The Vale Cemetery and Crematorium: service charges
The list below shows all the services we offer at The Vale, what's includes and what they cost.
The interment and exclusive rights charges shown in this list are subject to a 100% increase for non-residents of Luton, except for a spouse or civil partner buried in an existing grave.
Family burial plots
You may wish to have a larger burial plot for a spouse and/or another family member. We offer single, double and triple burial plots at The Vale.
The 'Interment fees' shown are the costs for digging a grave and burying a body or cremated remains.
Single depth
Burials for adult single depth new grave (residents only) cost £1,876. Cost breakdown of what is included:
- exclusive rights for 100 years which costs £860
- interment fees (digging a grave and burying a body or cremating remains) £1,016
Burial service for NVF, stillborn and child under 18 years new grave (Luton residents only) are free.
Double depth
Burial for adult double depth new grave (residents only) costs £2,026. Cost breakdown of what is included:
- exclusive rights for 100 years which costs £1,010
- interment fees (digging a grave and burying a body or cremating remains) £1,016
Treble depth
Burial for adult treble depth new grave (residents only) costs £2,106. Cost breakdown of what is included:
- exclusive rights for 100 years which costs £1,090
- Interment fees (digging a grave and burying a body or cremating remains) £1,016
Additional charges
| Type of service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Adult-lined concrete grave chamber (single) | £960 |
| Interment fees for reopening the grave for body Interment | £1,016 |
| Additional interment fee for casket/large coffin | £228 |
| Brick lined grave/chamber additional 50% excavation | Price on application |
| Use of Cedar Chapel up to an hour accompanying an interment in the cemetery | £129.50 |
| Additional charge for weekend and bank holiday interments | £407 |
| Assignment and transfer or reissue of the deed of exclusive rights | £89 |
| Use of flood lights for evening/winter burials per occasion | Price on application |
| Exhumation of human remains | Price on application |