Funeral Costs

We are often asked by our users about the wider costs of funerals as well as for  information on memorials, headstones and gravestones.

In recent years the costs of traditional burial ceremony's have increased in many areas as a result of land values, general inflation and high prices in the UK.

As a result cremations continue to be the most popular and cost effective option for people in the UK and cost for burial arrangements often exceed £2000 compared with £1000 for a cremation.

To assist you we have compiles some average figures for memorial ceremonies on an itemised basis for both burial and cremation arrangements. Remember your actually costs will depend on your location and the options and specifications that you choose.

	Burial Ceremony	Cremation Ceremony
Undertakers Package	£700 - £1000	£600 - £800
Casket	Package	Package
Hearse	Package	Package
Undertakers fees	Package	Package
Removal of deceased	Package	Package
Chapel of rest costs	Package	Package
Ceremony Cars	£100 - £200	£100 - £200
Grave digging	£500 - £700	na
Memorial Stone	£500 - £1000	na
Cremation Costs	na	£300 - £400
Leader of Ceremony	£50 - £100	£50 - £100
TOTAL	£1850 - £300	£1050 - £1500

These are a list of basic costs however there are also extra options that will need to be considered including.

• Casket upgrades
• Flower
• Individual music requests
• Extra vehicles
• Remembrance Book
• Additional Services

When planning a memorial ceromany always ensure that all costs are listed and that you understand what is including in the basic package costs and what will be charged as extras.