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)	£1065
Early morning service (9.15am and 10.00am service only in the South Chapel)	£745
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	£710
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

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 single plaque (6″ x 4″)

Type	Fee
Plaque and 10 year lease	£330
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
Resitting or moving of plaque to another path	£70
Refurbishment of plaque	£30

Bronze kerb memorial double plaque (12″ x 4″)

Type	Fee
Plaque and 10 year lease	£620
Plaque with motif and 10 year lease	£668
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£380
Replacement/new plaque	£240
Replacement/new plaque with motif	£288
Additional cost for a cameo to be placed on plaque	£120
Resitting or moving of plaque to another path	£70
Refurbishment of plaque	£50

Baby memorial items

Type	Fee
Renewal of lease for a further 5 years (existing wall plaques)	£30
Initial set up of plaque	£150 (50%) will be paid by Willow Group)
Replacement plaque	£84

Memorial vase and tablet

Type	Fee
Vase, tablet and 10 year lease	£613
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£320

Memorial tree and memorial beds

Type	Fee
Memorial tree/bed for a period of 10 years including a stem plaque	£1,194
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£660

Memorial bench

Type	Fee
Memorial bench for a period of 10 years including a bench plaque	£1,716
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£750
Replacement/additional tree or bench plaque	£186

Birdbath memorial plaques

Type	Fee
Small birdbath plaque (row 1) and 10 year lease	£446
Row 2 and 10 year lease	£504
Medium birdbath plaque (row 3) and 10 year lease	£572
Row 4 and 10 year lease	£662
Large birdbath plaque (row 5) and 10 year lease	£746
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£320

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	£518
Renewal of lease for a further 10 years	£320

Leaf memorial (Hall of Memory)

Type	Fee
Initial set up of leaf and lease for 5 year period	£158
Renewal lease	£80
Replacement leaf	£78

Sanctum for cremated remains

Type	Fee
Granite memorial and 25 year lease	£1,242
Renewal lease for a further 25 years	£750
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 for borough resident	Fee for out of borough resident
Lawn Grave (Mayfield & Westfield)	£1,306	£4,023
Traditional Grave (Mayfield & Westfield)	£1,660	£4980
Muslim mounded (Westfield only)	£1,660	£4980
Park cremated remains plot for 2 (Desk Tablet)	£645	£1,935
Muslim Vault	£3,438	£7,040
Graves in older sections in the cemetery	Price on application	Price on application

For all new burials please add the interment fee to the Exclusive Rights fee for your total cost

Adult interment fees (dig fee) for full burials/re-open of existing grave for full burials

Type	Fee
Lawn grave	£1,039
Traditional grave	£1,417
Cremated remains grave	£200
Cremated remains from away surcharge	£65
Muslim vault	£1,417
Burial of cremated remains at full burial depth (6ft 6)	£1,039
Additional depth to approx. 7ft 6	£350

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 under 18 years

Type	Fee
Re-open of grave for the burial of a child under 18 yrs (including NVF, Stillborn & Body parts)	£335
Re-open of grave for the burial of cremated remains of a child under 5 years	£30
Re-open of a grave for the burial of cremated remains of a child aged 5-17 yrs	£45
Reopen of grave for burial of cremated remains at full burial depth	£335
Additional depth to approx. 7ft 6	£210

Burial into common/public grave

Type	Fee
Deceased aged over 18 years	£1,039
Deceased child under the age of 18yrs	£335
NVF & Stillborn child	Free of charge

Permit Fees for monuments, gravestones, tablets and kerb sets – for the right to erect any gravestone or monument on a grave space.

Type	Fee
Traditional grave	£335
Lawn grave (Park & Mayfeild)	£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 (30-minute service)	£565
Use of chapel for under 18 years old (30-minute service)	£100

Extension of exclusive right of burial lease extensions for in borough residents

Type	10 years extension	15 years extension	25 years extension
Lawn grave & Flat Tablets Cremated Remains	£260	£390	£650
Traditional Grave	£335	£500	£840
Cremated remains for 2 person (double if 4 person)	£142	£213	£355

Other fees and charges

Type	Fee
Transfer of grant of exclusive right of burial	£120
Exhumation of Cremated Remains	£300
Public Health Administration	£300
Charge for the provision of a Quran grave	Price on application
Exhumation of a body	Price on application
Repairs after memorial testing	Price on application
Bench maintenance (power wash and treatment with teak oil)	£96