Cemetery fees

Here you can find a list of the current fees and charges applicable to graves, memorials and related cemetery services in Tamworth. 

Cemetery Fees - 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026

TYPE OF GRAVE   SINGLE FEES BOROUGH DOUBLE FEES NON BOROUGH
New double depth grave Exclusive Right

1271

1271

(excluding preselects)

Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

767
 

£2038

767
2038

£4076

New single depth grave Exclusive Right

1271

1271

(excluding preselects)

Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

590
 

£1861

590
1861

£3722

New Ashes (excluding preselects)

Exclusive Right Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

1094
295

 

£1389

1094
295
1389

£2778

New Baby’s/ Child under 16,

(Half sized grave excluding preselects)

Exclusive Right Interment Fee Non Borough Total

 

No charge

 

No charge

Supplementary Ashes

(Interred at same time as Ashes or Coffin)

Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

139
 

£139

139
139

£278

Reopen to Single Depth Interment Fee

590

590

(including Preselects)

Non Borough

Total

 

£590

590

£1180

Reopen to Double Depth Interment Fee

767

767

(including Preselects)

Non Borough

Total

 

£767

767

£1534

Reopen for Ashes (including Preselects)

Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

295
 

£295

295
295

£590

Reopen for baby/child under16 – in a full or half sized grave. (including preselects) Interment Fee Non Borough Total

 

No charge

 

No charge

New Treble depth grave (ex preselects)

(subject to availability)

Exclusive Right Interment Fee Non Borough 

Total

1271
1182
 

£2453

1271
1182
2453

£4906

Purchase of a preselect Full plot

Exclusive Right Admin Fee
Non Borough 

Total

1271
89
 

£1360

1271
89
1271

£2631

Purchase of a preselect half plot

Exclusive Right Admin Fee 
Non Borough 

Total

1094
89
 

£1183

1094
89
1094

£2277

PRESELECTS -These are graves where the family has purchased the exclusive Right of burial but no interment has taken place.

Please note double fees apply for non-residents. You can read more about this in section E of the rules and guidance notes.

Fees and Charges  
EROB full grave (50 years, renewable 25 yrs 50% current EROB)(to include first memorial) £1271
EROB half grave (50 years, renewable 25 yrs 50% current EROB)(to include first memorial) £1094
 
Burial of a child(up to 16 years inclusive) No charge
Single depth digging fees £590
Double depth digging fees £767
Treble depth digging fees £1182
Burial of cremated remains £295
Scattering of cremated remains (within a grave) £118
Supplementary Ashes Interment Fee, when interred at same time as Ashes or Coffin £139
 
Memorial Application Fee £89
Memorial (grave purchased prior to Jan 2014) & New Memorials £236
Tablet or vase (grave purchased prior to Jan 2014) £118
Additional inscriptions to existing memorial £92
 
Administration charge pre purchase £89
Transfer of ownership (exclusive Right of burial) £89
Renunciation charge per additional person £18
Memorial plaque space for 5 years – renewable £360
Locate and mark a grave £30
Exhumation request administration fee £512

Contact us:
For more help or information, please contact the cemeteries team on 01827 709343, or via email at cemeteries@tamworth.gov.uk.