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The Vale Cemetery and Crematorium

About The Vale, information about your service, what we offer, chapel service times and contact details.

Cremation services - weekends and bank holidays

The cremation charges listed below are the same, whether the deceased is a Luton resident or not.

The length of time permitted for a cremation service is one hour, which includes the time allowed for mourners to gather and leave the crematorium  

Cremation service fees

  • Attended cremation service for adult, weekend and bank holiday: £1,390
  • Fee for private hire of Chapel for Remembrance and memorial service per hour: £250

Definitions

Interment: the formal act of burying a deceased person or their cremated ashes in a burial plot

Additional charges

  • Scattering of ashes where cremation is held elsewhere: £95
  • Scattering of ashes where cremation is held elsewhere (out of hours): £190
  • Scattering of ashes out of hours: £95
  • Purchase of a new cremation plot (for two ashes) including first interment of ashes: £735
  • Interment of cremated remains in existing burial pr cremation plot (witnessed): £243
  • Interment of cremated remains in existing burial or cremation plot (non-witnessed): £220
  • Exhumation of cremated remains: price on application
  • Dispatch of cremated remains by courier: price on application
  • Replacement of cremation certificate or overseas certificate: £11.50
  • Extended time of cremation service - up to 1 extra hour: £250