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Crematorium
Cremations are available at these times:
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 7.20am to 5.20pm |
| Saturday | 7.20am to 2pm |
| There are no cremations on Sundays | |
For information on accessibility at the crematorium, go to City of Belfast Crematorium (link opens in new window).
These forms may be required in the event of organising a cremation.
| Form | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Burial information form (PDF - 152KB) | Coffin, weights and measures documents to be submitted with the application for burial. | |
| Applicants instructions to Crematorium form (PDF - 179KB) | This form must be signed by the person who completed Form A. | |
| Form A - Application for Cremation (PDF - 29KB) | The application should be made by an executor or nearest relative of the deceased. | |
| Form B - Certificate of Medical Attendant (PDF - 516KB) | To be completed along with the Pacemakers/Fixion form and must be accompanied by Form A. | Form B must be completed by a registered medical practitioner who has attended the deceased during their last illness, within 28 days before death, and seen and identified the body after death. |
| Form C - Confirmatory Medical Certificate (PDF - 509KB) | Form C must be completed by a registered medical practitioner of not less than five years standing who should be independent of the Form B doctor and not have been involved in the patients care. | |
| Pacemaker and Fixion form (PDF - 498KB) | The Pacemaker and Fixion form must be signed by the medical practitioner who completed Form B. | |
| Form H - Application for Cremation of a Stillborn Child (PDF - 29KB) | Form H application should be made by a parent of the child. | |
| Form I - Certificate of Registered Medical Attendant or of Certified Midwife, if No Doctor Was Present at Stillbirth or Has Examined the Body (PDF - 512KB) | Form I can be completed by either a medical practitioner or registered midwife who was present at stillbirth, or who examined the body of the child. | |
| Non-viable infant form (PDF - 287KB) | To be completed by Doctor or Midwife in respect of NVF from 10 to 24 weeks gestation. | |
| You must also register a death or stillbirth.
Cremation forms must be uploaded by Funeral Directors to the Plotbox Portal within the correct timeframe. |
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Medical practitioners should check that all questions have been answered and provide all contact details, including postcode, clearly on the forms.
You can request hard copies of these forms by emailing cemeteries@belfastcity.gov.uk, calling 028 9027 0296 or by contacting:
Bereavement Services,
Ground Floor, Cecil Ward Building,
4-10 Linenhall Street,
Belfast
BT2 8PB
All cremation forms must be submitted two working days before the cremation date.
| Day of cremation | Forms to be delivered |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | Before 12 noon |
| Friday and Saturday | Before 11am |
If you have any queries regarding the forms, contact our Bereavement Services Office.
Cremation fees include VAT where applicable and are valid from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024.
Our cremation fees include the Medical Referee’s fee and disposal of cremated remains packed for collection or scattered in the Garden of Remembrance. Fees include a cremation certificate for cremated remains that are to be collected. If you request a duplicate or additional cremation certificate a charge will be applied.
| Type | Belfast residents |
Non-Belfast residents |
|---|---|---|
| Stillborn child or child aged one or under | No charge | No charge |
| Child (aged 17 or under) | No charge | No charge |
| Adult (aged 18 or above) | £408 | £668 |
| Hospital cremations | £112 | £217 |
| Retained organs (adult aged 18 or above) | £112 | £217 |
| Retained organs (child aged 17 or under) | No charge | No charge |
| Saturday and public and council holiday levy (adult aged 18 or above) | £190 | £190 |
| Saturday and public and council holiday levy (child aged 17 or under) | No charge | No charge |
| Duplicate/additional cremation certificate or copy documentation requested | £19 |
£19 |
| Type | Belfast residents | Non-Belfast residents | Belfast resident aged 17 or under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee for removal and re-burial (including casket) | £184 | £364 | No charge |
| Fee for removal (including casket) | £174 | £342 |
No charge |
| Interment of cremated remains at a memorial tree | £86 | £174 |
No charge |
| Saturday and public holiday levy for a burial of cremated remains at a memorial tree | £96 | £96 |
No charge |
You can check our fees page or call 028 9027 0296 for more information.
To collect cremated remains, you must be the applicant on the Cremation Disposal form. Our staff will ask you for photographic ID before you can remove cremated remains.
You can collect cremated remains from the Crematorium office from 2pm on the next working day after the cremation service.
The Crematorium office is open:
We are committed to caring sensitively and respectfully for all of those entrusted to us. Our policies and processes for infant cremation are aligned to the latest guidance on infant cremation. Recommendations Lord Bonomy’s Infant Cremation Commission (June 2014 Scotland).
In line with Lord Bonomy’s recommendations we consider cremated remains and ashes to be the same thing and we support the commission’s definition that ashes are “all that is left in the cremator at the end of the cremation process, and following the removal of any metal.”
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