Mansfield cemetery fees – the £803 burial fee has no non-resident charge

Last updated 12 August 2026

Mansfield District Council cemetery fees

Current burial and cemetery fees for Mansfield District Council, effective 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The council operates four cemeteries across the district: Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery, Forest Town Cemetery, and Pleasley Vale Cemetery. Interment fees are the same for residents and non-residents; the non-resident premium applies only to grave purchase (ERB) fees.

Normal hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Late afternoon burials (Monday to Friday, 3:15pm to 4pm) attract a surcharge at 1.5 times the standard rate; Saturday burials are charged at double the standard rate.

Grave space purchase (exclusive right of burial)

Plot typeResident (2026/27)Non-resident (2026/27)
Earthen grave – lawn or traditional (50 years)£1,695£2,542
Cremated remains grave (50 years)£940£1,410
Woodland grave – single plot£932£1,397
Muslim grave – single plot£1,192£1,657
Muslim grave – with burial vault£1,892£2,838
Walled grave or vault (9ft × 4ft)£1,697£2,546
Walled grave or vault (9ft × 8ft)£3,394£5,091

Burial and interment fees

ServiceFee (2026/27)
Adult (over 16 years)£803
Children and young people (0 to 16 years)No charge
Interment fee – burial vault£389
Interment of cremated remains in a grave£234
Interment of body parts (casket, within existing grave)£223

Note: interment fees are the same for residents and non-residents.

Cremated remains interment

Cremated remains may be buried in a dedicated plot with a separate ERB (see table above). The interment fee for cremated remains into a grave is £234, the same for residents and non-residents.

Memorial fees

Memorial typeFee (2026/27)
Permission to fix headstone – up to 1 metre high£152
Permission to fix headstone – over 1 metre high£188
Fixed kerb and headstone provision (if required)£233
Vase with one inscription£62
Any additional inscription£62
Inscribed plaque fixed to memorial wall£151
Chapel hire for funeral or memorial service£125
Intermediate grave marker£82
Intermediate cross grave marker with plaque£121
Permanent grave marker with plaque£180
Entries in Book of Remembrance (Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery only, two-line entry)£49

Exhumation and other fees

ServiceFee (2026/27)
Exhumation – to remove remains in coffin£1,835
Exhumation – to remove cremated remains£292
Exhumation – child below 18 years£292
Supervision and registration of buried cremated remains£86
Preparation of transfer of Grant of Right of Burial£31
Search in Register of Burials (per year, or family history search)£16

About Mansfield District Council cemeteries

Mansfield District Council operates cemeteries across a former coalfield district in Nottinghamshire. The district borders Ashfield to the west and Newark and Sherwood to the east, and has one of the lower interment fees in the region at £803 for an adult burial – well below the regional average.

The non-resident multiplier for ERB varies by grave type – it is roughly 1.5x for standard earthen graves, which is lower than most English councils, which typically charge 2x. Interment fees carry no non-resident premium at all.

Contact: 01623 463427 | crematorium@mansfield.gov.uk

Fees verified 2026-08-12, effective 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Source: Mansfield District Council – Fees and Charges 2026/27.