Prices and policies for burials, cremations and other services, including environmental impact and the charter for the bereaved.
Price information
Our attended service times are for a 40 minute service, which includes 10 minutes to gather mourners and 10 minutes for mourners to exit the crematorium chapel, giving a 20 minute service time. This is included in the cremation fee. This is not included in the no service time fee.
You can also download a copy of the fees for Skipton Crematorium (pdf / 542 KB).
Cremation fees
| Time | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Cremation fees | Held over | £945 |
| Same day additional fee | £44 | |
| No Service Times – Held over only – this does not include use of chapel 8.40am and 8.50am | £463 | |
| Early morning slot - held over only - 9.10am | £695 | |
| Double Service time Additional Fee Equating to One Hour 50 minutes service time |
£225 | |
| Cremation Fee Non-viable foetus – under 24 gestation |
With use of Chapel | £195 |
| No service | Free of charge | |
| Child fees - these fees will be claimed back from the Children's Funeral Fund by North Yorkshire Council | ||
Additional fees
| Cremation type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Cremation of organs / body parts | £61 |
| Storage of cremated remains - per week | £30 |
| Over running funeral service | £225 |
| Late cremation forms | £32 |
| Eller - bio cremation casket - additional to the one given at time of cremation | £7 |
| Baby urn - biodegradable | £14 |
| Carleton cremation casket in solid oak with plate | £65 |
| Duplicate cremation certificate | £16 |
| Scatter of cremated remains | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scatter of cremated remains from Skipton Crematorium | Family present | £75 |
| No family present | Free of charge | |
| Scatter from another Crematorium | £125 | |
Webcast and visual tributes
| Visual tributes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single photo | First copy | Free of charge |
| Additional copies | £15 | |
| Basic slideshow | Photo slide of up to 25 photos with simple transition, set to loop. No music included. | £51 |
| Music tribute | A beautifully crafted Tribute of up to 25 photos, timed to a chosen piece of music with fade transitions. | £78 |
| Themed tribute | Chosen from a range of curated themes up to 25 photos professionally edited, timed to a chosen piece of music. | £95 |
| Family supplied | A supplied video / photo tribute with basic quality checks and played at a poignant time in the service. | £32 |
| Extra work charge | Fee for any additional work applied to any of the standard products | £25 |
| Extra photos | For each set of 25 photos on a visual tribute | £25 |
| Tribute download | Downloadable version of a tribute to keep | £15 |
| Webcast / streaming | ||
| Webcast – inc 28 view |
Professional live streamed service so people can watch VAT exempt |
£50 |
| Webcast Download | Downloadable version of the service to keep – additional to fee above |
£15 |
| Webcast Download - standalone |
Downloadable version of webcast to keep – when no webcast was ordered |
£50 |
| Keepsakes | ||
| DVD or USB | A one-of-a-kind memento to keep forever. Keepsake copy of the service, tribute or both, in a personalised grey linen case. | £60 |
| Video book | For those who want to revisit their service wherever or whenever. A portable video of the service, tribute or both set in its own A5 electronic screen with 5 functional buttons, encased in a linen-wrapped book. | £95 |
| Memory box | You an choose up to 25 photos to be professionally printed and delivered in a bespoke, personalised linen-wrapped box alongside your service, tribute, or both on DVD and USB memory stick. | £130 |
| Extra copies | Extra copies of keepsake DVD, USB, video book or memory box. | £32 - keepsake DVD or USB £52 - video book £75 - memory box |
| Service for young people | ||
| For young people under the age of 18 |
|
Free of charge |
Cemetery fees - Waltonwrays and Ingleton cemeteries
Exclusive right of burial fees
| Full grave 30 years - earthen grave | £1,200 |
| Full grave 30 years - earthen grave - interment of a casket exceeding 28 inches in width (double grave) | £2,400 |
| Full grave 30 years - vault / bricked / wooden grave | £1,800 |
Interment fees
| Earthen grave | Grave for one or two interments | £980 |
| Grave for three interments - not available at Ingleton cemetery | £1,360 | |
| Inter casket exceeding 28 inches wide | £1,470 | |
| Weekend internment fee - subject to availability | Price on application | |
| Interment of cremated remains | £225 | |
| Construction of vault / bricked grave - exclusive rights and interment fees also apply | Price on application | |
| Open and inter in constructed vault | £850 | |
Children's burial fees
These fees will be claimed back from the Children's Funeral Fund by North Yorkshire Council.
| Purchase of exclusive rights Angel's garden - baby section - Waltonwrays Cemetery - maximum coffin length 4 foot |
£515 |
| Purchase of exclusive rights - half grave - up to five years old | £600 |
| Purchase of exclusive rights - full grave - five years old to 18 years old | £1,200 |
| Interment fee - non-viable foetus to three months old | £400 |
| Interment fee - three months old to five years old | £515 |
| Interment fee - five years old to 18 years old | £1,180 |
| Consent to place a memorial - Angel's garden | £110 |
Half graves - Waltonwrays and Ingleton Cemetery
For the interment of up to four sets of cremated remains
| Purchase of exclusive rights - 50 years | £600 |
| Interment of cremated remains | £225 |
| Provision of a member of staff to undertake a reading - subject to availability | £50 |
Memorials - Waltonwrays and Ingleton Cemetery
| Consent to place memorial - including first inscription | £230 | |
| Consent to place memorial - including first inscription - oversized memorial Vault / bricked / wooden grave |
£365 | |
| Consent to place memorial - including first inscription - double width memorial - double grave | £490 | |
| Consent to place additional inscription / replacement memorial | £122 | |
| Consent to place kerbs | Full grave | £466 |
| Half grave | £307 | |
| Consent to place memorial exceeding one metre in height | Price on application | |
| Consent to place vase including inscription - on graves | £110 | |
| Consent to place inscription on stone plaque or granite desktop | £110 | |
Miscellaneous charges
| Use of Chapel for Burial Service at North Yorkshire Council Cemetery – includes full use of the music and tribute system - additional fee for tributes applies | £225 | |
| Use of Chapel for Burial Service at a non North Yorkshire Council Cemetery – includes full use of the music and tribute system - additional fee for tributes applies | £350 | |
| Family history search - per hour | £30 | |
| Vase insert - per insert - additional fee for tributes applies | £10 | |
| Grave maintenance including summer and winter flowering plants - additional fee for tributes applies | £160 | |
| Exhumation of full burial | Price on application | |
| Exhumation of cremated remains | Price on application | |
| Transfer of burial rights | Up to two hours | £100 |
| Provision of a member of staff to undertake reading at grave side - interment of ashes only - subject to availability | £50 | |
| Hire of gazebo - subject to availability | £106 | |
| Use of bariatric lowering device | £295 | |
| External hire of bariatric lowering device (stored in Harrogate) | £708 | |
Memorialisation options
Ashes graves B - Waltonwrays and Ingleton Cemetery
For the interment of up to two sets of cremated remains
| Purchase of exclusive rights - 30 years | £477 |
| Interment of cremated remains | £225 |
| Consent to place memorial - desktop memorial only - including first inscription | £110 |
| Consent for additional inscription | £120 |
| Provision of a member of staff to undertake a reading - subject to availability - week days only | £50 |
Moorland above ground vault
For up to two sets of ashes - 30 year lease - Waltonwrays Cemetery
| Purchase of lease - 30 years | £793 |
| Plaque inscription - per inscription | £143 - VAT included at 20% |
| Placement of ashes - per occasion | £95 |
| Ashes container | £5 |
Dales Column - Waltonwrays Cemetery only
20 year lease
| Lease of plaque including inscription | £385 |
| Additional inscription | £165 |
| Reserve plaque - full fee due at time of inscription | £27 |
Tree of life - situated within the Book of Remembrance Chapel
15 year lease
| Lease of leaf including inscription | £178 |
| Reserve plaque - full fee due at time of inscription | £27 |
Seasonal Garden vase - Waltonwrays Cemetery only
15 year lease
| Purchase of vase and bronze plaque - including inscription | £589 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Replacement or additional plaque | £221 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Scattering of cremated remains on Seasonal Garden | Cremated at Skipton Crematorium - family present | £75 |
| Cremated at Skipton Crematorium - no family present | Free of charge | |
| Cremated at other crematorium | £125 | |
Garden of Rest - Waltonwrays Cemetery only
15 year lease
| Bronze plaque on spike | Six feet by four feet | £222 - VAT included at 20% |
| Six feet by six feet | £315 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Scatter of ashes - Garden of Rest Only permitted for the spouse of somebody already scattered in the Garden of Rest |
Cremated at Skipton Crematorium - family present | £75 |
| Cremated at Skipton Crematorium - no family present | Free of charge | |
| Cremated at other crematorium | £125 |
Memorial benches - Waltonwrays and Ingleton Cemetery
Subject to availability
| Commemorative bench including bronze plaque | Price on application - VAT included at 20% |
| Additional bronze plaque | £221 - VAT included at 20% |
Book of Remembrance
| Two line entry | £79 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Three to five line entry | No emblem | £113 - VAT included at 20% |
| With floral emblem | £186 - VAT included at 20% | |
| With badge, shield, crest, hobby emblem | £232 - VAT included at 20% | |
| With illuminated capital | £228 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Six to eight line entry | No emblem | £142 - VAT included at 20% |
| With floral emblem | £204 - VAT included at 20% | |
| With badge, shield, crest, hobby emblem | £242 - VAT included at 20% | |
| With illuminated capital | £249 - VAT included at 20% | |
| Reserve next entry – Fully inscription fee due at time of inscription |
£27 | |
Application forms
Cremation
- application for cremation of a body (pdf / 169 KB)
- application for cremation of body parts (pdf / 147 KB)
- application for cremation of a stillborn baby (pdf / 107 KB)
- notice of cremation
Interment
- notice of interment - ashes (pdf / 151 KB)
- notice of interment - full burial (pdf / 151 KB)
- Moorland vault application form (pdf / 173 KB)
- pre-purchase of exclusive rights of burial (pdf / 117 KB)
Memorial application
- book of remembrance application form (pdf / 175 KB)
- Dales Column application form (pdf / 144 KB)
- seasonal garden vase application form (pdf / 175 KB)
- tree of life application form (pdf / 148 KB)
- Walton Gallery application form (pdf / 135 KB)
- memorial permit application form (pdf / 164 KB)
Memorial Mason registration
Burial and cremation policies
Craven District Council is a full member of the Federation of British Cremation Authorities (FBCA) and operates under its strict code of practice.
Environmental impact
In accordance with industry guiding principles on cremation, Craven area’s policy allows for the holding over of cremations, principally to contribute to the reduction of harmful emissions.
Reducing emissions
- the coffin must be made of a suitable material which, when placed in a cremator and subjected to the cremation process, is easily combustible and which does not emit smoke, give off toxic gas or leave any retardant smears or drips after final combustion
- no metal of any kind shall be used in the manufacture of such coffin except as necessary for its safe construction and then only metal of a high ferrous content
- cross pieces must not be attached to the bottom of the coffin: if it is desired to strengthen the bottom of the coffin, wooden strips may be placed lengthways for this purpose
- cardboard coffins should not contain chlorine in the wet strength agent. (e.g. not using polyamidoamine-epichlorhydrin based resin (PAA-E)
Coffin furniture and fitting
- no metal furniture or fittings whatsoever shall be used on a coffin for cremation - coffin handles should be free from unnecessary metal components
- external coatings to a coffin must allow for smokeless combustion and the use of nitro-cellulose varnish, polyurethane, melamine and any products containing polyvinyl chloride (PVD) must not be used in coffin construction or furnishings
- water based lacquer free from additives containing heavy metals may be used for coating a coffin or a suitable cloth may be used for covering a coffin - the exception to this is the use of polystyrene which is restricted to the coffin nameplate only and this must not exceed 90 grams in weight
Lining of the coffin
- the use of sawdust, cotton wool or shredded paper within a coffin must be avoided
- if lining a coffin is necessary, the lining should be manufactured from polythene not exceeding 75 microns in thickness
- lead or zinc linings must not be used
- the use of shredded paper within a coffin is not permitted
Clothing and coffin content
- in order to minimise the release of pollutants into the air, it is recommended that clothing should be made of natural fibres and that shoes or any material manufactured from PVC should not be included
- body adornments manufactured from copper should be removed as should any easily removable protheses or casts of plaster or other material
- additional items, particularly of glass or plastic, should not be placed within the coffin
Metal recycling
It was once acceptable to bury implants within the cemetery, but now it's a huge environmental concern. Implants are made from medical grade stainless steel, titanium and cobalt chrome - all non-renewable resources.
Metal recycling is carried out at Skipton Crematorium in accordance with the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) guidelines. We seek consent for the sensitive recycling of metals after cremation. All metal residues from the cremation process are sent to be recycled unless otherwise stated in the application form. Money raised from recycled metals is donated to local or national death related charities in the UK.
If you don't want the metals to be recycled we are happy to return them to you or leave them in the cremated remains. If they're left in the cremated remains they would need to be buried rather than scattered. Other metals may also be returned including ferrous metals, mainly nails from the coffin, and some small granules of precious metals.
Embalming environmental effects
Some burial schemes, such as woodland burial, may prohibit the use of chemicals including horticultural chemicals. Although research into the effects of embalming fluid on soil organisms and air quality is limited, environmentalists will generally disapprove of embalming.
Those who have concerns over the effects of embalming and the environment have the right to stipulate that this is not carried out.
Charter for the bereaved
Craven area's bereavement team were awarded gold for cremation and silver for burial in 2018 and again in 2019's annual charter for the bereaved assessment.
You can find a full copy of the charter for the bereaved on the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) website.