2003 Cremation Facts and Figures

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  • The average cost of a cremation in 2003 was £308.45
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  • The most expensive crematorium in 2003 was York (£415.50) and the cheapest was Guernsey (£133)
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  • The busiest crematorium in 2003 was Eltham with 4,545
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  • There were 442,538 cremations in the UK in 2003 across 245 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1,806 cremations in 2003
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  • Cremation rate in 2003 was 72.30%
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Crematorium Costs & Number of Creations in 2003

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Crematoria1st jan-31st jan 20021st jan-31st jan 2003county totalApril 2003 feeApril 2004 feetotal cost
AVON (6)
Bath2,0612,003320.00345.00345.00
Bristol (Arno’s Vale)CLOSE D
Bristol (Canford)1,8581,9179,628325.00345.00345.00
Bristol (South)2,0251,990325.00345.00345.00
Westerleigh1,7711,949325.00350.00350.00
Weston Super Mare1,6431,769325.00345.00345.00
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford1,5611,5573,567275.00285.00312.00
Luton1,9462,010245.00270.00300.00
BERKSHIRE (3)
Bracknell1,5521,595300.00325.00325.00
Reading2,1641,9835,225294.00309.00309.00
Slough1,7401,647290.00305.00305.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)3,0703,102241.00286.00286.00
Milton Keynes1,5781,6684,770305.00320.00320.00
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (2)
Cambridge2,8162,808360.00390.00390.00
Peterborough2,3452,4095,217280.00**300.00**300.00
CHESHIRE (5)
Chester1,8271,815280.00308.30308.30
Crewe1,2801,535301.00315.50315.50
Macclesfield1,6301,7137,575299.50307.50307.50
Warrington1,8801,932295.00305.00305.00
Widnes579580266.00274.00274.00
CLEVELAND (2)
Hartlepool961938255.00283.00283.00
Middlesbrough3,7413,6644,602315.00331.00331.00
CORNWALL (2)
Bodmin1,1951,313300.00317.00317.00
ruro2,6362,6994,012235.00250.00250.00
CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness1,018891273.00287.00287.00
Carlisle1,7571,7593,517305.00343.00343.00
Distington (Whitehaven)880867279.00298.50298.50
DERBYSHIRE (2)
Chesterfield2,2802,326178.00205.00205.00
Derby3,0643,2005,526260.00280.00280.00
DEVON (5)
Barnstaple1,3491,451260.00290.00312.00
Exeter3,3143,262345.00365.00365.00
Plymouth (Efford)1,3981,39910,394270.50284.00284.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)1,4711,501270.50284.00284.00
orquay2,6642,781340.00375.00375.00
DORSET (3)
Bournemouth3,4503,624270.50292.50292.50
Poole2,3842,4027,297291.50300.50300.50
Weymouth1,2891,271291.00335.00335.00
DURHAM (3)
Darlington1,8501,941315.00332.00332.00
Durham2,3502,2405,507228.00249.00249.00
Mountsett1,2731,326218.00228.00228.00
ESSEX (7)
Basildon1,7111,760295.00340.00340.00
Chelmsford2,5522,585280.00293.00293.00
Colchester1,5131,485342.00355.00355.00
Harlow1,7611,85016,223265.00290.00290.00
Southend-on-Sea2,5432,580273.00300.00305.50
South Essex4,1574,310312.00340.00360.00
Weeley1,7501,653335.00345.00345.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham1,9472,180306.00330.00330.00
Forest of Dean7027464,569310.00340.00340.00
Gloucester1,6161,643310.00370.00370.00
HAMPSHIRE (4)
Aldershot1,8311,709305.00325.00325.00
Basingstoke1,7671,93011,671300.00320.00320.00
Portchester4,2484,372270.00300.00300.00
Southampton3,6333,660317.00343.00343.00
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)
Hereford1,2731,3431,343289.00289.00289.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park1,9111,957325.00360.00360.00
West Hertfordshire3,2883,2585,215258.00285.00285.00
HUMBERSIDE (3)
Great Grimsby1,7391,841327.00340.00340.00
Hull2,1522,2605,639300.00310.00310.00
Scunthorpe1,4151,538313.00350.00350.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas558554554309.00**368.00**368.00
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham1,5141,4961,496351.00361.00361.00
KENT (8)
Barham2,3492,355280.50295.50295.50
Charing1,3651,445280.50295.50295.50
Folkestone677633300.00315.00315.00
Maidstone2,1052,00713,510295.00330.00330.00
Margate1,7061,750280.00290.00290.00
Medway2,8242,875267.00282.00282.00
Sittingbourne (opened August 2003)243350.00350.00
Tunbridge Wells2,1242,202300.00315.00315.00
LANCASHIRE (7)
Accrington933934237.00265.00265.00
Blackburn1,6181,536275.00286.00286.00
Blackpool2,1002,111275.00287.00287.00
Burnley1,6641,65711,179279.00307.00307.00
Lancaster & Morecambe1,9011,830315.00335.00335.00
Lytham St Annes1,3591,416250.00275.00275.00
Preston1,6641,695263.35271.25271.25
LEICESTERSHIRE (2)
Leicester3,3773,570275.00300.00300.00
Loughborough1,6351,8175,387310.00327.00327.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (3)
Boston1,8771,980275.00300.00300.00
Grantham1,2961,2614,978260.00275.00275.00
Lincoln1,6351,737260.00280.00280.00
LONDON (24)
Beckenham2,1462,127345.00365.00365.00
Croydon2,0452,105304.00374.50374.50
Eltham4,2954,545280.00290.00290.00
Enfield2,6312,780295.00320.00320.00
Golders Green2,0421,992335.00360.00360.00
Hendon919907260.00280.00280.00
Honor Oak1,3941,373276.00290.00290.00
Islington9071,002245.00270.00270.00
Kingston-upon-Thames910953305.00350.00350.00
Lambeth780591275.00275.00275.00
Lewisham1,3011,526273.00292.00292.00
London (City of )3,7513,61641,671378.00448.00448.00
London (East)755702275.00295.00295.00
London (South)1,2761,359325.00345.00345.00
London (West)1,2941,263295.00325.00325.00
Manor Park564604295.00**310.00**310.00
Mortlake2,4112,455215.00225.00225.00
New Southgate972966310.00360.00385.00
North East Surrey1,7531,796280.00295.00295.00
Putney Vale1,4581,497263.00336.00336.00
Ruislip3,8583,784270.00300.00300.00
St Marylebone699678295.00320.00320.00
South West Middlesex2,5372,490195.00200.00200.00
West Norwood526560275.00190.00190.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (13)
Altrincham1,7601,843278.00293.00293.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge)754756265.00280.00280.00
Bolton3,3643,403260.00275.00275.00
Dukinfield2,1192,076280.00295.00295.00
Eccles814822265.00275.00275.00
Manchester (Blackley)1,2311,240260.00280.00280.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)2,3472,361295.00315.00315.00
Middleton41041721,074288.00310.00310.00
Oldham1,6471,706272.00280.00280.00
Rochdale1,4671,514288.00310.00310.00
Salford1,2361,282265.00275.00275.00
Stockport2,4132,313278.00290.00297.00
Wigan1,3231,341220.00230.00230.00
MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead3,0133,091284.00320.00320.00
Liverpool (Anfield)1,9922,123330.00342.00342.00
Liverpool (Springwood)2,3562,29013,053330.00342.00342.00
St Helens2,0572,120215.00230.00230.00
Southport1,9431,867230.00265.00265.00
Thornton (Crosby)1,5911,562230.00265.00265.00
NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth1,8771,941247.00265.00265.00
King’s Lynn1,9902,027305.00319.00319.00
Norwich (Earlham Road)1,6121,4917,852280.00295.00295.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)2,5552,393325.00343.00343.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering2,4012,445275.00320.00320.00
Northampton1,9381,9164,361340.00360.00360.00
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth1,5221,5321,532168.50178.50178.50
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (3)
Bramcote2,9252,600240.00280.00280.00
Mansfield3,0223,1088,290210.00223.00223.00
Nottingham2,3092,582220.00**230.00**230.00
OXFORDSHIRE (2)
Banbury672728325.00350.00350.00
Oxford2,6572,7903,518340.00360.00360.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury1,9301,934260.00273.50273.50
elford9819582,892280.00295.00295.00
SOMERSET (2)
Taunton2,3152,419295.00355.00355.00
Yeovil1,7921,6574,076270.00300.00300.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (4)
Bretby1,3821,360293.00308.00308.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme1,4871,612294.00351.00351.00
Stafford1,5491,6206,563295.00320.00320.00
Stoke-on-Trent2,0191,971300.00**320.00**320.00
SUFFOLK (2)
Bury St. Edmunds1,8691,867335.00375.00375.00
Ipswich2,2972,4594,326312.75334.00344.00
SURREY (3)
Guildford1,6331,746295.00310.00310.00
Leatherhead2,5822,5115,934345.00365.00365.00
Woking1,6991,677335.00360.00360.00
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)1,1841,376240.00252.00252.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)2,0262,065235.00**245.00**245.00
Eastbourne2,9092,8457,760300.00320.00320.00
Hastings1,4361,474259.00272.00272.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester2,5282,288340.00360.00360.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)3,2503,3148,957345.00365.00365.00
Worthing3,2553,355336.00363.00363.00
TYNE & WEAR (7)
Birtley622588202.50209.00209.00
Gateshead1,2111,379202.50209.00209.00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne3,2283,051312.50348.50348.50
South Shields1,4421,55211,025237.50250.00250.00
Sunderland2,6032,546260.50300.50300.50
Tynemouth1,1461,117277.00287.00300.20
Whitley Bay781792277.00287.00300.20
WARWICKSHIRE (3)
Leamington Spa1,9431,843238.50280.00280.00
Nuneaton1,8421,8834,260340.00360.00360.00
Coleshill (Woodlands)492534330.00340.00340.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)2,1912,313307.00358.00358.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)1,1941,172320.00336.00336.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)2,1672,155307.00358.00358.00
Birmingham (Yardley)1,6521,548307.00358.00358.00
Coventry2,7532,871315.00347.00347.00
Dudley1,7841,72923,261300.00325.00325.00
Rowley Regis966998325.00346.00346.00
Solihull2,1092,118330.00340.00340.00
Stourbridge1,7951,848300.00325.00325.00
Walsall1,8721,911286.00300.00300.00
West Bromwich1,8421,976325.00346.00346.00
Wolverhampton2,4162,622310.00320.00320.00
WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury1,6151,578295.00315.00315.00
Swindon1,9281,9085,055321.00345.00345.00
West Wiltshire1,5121,569320.00345.00345.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (2)
Redditch1,1201,197285.00294.00294.00
Worcester1,9422,0203,217270.00295.00295.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (2)
East Riding1,0421,146280.00305.00305.00
Haltemprice1,3361,3062,452292.00305.00305.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate1,3991,427332.00356.00356.00
Scarborough1,1361,171350.00375.00375.00
Skipton9659945,734250.00290.00290.00
York2,1172,142415.50440.00440.00
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley1,8281,859316.00316.00316.00
Doncaster2,6942,524288.00**340.00**340.00
Rotherham1,9551,959307.00326.00326.00
Sheffield (City Road)1,5861,61011,430295.00315.00315.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)1,5261,509305.00325.00325.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)1,9341,969295.00315.00315.00
YORKSHIRE WEST (11)
Bradford1,2951,167271.00279.00279.00
Dewsbury Moor1,4131,386300.00320.00320.00
Halifax1,7061,684311.00321.00321.00
Huddersfield1,7951,817300.00320.00320.00
Keighley502458271.00279.00279.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)1,4911,43916,300305.50352.50352.50
Leeds (Lawnswood)2,2702,184305.50352.50352.50
Pontefract1,8041,748311.00325.00325.00
Rawdon2,0041,969305.50352.50352.50
Shipley1,3721,315271.00279.00279.00
Wakefield1,1941,133311.00325.00325.00
SCOTLAND (22)
Aberdeen2,4702,490361.00372.00372.00
Ayr1,5441,608273.00313.00313.00
Cardross564557295.40325.00325.00
Clydebank1,7571,797283.00331.00331.00
Dundee1,7461,729375.00395.00395.00
Dunfermline835798284.00284.00284.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)2,8502,943369.77381.00381.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)810819360.00380.00380.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)2,2332,293360.00380.00380.00
Falkirk2,3002,319244.00252.00252.00
Friockheim58464435,339380.00400.00400.00
Glasgow (Craigton)1,0571,048295.00295.00295.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)4,1664,305241.00246.00246.00
Glasgow (The Linn)2,6332,626241.00246.00246.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)1,6421,723280.00295.00295.00
Greenock1,1431,042305.00320.30320.30
Inverness606669343.00**352.00**352.00
Irvine1,0461,110285.00300.00300.00
Kirkcaldy1,8241,775284.00284.00284.00
Moray357370380.00410.00410.00
Paisley1,5691,530315.00330.00330.00
Perth1,1471,144350.00360.00360.00
WALES (12)
Aberdare1,2451,306202.00225.00225.00
Aberystwyth514538298.00330.00330.00
Bangor943989178.50190.50190.50
Bridgend1,7691,772241.30246.00261.00
Cardiff2,5872,640270.50303.00303.00
Colwyn Bay1,8181,897230.00250.00250.00
Gwent2,6882,69120,872207.00238.00238.00
Llanelli (opened Sept 2002)175910265.00265.00265.00
Margam1,3941,401225.00235.00235.00
Narberth1,3681,335207.50216.00222.50
Pontypridd1,4271,453175.10197.00230.00
Swansea2,6672,265220.00210.00220.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)1,6671,675265.00272.00272.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey301332133.00138.00166.00
Jersey569489821219.00196.00196.00
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast2,4732,3122,312140.00145.00145.00
TOTALS437,124442,538442,538
2003 average cremation fee£286.70
2004 average cremation fee£297.25
2003 average total crematorium charge£287.76
2004 average total crematorium charge£298.34
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