Cemeteries service

Last Updated: 8 February 2023

SLDC manage and maintain eight cemeteries throughout the district, as well as 16 churchyards which have been closed to further burials.

Fees and charges 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

Please note: we do not offer a service for pre-purchasing graves. The fees for burials and graves listed below are doubled if they are in respect of a non-resident of the district. Memorial fees are also doubled if applied for by a non-resident of the district.

Burial fees and charges
Service	Fee
Preparing grave (up to double depth of two metres) including dressing*	£750
Treble depth (where permitted, please enquire)	£775
Interment or scattering (under turf) of cremated remains	£210
Interment of a person 12 years or over	£500
Interment of a child older than one month but less than 12 years*	£90
Interment of still born child or of a child less than one month old*	No fee
Interments outside of our usual hours are subject to an additional fee to the above	£334
Ashes interments or scatterings outside of our usual hours are subject to an additional fee to the above	£117

Our usual hours for interments as stated in our Cemetery Regulations are as follows:

Monday to Thursday 10.00 to 15.00 and Friday 10.00 to 12.30
interments on Saturdays or Public holidays (other than those mentioned below) may be carried out by special arrangement only
no interments will be carried out on Sundays, Good Friday or Christmas Day or Boxing Day, except on the production of a special medical certificate
all interments are at the discretion of SLDC, dependant on availability to carry out the necessary work

*These fees where relating to a person under the age of 18 may be waived and claimed instead from the Child Funeral Fund.

Miscellaneous fees and charges
Service	Fee
Use of cemetery Chapel of Rest	£90.00
For a search of an entry in any of the Cemetery Registers maintained by the Council	£25.50
For a search and a certified copy of an entry in any of the Cemetery Registers maintained by the Council	£25.50

Grave rights fees and charges
Service	Fee
Exclusive Right of Burial: standard size earthen grave	£750
In a space set apart for internment of cremated remains	£300
Small grave specifically allocated for child under 12 years	£68.50
Transfer of ownership of Exclusive Right of Burial	£60
The right to construct a walled grave or vault in a grave space in which an exclusive right of burial has been granted is subject to an additional fee to the above, per grave (further additional preparation charges may also be applicable)	£312

Memorial fees and charges
Service	Fee
Headstone not exceeding one metre (39 inches) in height fixed using ground anchors (The preferred stone for our cemeteries is Lakeland slate)	£191
Headstone or monument exceeding 1m in height, for each additional 0.3m or part thereof (subject to approval by SLDC) up to a maximum height of 1.5 m	£105
Additional inscription to existing memorial	£69.50
Flat tablet occupying a maximum superficial area of grave space 450mm by 520mm (subject to approval by SLDC)	£106
Flat tablet occupying a greater area of grave space than 450mm by 520mm (subject to approval by SLDC)	£223
Stone vase in lieu of a headstone	£106
Transfer of ownership of Exclusive Right of Burial	£60
Inscription into the Book of Remembrance (Ulverston)	POA
Erection of a Bronze plaque in the Ulverston Garden of Remembrance (£118.80+cost of plaque)	POA
Annual registration fee for Memorial mason Registration Scheme	£60.00