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.
Service | Fee |
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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.
Service | Fee |
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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 |
Service | Fee |
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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 |
Service | Fee |
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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 |
The fees listed above are doubled if they relate to a non-inhabitant of the district. Please check with the office to confirm.
Cemetery regulations
SLDC cemetery regulations (PDF 146KB / 11 pages)
Crematoriums
Beetham Hall Crematorium
Beetham Hall Crematorium
Beetham
Milnthorpe
Cumbria
LA7 7BQ
Telephone: 015395 65363
Lancaster and Morecambe Crematorium
Powder House Lane
Lancaster
LA2 6AD
Telephone: 01524 848 394 or 01524 389 990
Barrow (Thorncliffe) Crematorium
Devonshire Road
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 5PD
Telephone: 01229 876 542
Application forms
Memorial application form (PDF 776KB / 2 pages)
Notice of Interment (PDF 228KB / 2 pages)
If you require further information or advice you can contact us using the bereavement services enquiry form.