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Cremation and Burial Fees

Current fees for burials and cremations

Burial charges from 1st April 2025

Burial charges 2025/26
Description Price
*Interment/Re Opening Lair 1,052.00
Interment (Child under 18) No charge
Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 392.00
Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 112.00
*Burial of cremated remains at minimum depth 237.00
*Burial of cremated remains at available depth 1,052.00
*Scattering of Ashes 182.00
Purchase of Lair - exclusive right of burial (Child under 18) No charge
*Purchase of Burial Lair, incl maintenance 1,239.00
*Lair for Casket only 255.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge 1,052.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair 2,485.00
Transfer of Title Deeds 68.00
Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) 39.00
Administration Fee for Return of Lair 0.00
Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design 205.00
Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial 100.00
Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) 100.00
Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) 341.00
Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) 263.00
Exhumations (not including re interment) 1,126.00
Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) 73.00

Crematorium charges from 1st April 2025

Description Price
Child (under 18) No charge
Adults 18 years and over 1,034.00
Adults 18 years and over - Saturday 1,142.00
Additional Charge - Public Holiday 355.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) 721.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Saturday 794.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - 
Additional Charge Public Holiday
355.00
Clergy 120.00
Access to Undertake Live Streaming of Cremation Services 29.00
Dispersal of Ashes 39.00
Casket - Purchase 86.00
Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase 39.00
Book of Remembrance (per line) 54.00
Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) 171.00
Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) 318.00
Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) 467.00
Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) 114.00
Badges 88.00
Coat of Arms and Floral Motif 119.00
Retention of Ashes - per month 17.00
Chapel of Rest 65.00
Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) 298.00
Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) 180.00
Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) 432.00
Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) 549.00
Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) 359.00
Additional inscription 162.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service 376.00
Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) 370.00
Inscription for Kerbstone 14.00

Burial charges from 1st April 2024

Burial charges 2024/25
Description Price (£)
*Interment/Re Opening Lair 992.00
Interment (Child under 18) No charge
Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 370.00
Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 106.00
*Burial of cremated remains at minimum depth (Deceased remains being interred at 3 feet as per current procedures) 224.00
*Burial of cremated remains at available depth (Deceased remains being interred at a greater depth per new legislation) 992.00
*Scattering of Ashes 172.00
Purchase of Lair - exclusive right of burial (Child under 18) No charge
*Purchase of Burial Lair, incl maintenance 1,169.00
*Lair for Casket only 241.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge 992.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair 2,344.00
Transfer of Title Deeds 64.00
Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) 37.00
Administration Fee for Return of Lair 10% of purchase price (90% returned)
Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design 193.00
Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial 94.00
Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) 94.00
Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) 322.00
Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) 248.00
Exhumations (not including re interment) 1,062.00
Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) 69.00

Cremations charges from 1st April 2024

Cremations charges 2024/25
Description Price (£)
Child (under 18) No charge
Adults 18 years and over 939.00
Adults 18 years and over - Saturday 1,041.00
Additional Charge - Public Holiday 335.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) 643.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Saturday 712.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) -
Additional Charge Public Holiday
335.00
Clergy 113.00
Access to Undertake Live Streaming of Cremation Services 27.00
Dispersal of Ashes 37.00
Casket - Purchase 81.00
Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase 37.00
Book of Remembrance (per line) 51.00
Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) 161.00
Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) 300.00
Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) 441.00
Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) 108.00
Badges 83.00
Coat of Arms and Floral Motif 112.00
Retention of Ashes - per month 16.00
Chapel of Rest 61.00
Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) 281.00
Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) 170.00
Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) 408.00
Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) 518.00
Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) 339.00
Additional inscription 153.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service 355.00
Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) 349.00
Inscription for Kerbstone 13.00

* 100% to be added to interment/lair charges (except for the transfer of title deed) for non residents of ºúÌÒÅ®Éñ & Bute with the following exemptions:

  • Clear proof that deceased lived permanently in ºúÌÒÅ®Éñ & Bute within 10 years of death.
  • If the deceased person has been in long term residential care outwith the boundaries of ºúÌÒÅ®Éñ & Bute Council, but was previously a resident of ºúÌÒÅ®Éñ & Bute and was moved to such residential care at the behest of this, or a previous Local Authority.
  • Any resident or former resident of ºúÌÒÅ®Éñ & Bute who has died in the service of their country.

Permission for erection of memorial to be paid at same time as purchase of lair.

Burial Lair may include up to 3 standard interments, dependant on depth of coffin.

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