Crematorium fees and charges

North Devon Crematorium fees and charges

Fees and charges - 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026

Cremation Fees

Service

Fee

Unattended direct cremation service at 8.00am and 8.15am 

£350

10-minute attended direct cremation (10 mourners max.) at 8.30am

£499

15-minute attended service at 8.45am

£760

30-minute attended service

£899

Service extension / Memorial service (30-minutes including organist, if available)

£320

Funeral director charge for service overrun (where mourners remain in chapel beyond allocated service time)

£370

Service cancellation within 72 hours of service

£175

Booked ashes within 24 hours of service (by arrangement only)

£60

Cremation fee includes cremation, use of chapel and waiting room, services of Chapel Attendant, Organist (if available), music system, single chapel screen photo, environmental fees, Medical Referee fee, Disposal of Cremated Remains in Gardens or Cardboard Casket (additional £8 for scatter tube). 

Service time: commences at the booked start time and includes time for mourners to enter and leave the chapel.

We also apply a funeral director overrun charge when we deem a chapel is left unavailable for immediate use at end of an allocated service. 

Note: All children’s (under 18) cremation fees are free to the applicant and will be paid by the Children’s Funeral Fund for England. We do not make any charges for a child’s single service, live webcasts, 28-day watch again and music tribute. 

Webcast / Tribute Services 

Service

Fee

Live webcast, 28-day watch again

£65

Downloadable copy of webcast – when later added onto a live webcast service

£15

Music tribute 

£85

Family-supplied video (checking-charge by Obitus)

£35

Keepsake copy of service / visual tribute (DVD or USB)

£65

Additional keepsake copies

£40

Downloadable copy of service – when a service was not webcast live

£55

Each batch of extra 25 photos

£30

Extra tribute work / late submission (by Obitus)

£25

Additional Biodegradable Containers

Container

Fee

Cardboard casket

£22

Scatter tube

£30

Keepsake tube

£15

Cremated Remains Fees

Cremated Remains Type

Fee

Placement fee, returned after 12 months following cremation here

      £60

Placement fee, when cremation took place elsewhere

      £115

Temporary deposit, fee per month after the first month

      £15

Book of Remembrance

Book of Remembrance

Fee

Two lines

£90

Three to five lines

£140

Six to eight lines

£180

Three to five lines with a picture or emblem

£275

Six to eight lines with a picture or emblem

£300

Memorials – 10 Year Initial Lease Period / Renewal Option

Memorial Type

Fee

Sanctum - an above-ground vault (for up to two sets of ashes)

£1300

Pear tree (for up to two sets of ashes)

£575

Standard rose / climbing plant (for up to two sets of ashes)

£475

Rose bush / shrub (for up to two sets of ashes)

£450

Memorial tower

£320

Vase block

£300

 Granite mushroom (shared)

£290

Children’s teddy memorial

£150

Bench (exclusive - max three plaques)

£995

Bench (shared)

£295

Memorial branch

£175

Please note: plaque purchase may be required, see below:

Plaques

Plaque

Fee

Acrylic plaques (for garden use / benches)

£100

Bronze plaques (for garden use)

£195

Granite plaque for Sanctum first 80 letters only (extra at £3.00 each)

£215

Granite plaque for Vase block

£175

Granite plaque for memorial tower

£135

Granite plaque for children’s teddy memorial (varying sizes) prices from

£95

Granite disc for mushroom

£130

Bronze finish leaf for memorial branch

£85

5 Year Renewal Option

Option

Fee

Pear tree / *tree (*tree is renewal only)

£300

Standard rose / climber

£250

Rose bush / shrub

£240

Vase block

£175

Memorial tower

£175

Granite mushroom (shared)

£160

Children’s teddy memorial

£85

  Bench (exclusive)

£550

  Bench (shared)

£160

Memorial branch

£95

Phillips memorial (renewal only)

£130

Bird box (renewal only)

£100

Bird bath / sundial (renewal only)

£210

All ashes are buried loosely in the ground.

Garden memorials provide space for no more than two sets of ashes.

Cut flowers without any wrapping may be left in the Garden of Remembrance.

Please do not leave any artificial flowers, plants and wreaths or items of sentimental value in the grounds and buildings. Memorials other than those provided by the Crematorium are not permitted.

North Devon Crematorium cannot be held responsible for any theft, vandalism or damage however caused and retains the right to remove any unauthorised memorials without giving notice.