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Grave and burial fees

Below are the fees and charges for graves and burials in the London Borough of Hounslow.

Fees and charges shown are valid from 1 April 2024.

Grave Purchase – Purchase of Exclusive Right of Burial for 60 years	Resident	Non-Resident
Brick	£3,395.00	£10,187.00
Traditional 1st row *	£2,258.00	£6,775.00
Traditional 2nd row *	£2,089.00	£6,270.00
Traditional other areas	£1,966.00	£5,898.00
Lawn Section	£1,753.00	£5,260.00
Children up to 17 years of age age including stillborn (and NVF if purchased grave required)	* £1,753.00 * £1,966.00	£5,260.00 £5,898.00
NVF burials are only available for residents of the London Borough of Hounslow free of charge. Please note these graves are shared with other NVF’s (all individual burials), and the grave will remain under the ownership of the London Borough of Hounslow.
Please note that Traditional 1st row and 2nd row graves are not currently available. Non-residential fees are trebled. To qualify for residency rates, proof of residency of the proposed registered owner must be provided at the time of booking. Otherwise, non-resident fees will be charged. Child Burials Hounslow Residents only - London Borough of Hounslow cover burial fees for child burials in full. *Non-residential rate for child burial depends on the grave location (lawn - £5,260.00 traditional other area £5,898.00)

Interment Fees – Purchased Graves (lawn, traditional)	Resident	Non-Resident
Depth for 1	£974.00	£2,921.00
Depth for 2	£1,140.00	£3,419.00
Depth for 3	£1,203.00	£3,608.00
Depth for 4	£1,606.00	£4,818.00
Brick grave (initial digging for brick preparation)	£1,784.00	£5,350.00
Skip for removal of excess soil (Brick grave) each skip used	£519.00	£519.00
Brick grave (re-open for 1)	£974.00	£2,921.00
Children up to 17 years of age including stillborn (and NVF when purchased grave required)	* £212.00	£637.00
Child Cremated Remains up to17 years of age, including stillborn (and NVF when purchased grave required)	£66.00	£198.00
Cremated Remains – persons exceeding 18 years	£303.00	£911.00
Burial of Body Parts	£303.00	£911.00
Non-residential fees are trebled. Child Burials Hounslow Residents -London Borough of Hounslow covers burial fees for child burials in full. To qualify for residency rates, proof of residency of the deceased must be provided at the time of booking. Otherwise, non-resident fees will be charged. Child burials – residency is shown through child’s parents.

Extension of Exclusive Rights of Burial and Memorial	Resident	Non-Resident
LAWN GRAVE
10 years extension	£291.00	£876.00
20 years extension	£585.00	£1,753.00
30 years extension	£876.00	£2,630.00
40 years extension	£1,168.00	£3,506.00
TRADITIONAL GRAVE
10 years extension	£328.00	£986.00
20 years extension	£657.00	£1,972.00
30 years extension	£986.00	£2,958.00
40 years extension	£1,315.00	£3,944.00
BRICK GRAVES
10 years extension	£566.00	£1,697.00
20 years extension	£1,131.00	£3,394.00
30 years extension	£1,697.00	£5,091.00
40 years extension	£2,262.00	£6,788.00
The exclusive rights of burial in a private grave are leased for 60 years duration and are renewable to a maximum of 100 years but can't be purchased in advance. The rights of burial can be extended during the last 10 years of remaining lease period.

Interment in an Unpurchased Graves – these graves may contain more than one burial and remain under the ownership of the London Borough of Hounslow	Available to Residents only
Persons exceeding 17 years	£715.00
Child not exceeding 17 years	£238.00
Cremated Remains	£150.00

Burial Related Charges	Resident	Non-Resident
Fee for Casket shape per depth / Coffins over 26” width	£269.00	£809.00
Casket shape, or a coffin or container exceeding 26’’ in width or made from wicker or willow, are subject to the above fees. Metal caskets are not permitted in earthen graves.
Shroud wooden insert (available for one depth only – subject to risk assessment)	£974.00	£2,921.00

MEMORIAL FEES

Memorial Permits – Purchased Graves	All classes
Lawn section - headstone	£303.00
Traditional section – headstone and/or kerb set	£303.00
Child Memorial Fee – Lawn section (Hatton Cemetery child section only)	£150.00
Concrete surround (permit only)	£94.00
Removal and Replacement of Lawn memorial (this service is not currently available)	£258.00
Removal and Replacement of Traditional memorial	£511.00
Provision and installation of wooden surround	£809.00
Additional Inscription	£80.00
Additional works/refurbishment’s	£80.00
Tablet	£75.00
Vases	£38.00
Vases – Unpurchased Graves	£38.00
*erection of memorial on double or treble grave space – fees double or trebled as appropriate

MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES

Late payment fee chargeable to funeral directors (fees due by date of burial)	£32.00
Scattering of Cremated Remains – on a purchased grave where registration is required	£117.00
Transfer of Burial Rights	£209.00
Assignment/Additional Owner of Exclusive Right of Burial	£107.00
Hire of cemetery chapel – single service lasting 45 minutes	£145.00
Skips for removal of excess soil – each skip used	£519.00
Duplicate Grave Deed	£27.00
Family Trace (not computerised records)	£27.00
Admin fee for refund (refund for returning Exclusive Right of Burial for unused burial plot)	£27.00
*Refund of the original purchase payments, less the years of ownership. Admin fee applies.
Overtime rates (out of normal hours burials)
*Overtime fee for Interments requested from 3.00pm (also chargeable for late arrivals)	£475.00
Additional fees for Interments on Saturday – full interment	£475.00
Additional fees for Interments on Saturday – Cremated Remains	£238.00
Additional fee for Interments on Sunday/Bank Holiday – full interment	£594.00
Additional fee for Interments on Sunday/Bank Holiday – Cremated Remains	£297.00
Burial Cancellation Fee (chargeable when less than 71 hours’ notice is given)	Full digging fee
*Overtime rate applies to burials commencing on or after 3pm any day (inc. late arrivals). If on a weekend or Bank Holiday, this will be in addition to the weekend surcharge.
Exhumation of Cremated Remains - Adult	£411.00
Exhumation of Cremated Remains – Child not exceeding 17 years	£212.00
Exhumation of a Child (coffin burial)	£974.00
Exhumation*	£3,924.00
*this fee includes the removal of the first and/or second coffin together with special fee paid to each member of staff involved

Who qualifies for a resident fee?

Deceased

The deceased must have been a permanent resident of the London Borough of Hounslow at the date of death.
The deceased was a permanent resident of the London Borough of Hounslow and a near relative – next of kin (mother, father, spouse, civil partner, son, or daughter) (non-resident) is organising a burial in a newly purchased grave in Hounslow – grave purchase and interment fee will be charged at residential rate for the burial of Hounslow resident only.
Children of Hounslow residents not exceeding 17 years – residency is shown through their parents.
The deceased was a Hounslow resident in the last 5 years and moved to a residential care home out of the Hounslow Borough, as there was no placement available for residential care in the Hounslow Borough. The residential care fees are covered by the London Borough Hounslow. This must be confirmed by the Social Services
The deceased died in the care of a relative outside of the Hounslow borough and was a Hounslow resident in the last 5 years.
If a resident purchases an exclusive right of burial, the resident fee will only be applied if the grave is to be used for their next of kin (mother, father, spouse, civil partner, son, or daughter). We reserve the right to request that evidence of the relationship between the purchaser and the deceased is demonstrated to confirm they meet the criteria. A birth or marriage certificate would be acceptable for this purpose. The exclusive right of burial can be purchased for other relatives but will be charged at non-residential rate. The interment fee will be charged based on the deceased’s residency.
If, at the time of death the person resided in a nursing home, residential home or a hospital in the Hounslow Borough, the ‘non-resident’ scale of charges will apply for interment unless it can be shown that the person would otherwise have qualified as a resident providing requested documents, please see the following information:

Purchaser

Hounslow resident who lives permanently in Hounslow borough, which can be proven through current Council Tax Bill or other documents, please see below

Proof of residency

Residency qualification for purchaser and deceased will be determined through one of the following:

Council Tax Demand (current year) indicating that the person occupy/occupied a property within the Hounslow borough
Electoral Roll document (current)
Utility Bill received at the property (not more than 3 months old).
Driving licence will be accepted if supported by one of the above.
If evidence of relationship between the deceased and purchaser is required, the purchaser’s photo ID may be requested

Submitting Proof

Proof of residence for the purchaser and the deceased has to be submitted to the Funeral Director. The Funeral Director will send scanned copies of these documents at the same time with the interment form to the Hounslow Cemeteries Office on cemeteries@hounslow.gov.uk

Please note that we do not need to obtain the original copy of the residential documents. The original documents required remains the same: interment form, appropriate fee and the certificate of disposal which need to be delivered to our office at least three days before burial.

Same day burials (subject to availability)

Please be aware that bookings for same day burials must be arranged and completed by 11:00am with the Cemetery Office Monday to Friday. We reserve the right to reduce this timeframe at times of increased demand for the service. We require the payment, interment form, residency documents and the certificate for Burial and Cremation (the green certificate) before we will take a booking for a funeral, this can be emailed to us or brought into to the Cemeteries Office.

For faith burials being booked on a Friday to take place on Saturday or Sunday, the booking must be complete by 3:00pm on Friday. We reserve the right to reduce this timeframe at times of increased demand for the service. The funeral director can contact the out of normal hours burials service from 5:00pm on Friday or over the weekend. If booked over the weekend, the funeral director must make payment directly to the Cemeteries Office on Monday morning. If you require this service, please call the out of normal hours general number to request a burial through Lampton Greenspace 360 on 020 8583 2222.

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