Funerals
Fees and charges
Find out the fees and charges when arranging a funeral
Cremations
The cremation fee is inclusive of an urn or a placement of remains within the Gardens of Remembrance.
Service costs
Options for services are:
- standard service: £725
- 8.30am with no service: £305
- services that start at 9am and 9.40am: £445
- services that start at 10.20am onwards: £725
- services on a Saturday or Sunday have a surcharge: £620
- extended service: £300
- late cremation paperwork: £50
These are booked with your funeral director.
Obitus Webcast
Options for webcastings are:
- webcast service live: £50
- live, 28 day and downloadable: £60
- keepsake copy (DVD, Blu-ray or USB stick): £65
These are booked with your funeral director.
Visual Tributes
Options for visual tributes are:
- single photo: £15
- slideshow: £45
- pro tribute: £75
- family-made: £25
Other tributes include:
- extra 25 photos: £25
- downloadable pro tribute: £10
These are booked.with your funeral director
Services for young people
You can book a free live webcast, single photo or slideshow with your funeral director
Placing the cremated remains
Options available are:
- Rose Walk Sunken Garden (rights for 50 years, inclusive of a large granite book memorial with first page gold inscription and emblem): £2,750
- Private Garden (rights for 75 years, inclusive of a rustic boulder or small book with inscription and emblem or photo plaque): £2,750
- Columbarium Niche (rights for 10 years, inclusive of 2 caskets and first entombment if required together with a gold inscribed plaque and border): £700
- standard Cremation Plot (rights 50 years): £1,250
- burial of Cremated Remains: £250
- scattering on Remembrance Gardens from other Crematoria - £100
Urns and Keepsakes
Options available are:
- Oak cremation casket: £60
- Decorative scatter tubes: £30
- Keepsake jewellery, candles and clocks: price on request
- Bio-degradable and ceramic urns : price on request
Moving remains
To remove cremated remains abroad and out of the United Kingdom, you need a Certified Extract from the register. This costs £10.
Burials
Grave and mausoleum rights
Options available are:
- traditional grave rights, 4 foot centre: £3,635
- traditional grave rights, 5 foot centre: £6,185
- lawn grave rights: £2,830
- mausoleum rights: £6,050
- option to reserve grave rights for 2 years (only for the maintenance of existing leases): £350
Burials
Options available are:
- burial to first or second depth: £2,150
- burial in Chapel: £150
- surcharge for burials on a Saturday: £620
The prices shown for graves and burials are for residents of the borough. A price increase of 50% of the total fee is added for non residents. You can talk to us about what qualifies as a resident.
Exhumations
Options available are:
- exhumation from first or second depth: £1,950
- exhumation of coffin: £1,950
- surcharge per coffin for multiple exhumations: £500
- exhumation per casket of cremated remains: £300
Memorials
Remembrance Garden memorial
Options available are:
- for 5 years, includes a rustic boulder: £700
- renewal for 5 years: £350
Plaques, books and vases
Options available are:
- Teddy bear memorial for 10 years: £1000
- Oval plaque with photo plaque or gilded or colour design: £250
- Leather plaque for 10 years: £350 (email bereavement@kingston.gov.uk for an application form)
- Granite book with 1 page gilded and 1 colour design or photo plaque:£435
- Large granite book with 1 page gilded and 1 colour design: £850
- Large book second page inscription gilded and design: £225
- Large book photo plaque: price depending on size
- Second page inscription with 1 page gilded and 1 colour design: £150
Rustic boulder options
Options available are:
- single rustic boulder including plaque or vase: £430
- double rustic boulder including plaque and vase: £490
- replacement boulder plaque with photo plaque or gilded or colour design: £200
- replacement boulder vase and top: £25 small and £30 large
Roses
Options available are:
- rose bush for 5 years, includes plaque: £500
- standard rose for 5 years, includes plaque: £500
- additional or replacement rose plaque: £50
To request an application form please use the following email bereavement@kingston.gov.uk.
Book of Remembrance
Options available are:
- 2 lines: £75
- 5 lines: £115
- 8 lines: £200
- add a flower or emblem to 5 or 8 lines: £75
- deluxe miniature Book of Remembrance (extra to the cost of lines or emblem): £35
A digital version of the Book of Remembrance can be viewed online.
Personal or family memorial
Options available are:
- with 1 photo, 8 lines of text and a themed background with a viewing card for privacy: £90
- additional photos, price per photo: £40
- additional lines, price per line: £10
- additional viewing card, price per card: £10
We will try to meet your needs, let us know if you need a family-sized Private garden or a home and garden memorial.
Moving memorials and ownership deeds
Options available are:
- memorial permit: £300
- transfer of ownership and title deed: £50
Genealogical searches
Options available are:
- per genealogical search: £30
- your personal use of the archive facility for 30 mins: free