Burial fees

Leamington Spa, Warwick, Kenilworth and Milverton cemeteries

Exclusive right of burial (for a period of 50 years)1 Resident of Warwick District Non-resident of Warwick District
Large grave4 £3090 £9270
Selection fee - grave out of rotation £635 £635
Selection fee - grave selected for future use £635 £635
Selection fee for child's, half size and cremation plots - grave out of rotation £315 £315
Selection fee for child's, half size and cremation plots - grave selected for future use £315 £315
Child's grave4 £1120 £3360
Half-size grave for cremated remains - 6 burials £1120 £3360
Cremated remains plots - for 2 burials4 £465 £1395
Extension of expired rights (standard grave 5-year extension) £247 £741
Transfer of Exclusive Right of Burial/relinquish existing grant6 £150 £150

Burial

Burial2 Resident of Warwick District Non-resident of Warwick District
Adult £1700 £5100
Cremated remains £365 £1095
Two burials in the same grave at the same time One fee One fee
Baby, including stillborn and foetus, or child where the funeral is arranged by parent or person with parental responsibility5 No fee £220
Baby, including stillborn and foetus, or child where the funeral is not arranged by parent or person with parental responsibility5 £220 £220
Communal burial of foetus babies £220 £220

Memorial permit applications

Permission to erect or maintain a cemetery memorial can only be requested by the registered owner of the exclusive right of burial, and carried out by a competent monumental mason listed on the BRAMM, NAMM or RQMF register.

Item Fee
Headstone and other memorials up to 3 feet 6 inches - includes first inscription £305
Vase and other memorials under 1 foot - includes first inscription £305
Every inscription after the first £155
Kerbset memorials £510
Adding kerbs to an existing memorial £205

Woodland burial

Item Cost
Resident of Warwick district £1900
Non-resident £2850
Use of chapel £295

Other cemetery services

Service Fee
Use of Kenilworth cemetery chapel £165
Late arrival fee (charged after 10 minutes and for every subsequent 15 minutes) £330
Assistance when making arrangements without a funeral director £140
Administration of late, incomplete or incorrect paperwork (after 10am, 3 working days prior to burial) £110
Late cancellation of service (after 10am, 3 working days prior to burial) £355
Late notification of incorrect coffin sizes (after 10am, 3 working days prior to burial) £355
Very late cancellation of burial (if excavation already carried out) Full cost
Search of burial registers - electronic enquiries £86 per name
Marking out grave/appointment to visit grave £93
Certified copy of an entry in the burial register £14
  1. Prices for sale of Exclusive Right of Burial will be TREBLED where the purchaser of the rights is not resident in Warwick District.
  2. Prices for Burial (unless otherwise stated) will be TREBLED where the deceased person is not resident in Warwick District.
  3. Extension of expired rights for non-standard graves will be calculated pro-rata per square foot.
  4. Standard graves will accommodate a maximum coffin size of 6’9” x 25”, it is not possible to inter a coffin larger than 25” into a standard grave space, a large grave will be required. Child graves will accommodate a maximum coffin size of 2’6” x 12”. Cremated remains plots will accommodate a maximum casket size of 12” x 12".
  5. Where a funeral is privately arranged by a parent or person with parental responsibility for a child and that person is resident in the council tax area of Warwick District Council there will be no charge for the burial or cremation of that child. If the person does not live in the Warwick District Council tax area the non-resident fee will apply, this will be claimed from the central government fund where appropriate. Where the funeral is not privately arranged by a parent or person with parental responsibility the non-resident fee will apply, this can not be claimed from the central government fund.
  6. Where a grave has been purchased for future use and is transferred to a non-resident prior to any interments taking place the non-resident fee will apply.

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