Bereavement fees and charges


We review our fees every year.

Cremations at Cambridge Crematorium

Attended cremations

  • Monday to Friday classic service: £1,050
    • From 10.30am to 3.30pm in the East Chapel
    • From 10am to 3pm in the West Chapel
  • Monday to Friday sunrise or sunset service: £730
    • 9.30am and 4.30pm in the East Chapel
    • 9am and 4pm in the West Chapel
  • Saturday service: £1,738
    • 10.30 and 11.30am in the East Chapel
    • 11am and midday in the West Chapel
  • For under-18s: No charge

Webcasts and recordings

  • Live webcast of service (available on-demand for 14 days): £70
  • Recording of service on CD, DVD or USB drive: £66
  • Additional copy of a recording: £27
  • Download link: £40

Visual tributes in the West chapel

  • Set-up: £38
  • Pictorial tribute: £2.20 per picture
  • Video tribute: £6 per minute
  • Copy of the visual tribute: £33
  • Copy of the visual tribute on the recording: £33

Unattended cremations

This is a funeral where the cremation takes place without the presence of family and friends. We will collect your loved one direct from a funeral director within 25 miles of the crematorium.

  • Crematorium fee, excluding funeral director charges: £450

Additional cremation fees

  • Additional 60 minutes in the chapel: £500
  • Over-running allotted 45-minute service time in chapel: £95
  • Use of the chapel without cremation: £500
  • Duplicate cremation certificate: £23
  • Custom certificate: £23
  • Cancellation of the service with less than four days’ notice: £197

Burials at Huntingdon Road Cemetery or Newmarket Road Cemetery

Burials

  • Burial of an adult
    • Monday to Friday: £1,300
    • Saturday: £1,500
  • Burial of ashes
    • Monday to Friday: £300
    • Saturday: £370
  • Burial of a child under 18: No charge

Exclusive right of burial

  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 50 years: £1,500
  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 75 years: £1,900
  • Exclusive right of adult burial for 99 years: £2,500
  • 5-year extension to reinstate exclusive right to 50 years: £160
  • Exclusive right of burial for a child aged 2 or younger: £186

Additional burial fees

  • Permanent wooden shoring (single-depth grave): £388
  • Permanent wooden shoring for an oversized coffin (double-depth grave with closed boarding): £1,352
  • Topsoil for family-led backfill: £445
  • Use of the chapel: £500
  • Transfer of grave ownership: £75
  • Duplicate deed of grant: £25
  • Cancellation of the service after the grave has been dug: £330

Grave pre-purchase (Huntingdon Road Cemetery only)

  • 50-year lease: £3,125
  • 75-year lease: £3,825
  • 99-year lease: £4,530

Stonemasonry

Kerbset fees show the maximum headstone size (length, then width, then height). All kerbset fees include a memorial-inspection fee.

  • Adult kerbset (84” x 36” x 48”): £370
  • Adult kerbset (84” x 36” x 54”): £550
  • Adult kerbset (84” x 36” x 60”): £820
  • Adult kerbset (84” x 36” x 66”): £1,235
  • Adult kerbset (36” x 36” x 48”): £245
  • Adult headstone (up to 36” high): £245
  • Headstone (up to 18” x 18”): £120
  • Infant kerbset (36" x 24" x 24"): £160
  • Additional inscriptions: £240
  • Permit for cleaning and renovation: £38
  • Memorial inspection fee: £95

Exhumations

  • Exhumation (2 years and older, full body): Price on application
  • Exhumation of a baby: £345
  • Exhumation of ashes: £220

Downloadable list of fees

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requires us to publish our bereavement fees and charges in a specific downloadable format.

Page last reviewed: 10 February 2026