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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 and Cremation information form | This form can be faxed to the Bereavement Services office in advance. The original should then be hand delivered with all other relevant cremation forms to the Bereavement Services office. | |
| Form A - Application for Cremation (PDF - 1.1MB) | The application should be made by an executor or nearest relative of the deceased. | |
| Applicants instructions to Crematorium form (PDF - 179KB) | This form must be signed by the person who completed Form A. | |
| Form B, C and F - Certificate of Medical Attendant, Confirmatory Medical Certificate and Authority to Cremate (PDF - 1.7MB) Please staple Form B, C and F together prior to submission. |
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 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. | ||
| Form F is signed by the Medical Referee on our behalf when they are satisfied that all forms have been completed correctly. | ||
| Pacemaker/Fixion form (PDF - 1.5MB) | Pacemaker/Fixion form must be signed by the medical practitioner who completed Form B. | |
| Form H, I and F - Still born child (PDF - 1.7MB) Please staple Form H, I and F together prior to submission. |
Form H application should be made by a parent of the child. | |
| 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. | ||
| Form F is signed by the Medical Referee on our behalf when they are satisfied that all forms have been completed correctly. | ||
| You must also register a death or stillbirth.
All original forms must be fully completed and hand delivered to the Bereavement Services office. Email copies will not be accepted. |
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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
The latest timeframe for submission of cremation forms is shown in the table.
| Day of cremation | Forms to be delivered by |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11am on the previous Saturday |
| Tuesday to Friday | 12 noon on the day before |
| Saturday | 11am on Friday |
If you have any queries regarding the forms, contact the 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 12 noon 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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