Bereavement Services fees and charges

There is no charge for the burial or cremation of Leeds residents aged 17 or under.

Graves and cremation plots

When you buy a grave, you are buying the rights to bury a body or scatter ashes in that grave. This is called the Exclusive rights of burial, and means that you can give permission for remains or ashes to be buried there.

All rights are granted for a fixed period of time. In Leeds, this is for 50 years.

More fees may apply if the burial or cremation is not for a Leeds resident. Contact us for more information.

Find details of what is involved in purchasing a plot, and how to contact us.

Type of plot Cost
Adult burial plot £1,857
Cremation plot £928
Baby grave (at Whinmoor Cemetery only) £928

An extra charge of £111 will apply if the coffin or casket size is more than 92cm x 46cm x 208cm (including handles), or if the measurements given are incorrect.

The maximum coffin size for a baby grave is 122cm x 71cm x 41cm including handles.

Burial fees

If exclusive right of burial has been granted

Service or item Cost
Adult burial £1,433
Child burial (non-Leeds resident) £924
Additional charge per 30cm (over 1.8m) £284
Set of vault cover slabs and ledges £237
Pre-formed vault and cover £940
Timber ledges or cover boards for grave £45
Interment of adult's organs £367
Interment of child's organs (non-Leeds resident) £367
Additional extras for children's burials Contact us for a price

Adult and child burial cost together at the same time is 50% of the full cost.

No exclusive right of burial has been granted

Service Cost
Interment in a grave £1,433
Interment in an inscription grave £1,700

Cremation fees

A cremation without a service or attendants, including the scattering of cremated remains, can be arranged at any of our crematoria sites before 9am. This service costs £395.

Service Cost
Adult (age 18 and over) £1,179
Adult organs (age 18 and over) £169
Child (non-Leeds resident, 1 to 17 years old) £437
Child organs (non-Leeds resident, 1 to 17 years old) £80
Infant (non-Leeds resident, up to 1 year old) £178
Stillborn baby (non-Leeds resident) £90
Fee for the supply of duplicate cremation certificate £26
Strewing of the remains not cremated in Leeds £139
Transferring cremated remains to another location £30
Holding of ashes beyond 14 days, (per period, per set) £65
Fee for adjusting arrangements (first change free) £25 per further adjustment
Not collecting ashes next day (‘no holding over’ specified) £200
Double length cremation service additional fee £375

Maximum coffin size 96cm x 61cm x 213cm (including handles). We will not accept coffins larger than this size. Failure to notify us of the size on prelim form will result in a charge of £111.

Containers for cremated remains

After a cremation you will need to collect the ashes from the crematorium within 14 days. To collect them you will need to have made arrangements with us. We provide a suitably sized biodegradable container.

Container Cost
Packaging, sealing and customs letter £55
Post ashes by courier to an address in the UK Contact us for a price

Memorial services or interment elsewhere

Using our chapels or crematoria for a private memorial service or for interment somewhere else costs £795.

Burials

There is a £100 fee for non-attendance or an over-run of 20 minutes or more.

Monday to Friday

Day and time Extra cost
2:30pm to 4pm £123
4:01pm to 6pm £185
6:01pm to 8pm £245

Weekends and bank holidays

Day and time Extra cost
Saturdays £606
Sundays and bank holidays £755

Cremations

Day and time Extra cost
Weekday cremations starting at 4pm £185
Weekday cremations after 4:50pm £308
Saturdays £606
Sundays and bank holidays £755
Over-run or non-attendance (20 minutes or more) £100

Music and video tributes and webcasts

We offer music and visual tributes for ceremonies taking place at our crematoria. For a child under 18 years old then the live and on demand service is free with a photo slideshow (up to 25 photos). Services can be ordered up to 4 working days before a cremation takes place.

Service Cost (not including VAT)
Live and on demand webcast £72
Keepsake webcast copy DVD/BluRay/memory stick £70 plus VAT
Photo tribute (Halo - single photo) Free
Photo tribute (Halo - extra photo) £13 plus VAT
Slideshow (up to 25 photos) £50 plus VAT
Additional 25 photos (per 25 or part thereof) £29 plus VAT
Downloadable visual tribute copies £14 plus VAT
Music tribute £88 plus VAT
Family made £32 plus VAT
Keepsake visual tribute copy DVD/BluRay/memory stick £55 plus VAT
Video book £107 plus VAT
Memory box £146 plus VAT
Any revisions or major departure from standard product £29 plus VAT

Items should be ordered when booking the cremation or at least four full working days before the cremation takes place. There are additional charges for late bookings.

Other fees

Service Cost
Erect a memorial or head stone on grave £347
Add inscription to existing head stone £146
Erection of memorial kerb stones £237
Re-erect an existing headstone £74
Register search fee £204
Transferring of Burial Rights £70
Onsite grave locations per hour or part thereof £43
Late arrival of burial forms £65
Supply of duplicate grave deed £26
Lighting towers £220
MOJ and faculty Contact us for a price
Dis-interment (exhumation) Contact us for a price

Late return of forms

If you are arranging a funeral by yourself you can get the forms and paperwork you need from Farnley Hall (Monday to Friday, 8am to 3:45pm).

You will need to hand completed paperwork back in at Farnley Hall by 10am, at least 2 working days before the funeral. If you return the forms late there is an additional fee of £63.

This fee will not apply for same day burial services.

Contact us

Email

Phone

0113 376 0001
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 3:30pm

Post

Bereavement services
Farnley Hall
Hall Lane
Leeds
LS12 5HA