Information about the fees for cemetery and funeral services.
| Cemetery Fee (from 1st April 2019) | ||
| Burial Fees | Residents | Non Residents |
| Private Grave: Coffin <=30"wide and/or 78"long | £750 | £2,250 |
| Private Grave: Large Coffin/Casket >30"wide and/or 78"long | £1,100 | £3,300 |
| Public Grave - Burial fee in a grave where the Grant of Exclusive Right has not been purchased | £550 | 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 | £1,000 | £3,000 |
| Mausoleum Chamber - Immurement of coffin into a Mausoleum Chamber | £400 | £1,200 |
| Grant of Exclusive Right Fees | ||
| Lawn Grave : Coffin <=30"wide and/or 78"long - 75 year grant | £1,000 | £3,000 |
| Lawn Grave: Large Coffin/Casket >30"wide and/or 78"long - 75 year grant | £1,500 | £4,500 |
| Premium Graves - chosen by family - additional fee | £250 | £750 |
| Extension of Grant of Exclusive Right - 10 year grant | £550 | £1,650 |
| Mausoleum Crypt - top and bottom vault - Lawn Cemetery | £7,000 | £8,000 |
| Premium Mausoleum Crypt - middle vault - Lawn Cemetery | £7,500 | £8,500 |
| Transfer Ownership of Grant of Exclusive Right | £50 | £150 |
| Official Copy of Grant of Exclusive Right/Search Fee | £50 | £150 |
| Cremated Remains Burial Fees | ||
| Interment of Cremated Remains | £250 | £750 |
| Eco Interment of Cremated Remains | £150 | £450 |
| Strewing of Cremated Remains | £150 | £450 |
| Immurement of cremated remains - above ground vault | £100 | £300 |
| Second Set of Cremated Remains - same time | £100 | £300 |
| Cremated Remains within Coffin | £100 | £300 |
| Cremated Remains Licence Fees | ||
| Cremated Remains Memorial Plot - 75 years - max 4 ashes (includes edging and chippings) | £500 | £1,500 |
| Commemorative Garden Tablet - Lawn Cemetery 75 years - max 2 ashes(inc tablet and initial inscription) | £400 | £1,200 |
| Half Size Lawn Grave - Lawn Cemetery - 75 years - max 4 ashes | £500 | £1,500 |
| Commemorative Rose Bushes - 10 years - max 2 ashes (Inc plaque and initial inscription) | £450 | £1,350 |
| Sanctum 2000 Vault - Hyde Cemetery - 10 years - max 2 ashes (inc tablet and initial inscription) | £750 | £2,250 |
| Sanctum Family Vault - Hyde Cemetery - 10 years - max 4 ashes (inc tablet and initial inscription) | £1,600 | £4,800 |
| Memorial Garden Kerb - Hyde Cemetery - 10 years - max 2 ashes (inc tablet and initial inscription) | £300 | £900 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Additional 10 year Licence Period | £200 | £600 |
| Memorial Permit Fees | ||
| Headstones - includes both new and replacement Memorials | £200 | £600 |
| Tablet | £100 | £300 |
| Vase | £100 | £300 |
| Engrave an additional inscription | £100 | £300 |
| Kerb Setting (Hatfield Hyde) | £250 | £750 |
| 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 | £350 | £350 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Inclusion of small photo/bespoke artwork | £90 | £90 |
| Inclusion of a large photo/bespoke artwork | £120 | £120 |
| New plaque for Memorial Garden Kerb - Hyde only | £200 | £200 |
| New Tablet for Commemorative Garden Plot - Lawn only | £350 | £350 |
| Plaque on Wooden Memorial Bench - 10 yr licence Inc 1 steel plaque with initial inscription & 1 refurbishment | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Second Plaque on Existing Wooden Bench (10 yrs) | £300 | £300 |
| Plaque on Granite Memorial Bench - 10yr licence Inc single plaque with initial inscription | £850 | £850 |
| Second Plaque on Existing Granite Bench (10 yrs) | £300 | £300 |
| Bespoke artwork or photographs will incur an additional charge | ||
| Permission to vault a grave space | £500 | £1,500 |
| The Lodge Chapel - Exclusive use for maximum 30mins, includes CD and organ | £100 | £300 |
| Hourly rate for exhumations | £200 | £200 |
| Late fee - per half hour | £150 | £150 |
| Turf Grave | £60 | £60 |
| 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 | ||
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