Neath Port Talbot cemetery fees – Cymmer and county borough burial costs 2025/26

Last updated 4 August 2026

Neath Port Talbot Council cemetery fees

Neath Port Talbot Council (NPT) operates public cemeteries across the county borough, including Cymmer Cemetery’s dedicated cremated remains vault. The 2025/26 schedule applies from April 2025 and remains the council’s current published fee schedule as of August 2026. No separate non-resident rate is published – fees apply uniformly to all burials.

Grave space purchase (exclusive right of burial)

Plot typeFee (2025/26)
New grave – full coffin (depth 2)£1,254.00
Full grave for cremated remains£872.00
Reservation of full grave for cremated remains£1,307.00
Cremation plot£648.00
Reservation of a cremation plot£891.00
Extension of burial rights£627.00

Burial and interment fees

DepthFee (2025/26)
Depth 1£1,056.00
Depth 2£1,306.00
Depth 3£1,556.00
Depth 4£1,806.00
Cremated remains interment£504.00
Additional cremated remains – same grave, double urn or casket£252.00
Cremated remains placed within a coffin£252.00
Cremated remains interment in a full-depth grave£1,056.00
Scattering of cremated remains£116.00
Cremated remains in or out of the vault, Cymmer Cemetery£116.00
Test dig£528.00

Saturday surcharges

ServiceSurcharge (2025/26)
Saturday interment (coffin)£528.00 additional
Saturday cremated remains interment£756.00 total

Memorial fees

Memorial typeFee (2025/26)
Headstone or memorial erection£288.00
Additional memorial£146.00
Added inscription£146.00
Memorial bench plaque£228.00

Administration fees

ServiceFee (2025/26)
Cemetery record search (up to 5 records)£55.00
Burial chamber£786.00
Ownership transfer£86.00

Children and young people

Neath Port Talbot Council does not charge the standard burial fee for children under 18, including stillborn children – costs are met by the Welsh Government.

About Neath Port Talbot Council cemeteries

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough in south Wales, covering towns including Neath, Port Talbot, Pontardawe, and Aberavon. The council’s cemeteries serve communities across this predominantly former industrial area on Swansea Bay, including Cymmer Cemetery, which has a dedicated vault for cremated remains. No non-resident surcharge is published for the 2025/26 fee year.

Fees verified 2026-08-04. Source: Neath Port Talbot Council – cemeteries fees and charges 2025/26. Fees from the 2025/26 schedule, confirmed still current and unrevised as of August 2026.