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 2013 until 31 March 2014.

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	£540	£1,706
Type B grave (suitable for two burials or cremated remains)	£262	£828
Fee for grant	£38	£78
Fee for duplicate	£74	£157
Fee for registration of transfer, probate or succession	£74	£157
Saturday and public holiday levy for new or existing grave	£165	£165

Price list for opening graves and vaults
Type of memorial	Belfast residents	Non-Belfast residents
First opening of a grave	£383	£1,208
Second opening of a grave or other subsequent openings	£307	£969
Opening of a grave to check if a burial can take place	£157	£497
Burial of cremated remains in a grave	£74	£236
Saturday and public holiday levy	£83	£83
Exhumation	£3,854
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)	£61	£121

View price list for all memorial options

Price list for maintenance of graves
Type	Belfast residents	Non-Belfast residents
Clipping grass on a turfed grave (per year)	£39	£78
Weeding graves which are covered with stone chippings (per year)	£39	£78
Providing soil	£39	£78
Sowing with grass seed	£31	£63
Covering graves with concrete	£162	£323
Recovering graves with concrete after the burial of cremated remains	£78	£153

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)	£46	£92
3' x 1'7" grave with a headstone (planting at the head of a grave)	£31	£63

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	£102	£202
Full year (including spring and summer)	£162	£316

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)	£147	£286
Adult (aged 16 or above)	£300	£530
Hospital cremations	£95	£185
Saturday and public holiday levy for cremations	£165	£165
Fee of removal and re-burial (including casket)	£155	£312
Fee of removal (including casket)	£147	£294
Interment of cremated remains	£74	£150
Saturday and public holiday levy for burial of cremated remains	£83	£83
Ecological coffin	£220	£220
Hire of Crematorium funeral church for memorial services	£79	£79

Price list for memorial options
Type of memorial	All residents
Memorial tree (when available)	£440
Woodland copse (with granite memorial)	£368
Tree plaque (up to 105 letters)	£74
Tree plaque (up to 300 letters)	£114
Memorial seat	£1,055
Single urn in Columbarium (25 year lease)	£341
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)	£693
Urn (a number of urns, made from different materials, are available to purchase. Call 028 9027 0296 for more information).	On request
Memorial stone book tablet (up to 75 letters)	£278
Stone desktop memorial unit	£835
Basilica memorial	£945

Price list for dispersal options
Type of dispersal	All residents
Sent by registered post (UK and Republic of Ireland)	£82
Burial or scattering of cremated remains (if cremation took place on-site)	No charge
Burial or scattering of cremated remains from other crematoria	£82
Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place at City of Belfast Crematorium)	£28
Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place elsewhere)	£82

Price list for Book of Remembrance entries
Type of entry	All residents
Charge per line (two lines minimum)	£26
Badge	£68
Coat of arms	£133
Copies of entries	50% of original charge

Price list for columbarium inscription costs
Type of inscription	All residents
Up to 60 letters	£180
Each additional letter	£1.35 per letter
Emblems	Price available upon request

Price list for music
Type of music	All residents
Use of organ	£37
Use of organ and services of an organist	£84
Recorded music	No charge