Cheshire East Crematorium & Cemetery Price List

Local Authority fees and charges

Cheshire East Bereavement Services – Scale of Fees & Charges (From 1st July 2025)

Shown in accordance with the Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021.

Cremations

Adult Unattended Service: Direct Cremation (commencing at 08:30 or 08:50) £380
Adult Attended Service: Reduced Fee (09:15 service only) £822.00
Adult Attended Service: Standard Fee (commencing after 09:15) £1,040.00
Child under 16 years (not incl. use of chapel*) £468.00
Still-born baby (not incl. use of chapel*) £129.00
Non-viable foetus, products of conception, blocks & slides or body parts (not incl. use of chapel*) £67.00

Surcharges

Extended Service (60min service available: Macclesfield 12:15, Crewe 13:45) £92.00
Additional Chapel Slot (double booking in Chapel for 2 x 45min slots) £283.00
Out-of-hours Services (e.g. Saturday am) £1,064.00

Audio/Visual Services

Live webcast £94.00
Recording of service supplied as downloadable MP4 (with/without Visual Tribute) £52.00/39.00
Recording of service supplied as DVD or USB (with/without Visual Tribute) £83.00/72.00
Visual Tribute – single still image No charge
Visual Tribute – slideshow up to 25 images without music £50.00
Visual Tribute – slideshow up to 25 images with music £94.00
Visual Tribute – slideshow per 25 additional images £29.00
Visual Tribute – family video file (included as part of slideshow/separate to slideshow) £29.00/39.00
Visual Tribute – downloadable MP4 copy £22.00
Visual Tribute – DVD/USB copy £39.00
Visual Tribute – surcharge for orders received less than 48hrs before service £117.00
*Use of Chapel for service only £442.00

NB: all attended services are 45mins inclusive of time to enter and leave the chapel. Cremation fees include: environmental charge; medical referee; cremation certificate; eco-container. Fees for attended chapel services also include provision of music

Burial Fees - Purchase of graves

Exclusive Rights of Burial - Cheshire East resident - At-need/Pre-need £1,540.00/1,694.00
Exclusive Rights of Burial - Non-resident - At-need/Pre-need £3,080.00/3,388.00
Children's area (incl. Memorial and Burial or Cremation of Infant) - Cheshire East resident - At-need/Pre-need £1,074.00/1,181.40
Children’s area (incl. Memorial and Burial or Cremation of Infant) - Non-resident - At-need/Pre-need £2,148.00/2,362.80

Burial Fees - Purchase of Cremated Remains Plots

Cheshire East resident - Single - At-need/Pre-need £310.00/341.00
Cheshire East resident - Double - At-need/Pre-need £507.00/557.70
Cheshire East resident - Family (for four) - At-need/Pre-need £719.00/790.90
Non-resident - Single - At-need/Pre-need £620.00/682.00
Non-resident - Double - At-need/Pre-need £1,014.00/1,115.40
Non-resident - Family (for four) - At-need/Pre-need £1,438/1,581.80

Burial Fees - Interment: Coffins

Grave Opening 4’6” (Re-open for second interment, or opening for a single interment where there will be no further interments) £1,092.00
Grave Opening 6’6” (First interment in plot for two) £1,220.00
Grave Opening 8’6” (Rights purchased before Oct 2018 only) £1,350.00
Interment of non-viable foetus or products of conception £67.00

Burial Fees - Interment: Cremated Remains

Single Interment £296.00
Second Interment (where two sets are interred at same appointment) £148.00
Grave or Cremated Remains Plot Selection Fee £100.00
Test dig £283.00
Grave Timbers/Topsoil POR

Burial Fees - Exhumation

Coffin POR
Cremated Remains £284.00

Gardens of Remembrance Fees - Placement of Cremated Remains in Gardens of Remembrance

Witnessed - Cremated at our crematoria £72.00
Witnessed - Cremated elsewhere £144.00
Unwitnessed - Cremated at our crematoria No charge
Unwitnessed - Cremated elsewhere £72.00

Surcharges and Admin Fees

Transfer of Grave Ownership £69.00
Copy Cremation Certificate £13.00
Papers received less than 2 working days prior to day of Cremation or Interment £69.00
Incorrect size of coffin supplied on paperwork £149.00

Surcharge for Overrun of Crematorium Chapel Service

Overrun of 15 minutes or more which does not: £252.00

a) Cause disruption to the following service b) Prevent access to the chapel for the following service c) Run into non-service time
Overrun of 5 minutes or more causing one or more of the above issues £321.00
Early or Late arrival of cortège in cemetery (15 mins or more) £272.00