Fees and Charges

Fees & charges from 1st April 2023

Cremation fees include the cremation, environmental surcharge, medical referee fee & cardboard casket.

Item Price
Standard Cremation Fee 18 years and over for a published 30 minute service slot
available 9am, 9:30am, 4pm & 4:30pm.
(please note the 30 minutes consists of 20 minutes in the Chapel and 10 minutes for entering and exiting the chapel).
£745.00
Standard Cremation Fee 18 years and over for a published 45 minute service slot.
(please note the 45 minutes consists of 30 minutes in the Chapel and 15 minutes for entering and exiting the chapel).
£905.00
Standard Cremation Fee 18 years and over direct to Crematory with no chapel use
£535.00
Baby – gestation under 24 weeks
Free
Stillborn babies and children under 18 years – these fees will be covered by the Childrens Funeral Fund (where possible)
£360.00
Use of Chapel for cremation service of a baby (gestation under 24 weeks), stillborn babies and children under 18 years (charge for chapel only)
£206.00
Cancellation Fee – Cancellation within five days of service date.
There is no charge for a postponement
£309.00
Item Price
30 minute service extension available for the 9am & 4pm services
£340.00
45 minute service extension available from 10am through to 2.30pm
£535.00
Cremation surcharge fee for overrun of allocated service time
£339.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a memorial service for a published 30 minute slot
£340.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a memorial service for a published 45 minute slot
£535.00
Item Price
Obitus Service Recording (DVD/Blu-Ray/USB stick)
£56.50
Obitus Service Recording Additional Copy (DVD/Blu-Ray/USB stick)
£35.00
Obitus Live Webcast
£56.50
Obitus Webcast Copy (DVD/Blu-Ray/USB stick)
£56.50
Obitus Webcast including 28 Day Access & Download
£56.50
Obitus Professional Photo Tribute
£82.50
Obitus Professional Photo Tribute Copy (DVD/Blu-Ray/USB stick)
£56.50
Obitus Simple Slide Show up to 25 Photos
£47.50
Obitus Each Additional 25 Photos
£28.50
Obitus Single Photo Tribute
£27.00
Obitus Downloadable Copy of Professional Photo Tribute
£27.00
Obitus Checking Family Supplied Video
£27.00
Obitus Extra Work
£33.00
Crematorium Staff to load and update OBITUS products and services
£82.00
Duplicate Certificate of cremation hard copy
£32.00
Duplicate Certificate of cremation email copy
£11.00
Extract of cremation hard copy
£32.00
Extract of cremation email copy
£11.00
Provision of a person to bear a coffin into Chapel
Not available
Use of Chapel Organ (Cemetery and Crematorium Chapel)
£34.00
Witness the charging of the coffin into the cremator
£32.00
Item Price
Strewing of Cremated remains from Tunbridge Wells Crematorium within 12 months of cremation
No Fee
Burial of cremated remains from Tunbridge Wells Crematorium unwitnessed (excluding Memorial Path)
£138.00
Receiving of cremated remains from elsewhere, in addition to strewing or burial fee
£111.00
Strewing of Cremated remains after 12 months for cremations carried out at Tunbridge Wells Crematorium
£138.00
Witness strew/burial of cremated remains attendance fee
£48.00
Temporary holding of cremated remains per month
£62.50
Disposal of Cremated Remains from Funeral Director where Applicant authority exists
£111.00
Administration fee
£72.00
Genealogy searches per surname, maximum of 3 people search
£47.00
Item Price
Metal
£37.00
Polytainer
£32.00
Interment cardboard Casket
£18.00
Small Scatter Tube Teddy Motif/Floral
£10.00
Large Adult Scatter Tube
£20.00
Item Price
Panorama Niche – 15 years including 1st interment and basic inscription
£990.00
Panorama Niche – subsequent interment (additional inscription extra)
£125.00
Wall Niche – 10 years including 1st interment and basic inscription
£555.00
Wall Niche – subsequent interment (additional inscription extra)
£125.00
Sanctum Niche – 15 years including 1st interment and basic inscription
£1350.00
Sanctum Niche – subsequent interment (additional inscription extra)
£135.00
Buxton Granite Bench Tablet – 10 years basic inscription
£445.00
Memorial Wall Plaque (Large) – 10 years including basic inscription
£424.00
Memorial Wall Plaque (Large) – 5 year renewal
£424.00
Memorial Wall Plaque (Small) – 5 years including basic inscription only
£253.00
Memorial Wall Plaque (Small) – 5 year renewal
£253.00
Barbican Plaque – initial dedication 10 years
£444.00
Barbican Plaque – renewal 5 years
£222.00
Memorial Path Granite Plaque – 10 year dedication
£433.00
Memorial Path Granite Plaque – replacement within dedication period
£122.00
Memorial Path Granite Plaque – dedication Renewal 5 years
£219.00
Standard motif on Granite plaque
POA
Ceramic photo plaque on Granite plaque
POA
Bronze Plaque for Kerb Tree or Shrub – 10 year dedication
£430.00
Bronze Plaque for Kerb Tree or Shrub – renewal 5 years
£140.00
Bronze Plaque for Kerb Tree or Shrub – replacement within dedication period
£140.00
Bronze Plaque for Kerb Tree or Shrub – purchase on expiry of dedication
£17.00
Memorial Path Kerb for Ashes with Bronze Plaque – 15 years dedication plus interment of a set of cremated remains
£695.00
Memorial Path Kerb for Ashes with Bronze Plaque – replacement within dedication period
£140.00
Children’s Glade Mushroom Plaque (Circular Granite Plaque) – 5 year dedication
£220.00
Children’s Glade Mushroom Plaque (Circular Granite Plaque) – replacement within dedication
£120.00
Children’s Glade Mushroom Plaque (Circular Granite Plaque) – renewal 5 years
£201.00
SAND’s Memorial Garden with Bronze Plaque – 10 year dedication
£424.00
SAND’s Memorial Garden with Bronze Plaque – 5 year renewal
£134.00
Granite Vase Block Plaque – initial 10 year lease
£540.00
Granite Vase Block Plaque – Renewal 5 years
£270.00
Willow Tree Memorial –  5 years
£140.00
Willow Tree Memorial – renewal 5 years
£130.00
Willow Tree Memorial – replacement within dedication period
£55.00
Please note that all interment fees are doubled where the deceased person resided outside the borough of Tunbridge Wells.

Item Price
Single depth (6’) interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
£782.00
Single depth (6’) interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
Non TWBC Resident
£1,564.00
Double depth interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
£1042.00
Double depth interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
Non TWBC Resident
£1824.00
Triple depth interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
£1303.00
Triple depth interment fee 18 years and over (includes removal of spoilage fee)
Non TWBC Resident
£2085.00
Non-viable foetuses, still born children, and children under 18 years of age
Some fees may be covered by the Government Children’s Funeral Fund.
£350.00
Non-viable foetuses, still born children, and children under 18 years of age
Some fees may be covered by the Government Children’s Funeral Fund
Non TWBC Resident
£700.00
Interment in walled grave/vault
POA
Interment of cremated remains
£215.00
Interment in an unpurchased grave
£1,246.00

Please note that all purchase of Exclusive Burial Rights Fees are doubled where the purchaser resides OUTSIDE the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

Item Price
Grave Selection appointment required (otherwise next available chosen by Cemetery)
£60.00
Purchase of Exclusive Right of Burial 35 Years
Lawn and Traditional
£1359.00
Purchase of Exclusive Right of Burial 35 Years
Lawn and Traditional
Non TWBC Resident
£2718.00
Private grave space for Non-viable foetus, still born child or child under 18 years of age (Single depth interment only)
Some fees may be covered by the Government Children’s Funeral Fund.
£340.00
Private grave space for Non-viable foetus, still born child or child under 18 years of age (Single depth interment only)
Some fees may be covered by the Government Children’s Funeral Fund.
Non TWBC Resident
£680.00
Cremation plot
£623.00
Cremation plot
Non TWBC Resident
£1,246.00
Primrose garden Cremated Remains plot and memorial Type 1 Excluding Interment fee
£2,150.00
Primrose garden Cremated Remains plot and memorial Type 1 Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC Resident
£2,795.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 2, Excluding Interment fee
Currently unavailable
£2,290.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 2, Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC ResidentCurrently unavailable
£2,935.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 3, Excluding Interment fee
Currently unavailable
£2,425.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 3, Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC ResidentCurrently unavailable
£3,070.00
Item Price
Exhumation of coffin
POA
Exhumation of cremated remains – One set
£310.00
Exhumation of cremated remains – Two sets
£464.00
Transfer of Exclusive rights of burial
£144.00
45 minute service extension available at 10am through to 3pm
£535.00
Genealogy Search per surname , maximum of 3 people per search
£47.00
Item Price
Approval and placement of headstone
£180.00
Approval and placement of vase, book or tablet
£160.00
Approval and placement of headstone and kerb set
£260.00
Added inscription (onsite or offsite)
£150.00
Memorial removal and disposal fee
£52.00
Permit to re-install fee 5 year permit
£81.00
Permit to re-install fee 10 year permit
£156.00
Item Price
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 1, Excluding Interment fee
£2,150.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 1, Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC Resident
£2,795.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 2, Excluding Interment fee
£2,290.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 2, Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC Resident
£2,935.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 3, Excluding Interment fee
£2,425.00
Primrose garden cremated remains plot and memorial Type 3, Excluding Interment fee
Non TWBC Resident
£3,070.00
Item Price
Two line entry
£95.00
Five line entry
£164.00
Five line entry with picture
£245.00
Eight line entry
£196.00
Eight line entry with a picture
£275.00
Item Price
Two line entry
£56.00
Five line entry
£71.00
Five line entry with picture
£151.00
Eight line entry
£88.00
Eight line entry with picture
£175.00
Item Price
Two line entry
£77.00
Five line entry
£100.00
Five line entry with picture
£178.00
Eight line entry
£127.00
Eight line entry with picture
£196.00
Item Price
Two line entry
£32.00
Five line entry
£53.00
Five line entry with picture
£116.00
Eight line entry
£67.00
Eight line entry with picture
£139.00
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ALL FEES INCLUSIVE OF VAT AT 20% WHERE APPLICABLE. PLEASE NOTE: ALL INTERMENT AND EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF BURIAL FEES WILL BE INCREASED BY 100% WHERE THE DECEASED PERSON RESIDED OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS.