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Introduction
Burial and cremation fees are valid from 1 April 2020. Fees include VAT where applicable.
You can check our fees using the tables on this page.
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Burials
Price list for graves and grants.
Type of grave Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents Type A grave
(full depth) - available at Roselawn Cemetery only£608 £1,908 Type B grave
(suitable for two burials or cremated remains)£293 £928 Type C grave - when available (suitable for cremated remains only) £177 £556 Fee for grant £52 £84 Fee for duplicate £84 £168 Fee for registration of transfer, probate or succession £84 £168 -
Opening of graves and vaults
Price list for opening graves and vaults.
Type of grave opening Belfast residents Non-resident double rate Non-resident treble rate Non-Belfast residents (graves purchased after 1 April 2012) Belfast resident aged 17 or under First opening of a grave £439 £878 £1,317 £1,380 £0 Second opening of a grave or other subsequent openings £340 £680 £1,020 £1,064 £0 Burial of cremated remains in a grave £84 £168 £252 £262 £0 Saturday and public holiday levy for burial in a new or existing grave £184 £184 £184 £184 £0 Saturday and public holiday levy for burial of cremated remains in a new or existing grave £92 £92 £92 £92 £0 Exhumation £4,278 Opening of a vault Price on request Opening of a grave to check if a burial can take place £177 £556
Some graves and vaults were originally sold by us at agreed double or treble rates. You can find out if this applies to your grave by calling our office, 028 9027 0296.
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Memorials
Price list for memorials.
Type of memorial Price Administration fee (grave search, additional inscription, memorial safety) £17 Fee to erect a memorial (all cemeteries)
This is the erection fee your have to pay. You also need to pay a foundation fee for the headstone or memorial type you want to put in place and these fees are listed below.£74 For consolidated ground, where there is an existing headstone £105 Surround only: for unconsolidated ground, where there is an existing headstone £310 Type no 1: for consolidated ground Foundations 4'6" x 18" x 9" (1350 x 450 x 225mm) £156 Type no 1A: for unconsolidated ground Foundations 4'6" x 18" x 9" (1350 x 450 x 225mm) (2 piers - 9") (225mm) £273 Type no 2: for consolidated ground Foundations 4'6" x 18" x 9" (1350 x 450 x 225mm) Plinth 18' x 9" x 6" (5500 x 225 x 150mm) £256 Type no 2A: for unconsolidated ground Foundations 4'6" x 18" x 9" (1350 x 450 x 225mm) £588 Type no 3: for any type of ground Foundations 4'6" x 2' x 9" (1350 x 450 x 225mm) Plinth 17' x 9" x 6" (5200 x 225 x 150mm) (6 piers - 9") (225mm) £687 Type no 4: for consolidated ground Foundations 9' x 15" x 9" (2700 x 375 x 225mm) Plinth 22'6" x 12" x 6" (6850 x 300 x 150mm) £409 Type no 4A: for unconsolidated ground Foundations 9' x 12" x 9" (2700 x 300 x 225mm) Plinth 22'6" x 12" x 6" (6850 x 300 x 150mm) (4 piers - 12") (300mm) £635 Type V: 4'0" x 1'0" x 9" (1200 x 300 x 225mm) £199 Type VI: 8'0" x 1'0" x 1'3" (2400 x 300 x 375mm) £393 -
Maintenance of graves
Price list for maintenance of graves.
Type Price Clipping grass on a turfed grave (per year) £42 Weeding graves which are covered with stone chippings (per year) £47 Providing soil £47 Sowing with grass seed £47 Covering graves with concrete £179 Recovering graves with concrete after the burial of cremated remains £94
Price list for seasonal planting (Roselawn Cemetery and graves bought after 1 February 1978 in Belfast City Cemetery).
Size of area Price 3'x 3' grave without a headstone (planting at the head of a grave) £52 3' x 1'7" grave with a headstone (planting at the head of a grave) £37 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)Price Spring or summer season £131 Full year (including spring and summer) £184 Graves will be planted with seasonal plants.
Genealogy Price Administration Fee(Grave Search/Additional Inscription Memorial Safety) £17 -
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
residentsNon-Belfast
residentsStillborn 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) £392 £642 Hospital cremations £108 £209 Saturday and public and council holiday levy (adult aged 18 or above) £183 £183 Saturday and public and council holiday levy (child aged 17 or under) No charge No charge Duplicate/additional cremation certificate or copy documentation requested £17 £17
Cremated remains
Type Belfast residents Non-Belfast residents Belfast resident aged 17 or under Fee for removal and re-burial (including casket) £177 £350 £0 Fee for removal (including casket) £167 £329 £0 Interment of cremated remains at a memorial tree £83 £167 £0 Saturday and public holiday levy for a burial of cremated remains at a memorial tree £92 £92 £0 -
Price list for memorial options
Type of memorial Price Hire of Crematorium funeral church for additional service time (maximum 30 minutes) £89 Hire of Crematorium funeral church per 30 minute memorial service only (maximum one hour) £89 Woodland copse (with granite memorial) £407 Tree plaque (up to 105 letters) £89 Tree plaque (up to 300 letters) £162 Memorial seat £1,186 Memorial seat plaque only £162 Single urn in Columbarium (25 year lease) £386 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) £767 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) £308 -
Price list for dispersal options
Price list for dispersal options All residents Belfast reside aged 17 or under Burial or scattering of cremated remains (if cremation took place at City of Belfast Crematorium) No
chargeNo charge Burial or scattering of cremated remains if cremation took place elsewhere £94 £0 Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place at City of Belfast Crematorium) £32 £0 Scattering of cremated remains in Shankill Graveyard (if cremation took place elsewhere) £94 £0 -
Price list for Book of Remembrance entries
Type of entry Price Charge per line (two lines minimum) £32 Badge £78 Coat of arms £152 Copies of entries 50% of original charge -
Price list for columbarium inscription costs
Type of inscription Price Up to 60 letters £204 Each additional letter £2 per letter Emblems Price available upon request -
Price list for music
Type of music Price Use of organ No charge Recorded music No charge Notes, and conditions, apply to certain charges detailed above. Clarification, in relation to charges and definition of grave / memorial types can be obtained from the Bereavement Services office on 028 9027 0296.