Selby cemetery fees: £1,958 for residents, £3,916 if you moved away

Last updated 24 June 2026

Selby Town Council cemetery fees

Current burial and cemetery fees for Selby Town Council, effective from 1 April 2025. Selby Town Council operates Selby Cemetery in North Yorkshire. Non-residents pay twice the resident rate for interment in a new grave – a combined cost of £3,916 compared with £1,958 for residents.

Burial costs (new grave)

FeeResident (2025/26)
Exclusive Right of Burial for 50 years£1,288
Interment fee£670
Total (new grave, resident)£1,958
Total (new grave, non-resident)£3,916

The Exclusive Right of Burial fee includes maintenance in perpetuity and the exclusive right to erect a memorial.

Ashes interment costs

FeeResident (2025/26)
Exclusive Right of Burial for 50 years (ashes plot)£813
Interment fee£206
Total (ashes, resident)£1,019
Total (ashes, non-resident)£2,038

Other charges

ServiceFee (2025/26)
Common grave (inclusive rate for interment)£773
Scattering of ashes£134
Transfer of exclusive right of burial£129
Overtime rate (per hour, Selby Cemetery only)£118
Stillborn or child under 18 (resident)No charge (claimed from Children’s Funeral Fund)

The fee for a common grave is doubled if the person to be buried is not a Selby resident.

Permits for work in Selby Cemetery

Memorial typeFee
Headstone and first inscription£200
Vase or plaque and first inscription£200
Additional inscription£200
Saturday interment charge£247

About Selby Cemetery

Selby Cemetery is managed by Selby Town Council and serves the town of Selby in North Yorkshire. All interment fees and memorial permit fees must be paid before the date of the interment or the installation of a headstone.

For enquiries, contact Selby Town Council on 01757 708449 or email admin@selbytowncouncil.gov.uk.

Fees verified 7 June 2026, effective 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Source: Selby Town Council – Cemetery.