Bereavement services fees and charges

Fees are for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

Cremations

Cremation fees

The cremation fee includes:

  • the use of the chapel
  • chapel attendant
  • the playing of recorded music using CDS, MP3 players or from our online music library (Obitus) where available
  • the scattering of cremated remains on a weekday by appointment
  • medical referee fee
  • provision of one container for the cremated remains.

The fees apply at both Lambeth and West Norwood Crematoria.

Service Fee
Adult Cremation (16 years or over) £900
Direct cremation (no service) £305
Double adult cremation (one service) £1352
Early morning cremation service - 30 minutes only (8.30am and 9.00am) £440
Cremation of a child (6 -16 years old) £399
Cremation of a child (under five years old) £0
Cremation on Saturday morning (by arrangement only) £1,430
Cremation on a Sunday morning (by arrangement only) £2,700
Cremation of body parts or tissue £125

Crematoria Visual and Webcasting

Webcasting Services

Fee

Webcast Live * £49
Live and 28 days Watch Again £60
Physical Copy –DVD/Blu-Ray/USB/CD £67
Second Copy £28
Video Book – April 2023 £95
Memory Box – April 2023 £130

*Please note this service is dependent on internet connection, we cannot accept responsibility for any service disruption or power outage.

The streaming begins at the allocated funeral time, please note if the cortege is late or the service overruns the funeral may not be fully captured.


Visual Tribute Services

Visual Tribute Service Fee
Halo Photo (displayed throughout) £0
Single Photo (displayed at time of choosing) £18
Extra Single Photo £12
Simple Slideshow £48
Music Tribute – 25 photos timed to a piece of music £91
Themed Tribute -coming in 2023 £100
Bespoke Tribute – coming in 2023 £400
Family Supplied Video £24
Checking physical copy of pro photo tribute (DVD/Blu Ray/USB) £37
Downloadable copy of tribute £18
Postage of Physical Copies £5.50

Variances

Variance Fee
Additional physical copies £37
Each extra 25 photos £31
Extra Work £31

Packages

Packages Fee
Lambeth Web Package – Single Photo, Music Tribute, Live and 1 x Keepsake Item (DVD or USB) £160
Services for Young People – Live, Single photo and Basic Slideshow £0

Chapel and service fees

Service Fee
Additional crematorium chapel time or memorial service (45 minutes) £225
Late to crematorium or missing allocated time slot* £173
Late Cancellation fee (for notice less than 48 hours before service) £173
Use of organ (organist to be provided) £31
Use of projector (Lambeth only) or monitor (West Norwood) £31
Coffin waiting - to convey deceased to chapel at any time prior to committal £50

*This fee is levied to the funeral director who is responsible for the timing of the cortege.

Cremated remains fees

For cremation graves see 'Burial fees'.

Service Fee
Additional Cremated Remains Container £58
Appointment to enclose remains in niche or sanctum £72
Cremation bearer – prebooked £49
Weekend fee for interment of ashes or scattering appointment £154
Transfer of remains into own casket or multiple keepsakes £72
Temporary Deposit Fee after agreed period (per month) £56
Scattering cremated remains from another crematorium £154
Weekend surcharge for appointments £154
Booked weekend office appointment £42
Wooden casket for cremated remains £88
Retention of cremated remains (monthly charge over first month) £122

Miscellaneous fees

Service Fee
Overseas certificate (must be ordered from the office) £43
Duplicate cremation certificate £43
Certified extract from the cremated remains register £42
Witness charge (by arrangement only at Lambeth) £50
Transfer of exclusive rights of burial £106
Search fee (per name) £35
Additional cremated remains container £58
Cremation bond – prepaid cremation fee £900

Burials

Burial fees

New earthen graves are only available at Lambeth and Streatham cemeteries. Metal and wooden caskets are not permitted.

Lambeth and Wandsworth residents

All renewals of grave tenure for the relevant grave and tenure are subject to pricing.

Proof of residence in Lambeth or Wandsworth is required.

Person Exclusive Rights of Burial Fee
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 25 years £3,790
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 50 years £6,608
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 75 years £9,930
Child grave (0-5 years old) 25 years £752
Child grave (0-5 years old) 50 years £1,505
Child grave (0-5 years old) 75 years £2,256
Child grave (6-18 years old) 25 years £1,466
Child grave (6-18 years old) 50 years £2,934
Child grave (6-18 years old) 75 years £4,400

Non-residents

Person Exclusive Rights of Burial Fee
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 25 years £6,152
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 50 years £12,419
Adult grave (19 years old and over) 75 years £18,392
Child grave (0-5 years old) 25 years £1,453
Child grave (0 -5 years old) 50 years £2,906
Child grave (0-5 years old) 75 years £4,358
Child grave (6-18 years old) 25 years

£3,260

Child grave (6-18 years old) 50 years £6,520
Child grave (6-18 years old) 75 years £9,798

Natural graves

Lambeth Cemetery only – no memorial rights.

Residents

Resident  Year Fee
Resident casket grave 25 years £3,979
Resident casket grave 50 years  £6,938
Resident casket grave 75 years  £9,798

Non residents

Non Resident Year Fee
Non resident casket grave 25 years £6,512
Non resident casket grave 50 years £12,914
Non resident casket grave 75 years  £18,923

Casket graves

Lambeth Cemetery only.

Residents

Resident  Year Fee
Resident casket grave 25 years £3,979
Resident casket grave 50 years  £6,938
Resident casket grave 75 years  £9,798

Non residents

Non Resident Year Fee
Non resident casket grave 25 years £6,512
Non resident casket grave 50 years £12,914
Non resident casket grave 75 years  £18,923

Cremation graves

Proof of residence in Lambeth or Wandsworth is required to pay the resident price.

Type Years Resident| non-resident
Cremated remains grave 25 years £2,270 | £6,709
Cremated remains grave 50 years £4,542 | £13,410
Cremated remains grave 75 years £6,813 | £20,094

Other

There is a fee of £75 for testing grave depth.

Chambers and mausoleums

These are only available at Lambeth and Streatham cemeteries.

The same fees apply for resident and non-residents of Lambeth and Wandsworth.

Service Fee
Purchase of exclusive rights for 50 years for burial chamber* £13,550
Purchase of exclusive rights for 50 years for side-charging mausoleum £11,616
Purchase of exclusive rights for 50 years for a granite clad mausoleum £20,450 
Additional Work for Chamber Inscription POA
Characters, modern language inscription POA
Side-charging mausoleum front piece inscription POA
Second inscription to existing tablet POA
Photo plaque to be added to chamber tablet £403
Photo proof £23
Stencil to match existing inscription £122

*This includes the first 80 letters on in situ memorial and first interment. Please note the Streatham offer incorporates a new design and can accommodate two American style caskets.

Interment fees

Test Fee
Adult interment fee £1,920
Adult Interment - Casket Area £2,943
Adult interment into private vault £1,920
Child interment fee (over five years) £964
Cremated remains interment including wooden casket £374 | £715
Cremated Remains – each multiple interment on same day £71.50
Interment in adult public grave (Lambeth Cemetery only) £3,679
Interment in Private Vault £1,920
Second Interment in a burial chamber £968
Oversize coffin fee (over 6’6 by 26) £880
Additional interment in same grave on same day £281
Alteration to coffin size after initial confirmation £72.00

We must be notified and agree to coffin sizes over 6’6 by 26’ 48 hours before the interment for any non casket grave.

Burial chapel fees

Weekend services are by appointment only

Service Fee
Use of burial chapel (30 minutes) £138
Use of burial chapel (60 minutes) £220
Graveside booked service (30 minutes) £97
Additional service time in burial chapel (after 1st hour, per 30 minutes) £97
Request to use chapel for rehearsal or preparation £35
Late to burial graveside or chapel or missing allocated time slot £172
Late cancellation fee (notice being received less than 48 hours before service) £172
Photograph request of located grave or memorial £41.60
Preparation of affidavit (where deed is lost) £42
Saturday morning burial surcharge (by arrangement only) £1,040
Sunday morning burial surcharge (by arrangement only) £1,433

Burial memorial fees

These apply to Lambeth, Streatham and West Norwood cemeteries.

Please check the regulations of the relevant cemetery before submitting a permit. You'll need to ensure that if it is consecrated ground, you will also complete a faculty application.

Service Fee
Rights to place a memorial on a private grave for 25/50/75 years £325/£644/£965
Rights to add kerbs (Lambeth only where available) £160
Rights to place a full memorial for 25/50/75 years (Lambeth only) £438/£879/£1,318
Replacement memorial or additional inscription or photo plaque on existing memorials £160
Permit to add vase or tablet (where permitted) £49.50
Cleaning or renovation (permit required) £49.50
Grave tidy appointment £72
Top up grave (after 1st year) £72
Top up topsoil £127
Remove a headstone for burial £182

Exhumation fees

Please discuss with the relevant cemetery office. Exhumation can only take place with the proper lawful authority, the consent of the holder of the exclusive rights for burial, and with the permission of the council.

Service Fee
Exhumation of first coffin from a private or public grave £4,753
Exhumation of any subsequent coffins on the same day £820
Exhumation of cremated remains from a private grave £1,162
Exhumation of cremated remains from a cremated remains grave £694
Exhumation of subsequent cremated remains on same day £795

Miscellaneous fees

Service Fee
Parking on site per day (Fee levied if not attending a funeral or visiting the cemetery) £25.20
Request to open or close cemetery (outside working times) £146.00
Filming or Reece Request (per hour outside working times) £146.00
Filming Request for Catacombs (accompanied hourly rate) £146.00

Call us on 0207 926 7999 to discuss the hire of rooms for non-funeral purposes. Room hire is charged at £35 for one hour (weekdays) and £69 (weekends) for 8 hours maximum.