Funerals at Tonbridge Cemetery

• for burials in graves at Tonbridge Cemetery the fee payable will normally be both Section 1 and Section 2 charges
• all charges apply where the person to be buried or the person leasing the grave, and so on, are residents of the borough. Residents of the borough who have moved into a home or hospital outside the borough prior to death are charged as residents.
• all charges are doubled for non-residents.
• all charges shown are exempt of VAT

Section 1: exclusive right of burial in a grave for 60 years

• stillborn to one year (inclusive) children’s plot only - £1
• two to 18 years (inclusive) – children’s plot / adult plot - £1
• over 18 years - £2,255
• plot 15 -  single graves - £1,182

Section 2: interment (including digging of grave)

• stillborn to 18 year (inclusive) - NIL
• over 18 years - £1,500
• ashes - £361

(Memorial Wall or Grave, where exclusive right has been granted)

Note: These charges apply to interments taking place between 9am to 3pm hours (Monday to Thursday) and 9am to 1pm (Friday). In other cases, the council’s additional costs may be payable. A fee of £50 per hour may be charged for late arrivals. 

Section 3: permits for monuments, memorials and inscriptions

• memorial not exceeding one metre in height and occupying an area not exceeding 2’ x 4’ - £328
• memorial larger than specifications above - £657
• for each additional inscription after the first - £219

Note: Permits will only be approved in accordance with the cemetery regulations.

Section 4: Memorial Garden

• memorial tablet and vase block - £1,247
  (to include plaque, inscription, 20 year lease and scattering of ashes if required)
• double underground vault, memorial tablet and vase block - £2,407 (to include plaque, inscription, 20 year lease and interment of up to two urns)
• double overground vault, memorial tablet and vase block - £2,341(to include plaque, inscription up to 80 letters, 20 year lease and interment of up to two urns)
• additional Inscriptions - £438
• sanctum panorama vault and memorial tablet - £2,341
  (to include plaque, inscription up to 80 letters, 20 year lease and interment of up to 3 urns)
• optional bronze vase container - £81
• photo plaque or design on plaque for sanctum 2000 overground vault or sanctum panorama - individually priced
• additional cost for inscriptions for sanctum 2000 and panorama over 80 letters - £3.30 per gilded letter

Section 5: Chapel area and Memorial Wall

• Memorial Plaque - £361
  (includes supply and installation of plaque, 20 year lease and scattering of ashes if required)
• additional inscription - £361
  (includes new plaque, installation and scattering of ashes, if required)

Section 6: Other services

• use of Chapel - £339
• transfer of burial rights/admin fee - £197
• entry in Book of Remembrance - at cost plus admin fee
• for up to and including five searches for names by one applicant - £120

Notes

• other services/options may be available and charged on an at cost basis plus an administration fee. Please discuss any items with the Cemetery Registrar
• a free copy of the cemetery regulations is available from the Cemetery Registrar
• for the repurchase of burial rights for unused graves, the council will pay the current purchase price times the remaining duration of the exclusive right  -  less the council’s administration fee at the time