935
Additional placing of remains and new inscription£470
Renewal fee for 20 years£220
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Columbarium - Dukinfield Crematorium Only
(Holds 2 cremated remains)

Scale of ChargesFees
For 20 year lease (including 1st inscription (150 characters) and placing of 1st cremated remains)£680
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
With Photo+£105
Additional placing of remains and new inscription£370
Renewal fee for 20 years£220
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Dukinfield Crematorium - Perspex Plaques along Main Drive

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)£420
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105

Dukinfield Crematorium - Lodge Memorial Garden
and Chapel Memorial Garden Boutonniere Plaques

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)£515
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Dukinfield Crematorium - Granite Vase & Plaque

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 60 characters (for 10 year lease)£565
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Dukinfield Crematorium - Stone Look Commemorative Plaques (Brown)
(Located inside the Lodge for 5 years, then 5 years outside)

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)£440
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Stone Look Commemorative Plaque (Grey)
(Located Behind the Lodge at Dukinfield Crematorium & at Droylsden Cemetery

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)£440
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Memorials for Baby Section

Scale of ChargesFees
Natural Stone & up to 70 characters£270
Black Granite & up to 70 characters£410
Motif (choice available)additional £100
Additional characters£2 (per character)

Cemetery Memorials
(Boutonniere plaques at Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden & Hyde)

Scale of ChargesFees
Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)£515
Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline
+£55
+£65
Photograph+£105
Additional Characters per Letter£2

Brass Plaques in Gardens of Remembrance
 Audenshaw, Denton, Hyde, & Mossley Cemeteries

Scale of ChargesFees
Supply & Fix brass memorial plaque (fixed for 10 years)
(Standard wording with Name, Date of Death, Age and Choice of Epitaph)
1. Dearly Loved
2. Rest in Peace
3. Treasured Memories
£225
Scattering of cremated remains on Remembrance Gardens£65
Renewal of Plaque (for 10yrs lease)£105

Garden of Rest - Denton Cemetery Only

Scale of ChargesFees
Interment of cremated remains & Stone Tablet (Deceased - Resident)
(£235 for Interment of Cremated remains & £310 for Stone Tablet)
£565
Interment of cremated remains & Stone Tablet (Deceased - Non-Resident)
(£425 for Interment of Cremated remains & £310 for Stone Tablet)
£755
If a Granite Garden of Rest Tablet is required (rather than a stone one)Additional £60

Memorial Benches (including 1 plaque & fixing of bench)

Scale of ChargesFees
All Cemeteries & Crematorium£780
Additional plaques on benches
(N.B Position of Bench to be agreed with Bereavement Services Manager)
£360
Selection of Bench Location on Site (Essential)£55

Memorial Tree (Dukinfield Crematorium Only)

Scale of ChargesFees
Leaf - 5 year lease£290
Leaf - Renewal for a further 5 year lease£55
Motif - Choices available£65

Further information regarding fees and charges in connection with inscriptions in the Book of Remembrance or provisions of Plaques at Dukinfield Crematorium and Tameside Cemeteries can be obtained from the Registrar's Office at the Crematorium.

Any additional information can be obtained on application to the Registrar's Office at the address given below during normal office hours: 9.00am to 12noon and 1.00pm to 4.00pm (including Ashton (Hurst), Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Mossley and Mottram Cemeteries).

Contact information

Send us a message
0161 342 4461
Registrar's Office
Dukinfield Cemetery and Crematorium
Hall Green Road
Dukinfield
SK16 4EP
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