York cremation and funeral fees and charges from April 2026

Hikes approved in York Council’s budget are set to see the cost of an adult cremation with a 25 minute to half-hour service rise by £57 to £1,197.

A simple cremation at York Crematorium’s Ebor Chapel with a 20 minute service, two pieces of music and less than 20 mourners will cost £924 from April, £44 more.

Fees for a cremation without a service at the Bishopthorpe crematorium are set to stay at the current £620.

Cremations for still born babies, children up to age 18 and care leavers under 25 will remain free.

Interring ashes is set to cost £5 more from April, a total price of £105.

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Costs for scattering ashes are set to rise by £20 to £170 for those from external sources that at non-witnessed.

Extra fees for ashes strewn or interred by appointment are set to rise by £3, to £53.

A new additional charge for ashes scattered or interred by appointment on Saturdays has been set at £100.

It will cost £20 to seal and send ashes abroad by custom letter from April.

The use of the Ebor Chapel for a memorial service will cost £28 more, increasing to £578.

Exhuming a body is set to cost £12 more from April when charges will rise to £261.

DVD recordings of services will be priced at £79, up by £14, while live webcasts with a 28-day download link will cost £66, £4 more.

A single photo for visual tributes will now cost £10 after previously being free, with slideshows going up by £7 to £55 and professional tributes by £5 to £92.

New themed tributes will be available for £95 from April.

Family-made tributes are set to go up by £4 to £36, with physical and downloadable copies for keepsakes both rising by £2, to £34 and £15 respectively.

Fees of £25, £95 and £130 for late submissions of visual extras, a video book and memory box respectively will be charged from April.

General costs for extra work for visual tributes are set to go up by £2 to £28.

The cost of burials in York is set to rise (file photo) (Image: Paul Heyes)

Services for under 18s including a webcast, single photo, basic slide show or music tribute will remain free.

The cost of a cardboard urn is set to rise by £2 to £23, with polycontainer costs also going up by £2 to £26.

Baby urns are set to cost £49 from April, £3 more than current prices, with metal ones set to go up by £4 to £68.

Wooden caskets will cost £5 more, increasing to £93.

Plaques and memorials at the crematorium, including bronze and arboria ones, vases, discs and benches, are all set to increase in price, with hikes ranging from £12 to £86.

Book of remembrance entries varying from two lines to an eight-line entry with a coat of arms will cost between £115 and £390, with increases ranging from £6 to £19.

Burying an adult in a grave at Dringhouses Cemetery is set to cost £52 more, £1,101 from April, but it will remain free for children up to 12.

Interring ashes at the cemetery will cost £330 from April, £16 more, with an up to four person plot with 50 years of exclusivity priced at £589, £28 more.

It will cost £261 to exhume cremated remains, an increase of £24 compared to current rates.

The price of a new headstone permit is set to be £216, £10 more, with additional inscriptions to existing ones going up by £6, to £118.

It will cost £1 more to mark out a grave, £30, and the removal of a memorial prior to interment by a stonemason is set to go up by £6, to £132.