Bereavement Services: fees and charges

Our fees and charges are aligned with neighbouring cemetery authorities, and we always strive to provide the best possible value for the services on offer (VAT is charged at 20%).

Effective from 1 April 2024.

Burial fees (purchase of grave and exclusive right of burial)

Item Cost
Exclusive rights 75 years  £1,700
Exclusive rights 75 years (Salford resident*) £1,050
Extension of exclusive right of burial 50 years £700
Extension of exclusive right of burial 25 years £350
Meeting on site to select specific grave plot £35

*Proof of address may be requested

Interment fees (burial in a purchased grave)

Item Cost
Body of a person 18 years and over  £1,500
Body of a person 18 years and over (Salford resident) £990
Child under 18 No charge (fees are paid by the Children's Funeral Fund)
Non viable foetus interment (1 metre) £80
Use of chapel for burial service £180
Hire of chapel for service only (40 minutes) £280
Use of chapel for additional 40 minutes (double slot) £250
Use of chapel for burial service for a person or child under 18 N/A
Construction of vault (underground) £400
Additional charge for interments on weekends or bank holiday (five working days notice) £480
Additional charge for interments from 2.30pm Monday to Friday (daylight permitting) £265

*Proof of address may be requested

Interments in a public grave (Salford resident only)

Item Cost
Body of a person 18 years and over £990
Body of person under 18 No charge (fees are paid by the Children's Funeral Fund)
Use of chapel for burial service £180
Use of chapel for burial service for person or child under 18 N/A

Cremation fees

Item Cost
Body of person 18 years and over, including chapel £767
Body of person under 18, including chapel No charge (fees are paid by the Children's Funeral Fund)
Medical referee fee (over the age of 18) £20.50
Use of chapel for additional 40 minutes (double slot) £250
Additional fee for non-regular cremation times (weekday) £180
Additional charge for cremation on weekends or bank holidays £350
Environment fee (over the age of 18) £62.50
All music via the media system (subject to terms and conditions) No fee

Cremation services have a 40 minutes time slot (30 minutes service plus five minutes for entry and five minutes for exit).

Total fees for cremation (including cremation, chapel, medical referee and environmental fees)

Item Cost
Adult £850
Person or child under 18 (Salford resident) No charge (fees are paid by the Children's Funeral Fund)
Late fee/overrun service £150
Late paperwork (if not received by 10am, 48 hours before cremation) £55
Administration assistance with a self-organised cremation £150
Direct cremation (no service - unattended) £450
Early morning cremation 9.40am £622

Visual tributes and webcasts or service recordings

Item Cost
Visual tribute - set up and administration £30
Visual tribute - each photograph/image £2
Visual tribute - each minute of video £5
Visual tribute keepsake copy on USB/DVD £30
Video tribute keepsake copy sent by downloadable link £20
Video recording of service supplied on keepsake copy (DVD or USB) £50
Additional copies of the of the above keepsake copy (each) £30
Video recording sent by downloadable link £35
Video recording with visual tribute incorporated £50
Live webcast of service and seven day link to rewatch service £55

Please note all visual tributes must be submitted 48 hours before the service time or additional charges will apply.

Cremated remains

Item Cost
Exclusive rights within designated plot  £750
Exclusive rights within designated plot (Salford resident*) £550
Cremated remains casket with nameplate £75
Doubled cremated remains casket with nameplate £100
Cremated remains urn or keepsake and jewellery From £65
Cremated remains burial - 0.7 to one metre  £300
Cremated remains burial - 0/7 to one metre (Salford resident*) £240
Cremated remains burial over one metre  £550
Cremated remains burial over one metre (Salford resident) £420
Cremated remains burial (under the age of 18) No charge (fees are paid by the Children's Funeral Fund)
Additional charge for cremated remains burial on weekends or bank holiday £180
Charge for weekend and bank holiday cremated remains strewing on Lawns of Remembrance £120
Cremated remains strewing from other crematoria on Lawns of Remembrance (weekdays) £60
Strewing of cremated remains under grave turf £120
Strewing of cremated remains under grave turf (Salford resident*) £100
Cremated remains pouring under tree base only £120
Cremated remains storage per month (after initial 28 day period) £30

*Proof of address may be requested

Memorial headstones

Item Cost
Right to erect headstone (up to 1.05 metres) £180
Right to erect headstone not exceeding 600 millimetres £140
Right to erect kerbside in front of grave (to authorised size of three feet wide by two feet deep). Kerbs on cremated remains graves are available in a smaller size £150
Inscription permit (including removal and replacement of headstone) £75
Granite kerb for grave space including permit £350
Temporary wooden cross and (whilst awaiting headstone fitting, maximum 12-month period) £70

Memorials Plots 3A and 12 Agecroft and Plot xx at Peel Green ONLY

Items Cost
Right to erect full length kerbs up to: length 1800mm (6ft) x width 900mm (3ft) x height 230mm (9”) £480
Right to erect headstone from (1097mm) 3ft 6in to 1524mm (5ft) £240

Please note that these types of memorials are only permitted on Agecroft Plot 3A, 12 and Peel Green Plot XX and no other areas within the cemeteries. They are subject to the authorisation of the Bereavement Services Manager. Bereavement Services reserve the right to refuse any application not in keeping with the character of the cemetery.

Memorial benches

Items Cost
Memorial granite bench including one inscription - ten year lease £1,050
Memorial granite bench including two inscribed plaques - ten year lease £1,200
Memorial bench lease renewal - ten year lease £300
Plaque on Shared Bench – ten year lease £300
Additional/replacement inscription plaque for granite bench £150
Additional photo plaque for granite bench £120

Memorialisation choices

Items Cost
Columbarium for two cremated remains (first placing and inscription) 20 year lease  £500
Columbarium additional or second inscription £130
Granite sanctum 20-year lease (including first inscription and placing of first cremated remains) £920
Sanctum additional placing of remains and new inscription £220
Sanctum renewal fee for 20 years £350
Slate plaque - ten year lease (Agecroft Garden of Remembrance)* £300
Slate plaque lease renewal - ten years* £150
Granite tower plaque and vase - ten-year lease** £260
Granite tower plaque lease renewal - ten years** £160
Granite kerb with vase including inscription – ten-year lease** £350
Granite kerb lease renewal - ten years £160
Granite tower, kerb and slate replacement plaque £160
Metal wall plaque in reserved space - ten-year lease (Peel Green Only) £150
Metal wall plaque in reserved space lease renewal - ten years £90
Metal plaque replacement £80
Metal kerb plaque in reserved space (Agecroft only) £260
Metal kerb plaque renewal - ten years (Agecroft only) £100
Memorial tree with granite kerb - ten years lease £520
Memorial tree lease renewal - ten years** £210
Rose bush and plaque (Peel Green only) - ten-year lease** £330
Rose bush lease renewal – Ten years** £220
Rose bush plaque replacement £100
Forget-me-not memorial tree - ten-year leaf lease £110

* denotes other lease arrangements available.

Book of Remembrance entries

Item Cost
Two line entry £110
Five line entry £165
Five line entry with floral emblem/badge/crest £220
Eight line entry £245
Eight line entry with floral emblem/badge/crest £300

The book of remembrance can be viewed online.

Memorial cards

Item Cost
Two line entry £45
Five line entry £60
Five line entry with any emblem of your choice £70
Eight line entry £75
Eight line entry with any emblem of your choice £85

Administrative charges

Item Cost
Statutory declaration £100
Transfer of exclusive right of burial by assent (probate) £40
Transfer of exclusive right of burial by assignment £55
Duplicate deeds issue (to grave owner) £35
Grave search with assistance £30

Cheques should be made payable to ‘Salford City Council’.

Card payments can be made in the main office at Agecroft Cemetery or via the telephone on 0161 686 7290.

Grave searches: Go to the Deceased Online website

Additional fees

Item Cost
Late paperwork (not completed correctly, wrong coffin size, provided if not received three working days prior to burial) £55
Late or overrun funeral  £150
Additional widening of grave £250
Coffin which arrives at graveside not the same size as given on the application form £250
Headstone not removed five working days prior to burial £85

This page was last updated on 1 April 2024

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