Information about the fees for cemetery and funeral services.
| Cemetery Fee (from 1st April 2021) | ||
| Burial Fees | Residents | Non Residents |
| Private Grave: Coffin <=30"wide and/or 78"long | £765 | £2,295 |
| Private Grave: Large Coffin/Casket >30"wide and/or 78"long | £1,125 | £3,375 |
| Public Grave - Burial fee in a grave where the Grant of Exclusive Right has not been purchased | £560 | N/A |
| Children's Grave - Burial fee for a child under 18 years of age at the time if death | £0 | N/A |
| Shallow Grave - Additional fee for a grave to be prepared at a depth of 3ft using an ultima liner | £1,020 | £3,060 |
| Mausoleum Chamber - Immurement of coffin into a Mausoleum Chamber | £410 | £1,230 |
| Grant of Exclusive Right Fees | ||
| Lawn Grave : Coffin <=30"wide and/or 78"long - 75 year grant | £1,020 | £3,060 |
| Lawn Grave: Large Coffin/Casket >30"wide and/or 78"long - 75 year grant | £1,530 | £4,590 |
| Premium Graves - chosen by family - additional fee | £255 | £765 |
| Extension of Grant of Exclusive Right - 10 year grant | £560 | £1,680 |
| Mausoleum Crypt - top and bottom vault - Lawn Cemetery | £7,140 | £7140 |
| Premium Mausoleum Crypt - middle vault - Lawn Cemetery | £7,650 | £7650 |
| Transfer Ownership of Grant of Exclusive Right | £51 | £153 |
| Official Copy of Grant of Exclusive Right/Search Fee | £51 | £153 |
| Cremated Remains Burial Fees | ||
| Interment of Cremated Remains | £255 | £765 |
| Eco Interment of Cremated Remains | £153 | £459 |
| Strewing of Cremated Remains | £153 | £459 |
| Immurement of cremated remains - above ground vault | £102 | £306 |
| Second Set of Cremated Remains - same time | £102 | £306 |
| Cremated Remains within Coffin | £102 | £306 |
| Cremated Remains Licence Fees | ||
| Cremated Remains Memorial Plot - 75 years - max 4 ashes (includes edging and chippings) | £510 | £1,530 |
| Commemorative Garden Tablet - Lawn Cemetery 75 years - max 2 ashes(inc tablet and initial inscription) | £408 | £1,224 |
| Half Size Lawn Grave - Lawn Cemetery - 75 years - max 4 ashes | £510 | £1,530 |
| Commemorative Rose Bushes - 10 years - max 2 ashes (Inc plaque and initial inscription) | £459 | £1,377 |
| Memorial Garden Kerb - Hyde Cemetery - 10 years - max 2 ashes (inc tablet and initial inscription) | £306 | £918 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Additional 10 year Licence Period | £204 | £612 |
| Memorial Permit Fees | ||
| Headstones - includes both new and replacement Memorials | £204 | £612 |
| Tablet | £102 | £306 |
| Vase | £102 | £306 |
| Engrave an additional inscription | £102 | £306 |
| Kerb Setting (Hatfield Hyde) | £255 | £765 |
| Fine for any contravention to memorial regulation | £500 | £500 |
| Repair or cleaning of a memorial | £0 | £0 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | ||
| Memorial Plaque - Includes plaque with initial inscription | £357 | £357 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Inclusion of small photo/bespoke artwork | £92 | £92 |
| Inclusion of a large photo/bespoke artwork | £122 | £122 |
| New plaque for Memorial Garden Kerb - Hyde only | £204 | £204 |
| New Tablet for Commemorative Garden Plot - Lawn only | £357 | £357 |
| Plaque on Wooden Memorial Bench - 10 yr licence Inc 1 steel plaque with initial inscription & 1 refurbishment | £1,020 | £1,020 |
| Second Plaque on Existing Wooden Bench (10 yrs) | £306 | £306 |
| Plaque on Granite Memorial Bench - 10yr licence Inc single plaque with initial inscription | £867 | £867 |
| Second Plaque on Existing Granite Bench (10 yrs) | £306 | £306 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Permission to vault a grave space | £510 | £1,530 |
| The Lodge Chapel - Exclusive use for maximum 30mins, includes CD and organ | £102 | £306 |
| Hourly rate for exhumations | £204 | £204 |
| Late fee - per half hour | £153 | £153 |
| Turf Grave | £61 | £61 |
| PLOTS CANNOT BE RESERVED AT EITHER THE LAWN OR HYDE CEMETERY | ||
| PROOF OF DECEASED'S RESIDENCY WITHIN THE BOROUGH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL BOOKINGS | ||
| Non Residents Fee - most of the fees are trebled for a person who at the time of death resides outside the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. | ||
| Any relevant fees relating to the grave afterwards will also be trebled. The only exceptions to the trebling of fees are as follows - | ||
| - If a grave is purchased at the standard rate for the first internment for a resident of the borough, any future fees will remain as standard | ||
| - If a resident is required to move out of the area for medical care or to any nursing home within the last 2 years | ||
