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Cemeteries and Crematorium Fees and Charges

 

Bereavement Services

(From 03 April 2023)
Cemetery & Crematorium Fees 2023 PDF

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

Scale of Charges

Fees

Cemeteries

Exclusive Right of Burial (Resident)

£1070

Exclusive Right of Burial (Non-Resident)

£1885

Interment Fee – (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family)
 (Aged 17 years and under) excluding stillbirths

£1015

Interment fee - stillbirths (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family) £235

Interment Fee (Resident - Aged 18 years and over)

£1015

Interment Fee (Non-Resident)
Aged 18 years & over

£1840

Widening of Grave

£150

Use of Chapel

£140

Interment of Cremated Remains (Resident)

£235

Interment of Cremated Remains (Non-Resident)

£425

Burial/Cremation of Body parts or Blocks & Slides

£75

Muslim Burial Chamber £750

Providing a Double Chamber Vault

£3605

Bricking of Semi Vaults

£620

Timbering of Graves

£495

Temporary Grave Marker for New Graves

£95

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

£85

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

£105

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)  

New Grave using Chapel (Deceased and Purchaser both Residents)

£2500

New Grave using Chapel (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)

£4140

New Grave using Chapel (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)

£3315

New Grave using Chapel (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)

£3325

New Grave Direct (Deceased and Purchaser both Resident)

£2360

New Grave Direct (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)

£4000

New Grave Direct (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)

£3175

New Grave Direct (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)

£3185

Purchase Without Interment (Purchaser - Resident)

£1250

Purchase Without Interment (Purchaser - Non-Resident)

£2065

New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased and Purchaser both Resident)

£1580

New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased and Purchaser both Non-Resident)

£2585

New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased - Resident, Purchaser - Non-Resident)

£2395

New Grave for Cremated Remains (Deceased - Non-Resident, Purchaser - Resident)

£1770

Cremation

Cremation Fee (Payable by The Children’s Funeral Fund and not by the family)
(Aged 17 years and under) excluding stillbirths

£825

Cremation Fee stillbirths

£235

Cremation Fee (aged 18 years and over)
Made up by: £753 Cremation, £19 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee

£825

Cremation Fee (Non-Resident) (aged 18 years and over)
Made up by: £753 Cremation, £19 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee, £45 Non Resident fee

£870

Cremation fee (Municipal Funeral)
Made up by: £718 Cremation, £19 Med Ref, £53 Environment fee

£790

Special time 12.00 noon, 12.30pm, 1:00pm & 4.00pm

Additional fee £40

Direct Cremation fee (Resident 18 yrs & over)
No mourners in attendance by choice
Made up by: £508 Cremation, £19 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)

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)

2 Line entry

£170

5 Line entry

£205

8 Line entry

£250

5 Line entry with Emblem/Crest £305
8 Line entry with Emblem/Crest £335

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.

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)

For 20 year lease (including 1st inscription (150 characters) and placing of 1st cremated remains)

£895

Additional placing of remains and new inscription

£460

Renewal fee for 20 years

£205
Additional Characters per Letter £2

Columbarium - Dukinfield Crematorium Only
(Holds 2 cremated remains)

For 20 year lease (including 1st inscription (150 characters) and placing of 1st cremated remains)

£650

Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline

+£55
+£65

With Photo

+£105

Additional placing of remains and new inscription

£360

Renewal fee for 20 years

£205

Additional Characters per Letter £2

Dukinfield Crematorium - Perspex Plaques along Main Drive

Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)

£400

Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline

+£55
+£65

Photograph

+£105

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

Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)

£495

Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline

+£55
+£65

Photograph

+£105

Additional Characters per Letter £2

Dukinfield Crematorium - Granite Vase & Plaque

Single plaque up to 60 characters (for 10 year lease)

£545

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)

Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)

£420

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

Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)

£420

Motif Black Outline
Motif Coloured Outline

+£55
+£65

Photograph

+£105

Additional Characters per Letter £2

Memorials for Baby Section

Natural Stone & up to 70 characters

£260

Black Granite & up to 70 characters

£390

Motif (choice available)

additional £100

Additional characters

£2 (per character)

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

Single plaque up to 80 characters (for 10 year lease)

£495

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

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

£215

Scattering of cremated remains on Remembrance Gardens

£65

Renewal of Plaque (for 10yrs lease)

£105

Garden of Rest - Denton Cemetery Only

Interment of cremated remains & Stone Tablet (Deceased - Resident)
(£235 for Interment of Cremated remains & £310 for Stone Tablet)

£545

Interment of cremated remains & Stone Tablet (Deceased - Non-Resident)
(£425 for Interment of Cremated remains & £310 for Stone Tablet)

£735

If a Granite Garden of Rest Tablet is required (rather than a stone one)

Additional £50

Memorial Benches (including 1 plaque & fixing of bench)

All Cemeteries & Crematorium

£745

Additional plaques on benches
(N.B Position of Bench to be agreed with Bereavement Services Manager)

£350

Selection of Bench Location on Site (Essential) £55

Memorial Tree (Dukinfield Crematorium Only)

Leaf - 5 year lease £275
Leaf - Renewal for a further 5 year lease £52.50
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
Contact by Post

Registrar's Office
Dukinfield Cemetery and Crematorium
Hall Green Road
Dukinfield
SK16 4EP
Contact by Telephone
0161 342 4461