East Grinstead burial costs quadruple if you live outside the parish

Last updated 5 June 2026

East Grinstead cemetery fees

Current burial and cemetery fees for East Grinstead Town Council’s Mount Noddy Cemetery in West Sussex. Fees are effective for the 2026/27 financial year.

Non-parishioners pay four times the stated parishioner rates for interment and exclusive right of burial fees. The cemetery office has discretion to waive the quadruple rate where the deceased was a long-term resident who had been living outside the parish for up to three years prior to death – proof is required.

Exclusive right of burial (50-year lease)

PersonParishionerNon-parishioner
Adult (aged 18 or over)£704£2,816
Child stillborn after 24 weeks to 17 years£210£840

The child fee is charged to the Children’s Funeral Fund. Where reclaim is not possible, the charge is not passed to the family.

Interment in a purchased grave

ServiceParishionerNon-parishioner
Non-viable foetus, stillborn or under one monthNo chargeNo charge
Child stillborn after 24 weeks to 17 years£158£632
Adult – single depth (5 ft)£510£2,040
Adult – double depth (7 ft)£625£2,500
Adult – treble depth (8 ft)£704£2,816
Scattering of ashes (on a grave or in the scatter garden)£48£192
Interment of ashes in a grave£137£548

Garden of remembrance – cremated remains

ServiceParishionerNon-parishioner
Exclusive right of burial per plot (accommodates two sets of ashes)£221£884
Ashes interment in a GOR plot£126£504

The permit fee for the initial GOR tablet is included in the interment fee. All tablets must be between 15” × 15” × 2” and 16” × 16” × 2”. The plot number must appear at the top of the tablet in lettering of at least 1 inch.

Memorial fees (parishioners and non-parishioners)

Memorial typeFee
Headstone or cross not exceeding 2 ft in height£195
Headstone or cross not exceeding 4 ft in height£221
Memorial plaque on memorial wall (arranged via specific memorial mason)£352
Permit for a memorial tablet on an earthen grave or memorial cleaning£58
Additional inscription on headstone or memorial tablet£58
Marble vase on an earthen grave or GOR plot£48

A donated memorial bench (including installation and plaque) costs £920. Transfer of deeds costs £65; replacement deed £115.

About Mount Noddy Cemetery

East Grinstead Town Council manages Mount Noddy Cemetery in the town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, within the Mid Sussex district. East Grinstead is a market town in the High Weald, close to the Surrey border and Gatwick Airport.

The cemetery is open daily from 8:30am to 8:00pm, or sunset if earlier. Vehicular access is for visitors only; drivers must use tarmac roads and not park on grass verges.

For enquiries, contact East Grinstead Town Council via their cemetery office.

Fees effective 2026/27. Source: East Grinstead Town Council – Cemetery Fees & Charges 2026/27. Verified 2026-06-05.