Use this page to find fees for burial, cremation and other bereavement services at Haycombe Cemetery for the current financial year (1 December 2024 to 31 March 2025).
Your funeral director will usually deal with making all of the arrangements for purchasing and paying for our services, but please contact our friendly and compassionate team if you'd like to discuss the services you need. You can email us at cemeteries_crematorium@bathnes.gov.uk or call on 01225 396020.
All charges exclude VAT (except where it is indicated that this is included).
Burial
The majority of the cost of a burial is in the purchasing of a right of interment (a long lease on a personal or family grave). You can read more about what this involves on our page on choosing and managing a burial plot. The right of interment fee varies, depending on the duration of the lease and the type of grave you choose. As there is pressure on space in all cemeteries, there is a reduced fee payable when the deceased was a resident of Bath and North East Somerset, with a full fee payable for those who lived elsewhere. Please see our page on burial options at Haycombe for more information on the choices available.
The fees below refer to burial plots for people who were aged 17 or more when they died. Unless you are buying a right of interment for a new family burial plot, babies and children (up to and including age 16) are buried in a special designated area of Haycombe, and there is no fee for the right of interment.
Standard and green burial graves
With these graves, there is often the option to have a deeper interment, so that a partner or family member can also be buried in the same plot at a later date. We charge for the interment separately, so you can choose the option which suits your family's needs.
| Right of interment duration | B&NES residents | Non-B&NES residents |
|---|---|---|
| 30 years | £1,120 | £2,240 |
| 50 years | £1,861 | £3,723 |
| 75 years | £2,339 | £4,570 |
| 99 years | £2,695 | £5,391 |
| Interment fees | ||
| Single depth | £854 | |
| Double depth (where this is possible) | £1,052 | |
Vault graves
This type of grave is reinforced with concrete, which will protect the coffin from damage and prevent sinkage in the soil, preserving the appearance and ground stability around the grave site. It is only possible to have a single burial in a vault grave, and the fee for this single interment is included in the charge.
| Right of interment duration | B&NES residents | Non-B&NES residents |
|---|---|---|
| 50 years | £3,631 | £7,262 |
| 75 years | £5,213 | £10,426 |
| 99 years | £5,570 | £11,141 |
Funeral services for burials usually take place in our Hilltop Chapel (near the front gate of the cemetery). For further details of the funeral services we provide, and the features provided in the chapel, please see our page on the burial service: what to expect.
| Service | Charge |
|---|---|
| Hilltop Chapel booking (per 45 minutes) | £316 |
| Provision of in-house Celebrant for a standard service duration (subject to availability) | £209 |
| Provision of in-house celebrant for a double service time | £250 |
| Late arrival / over-run of booked time slot | £94 |
| Tree and plaque for green burials | £398 (inc VAT) |
In exceptional circumstances, it may be necessary to cancel an interment after the preparation of the grave has already started, or to exhume a body for reasons such as repatriation, medical or legal concerns. Charges for exhumation will depend on an assessment of the particular grave site concerned.
| Service | Charge |
|---|---|
| Cancellation of interment | £397 |
| Full exhumation (fee depends on the individual circumstances) | from £3,577 |
| Ashes exhumation (fee depends on the individual circumstances) | from £262 |
Cremation
Items which are included in the cremation fee
What's Included
Our cremation fees include the cost of a number of services which are essential for a safe and legal cremation, as well as the provision of the following facilities at the Valley Chapel:
For the funeral service
- Provision of organ (If you wish to use this during the funeral service, you may want to ask your funeral director to organise for an organist to play)
- Provision of Obitus System (our audio visual system)
- Facility to accept larger coffins
After the service
- An unwitnessed scattering of ashes on a communal grassland area. Please view our page After cremation: your options at Haycombe to find out about the wide range of options available
- Recycling of metals recovered through cremation, benefiting a national charity scheme
- Abatement of mercury from cremation emissions
- Provision of a biodegradable container for cremation ashes, if required
Safety and legal services
- Certificate of cremation
- Medical referee's fee
For adults and children over 17 years
The fee which is payable depends on the length of service you require in one of our chapels. To manage our chapel bookings and offer a reliable service to everyone who needs it, we run a fixed daily calendar of service start times. Please note the times which are available for different lengths of service, and let your funeral director know which you require.
| Available times | Service | Cremation fee |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30, 9.00, 9.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30, 14.00, 14.30, 15.00 | Unattended direct cremation (the deceased to be brought into our care through The Orchard entrance. Only the funeral director attends this service) | £390 |
| 8.30, 9.00, 9.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30, 14.00, 14.30, 15.00 - maximum of 10 minutes | Attended direct cremation - to witness - maximum of 6 mourners (the deceased to be brought into our care through The Orchard entrance) | £450 |
| 9.00 | 20-minute service with our in-house celebrant - in either chapel | £775 |
| 9.30 | 20-minute service | £927 |
| Valley Chapel from 10.00, 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00, 16.00 | 45-minute service | £1,114 |
| Hilltop chapel from 11.15, 12.15, 13.15, 14.15, 15.15 | 45 minute service | £1,114 |
| Additional fees | ||
| Valley or Hilltop Chapel | Extra time per 45 minutes (in the same chapel, subject to availability) | £490 |
| Use of the Valley Chapel | Following a service in the Hilltop Chapel (subject to availability) | £490 |
| Provision of in-house celebrant for standard service duration (subject to availability) | £209 | |
| Provision of in-house celebrant for double service duration (subject to availability) | £250 | |
| Additional charge for Saturday services (where staff are available) | £220 | |
| Bringing the deceased into our care before cremation | £22 | |
| Late arrival and over run of time slot penalty | £94 | |
| Duplicate cremation certificate | £12 | |
For larger funeral parties, or longer services, it may be appropriate to book the Hilltop Chapel for your service. Please see our section on facilities and services, to see what is available.
For babies and children up to and including 17 years of age
Cremations for babies up to and including 23 weeks gestation, including a service of up to 45 minutes in either of our chapels, are free of charge. Some fees may apply for Media options.
Children from 24 weeks gestation up to and including 17 years
| 20-minute service | £441* |
| 45-minute service |
£531* |
(*Zero charge to family if claimed via Child Funeral Fund)
Following cremation, it is common for us to store ashes for a period, while family members or friends decide how they would like to keep, inter or scatter them. In rare cases, it may be necessary to inter or exhume ashes some time after cremation. Charges for exhumation will depend on an assessment of the particular grave site concerned.
| Service | Charge | |
|---|---|---|
| Storage of cremation ashes |
Up to 6 months after cremation | No charge |
| More than 6 months after cremation | £56 (per month) | |
| Mailing of cremation ashes to a UK address | from £79 | |
| Unwitnessed scattering or interment of cremation ashes returned by a funeral director (6 months or more after cremation) | £12 (per set) | |
| Exhumation of cremation ashes | from £262 | |
Funeral service extras
The Chapels at Haycombe feature audio visual media systems which you can use to record and transmit the funeral service to anyone who cannot attend. You can also play your own photo slideshow during the service, or use our professional services to prepare and supply a tribute to your loved one. If you wish, you can also buy copies of professionally produced tributes or recordings of the service.
Media services
| Media service | Charge |
|---|---|
| Single photo tribute | £0 |
| Extra single photo tribute | £13 |
| Basic slideshow (up to 25 photos shown on loop with simple transitions. Does not include music.) | £65 |
| Music tribute (up to 25 photos, set to music with fade transitions.) | £82 |
| Themed tribute (up to 25 photos set to music with a choice of various beautifully curated themes.) | £95 |
| Up to 25 additional photos for any slideshow | £27 |
| Keepsake copy of the recorded service, tribute or both, in a personalised grey linen case (DVD/USB) | £67 |
| Keepsake (per additional copies) | £27 |
| Family supplied video or photo tribute (used as received with basic quality checks performed by the Obitus team) | £27 |
| Obitus extra work for either adding music to a music tribute, revisions, or a major departure from a standard product | £27 |
| Live webcast (available for downloading for 28-days) | £67 |
| Video Book: A portable video of the service, tribute or both, set in its own A5 electronic screen, encased in a linen-wrapped 'book' | £95 |
| Downloadable copy of recording of a music tribute | £13 |