Crematorium

Charges from 1 April 2024, Monday to Friday other than where indicated

  • Saturday funerals additional 50%
  • Sunday funerals additional 100%
ServiceCost
Persons 18 years and over£947
Children 1 year – 17 yearsFree
Under 1 yearFree
Cremation only (no Service in chapel, no attendees) at 8.20am & 8.40am (one set fee)£496
Service feesCost
Hire of chapel (Enter & leave chapel, 25 minutes services)£244
Double time slot (Extra 40 minutes to service time)£147
Use of plasma screen (Availability to display images during the services)£34
Organ hire in crematorium chapel (to use for a service, own organist required)£34
Late delivery of USB (late delivery after 48hrs)£45
Late paperwork (if not in by 10am previous working day)£67
Late/over-run funeral (Funeral over running on to next service time)£58
Assistance self organised cremation (General and administration support)£180
Bearer (Pallbearer, booked in advance of the service)£32
Additional servicesCostVATTotal
Live streaming, watch again for up to 28 days and downloadable£45£9£54
Keepsake copy (DVD/Blu-Ray/USB stick) does not include live streaming£45.83£9.17£55
Administration and storage feesCost
Funeral double booked not cancelled within 24 hrs£244
Cancelled funeral, not cancelled 5 days prior to service£244
Storage of cremated remains after temporary deposit per month£32
Cremation search (Search of details of a cremation of a deceased)£13
Interment of cremated remains in lawned Garden of Remembrance - Borough ResidentCost
First interment (plot for 3 interments)£239
Subsequent interment£159
INT.INF/NVF£54
Interment of cremated remains in lawned Garden of Remembrance - Non-Borough ResidentCost
First interment (plot for 3 interments)£478
Subsequent interment£318
Appointment interment service - Mon-Thurs (Appointment is to attended/witness an interment)£51
Appointment interment service - Weekend (Appointment is to attended/witness an interment)£62
ProductCostVATTotal
Flower tube£2.50£0.50£3
Strewing of Cremated Remains (Meadow Walk)Cost
Following cremation at Walton LeaNo charge
Following cremation elsewhere£78
Appointment strewing service - Mon-Thurs (Appointment is to attended/witness a strewing)£51
Appointment strewing service - Weekend (Appointment is to attended/witness a strewing)£62
Exhumation Fees (Lawned Garden of Remembrance)Cost
Exhumation of cremated remains to be removed from Walton Lea£194

Memorial Schemes

Sanctum 2000 Memorial (includes interment & casketing & memorial plaque with first inscription of up to 80 letters)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£826.67£165.33£992
10 year initial lease£1,124.17£224.83£1,349
5 year lease renewal£496£0£496
10 year lease renewal£674.50£0£674.50
Additional lettering£3.33£0.67£4
Rose design£115£23£138
Photograph plaques£133.33£26.67£160
Other designs (price on application)POAPOAPOA
Single wooden casket£61.67£12.33£74
Double wooden casket£95£19£114
Replacement plaque£246.67£49.33£296
Replacement flower containers£6.67£1.33£8
Carriage£63.33£12.67£76
Re-enamel gold inscription (Sanctum/Vault/Family Vase)£64.17£12.83£77
New Family Sanctum for 4 (includes interment & casketing & memorial plaque with first inscription of up to 80 letters)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£1,654.17£330.83£1985
10 year initial lease£2252.50£450.50£2703
5 year lease renewal£992.50£0£992.50
10 year lease renewal£1351.50£0£1351.50
Memorial Vault (Renewal or 2nd interment only)CostVATTotal
5 year lease renewal£456£0£456
10 year lease renewal£622£0£622
Replacement plaque£246.67£49.33£296
Wooden casket£61.67£12.33£74
Memorial Vase (includes memorial plaque and first inscription)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£492.50£98.50£591
10 year initial lease£626.67£125.33£752
5 year lease renewal£295.50£0£295.50
10 year lease renewal£376£0£376
Replacement plaque£246.67£49.33£296
Replacement flower container£6.67£1.33£8
Family Vase (includes memorial plaque & first inscription) (no interment)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£610£122£732
10 year initial lease£748.33£149.67£898
5 year lease renewal£366£0£366
10 year lease renewal£449£0£449
Granite Book Plaque - Garden of RemembranceCostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£205.83£41.17£247
10 year initial lease£354.17£70.83£425
5 year lease renewal£123.50£0£123.50
10 year lease renewal£212.50£0£212.50
Replacement plaque£87.50£17.50£105
Re-enamel gold inscription (Granite Book/Vase)£35£7£42
Panorama Sanctum (includes interment & casketing & memorial plaque with first inscription of up to 80 letters)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£1240.83£248.17£1489
10 year initial lease£1689.17£337.83£2027
Memorial Wall Plaque (Large)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£610£122£732
10 year initial lease£747.50£149.50£897
Memorial Wall Plaque (Small)CostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£492.50£98.50£591
10 year initial lease£626.67£125.33£752
Garden Block Vase - Garden of ContemplationCostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£492.50£98.50£591
10 year initial lease£626.67£125.33£752
Photo PlaqueCostVATTotal
Photo plaque 4cm x 3cm Memory Wall/Garden Block Vase£95£19£114
Memorial Bench Plaque - Garden of ContemplationCostVATTotal
5 year initial lease£610£122£732
10 year initial lease£747.50£149.50£897
Book of Memory Chapel leather memorial plaqueCostVATTotal
5 year lease£158.33£31.67£190
Renewal for 5 years£95£0£95
10 year lease£259.17£51.83£311
Renewal for 10 years£155.50£0£155.50
Memory Tree gold, silver & bronze leaves, upto 3 lines per leaf, situated in the Book of Remembrance roomCostVATTotal
1 year lease of a leaf£52.50£10.50£63
3 year lease of a leaf £144.17£28.83£173
5 year lease of a leaf£219.17£43.83£263
Book of Remembrance entry (including one viewing card)CostVATTotal
2 line entry£80.83£16.17£97
5 line entry£125£25£150
8 line entry£153.33£30.67£184
Service Badge/Heraldic Design£108.33£21.67£130
Flowers£77.50£15.50£93
Viewing Card£23.33£4.67£28
Additional Screen£63.33£12.67£76
Memorial Cards (White or Colour) (includes a full copy of the inscription, presentation card and envelope)CostVATTotal
2 line inscription£26.67£5.33£32
5 line inscription£47.50£9.50£57
8 line inscription£61.67£12.33£74
Service Badge/Heraldic Design£108.33£21.67£130
Flowers£77.50£15.50£93
Memorial BenchCostVATTotal
Memorial bench 10 year period£1032.50£206.50£1239

Memory Books

Charges for miniature books include a leather bound book and the first inscription. Subsequent inscriptions are charged at memorial card rates.

Memory Books (Blue leather miniature) Initial book purchase including:CostVATTotal
2 line inscription£72.50£14.50£87
5 line inscription£85.83£17.17£103
8 line inscription£102.50£20.50£123
Service Badge/Heraldic Design£108.33£21.67£130
Flowers£77.50£15.50£93
Photographs£33.33£6.67£40
Multiple photos at costPOAPOAPOA

Sweet Dreams Baby Garden

ServiceCost
Interment Sweet Dreams Garden of Remembrance£53
Strewing areaNo charge
Appointment service (Mon-Thurs)£51
Appointment service (Weekend)£62

Memorial schemes

Memorial VaultsCostVATTotal
Private block initial 15 year lease£787.50£157.50£945
Lease renewal 15 years£472.50£0£472.50
Authority Block 15 years   
Multiple interment£296.67£59.33£356
Lease renewal 15 years£178£0£178
Memory Wall Plaque£33.33£6.67£40
Baby Caskets£29.17£5.83£35
Ellie the Elephant Baby VaultCostVATTotal
15 Year initial lease£609.17£121.83£731
Lease renewal 15 years£365.50£0£365.50
Photograph plaques£133.33£26.67£160
Other designs (price on application)POAPOAPOA
Book of Remembrance entry - Baby BookCostVATTotal
2 line entry£82.50£16.50£99
5 line entry£127.50£25.50£153
8 line entry£156.17£31.83£188
Heraldic Design£110£22£132
Flowers£79.17£15.83£95
Viewing Card£23.33£4.67£28
Additional Screen£65£13£78

Cemeteries

ServiceCost
Hire of Chapel - Followed by an interment in a WBC cemetery£112
Hire of Chapel only£203
Borough Residents - Purchase of Exclusive Burial Right - 50yrs*Cost
All Cemeteries sequentially£1347
(Purchase of a new grave Full Burial Grave for 3 Full Burials) 
Cremated Remains Grave (Holds 4 sets of Ashes)£800
Cremated Remains Grave (Holds 8 sets of Ashes)£898
Baby Garden inc. 1st interment£343
Baby Garden memorial plaque (incl. strewing of remains if required)£343
Interment* (all graves)Cost
Persons 18 years and over£1,123
Person 1-17 years old£558
Under 1 year old£93
Cremated Remains£269
Burial for 1 with slabs£317
Burial within 24 hours/capped grave£127
Late/over-run funeral£57
Coffin over 6'6" x 26" (burial)£114
Late paperwork£66
1 year temporary grave marker£76
Storage of memorials per month (after 6 months)£76
Non-Borough Residents - Purchase of Exclusive Burial Right - 50yrsCost
All Cemeteries sequentially£2,694
(Purchase of a new grave Full Burial Grave for 3 Full Burials) 
Cremated Remains Grave (Holds 4 sets of Ashes )£1,600
Cremated Remains Grave (Holds 8 sets of Ashes )£1,796
Baby Garden inc. 1st interment£343
Interment (all graves)Cost
Persons 18 years and over£2,246
Person 1-17 years old£1,116
Under 1 year old£93
Cremated remains£538

*Fees are subject to a 50% reduction for Warrington residents.

Saturday funerals additional 50%, Sunday funerals additional 100%

Re-purchase of expired Right of Burial is 50% of the current purchase fee.

Caskets and fixings

Caskets and fixingsCostVATTotal
Single solid oak casket£61.67£12.33£74
Single solid oak molded casket£67.50£13.50£81
Double solid oak casket£95£19£114
Aluminium urn£52.50£10.50£63
Polyurn£5£1£6
Replacement cremation box£5.83£1.17£7
Casket plate£6.67£1.33£8
End rings£3.33£0.67£4

Transfer of Exclusive Right of Burial

Transfer of Exclusive Right of BurialPrice
Statutory declaration£70
Registration of transfer only£44
Deed lost declaration£44
Photocopy deed (once Lost Deed Declaration complete)£11
Duplicate deed signed by registrar (once Lost Deed Declaration complete)£30

Purchase of 50 years Exclusive Right of Burial on expired Exclusive Right of Burial 50% of current purchase cost

Additional servicesCost
Grave Search£32
Appointment to view registers£12
Certified entry of register£27
Locating grave in cemetery£12

Memorial Schemes

Right to Erect MemorialsCost
Initial approval (headstones)£273
Baby garden areaNo charge
Additional inscription£102
Kerbs/variations/replacement memorials£137
Removal of memorials per item
(replacement not undertaken by Warrington Borough Council)
£145

Please note removal of memorial for burial of grave a owner will be undertaken by Warrington Borough Council. The memorial can not be removed from site until a Transfer of Exclusive Right of Burial is complete. Storage charges will occur after 6 months.

2 April 2024