Crematorium and cemetery price information

It is important to find out if the deceased person had a funeral plan. This would generally cover the costs of the funeral.

If the person paying for the funeral is receiving any means tested benefits they may be able to claim financial help from the Government.

• Cremation fees
• Scattering of ashes
• Memorial items
  • Book of Remembrance
  • Memorial card
  • Bronze kerb memorial plaque
  • Baby memorial plaque
  • Memorial vase and tablet
  • Memorial tree and beds
  • Memorial bench
  • Birdbath plaque
  • Refurbishment of plaques
  • Granite wall plaque (Hall of Memory)
  • Leaf memorial (Hall of Memory)
  • Sanctum for ashes
• Cemetery fees
  • Graves
    • Exclusive rights of burial for 50 years (deed of grant)
    • Interment fees (dig fee) for full burials
    • Interment fees (dig fee) for ashes
    • Vaulted or walled graves
    • Common graves
  • Monuments, gravestones, tablets and kerb sets (permit fee)
  • Associated fees for burials
  • Other fees and charges
  • Obitus webcasting services

Cremation fees

Type	Fee
Cremation of a body, 18 years or older (mercury abatement included in fee £56)	£995
Early morning service (9.15am and 10.00am service only in the South Chapel)	£710
Witness direct cremation (without service, no minister) 9.00 am West Chapel only	£495
Cremation without service (no attendance by family/friends or minister) West Chapel only	£330
Cremation for a Public Health funeral	£685
Foetus, stillborn infant or child under 18 years	Free of charge
Additional service time extension of 30 minutes or memorial service over run charge (if affecting next service or overtime)	£565
Retention of cremated remains per month after the second month	£88
Out of England Certificate (certified extract) or Copy Certificate	£40

Cremation fee includes:

• medical referee’s fee
• use of the chapel for a 30 minute service
• the Obitus music system, for the service music requirements
• the environmental levy of £56

Scattering of ashes

Type	Fee
Cremated remains strewn at Reading Crematorium where person was cremated elsewhere	£100
Cremated remains strewn at Reading Crematorium, where the remains were removed and returned more than 12 months after the cremation took place at Reading Crematorium	£50

Ashes

Type	Fee
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 10 years on a Lawn Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£250
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 15 years on a Lawn Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£375
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 25 years on a Lawn Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£625
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 10 years on a Traditional Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£335
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 15 years on a Traditional Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£500
Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial for an additional 25 years on a Traditional Grave (Trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£840
Extension of Exclusive Rights for each additional 10 years on a Cremated Remains Grave (2 person) (trebled for out of borough) to the maximum period allowed	£135
Extension of Exclusive Rights for each additional 15 years on a Cremated Remains Grave (2 person) (trebled for out of borough) to a maximum period allowed	£213
Extension of Exclusive Rights for each additional 25 years on a Cremated Remains Grave (2 person) (trebled for out of borough) to a maximum period allowed	£348

Memorial items

Book of Remembrance

Type	Fee
Two line entry	£88
Five line entry	£140
Eight line entry	£187
Five line with illuminated capital	£209
Five line with a motif or service badge	£235
Eight line with illuminated capital	£262
Eight line with a motif or service badge	£338
A full coat of arms	£431
Cost per extra line (max 11 line entry)	£33

Memorial card

Type	Fee
Two line entry	£51
Five line entry	£86
Eight line entry	£120
Five line entry with any type of motif	£167
Eight line entry with any type of motif	£186

Bronze kerb memorial plaque

Type	Fee
Single plaque 6”x4” and 10 year lease	£330
Single plaque with motif and 10 year lease	£354
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£210
Replacement/new plaque	£120
Replacement/new plaque with motif	£144
Additional cost for a cameo to be placed on plaque	£120

Baby memorial items

Type	Fee
Renewal of lease for a further 5 years (existing wall plaques)	£30
Initial set up of plaque	£150
Replacement plaque	£84

Memorial vase and tablet

Type	Fee
Vase, tablet and 10 year lease	£597.80
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£305

Memorial tree and memorial beds

Type	Fee
Memorial tree/bed for a period of 10 years including a stem plaque	£1,169
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£635

Memorial bench

Type	Fee
Memorial bench for a period of 10 years including a bench plaque	£1,680
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£714
Replacement/additional tree or bench plaque	£186

Birdbath memorial plaques

Type	Fee
Small birdbath plaque (row 1) and 10 year lease	£431
Row 2 and 10 year lease	£488.60
Medium birdbath plaque (row 3) and 10 year lease	£557
Row 4 and 10 year lease	£647
Large birdbath plaque (row 5) and 10 year lease	£731
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£305

Refurbishment of plaques

Type	Fee
Refurbishment of single plaque	£30
Refurbishment of double plaque	£50

Granite wall plaque (Hall of Memory)

Type	Fee
Granite wall memorial plaque and 10 year lease	£503
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£305

Leaf memorial (Hall of Memory)

Type	Fee
Initial set up of leaf and lease for 5 year period	£154
Renewal lease	£76
Replacement leaf	£78

Sanctum for cremated remains

Type	Fee
Granite memorial and 25 year lease	£1,197
Renewal lease for a further 25 years	£705
Placing of ashes in the sanctum cremated at Reading Crematorium	£50
Placing of ashes in the sanctum cremated at another crematorium	£100

Cemetery fees – Henley Road including Reading Old and Victoria Road

Graves

Exclusive rights of burial for 50 years (deed of grant)

Type	Fee
Mayfield lawn and Westfield (trebled for out of borough)*	£1,215
Mayfield traditional (trebled for out of borough)*	£1,660
Park cremated remains plot for 2 (trebled for out of borough)*	£645
Graves in older sections in the cemetery	Price on application

*The charges payable for the exclusive right of burial in any grave or vault will be trebled in the case of any person who was not an inhabitant of the Borough of Reading at the time of their death. Proof maybe required in the form of a council tax bill.

Interment fees (dig fee) for full burials

Type	Fee
Interment of a person 18 years or older	£945
Interment of a child aged 5 – 17 years	£305
Interment of child under 5 years including stillborn	£140
For any burial below 6’6” feet in depth standard, an additional charge will be made, in the lawn or traditional cemetery only, per burial for 18 years and older	£325
Additional depth for under 18 years old	£195

Additional depth charge will be made for coffin/casket burials 18 inches plus in depth to allow for 2 burials within one grave and to remain with in legal requirements.

Interment fees (dig fee) for ashes

Type	Fee
Interment of ashes 18 years or older	£160
Interment of ashes of a child aged 5-17 years	£40
Interment of ashes under 5 years	£25
Additional charge to be added for interment of ashes from away	£60
Interment of ashes at full burial depth	£945

Vaulted or walled graves

Type	Fee
Muslim brick lined grave interment double depth	Price on application
Reopen of vault	£945

This fee includes the building the cost of the grave being brick lined.

Common grave

Type	Fee
If the body is that of a person aged 16 years or over	£945
If the body is that of a person over 5 years	£165
If the body is that of a stillborn child or under 5 years old	Free of charge

Monuments, gravestones, tablets and kerb sets (permit fee)

For the right to erect any gravestone or monument on a grave space.

Type	Fee
Traditional grave	£335
Lawn grave	£230
Cremated remains section (flat tablets)	£90
Cremated remains headstone	£90
Additional inscription or works	£78

Associated fees for burials

Type	Fee
Use of chapel prior to burial for a person 18 years and over	£565
Use of chapel for NVF, stillborn or child under 18 years old	£100

Other fees and charges

Type	Fee
Transfer of grant of exclusive right of burial	£95
Search fee for up to 4 records, per enquiry	£17
Search fee for 1 record	£5
Charge for provision of a Quran grave	£1,165
Exhumation of a body	Price on application
Exhumation of ashes	£275
Administration fee for public health	£285
Bench maintenance (power wash and treatment with teak oil)	£90
Removal of trees from plots	Price on application
Moving/resiting of a memorial plaque	£67
Administration fee	£67

Obitus webcast services

Type	Fee
Live and on-demand webcast (28 days watch again)	£60
Copy of webcast recording on DVD, Blu-ray or USB memory stick and audio CD	£60
Additional copy CD, DVD, Blu-ray or USB	£32
Halo/Single photo	Free
Simple slideshow (up to 25 photos)	£52
Photo music tribute (up to 25 photos)	£78
Additional 25 photos	£28
Family supplied video checking	£30
Downloadable copy of pro photo tribute	£14
Extra work required on tributes	£28
DVD of pro photo tribute only	£28
Price on request for additional services for webcast and tributes	Price on application
Themed tribute (up to 25 photos)	£99
Video book	£95
Memory box	£130
2nd copy of video book	£50
2nd copy of memory box	£70