Fees and charges
The following fees and charges apply from 1 April 2025.
Death certificates
You can order a certificate online.
| Item | Collection or delivery | Cost |
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| Standard certificate | In person at the Register Office at the time of registration | £12.50 |
| Standard or short certificate | 24-hour next day service – includes first class post, if needed | £38.50 |
| 15-day standard service – includes second class post, if needed | £12.50 | |
| Additional postage and packaging | First class recorded delivery | £4.90 |
| Special delivery, guaranteed next working day | £11.60 |
Changes to initial registration
The following fees apply:
- £83 – consideration by the Registrar or Superintendent Registrar of a correction
- £99 – consideration by the Registrar General of a correction
Burials and funeral services
Burial charges will be doubled for those not resident in Thurrock.
Prices are exempt from VAT, except where stated.
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The following Burial charges are applicable to residents of the Borough of Thurrock. Non-resident fees will apply to all cemetery fees if the deceased resided outside the Borough at the time of death. In the case of memorial applications if the deceased was a resident of the borough a resident fee shall still apply. PLEASE SEE FOOT NOTE: There are no burial fees for a child under the age of 18 or a stillborn child after 24 weeks of pregnancy in accordance with the Governments Child Funeral Fund. |
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Interment Fees |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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In an adult grave (18 years and over) |
1000.00 |
2000.00 |
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In an adult grave – coffins/caskets 26”+ (additional fee) |
500.00 |
1000.00 |
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Cremated Remains in a full-size grave |
350.00 |
700.00 |
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Cremated Remains plot |
333.00 |
666.00 |
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Kerb Plaque additional loose Interment (more than 4 years to run on 7 year subscription) |
216.00 |
432.00 |
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Kerb Plaque additional loose Interment (less than 4 years to run on 7 year subscription) |
306.00 |
612.00 |
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Nepalese Memorial – Interment of ashes including plaque for 7 years |
333.00 |
666.00 |
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Memorial Tree – Interment of second set of ashes in existing memorial tree. |
333.00 |
666.00 |
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Exclusive Rights of Burial |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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Lawn Section Grave 50 year lease |
1100.00 |
2200.00 |
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Traditional/full kerb Grave 50 year lease (subject to availability) |
2500.00 |
5000.00 |
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Cremated Remains Grave 40 year lease |
465.00 |
930.00 |
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Muslim grave (subject to availability) |
2500.00 |
5000.00 |
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Memorial Garden |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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Kerb Plaque Rights for 7 Year subscription loose interment |
333.00 |
666.00 |
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Renewal of 7 year subscription with existing plaque |
177.00 |
354.00 |
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Renewal of 7 year subscription with replacement plaque |
291.00 |
582.00 |
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Kerb plaque only – replacement |
105.00 |
210.00 |
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Memorial Permits |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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Lawn section grave and cremated remains grave |
249.00 |
498.00 |
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Traditional/full kerb grave |
306.00 |
612.00 |
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Additional inscription for all memorials |
110.00 |
220.00 |
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To carry out work on existing headstone |
104.00 |
208.00 |
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Permit to place tablet on a Council owned grave (ERB not granted)
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222.00 |
444.00 |
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Other Charges |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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Transfer of ownership for the exclusive right of burial and updating statutory records. |
104.00 |
208.00 |
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Transfer of ownership for the exclusive right of burial and updating statutory records, where Statutory Declaration is required. |
125.00 |
250.00 |
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Other Memorials |
Resident |
Non Resident |
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Memorial Tree in open spaces (no interment, no plaque, and no lease period) |
500.00 inc VAT |
Ad hoc |
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Memorial Tree rights for 20 years in all cemeteries if space available (no interment, no plaque) |
500.00 inc VAT |
Ad hoc |
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Memorial Tree rights for 20 years in all cemeteries if space available – interment of single set of ashes and plaque |
500.00 inc VAT |
Ad hoc |
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Memorial Bench with one plaque (sponsored for 10 years) |
2325.00 inc VAT |
Ad hoc |
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Memorial Bench additional plaque |
243.00 inc VAT |
Ad hoc |
NOTE:
- Standard Fees
Anyone living in the Borough of Thurrock at time of death, all cemetery fees including the Exclusive Right of Burial and interment fee’s will be charged the standard fee. For a resident living in a care home outside the area for less than twelve months prior to date of death, evidence must be provided by the Funeral Director/applicant to qualify for single fees e.g. Council Tax Bill
- Double Fees
Anyone living outside of the Borough of Thurrock at the time of death wishing to be buried within the Borough of Thurrock will be charged double interment fees.
Close relatives of residents of the Borough of Thurrock who are not residents, generate no entitlement to resident fees.
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| Service | Cost |
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| Part 1: Burials | |
| A. Burial in a grave | |
| Buried or cremated remains of persons up to 18 years-old | No charge |
| Persons aged 18 years-old and over | £890 |
| Cremated remains in a full size grave | £440 |
| Additional fee for coffins or caskets with a width of 26 inches or more | £926 |
| B. Exclusive right of burial, including registration | |
| In a full size grave – lawn section | £1,070 |
| In a full size grave – traditional grave or Muslim grave | £2,175 |
| Part 2: Cremated remains burials | |
| A. Cremated remains burial section | |
| Exclusive right of burial for a period of 40 years | £455 |
| Interment of ashes | £440 |
| B. Cremated remains memorial gardens section | |
| Includes plaque for 7 years and loose burial of ashes | £333 |
| Double urn in a single interment | £440 |
| Erection of memorial plaque only for 7 years – no ashes to bury | £333 |
| Renewal of 7 year subscription with existing plaque | £173 |
| Renewal of 7 year subscription with replacement plaque | £291 |
| Additional interment of ashes and replacement plaque for a further 7 years where original subscription has more than 4 years to run | £216 |
| Additional interment of ashes and replacement plaque for a further 7 years where original subscription has less than 4 years to run | £306 |
| Replacement kerb plaque | £103 |
| Part 3: Right to place or erect monuments, gravestones or tablets, with inscriptions | |
| Monument or gravestone, including first inscription, for a traditional grave | £306 |
| Monument or gravestone, including first inscription, for a lawn grave or cremated remains gravestone | £249 |
| Tablet, including first inscription, on a base no larger than 50cm x 45cm x 15cm for a grave where exclusive right of burial has not been granted | £216 |
| Each inscription after the first | £108 |
| Permit to carry out any work on a headstone | £104 |
| Part 4: Transfer and search fees | |
| Transfer of grant of exclusive right of burial – fee for registering the transfer and endorsing the deed | £104 |
| Transfer of grant of exclusive right of burial – fee where a statutory declaration is needed | £139 |
| Fee for search of historical records | £34.50 |
| Part 5: Other memorials | |
| Memorial tree within a cemetery, with interment of a single set of ashes – includes tree, plaque, and a 20-year lease period | £1,500 |
| Memorial tree on an open space – includes tree and plaque, with no lease period | £1,625 |
| Burial of a second set of ashes for existing memorial trees | £440 |
| Memorial bench | £2,325, includes standard VAT |
| Additional plaque on a memorial bench | £243, includes standard VAT |
| Nepalese memorial – interment of ashes, including plaque displayed for 7 years | £333 |
| Sanctum vaults | |
| 5-year dedication | £540 |
| 10-year dedication | £970 |
| 20-year dedication | £1,840 |
| Tablet with inscription, up to 80 letters | £435 |
| Photo plaques | £108 |