Burial and cremation fees

You'll find details of all fees relating to burials and cremations here. They include VAT where applicable and are valid from 1 April 2011 until 31 March 2012.

For more information, call our Cemeteries and Crematorium Central Office on 028 9027 0296.

Burials

Price list for new graves and grants
Type of grave Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Type A grave
(full depth) - available at Roselawn Cemetery only
£491
£1548
Type B grave
(suitable for two burials or cremated remains)
£238
£750
Fee for grant
£34
£71
Fee for duplicate
£68
£143
Fee for registration of transfer, probate or succession
£68
£143


Price list for opening graves and vaults
Type of memorial Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents (double) Non-Belfast residents (treble)
First opening of a grave
£348
£731
£1096
Second opening of a grave or other subsequent openings
£279
£586
£879
Opening of a grave to check if a burial can take place
£143
£300
£450
Burial of cremated remains in a grave
£68
£143
£214
Saturday and public holiday levy
£150
Exhumation
£3492
Opening of a vault
Price available upon request


Price list for memorials
Type of memorial Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Fee to erect a memorial (all cemeteries)
£55
£110
Price list for maintenance of graves
Type Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Clipping grass on a turfed grave (per year)
£35
£70
Weeding graves which are covered with stone chippings (per year)
£35
£70
Providing soil
£35
£70
Sowing with grass seed
£29
£57
Covering graves with concrete
£147
£293
Recovering graves with concrete after the burial of cremated remains
£70
£139


Price list for seasonal planting (Roselawn Cemetery and graves bought after 1 February 1978 in Belfast City Cemetery)
Size of area Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
3'x 3' grave without a headstone (planting at the head of a grave)
£42
£84
3' x 1'7" grave with a headstone (planting at the head of a grave)
£29
£57

Soil is included in the above prices, which are for spring and summer bedding only.


Price list for seasonal planting (Dundonald Cemetery and graves bought before 1 February 1978 in Belfast City Cemetery)
Size of area - approximately 7' x 4' (full grave below the headstone) Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Spring or summer season
£92
£183
Full year (including spring and summer)
£147
£287

Graves will be planted with seasonal plants.

Cremations

Our cremation fees include the disposal of cremated remains packed for collection or scattered or buried in the Garden of Remembrance. They also include a cremation certificate.

If the deceased is a life member of the Cremation Society of Great Britain or the Cremation Assurance Friendly Society, the fee will be recovered from the society.


Price list for cremations
Type Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Stillborn child or child aged one or under
No charge
No charge
Child (under 16)
£112
£248
Adult (aged 16 or above)
£198
£437
Hospital cremations
£72
£160
Saturday and public holiday levy
£150
£150
Fee of removal and re-burial (including casket)
£141
£283
Fee of removal (including casket)
£133
£267
Interment of cremated remains
£68
£136
Ecological coffin
£201
£201
Hire of Crematorium funeral church for memorial services
£72
£72


Price list for memorial options
Type of memorial Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Memorial tree
£404
£404
Woodland copse (with granite memorial)
£337
£337
Tree plaque (up to 105 letters)
£68
£68
Tree plaque (up to 300 letters)
£133
£133
Memorial seat
£961
£961
Single urn in Columbarium (25 year lease)
£314
£961
Double urn in Columbarium (25 year lease)
(When the lease of the first occupancy ends, the first urn will remain until the lease for the second occupancy ends)
£641
£1921
Urn (a number of urns, made from different materials, are available to purchase. Call 028 9027 0296 for more information).
On request
On request
Memorial stone book tablet (up to 75 letters)
£256
£256
Stone desktop memorial unit
£769
£769
Basilica memorial
£871
£871


Price list for dispersal options
Type of dispersal Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Sent by registered post (UK and Republic of Ireland)
£74
£74
Burial or scattering of cremated remains (if cremation took place on-site)
No charge
No charge
Burial or scattering of cremated remains from other crematoria
£74
£74
Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place at City of Belfast Crematorium)
£26
£26
Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place elsewhere)
£74
£74


Price list for Book of Remembrance entries
Type of entry Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Two lines (minimum)
£60
£74
Five lines
£113
£130
Eight lines (maximum)
£183
£197
Badge
£62
£74
Coat of arms
£121
£137


Price list for copies of entries in Book of Remembrance
Type of entry Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
(Copy of) two lines (minimum)
£30
£35
(Copy of) five lines
£55
£65
(Copy of) eight lines (maximum)
£90
£98
(Copy of) badge
£45
£51
(Copy of) coat of arms
£74
£84


Price list for columbarium inscription costs
Type of inscription
All residents
Up to 60 letters
£163
Each additional letter
£1.26 per letter
Emblems
Price available upon request


Price list for music
Type of music Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents
Use of organ
£30
£45
Use of organ and services of an organist
£74
£105
Recorded music
No charge
No charge