Bereavement services fees

Find out more about the costs of bereavement service fees in Knowsley here.

Pre-purchase plots

Exclusive right of burial for 99 years for residents.

Exclusive right of burial for 99 years – Residents and Non-Residents  
Standard grave – up to 3 persons £1310.00
Single Grave   - 1 child only(up to 16 years)* No Charge
Woodland grave for one (Knowsley Cemetery only) £1070.00
Cremation plot - six cremated remains (Knowsley Cemetery only) £810.00
Barnes Plaque cremation plot - including two scatterings (excluding inscription costs) £821.01
Sanctum 2000 above ground vault- including interment of two ashes (excluding inscription costs) £1810.00

Please note

Please note. Due to the size and depth of caskets it is likely a grave for 3 persons will only accommodate two caskets. Please consider this prior to a grave purchase.

Please note

Any coffin or casket larger than 80” x 30” may require the purchase of a second grave to accommodate the size.

Funerals 

Interment of still born child or child not exceeding one month No Charge
Interment of child one month up to 16 Years No Charge
Internment of persons 16 years and over (coffin) £1100.00
Interment of ashes – child one month to 16 years old No Charge
Interment of cremated remains in a private grave over 16 years of age £280.00
Scattering of cremated remains on private grave or Garden of remembrance £95.00
Oversize coffin and/or casket (exceeding 80" x 28", up to 80" x 30" including handles) £290.00
Oversize coffin and/or casket (exceeding the above sizes) £1,566.00
Indemnity fee £130.00
Late funeral £360.00
Exhumation plus Environment Heath Officer Time. £4,000.00
Interment of still born child or child not exceeding one month No Charge

Memorials 

Right to erect a memorial (new or replacement) £258.00
Right to erect a memorial (child grave only)* No Charge
Kerbstones (Prescot only) £135.00
Tablets £135.00
Flower vase or figurine  £97.00
To register an inscription on an existing monument (either on site / or off site on a monument fitted with a ground anchor system) £91.00 
To register an inscription on an existing monument (off site on a existing monument that requires a ground anchor system) £173.00
Grave renovation on an existing memorial with a ground anchor system (e.g. cleaning or re-fixing of headstones, levelling or adding of stone chips to grave) £91.00
Grave renovation on an existing memorial without a ground anchor system (e.g. cleaning or re-fixing of headstones, levelling or adding of stone chips to grave) £173.00
Memorial mushroom plaque  £345.00
  £258.00
Inscriptions on Plaques  No Charge
Right to erect a memorial (new or replacement) £135.00

Grave searches

Searches Fee
Search fee (up to ten names) £110

Grave deeds

Deeds Fee
Registration of transfer of title to the exclusive right of burial (must be accompanied by original grave deeds £135.00

Stone mason registration

Registration Fee
Annual registration fee £40
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