Bereavement fees and charges


We review our fees every year.

Cremations at Cambridge Crematorium

Attended cremations

  • Monday to Friday classic service: £1,155
    • From 10.30am to 3.30pm in the East Chapel
    • From 10am to 3pm in the West Chapel
  • Monday to Friday sunrise or sunset service: £800
    • 9.30am and 4.30pm in the East Chapel
    • 9am and 4pm in the West Chapel
  • Saturday service: £1,900
    • 10.30 and 11.30am in the East Chapel
    • 11am and midday in the West Chapel
  • For under-18s: No charge

Webcasts and recordings

  • Live webcast of service (available on-demand for 7 days): £75
  • Recording of service on DVD or USB drive: £70
  • Additional copy of a recording: £33
  • Include visual tribute on the recording: £37
  • Download link: £43

Visual tributes in the West chapel

  • Single still image: £22
  • Slideshow – up to 25 images with no music: £50
  • Slideshow – up to 25 images with music: £80
  • Slideshow – for each additional 25 images: £28
  • Family video file (part of slideshow): £25
  • Family video file (not part of slideshow): £35
  • Urgent service for VT after 48-hour cut-off additional fee: £90

Unattended cremations

This is a funeral where the cremation takes place without the presence of family and friends. We will collect your loved one direct from a funeral director within 25 miles of the crematorium.

  • Crematorium fee, excluding funeral director charges: £470

Additional cremation fees

  • Additional 60 minutes in the chapel: £550
  • Over-running allotted time in chapel: £105
  • Use of the chapel without cremation: £550
  • Duplicate cremation certificate: £30
  • Custom certificate: £27
  • Cancellation of the service with less than four days’ notice: £225
  • Exhumation of ashes: £280
  • Scattering ashes from other crematoria (Monday to Saturday): £110
  • Scattering ashes on Saturday where the cremation took place at Cambridge Crematorium: £55
  • Splitting of ashes – includes cremated remains box and duplicated cremated remains certificate: £45 per set required

Burials at Huntingdon Road Cemetery or Newmarket Road Cemetery

Burials

  • Burial of an adult – single-depth grave
    • Monday to Friday: £1,430
    • Saturday: £1,700
  • Burial of an adult – double-depth grave
    • Monday to Friday: £1,650
    • Saturday: £1,900
  • Burial of ashes
    • Monday to Friday: £338
    • Saturday: £418
  • Burial of a child under 18: No charge

Exclusive right of burial

  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 50 years: £1,705
  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 75 years: £2,475
  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 99 years: £3,289
  • 5-year extension to reinstate exclusive right to 99 years: £165
  • Exclusive right of burial for a child aged 2 or younger: £205

Additional burial fees

  • Permanent wooden shoring (single-depth grave): £435
  • Permanent wooden shoring for an oversized coffin (double-depth grave with closed boarding): £1,520
  • Topsoil for family-led backfill: £500
  • Use of the chapel: £550
  • Transfer of grave ownership: £85
  • Transfer of ownership using a grant of probate: £85
  • Transfer of ownership using a statutory declaration: £165
  • Duplicate deed of grant: £30
  • Cancellation of the service after the grave has been dug: £375

Grave pre-purchase (Huntingdon Road Cemetery only)

  • 50-year lease: £3,526
  • 75-year lease: £4,345
  • 99-year lease: £5,170

Grave pre-purchase (Huntingdon Road Cemetery only)

  • 50-year lease: £6,170
  • 75-year lease: £7,603
  • 99-year lease: £9,048

Stonemasonry

Kerbset fees show the maximum headstone size (length in inches, then width, then height). All kerbset fees include a memorial-inspection fee.

  • Adult kerbset and headstone (84” x 36” x 48”): £417
  • Adult kerbset and headstone (84” x 36” x 54”): £619
  • Adult kerbset and headstone (84” x 36” x 60”): £924
  • Adult kerbset and headstone (84” x 36” x 66”): £1,392
  • Adult kerbset and headstone (36” x 36” x 48”): £276
  • Adult kerbset (84” x 36”): £200
  • Adult headstone (up to 36” high): £276
  • Headstone (up to 18” x 18”): £135
  • Infant kerbset (36” x 24” x 24”): £160
  • Additional inscriptions: £270
  • Permit for cleaning and renovation: £45
  • Memorial inspection fee: £108

Exhumations

  • Exhumation (2 years and older, full body): Price on application
  • Exhumation of a baby: £380
  • Exhumation of ashes: £275

Downloadable list of fees

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requires us to publish our bereavement fees and charges in a specific downloadable format.

Page last reviewed: 1 April 2026

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