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Cemetery, burial and cremation costs

The Council provides cemeteries at Hither Green, Grove Park, Ladywell and Brockley.

Scale of charges from January 2010 

Graves

Lawn grave, non border  £1029
Lawn grave, border £1236
Full memorial grave, non border £1411
Full memorial grave, border £1599
Cremated remains or baby graves, resident £611

Burial fees

Resident under 16 years old no charge
Resident over 16 years and older £1082
Additional fee for caskets and coffins 30 inches wide and over £70 per ft
Non resident, under 2 years  £247
Non resident, over 2 years and adult £4328

Cremation costs

Adults, Monday to Friday (9am and 9.30) £375
Adults, Monday to Friday (10am to 4pm) £475
Adults, Saturdays £713
Adults, Sundays £950
Resident child aged under 16 years no fee
Non resident child aged under 2 years £52
Non-resident child over 2 years as adult fees

Burial of cremated remains (ashes)

resident £158
non-resident £632

Memorial fees

Right to erect a memorial, full or lawn section £219
Right to erect a memorial on a public grave  £43
Addition inscription on existing memorial  £61

Chapel fees

Use of chapel £72
Use of chapel organ £20
Organist fee £60

Exhumation and reburial fees

Resident exhumation £2148
Each additional resident coffin removed £668
Non resident exhumation £8592
Each additional non-resident coffin removed £2672
Resident reburial £1056
Non resident reburial £4328

Other charges

Searching register (per grave) £33
Transfer of ownership £40
Customs certificate £24

Please note the fees and charges detailed above are those charged by Bereavement Services. They do not include any fees or charges levied by Funeral Director or any other agency in respect of any burial, cremation or exhumation service provided.

Contact us
Bereavement services
Hither Green Crematorium, Verdant Lane, London SE6 1TP
Tel: 020 8698 4955 or 020 8697 2555