Cemetery and crematorium fees and charges

Lawn grave

(Headstone only)

City resident:

• £1,690 (over 18)
• £455 (under 18)

Non-resident:

• £3,380 (over 18)
• £910 (under 18)

Traditional grave

(Headstone and full grave surround kerb sets)

City resident

• £3,150 (over 18)
• £725 (under 18)

Non-resident

• £6,300 (over 18)
• £1,450 (under 18)

Cremated remains plot

• City resident: £920 (any age)
• Non-resident: £1,840 (any age)

Saffron Hill Cemetery Casket Garden

(Cremated remains plot with granite memorial tablet included)

• City resident: £1,600 (any age)
• Non-resident: £2,500 (any age)

Shared children's grave

(No individual rights of burial given)

• City resident/non-resident: no charge (up to one month of age)

Please note: Exclusive rights of burial are granted for a period of 50 years. Renewal of exclusive rights of burial are granted for a period of 10 years. Resident grave purchase fees based on permanent address of applicant in city. Non-residents arranging the interment of a city resident following death will qualify for city resident fees. Resident interment fee based on permanent address of deceased in the city of Leicester at time of death. Non-residents with a permanent address in the city in the 12 months prior to death will qualify for city resident fees. Maximum permitted coffin length on dedicated child burial sections is four feet. Larger coffins will be allocated a grave in an alternative burial section.

Traditional grave

• £450 (adult)
• £225 (child)

Lawn grave

• £225 (adult)
• £120 (child)

Cremated remains plot

• £225

Please note: Renewal of exclusive rights of burial granted for a period of 10 years. Resident interment fee based on permanent address of deceased in the city of Leicester at time of death. Non-residents with a permanent address in the city in the 12 months prior to death will qualify for city resident fees.

Adult

(Over 18)

• City resident: £970
• Non-resident: £1,940

Child

(Under 18)

• City resident: £325
• Non-resident: £650

Foetus

(Under 24 weeks' gestation)

• No charge

Cremated remains

Casket depth

• City resident: £335
• Non-resident: £670

Full grave depth

• City resident: £890
• Non-resident: £1,780

Retained organs

• City resident: £335
• Non-resident: £670

Please note: Resident interment fee based on permanent address of deceased in the city of Leicester at time of death. Non-residents with a permanent address in the city in the 12 months prior to death will qualify for city resident fees.

A memorial permit must be obtained before any memorial is installed or modified in a cemetery. Permit fee also covers administration and memorial safety inspections by cemetery.

Headstone only for lawn grave

Headstone not exceeding four feet in height and three feet in width. It also must be made of stone.

• Adult: £260
• Child: £125

Headstone and and kerb set (traditional)

Headstone not exceeding four feet in height and three feet in width. It also must be made of stone. Kerbs and grave surrounds are not permitted on lawned graves.

• Adult: £380
• Child: £150

Hebrew section 'S' only

Headstone not exceeding four feet in height and three feet in width. It also must be made of stone.

• Adult/child: £460

Cremated remains plot (includes kerbs)

Headstone not exceeding four feet in height and three feet in width. It also must be made of stone.

• Adult/child: £260

Inscribed stone vase or tablet

Memorial not exceeding one foot six inches in all directions.

• Adult/child: £130

Wooden cross (permanent)

Memorial not exceeding four feet in height and three feet in width.

• Adult/child: £95

Existing memorial modification

Includes additional inscriptions to all memorials.

• Adult/child: £130.

Please note: headstones must be made of natural stone.

For further information on memorials, including permitted sizes, go to: Funerals, burials and cremations. 

Use of chapels or Janazgah for burial

• Gilroes Cemetery and Crematorium: £260
• Saffron Hill Cemetery: £160

Use of chapels only

• Memorial service or burial elsewhere: £390

Out of hours burial surcharge

• Monday to Friday, from 3.30pm: 25% interment fee
• Weekend/bank holidays: 50% interment fee

Weekend cancellation fee

• Before grave dug: 50% interment fee
• After grave dug: 100% interment fee

Muslim burial timbers

• £150 per grave set

For more information on memorials, including permitted sizes, go to: Funerals, burials and cremations

• Attended service*, 10.30am onwards: £1,120
• Attended off-peak service*, available 8.30am to 10am only: £845
• Unattended cremation**, from 8.30am to 10am only: £500
• Child*** (under 18): £300
• Foetus (under 24 weeks' gestation): no charge

* Includes cremation, use of chapel (one hour, to include entry and exit) and Obitus music system, medical referee fee, environmental surcharge, cremation certificate and ashes box. Excludes miscellaneous items.

** Includes cremation, medical referee fee, environmental surcharge, cremation certificate and ashes box. Excludes miscellaneous items.

*** Child cremation services include a free webcast, complimentary hold photo and a slideshow or music tribute of up to 25 photos, if required.

Glade or meadow only

From Gilroes Crematorium by member of staff

• No relatives present: free
• Relatives present (by appointment only): £60
• From any other crematorium: £110
• Scattering under turf: £130

Visual tributes services

• Complimentary single hold photo, displayed on chapel screens: No charge
• Basic slideshow (up to 25 photos played on a loop): £70
• Music tribute (up to 25 photos set to music): £85
• Additional 25 photos (for slideshow or music tribute): £30
• Family made video (checking and preparation of family video): £30
• Digital downloads (add-on when order with service): £10
• Digital downloads (stand-alone service recording): £50
• Additional support service (applied to products requiring extra work): £30

Webcast streaming service

• Live webcast with 28 days' repeat viewing (via Obitus website): £85

Keepsakes

• DVD or USB memory stick (copy of service, tribute or both): £60
• Video book (portable video of the service, tribute or both, set in its own A5 electronic screen with five functional buttons, encased in a linen-wrapped ‘book’): £100
• Memory box (up to 25 photos professionally printed and delivered in a bespoke linen-wrapped box alongside the service, tribute, or both, on DVD and USB memory stick): £135

Use of chapels

• Additional one hour chapel time: £260

Surcharges/cancellations

• Saturday surcharge (strict rotation from 9am and subject to staff availability: 50% of cremation fee
• Late cancellation fee (if cancelled within 48 hours of service): £250
• Temporary storage of ashes (after first month): £20 per month.

Please note: Child cremation services include a free webcast, complimentary hold photo and a slideshow or music tribute of up to 25 photos, if required.

Sanctum 12 vault

Price includes first inscription up to 80 letters.

• 10 years' lease period: £840
  • Renewal: £340

• 20 years' lease period: £1,180
  • Renewal: £440

• 50 years lease period: £1,510
  • Renewal: £640

Sanctum 2000 vault

Price includes first inscription up to 80 letters.

• 10 years' lease period: £840
  • Renewal: £340

• 20 years' lease period: £1,180
  • Renewal: £440

• 50 years' lease period: £1,510
  • Renewal: £640

Second inscription to Sanctum vault

Price includes first inscription up to 80 letters.

• £335

Photo plaques for Sanctums

• £150

Athenia memorial plaque

Price includes inscription

• 10 years' lease: £325
• Renewal: £145

Athenia memorial plaque with design

Price includes inscription and additional design or ceramic photograph.

• 10 years' lease: £430
• Renewal: £145

Barbican memorial plaque

Price includes inscription.

• 10 years' lease: £425
• Renewal: £185

Barbican memorial plaque with design

Price includes inscription and additional design or ceramic photograph.

• 10 years' lease: £530
• Renewal: £185

Octagonal planter memorial plaque

Price includes inscription.

• 10 years lease: £425
• Renewal: £185

Octagonal planter with design

Price includes inscription and additional design

• 10 years lease: £530
• Renewal: £185

Sloping vase tablet*

Price includes first inscription up to 80 letters

• 20 years' lease: £560
• Renewal: £235

Sloping vase tablet* with design

• 20 years' lease: £670
• Renewal: £235

Additional lettering on memorial

• Price per letter: £3

* May also be purchased as a permanent grave memorial.

Rose, including memorial plaque

• Five years' lease: £225
• Renewal: £135

Tree, including memorial plaque

• 10 years' lease: £650
• Renewal: £240

Additional rose memorial plaque

• £130

Additional tree memorial plaque

• £160

Memorial bench

• 10 years' lease: price on application
• Renewal: £400

Cameo design on plaques

• £140.

Book of Remembrance

Prices include entry into the digital Book of Remembrance and one personal access card.

• Two line entry: £85
• Five line entry: £140
• Five line entry and emblem: £200
• Eight line entry: £190
• Eight line entry and emblem: £260

Digital Book of Remembrance

• Existing inscription: no charge
• Additional screen:
  • photo, poem hymn or verse: £70
  • biography: £70
• Additional access cards: £13

• Transfer of grave ownership: £80
• Staff search of records in the registers of burials, graves or cremations: £22 per search
• Duplicate cremation certificate: £15
• Public search in the register of burials or cremations: £10 per hour
• Exhumations: Price on application
• Late arrival of funeral service (for funerals that commence more than one hour late and subject to later burial or cremation time being available): £250