Loughborough Cemetery fees and charges 2022-23

Below are the Loughborough Cemetery fees and charges from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

Interments

The Interment Fee includes digging the grave.

For interment in any part of Loughborough Cemetery:

Of the body or body parts of a still-born or of a child who at the time of death had not attained the age of 4 years:

• Loughborough Resident = NO CHARGE
• Resident of Charnwood Borough = £156
• Non Charnwood Resident = £234

Of the body of a child who at the time of death was aged 4 years but had not attained the age of 18 years:

• Loughborough Resident = NO CHARGE
• Resident of Charnwood Borough = £222
• Non Charnwood Resident = £333

Of the body of a person who at the time of death was 18 years and over:

• Loughborough Resident = £575
• Resident of Charnwood Borough = £1,150
• Non Charnwood Resident = £1,725

• Muslim Cage – Additional Charge = £320

Of cremated remains:

• Any Residents (under 18 years of age) = NO CHARGE
• Loughborough Resident (18 years and over) = £121
• Resident of Charnwood Borough = £242
• Non Charnwood Resident = £363
• Scattering of cremated remains – Residents/Non-Residents = £36

In a vaulted or walled grave:

• Loughborough Resident = £700
• Resident of Charnwood = £1,4000
• Non Charnwood Resident = £2,100

Exhumation of Confined Body = £4,500

Please note: If a burial is to be carried out on a Saturday, double interment fees are charged.

Exclusive right of burial 

For the exclusive right of a burial for a period of 100 years in:-

Traditional graves - A:

• Loughborough Resident = £855
• Resident of Charnwood = £1,710
• Non Charnwood Resident = £2,565

Lawned graves - D:

• Loughborough Resident = £655
• Resident of Charnwood = £1,310
• Non Charnwood Resident = £1,965

Cremated remains - E:

• Loughborough Resident = £242
• Resident of Charnwood = £484
• Non Charnwood Resident = £726

Children's graves - C:

• Loughborough Resident = £234
• Resident of Charnwood = £468
• Non Charnwood Resident = £702 

Selection Fee: 50% on surcharge on exclusive rights of burial plots

Pre-purchase of grave or cremation plots is not permitted.

Monuments, gravestones, tablets and monumental inscriptions 

TYPE OF MEMORIAL	TRADITIONAL GRAVES - A	LAWNED GRAVES – D	CREMATED REMAINS – E	CHILDREN’S GRAVES – C
A flat/foot/kerb/border stone or tablet	183.00	183.00	N/A	N/A
Headstone	183.00	183.00	183.00	N/A
Vase/Memorial not exceeding 24” in height	113.00	113.00	113.00	113.00
Additional inscription (after first inscription)	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00

Miscellaneous charges

Searches of Burial Register

• Copy of each entry in the Burial Register where death occurred, within five years of search = NO CHARGE
• Change of grave ownership / replacement. Updating of deeds = £64
• Copy of each entry in the Burial register when death occurred more than five years before search = £40 + VAT

• Memorial seat with plaque - up to 90 letters = £1,443 + VAT
• Additional plaque (only) = £246 + VAT
• Memorial tree with plaque – up to 80 letters = £407 + VAT

Notes on charges for Loughborough residents, residents of Charnwood and non-Charnwood residents

In respect of the Fees and Charges set out under INTERMENTS and EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS, to ensure that residents who contribute towards the Loughborough Special Rate are recognised by an appropriate charge.

The following scale of fees applies:

Single Fees

• Anyone living in the Loughborough Council Tax area at the time of death.
• For residents living in care homes outside the area for less than twelve months prior to date of death, evidence must be provided by the Funeral Director/applicant to qualify for singles fees e.g. Council Tax bill.

Double Fees

• Anyone living elsewhere in the Borough of Charnwood at the time of death.
• For residents living in care homes outside the area for less than twelve months prior to date of death, evidence must be provided by the Funeral Director/applicant to qualify for singles fees e.g. Council Tax bill.

Treble Fees

• For all non-residents of the Borough of Charnwood.