Cemetery and Crematorium Fees and Forms

Cremations

• Attended service-anytime of day after 10am: £1,080
• Attended service–reduced fee (9am or 9.30am): £695
• Unattended Service–direct cremation (8.30am or 8.45am): £395

Cremations–Children (Under 16 years)

• service for a child under 16/ still-born children-anytime of day: £486
• Unattended service–direct cremation for 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

Purchase of graves  

• Exclusive Rights of Burial for Cheshire East Residents:
  At need £1,599 Pre-need £1,758.90
• Exclusive Rights of Burial for non-Cheshire East Residents:
  At need £3,198 Pre-need £3,517.80
• Childrens area (incl. Memorial and Burial or Cremation of Infant) Cheshire East Resident:
  At-need £1,115 Pre-need £1,226.50
• Childrens area (incl. Memorial and Burial or Cremation of Infant) non-Cheshire East Resident:
  At-need £2,230 Pre-need £2,453

Internment: coffins

• Grave Opening 4’6” (Re-open for second interment, or opening for a single interment where there will be no further interments) £1,134
• Grave Opening 6’6” (First interment in plot for two) £1,267
• Grave Opening 8’6” (Rights purchased before Oct 2018 only) £1,414
• Interment of NVF or POC: £70

Interment: Cremated remains

• Single Interment: £308
• Surcharge for a second interment (where two sets are interred at 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 (for four): 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 (for four): At-need £1,494 Pre-need £1,643.40

Associated burial fees

• Grave or Cremated Remains Plot Selection Fee: £104
• Test dig: £295
• Additional materials (timber/ topsoil/ chamber): POA
• Transfer of Grave Ownership: £75

Memorial permits

• First memorial on a grave purchased after 01/04/2025: £156
• Permission to erect a new memorial: £156
• Permission to amend an existing memorial: £75
• Additional inscription/ re-guild/ addition (e.g. kerbset) £75
• Permission to undertake memorial safety works: FOC

Exhumation

• Coffin: POA
• Cremated remains: £308

• Live webcast of service: £98

Visual tributes

• Visual tribute - single still image (each) free of charge
• Visual tribute - slideshow up to 25 images without music: £52
• Visual tribute - slideshow up to 25 images with music: £98
• Visual tribute - slideshow per 25 additional images: £30
• Visual tribute - downloadable MP4 file: £23
• Visual tribute - DVD or USB: £41
• Visual tribute - surcharge for order received less than 48 hrs before service: £121

Recordings of service

• Recording of service - downloadable MP4 file: £41
• Recording of service incl visual tribute - downloadable MP4 file: £54
• Recording of service (DVD / USB) £75
• Recording of service incl visual tribute (DVD / USB) £86

• 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

Surcharge for overrun of crematorium chapel service overrun of 15 minutes or more which does not:

• a) cause disruption to the following service
• b) prevent access to the chapel for the following service
• c) run into non-service time £294.00
• Overrun of 5 minutes or more causing one or more of the above issues. £347.00
• Early or Late arrival of cortège in cemetery (15 mins or more) £294.00

• 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)