Find fees, forms and payment information for cremations, burials, graves, memorials, cremated remains plots and related services.
Some fees depend on whether the person was a Cheshire East resident and whether arrangements are made following a death (at need) or purchased in advance (pre-need).
Cremation fees
Cremations
- Attended service (anytime of day after 10am): £1,080
- Attended service (9am or 9.30am): £695
- Unattended service (direct cremation at 8.30am or 8.45am): £395
Cremations for children
- Service for a child under 16 or a still-born child (any time): £486
- Unattended direct cremation for a still-born baby (8.30am or 8.50am): £134
Cremation of an NVF, POC, blocks and slides or body parts
- Cremation of an NVF, POC, blocks and slides or body parts £70
Burial fees
Purchase of graves
Cheshire East residents
Exclusive Rights of Burial
- At need £1,599
- Pre-need £1,758.90
Non-Cheshire East residents
Exclusive Rights of Burial
- At need £3,198
- Pre-need £3,517.80
Children's area (including memorial and burial or cremation of infant)
Cheshire East resident
- At-need £1,115
- Pre-need £1,226.50
Non-Cheshire East resident
- At-need £2,230
- Pre-need £2,453
Internment of coffins
- Grave opening 4'6" (re-opening for a second interment, or a single interment where there will be no further interments): £1,134
- Grave opening 6'6" (first interment in a plot for two): £1,267
- Grave opening 8'6" (rights purchased before October 2018 only): £1,414
- Interment of NVF or POC: £70
Interment of cremated remains
- Single interment: £308
- Additional charge where two sets are interred at the same appointment: £154
Purchase of cremated remains plots
Cheshire East resident
Single
- At-need £322
- Pre-need £354.20
Double
- At-need £527
- Pre-need £579.70
Family (up to four interments)
- At-need £747
- Pre-need £821.70
Non-Cheshire East resident
Single
- At-need £644
- Pre-need £708.40
Double
- At-need £1,054
- Pre-need £1,159.40
Family (up to four interments)
- At-need £1,494
- Pre-need £1,643.40
Additional burial fees
- Grave or cremated remains plot selection fee: £104
- Test dig: £295
- Additional materials (timber, topsoil or chamber): Price on application (POA)
- Transfer of grave ownership: £75
Memorial permits
- First memorial on a grave purchased after 01 April 2025: £156
- Permission to erect a new memorial: £156
- Permission to amend an existing memorial: £75
- Additional inscription, re-gilding or additions (for example, kerb sets): £75
- Permission to undertake memorial safety works: free of charge
Exhumation fees
- Coffin: Price on application (POA)
- Cremated remains: £308
Audio and visual services
Live webcast
- Live webcast of service: £98
Visual tributes
- Single still image: free of charge
- Slideshow up to 25 images without music: £52
- Slideshow up to 25 images with music: £98
- Slideshow per 25 additional images: £30
- Downloadable MP4 file: £23
- DVD or USB: £41
- Orders received less than 48 hours before the service: £121
Recordings of service
- Downloadable MP4 file: £41
- Downloadable MP4 file including visual tribute: £54
- DVD or USB recording: £75
- DVD or USB recording including visual tribute: £86
Surcharges and miscellaneous
- Transfer of grave ownership:£75
- Copy of cremation certificate: £15
- Papers received less than 2 working days prior to day of cremation or interment: £72
- Incorrect size of coffin supplied on paperwork £175
Crematorium chapel service overruns
- a) cause disruption to the following service
- b) prevent access to the chapel for the following service
- c) run into non-service time £294
- Overrun of 5 minutes or more causing one or more of the above issues. £347
- Early or Late arrival of cortège in cemetery (15 mins or more) £294
Forms
- Crewe preliminary application (PDF, 211KB)
- Macclesfield preliminary application (PDF, 194KB)
- NVF preliminary application Crewe (PDF, 112KB)
- NVF preliminary application Macclesfield (PDF, 664KB)
- EROB preliminary application (PDF, 185KB)
- Memorial permit application (PDF, 127KB)
- Interment application (PDF, 522KB)
Payment options
We have two crematorium offices that are open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 4pm, and both offices will accept payment by card over the phone or in person, or by cheque.
Pay by phone
Crewe: 01270 685545
Macclesfield: 01625 383946
Pay in person
You can visit one of our offices to make a payment in person.
Crewe Crematorium
Badger Avenue
Crewe
CW1 3JG
Macclesfield Crematorium
Prestbury Road
Macclesfield
SK10 3BU
Pay by cheque
You can make a cheque payable to Cheshire East Council and either deliver it in person or send it to the relevant office (see above).
If sending a cheque by post, please include reference to who it has come from and what the payment is for.