Cemetery fees and charges

Fees with effect from 1 April 2026

Part 1: Interment

The fees indicated for the various heads in part 1 and 2 include:

The fees do not include the use of Cemetery Chapel.

	Resident price	Non Resident price
Persons up to 18 years	No charge	No charge
Adult grave prepared for 1 interment	£807	£1614
Adult grave prepared for 2 interments	£953	£1906
Adult grave prepared for 3 interments	£1084	£2168
Adult grave prepared for 4 interments	£1215	£2430

	Resident price	Non-resident price
In a grave not exceeding 3′ in depth	£257	£514
In a grave at full burial depth	£551	£1102

	Resident price	Non-resident price
Exclusive right of burial for 25 years (if applicable)	£510	£1020
Exclusive right of burial for 50 years	£1020	£2040
Exclusive right of burial for 99 years	£1549	£3098

	Resident price	Non-resident price
For the use of the Cemetery Chapel	£89	£178

Note: the fees will normally be doubled where the person to be interred was not a resident of the city of Portsmouth at the time.

For cremated remains full burial depth is charged when a coffin burial space is available in the grave.

Virgin graves can only be purchased for a minimum depth of two with 99 years purchase.

Caskets not permitted in any of the Cemeteries.

For the right to erect or place on a grave:

A lawnstone/Additional inscription to existing	£151
Inscribed vase not exceeding 12″ x 12″ x 12″	£33
Kerb stone or border stone (allowed on Jewish graves only in a special area within Kingston Cemetery)	£173

For the preparation of the grave and for the strewing of cremated remains	£60
For the exhumation of human remains	At cost
Searching register of burial (5 year period)	£38

Registration of devolved or assigned ownership of the Right of Burial	£60
Administration fee	£60
Temporary marker plaque	£38