Cemeteries and Crematoria Service

Cemetery Fees and Charges 2008

Valid from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009

(including Exclusive Right of Burial Lease 30 years at Hillview Cemetery - maximum two interments and Sidcup Cemetery - maximum four interments)

Service	Cost
Grave for one interment	£1207 (£684 purchase price + £523 interment)
Grave for two interments	£1426 (£684 purchase price + £742 interment)
Grave for three or four interments	£1638 (£684 purchase price + £954 interment)
Purchase of grave at Hill View Cemetery (if you are burying cremated remains first) full interment costs apply for first set of cremated remains only	£1207 (£684 purchase price + £523 for first set of ashes only)
Purchase of grave in reserve at Hillview Cemetery only	£972 (+ interment charge payable at time of burial)
Purchase in Reserve Sanctum Vault at Hill View (30 year lease)	£643
Bexleyheath Memorial Garden Plots (30 year lease)	£270
Half plot for cremated remains (ashes) not available at Hillview Cemetery	£284

Above charges are 5 times more for non-parishioners. Saturday burials double the interment fee.

Service	Cost
Interment for one	£523
Interment for two	£742
Interment for three or four	£954
Interment of cremated remains (ashes) into purchased grave at Hillview Cemetery	£156 (if second interment only)
Interment of cremated remains (ashes) into purchased grave in all other cemeteries	£156
Cremated remains (ashes) into Garden of Remembrance	£156

Above charges are 5 times more for non-parishioners . Saturday burials double the interment fee.

Service	Cost
Surcharge for interment with casket	£218
Interment of cremated remains (ashes) in gardens of remembrance or private grave	£156
Additional charge for coffins exceeding 6'10" x 2'2" (fixed or locking bar handles)	£218
Transfer of Grave Ownership	£95
Copy of Deed for Grave Ownership	£95
Use of Chapel for service in Bexleyheath and Erith Cemeteries only	£95
Plaques on Shared Donated Bench (limited areas only to be agreed with Cemetery Office)	£217
Exhumations (Licence required from Home Office first, contact: 0807 000 1585)	contact Cemetery Office
Genealogy Searches	£44

Service	Cost
Interment of baby/child up to 3 months	No Fee
Interment of Child 3 months to 16 years	£71
Interment of Adult	£212

Service	Cost
New Vault including 30-year Lease and Vase and Inscribed Tablet	£1048
Second Interment of Cremated Remains (ashes)	£156
Replacement Tablet after Second Interment	£174

Service	Cost
Purchase of Vase with plaque	£195
Interment of Cremated Remains (ashes)	£156
Purchase of Plaque on Sundial (30 year lease) they come in 3 sizes
Small	£222
Medium	£245
Large	£267

Service	Cost
Purchase of Plaque on Sundial (30 year lease) they come in 3 sizes
Small	£222
Medium	£245
Large	£267

All applications through the Cemeteries Office only.

This is sold as a package and must be purchased as plot + interment + memorial. See charges below:

Service	Cost
Cremated Remains (ashes) Plot 2' x 2' (30-year Lease)	£270
Interment of Cremated Remains (ashes)	£156

Service	Cost
Memorials exceeding 18" x 15"	£194
Additional Inscription on existing Memorials	£100
Vases and New Small Memorials not exceeding 18" x 15"	£47
Renovation of existing Memorial after safety check and letter from Council	no fee
Placing of small Memorial on Common or Public Grave approved by Council	£47
Renovation/Minor Works/Cleaning of Memorial	£37

Service	Cost
Full Memorial Grave Plot (Annual Charge)	£79 (£39.50 half-year)
Headstone only Grave Plot (Annual Charge)	£32 (£16 half-year)
Turfing of Full Memorial Grave Plot	£27