Funeral poverty shows no sign of abating as new data reveals the most expensive crematoria and cemeteries in the UK
(PRWEB UK) 12 May 2016 -- THE COST OF DYING CONTINUES TO RISE.
NEW DATA REVEALS THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES TO BE CREMATED OR BURIED IN THE UK.
MASSIVE INCREASE IN COSTS YEAR ON YEAR ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITY OWNED CREMATORIA AND CEMETERIES.
Beckenham in Kent; Crawley and Chichester in West Sussex; Leatherhead in Surrey and Nuneaton in Warwickshire all tie for first place as the locations of the most expensive crematoria in the UK – with cremation costing a staggering £956.
The cheapest place to be cremated in the UK is the City of Belfast Crematorium, where it costs just £364.
Prices are set by local councils for public facilities or by private companies, like Dignity, for the privately owned ones.
Around one third of the entire cost of a funeral is for cremation; around half if a burial is opted for.
The data comes from independent funeral booking website Funeralbooker.
They have collated the costs of every cemetery and crematorium for 2015 and 2016 and produced four data-sets with searchable maps.
When it comes to burial, London takes the top slot, with four cemeteries in Wandsworth all charging £4,561 apiece.
Northern Ireland again is the cheapest place in the UK to be buried.
There have also been massive, above-inflation rises in costs for both burial and cremation. At Crownhill crematorium in Milton Keynes, prices have risen by 29.7%, year on year. The crematorium is owned by the local authority, as are the other crematoria on the list with the largest price rises.
It’s the same story when it comes to burials. North Watford Cemetery in London tops the list with prices increasing by 49.1% this year compared to 2015.
“Cuts in council funding may mean that many councils are turning to crematoriums and cemeteries to balance the books - these price increases could be a hidden cost of austerity," said James Dunn, the co-founder of Funeralbooker.
FOR FULL DATA AND SEARCHABLE MAPS SEE:
2016 UK Burial Costs
https://funeralbooker.com/resources/uk-burial-costs-2016
2016 UK Burial Cost % increases from 2015
https://funeralbooker.com/resources/uk-burial-costs-rises-2016
2016 UK Cremation Costs
https://funeralbooker.com/resources/uk-cremation-costs-2016
2016 UK Cremation Cost % increases from 2015
https://funeralbooker.com/resources/uk-cremation-costs-rises-2016
For access to the entire data set, please contact us.
James Dunn, England, http://www.funeralbooker.com, +44 7889284074, [email protected]
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