2004 Cremation Facts and Figures

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  • The busiest crematorium in 2004 was Eltham with 4,220
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  • There were 424,956 cremations in the UK in 2004 across 246 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1,727 cremations in 2004
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  • Cremation rate in 2004 was 70.83%
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  • The average cost of a cremation in 2004 was £342.18
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  • The most expensive crematorium in 2004 was London (City of)  (£448) and the cheapest was Guernsey (£138)
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Cremation Cost & Number of Cremations in 2004

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Crematoria1st jan-31st jan 20031st jan-31st jan 2004county totalApril 2004 feeApril 2005 feetotal cost
AVON (6)
Bath2,0032,005345.00375.00375.00
Bristol (Arno’s Vale)00CLOSED
Bristol (Canford)1,9171,6469,045345.00391.25391.25
Bristol (South)1,9901,923345.00391.25391.25
Westerleigh1,9491,745350.00370.00370.00
Weston Super Mare1,7691,726345.00390.00390.00
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford1,5571,5793,471285.00325.00355.00
Luton2,0101,892270.00355.00390.00
BERKSHIRE (3)
Bracknell1,5951,538325.00350.00350.00
Reading1,9832,0685,276309.00350.00350.00
Slough1,6471,670305.00330.00330.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)3,1022,999286.00315.00315.00
Milton Keynes1,6681,6554,654320.00352.50352.50
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (2)
Cambridge2,8082,715390.00407.00407.00
Peterborough2,4092,2274,942**300.00321.50321.50
CHESHIRE (5)
Chester1,8151,817308.30320.00320.00
Crewe1,5351,220315.50348.50348.50
Macclesfield1,7131,5497,035307.50331.00331.00
Warrington1,9321,921305.00320.00320.00
Widnes580528274.00325.00325.00
CLEVELAND (2)
Hartlepool938913283.00355.00355.00
Middlesbrough3,6643,6424,555331.00325.00325.00
CORNWALL (2)
Bodmin1,3131,305317.00335.00335.00
Truro2,6992,5183,823250.00270.00280.00
CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness891982287.00304.00304.00
Carlisle1,7591,6863,530343.00374.00374.00
Distington (Whitehaven)867862298.50315.00315.00
DERBYSHIRE (2)
Chesterfield2,3262,079205.00257.00257.00
Derby3,2002,9305,009280.00290.00307.00
DEVON (5)
Barnstaple1,4511,415290.00356.00378.00
Exeter3,2623,223365.00387.00387.00
Plymouth (Efford)1,3991,3149,879284.00335.00335.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)1,5011,338N/R284.00335.00356.00
Torquay2,7812,589375.00395.00395.00
DORSET (3)
Bournemouth3,6243,229292.50353.50353.50
Poole2,4022,2666,681300.50315.50335.50
Weymouth1,2711,186335.00360.00385.00
DURHAM (3)
Darlington1,9411,821332.00372.00372.00
Durham2,2402,3285,362249.00296.00316.00
Mountsett1,3261,213228.00260.00260.00
ESSEX (8)
Basildon1,7601,776340.00345.00345.00
Chelmsford2,5852,428293.00315.00315.00
Colchester1,4851,472355.00368.00368.00
Harlow1,8501,82215,529290.00300.00300.00
Redbridge (Forest Park)
opened February 2005N/A325.00325.00
Southend-on-Sea2,5802,410300.00320.00320.00
South Essex4,3103,983340.00350.00350.00
Weeley1,6531,638345.00396.00396.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham2,1801,976330.00352.00392.00
Forest of Dean7467544,364340.00360.00360.00
Gloucester1,6431,634370.00400.00400.00
HAMPSHIRE (4)
Aldershot1,7091,908325.00345.00345.00
Basingstoke1,93096210,663320.00340.00340.00
Portchester4,3724,134300.00323.00367.00
Southampton3,6603,659343.00372.00372.00
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)
Hereford1,3431,3111,311289.00330.00330.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park1,9571,838360.00400.00400.00
West Hertfordshire3,2583,2935,131285.00328.00328.00
HUMBERSIDE (3)
Great Grimsby1,8411,740340.00350.00383.00
Hull2,2602,1475,301310.00325.00325.00
Scunthorpe1,5381,414350.00374.00405.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas554523523**368.00383.00404.00
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham1,4961,3561,356361.00383.00383.00
KENT (8)
Barham2,3552,346295.50312.50352.50
Charing1,4451,333295.50312.50352.50
Folkestone633610315.00334.00334.00
Maidstone2,0071,60612,949330.00361.50391.50
Margate1,7501,666290.00320.00345.00
Medway2,8752,711282.00324.50354.50
Sittingbourne243651350.00401.50401.50
Tunbridge Wells2,2022,026315.00341.50371.50
LANCASHIRE (7)
Accrington934872265.00287.00287.00
Blackburn1,5361,441286.00320.00320.00
Blackpool2,1112,108287.00303.00303.00
Burnley1,6571,62210,784307.00347.00347.00
Lancaster & Morecambe1,8301,855335.00355.00355.00
Lytham St Annes1,4161,340275.00284.00284.00
Preston1,6951,546271.25279.40279.40
LEICESTERSHIRE (2)
Leicester3,5703,412300.00325.00347.00
Loughborough1,8171,7425,154327.00347.00347.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (3)
Boston1,9801,955300.00340.00340.00
Grantham1,2611,2444,898275.00292.00292.00
Lincoln1,7371,699280.00294.00294.00
LONDON (24)
Beckenham2,1272,018365.00387.00387.00
Croydon2,1051,960374.50403.00403.00
Eltham4,5454,220290.00310.00310.00
Enfield2,7802,582320.00336.00336.00
Golders Green1,9921,856360.00411.50411.50
Hendon907939280.00320.00320.00
Honor Oak1,3731,201290.00301.00332.00
Islington1,002944270.00300.00360.00
Kingston-upon-Thames953799350.00380.00380.00
Lambeth591684275.00285.00285.00
Lewisham1,5261,441292.00301.00347.00
London (City of )3,6163,26939,148448.00**488.00**488.00
London (East)702647295.00310.00310.00
London (South)1,3591,208345.00366.00366.00
London (West)1,2631,108325.00355.00355.00
Manor Park604673**310.00**345.00**345.00
Mortlake2,4552,427225.00250.00250.00
New Southgate966880360.00375.00400.00
North East Surrey1,7961,618295.00330.00330.00
Putney Vale1,4971,366336.00346.00346.00
Ruislip3,7843,664300.00335.00335.00
St Marylebone678598320.00376.50376.50
South West Middlesex2,4902,378200.00225.00225.00
West Norwood560668190.00190.00190.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (13)
Altrincham1,8431,696293.00314.50314.50
Atherton (Howe Bridge)756784280.00310.00310.00
Bolton3,4033,172275.00290.00290.00
Dukinfield2,0762,004295.00325.00340.00
Eccles822773275.00311.50311.50
Manchester (Blackley)1,2401,170280.00300.00300.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)2,3612,224315.00325.00325.00
Middleton41743120,060310.00326.00326.00
Oldham1,7061,550280.00294.00312.00
Rochdale1,5141,452310.00326.00326.00
Salford1,2821,233275.00311.50311.50
Stockport2,3132,257290.00340.00388.00
Wigan1,3411,314230.00236.00278.00
MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead3,0912,964320.00378.00378.00
Liverpool (Anfield)2,1231,995342.00383.00383.00
Liverpool (Springwood)2,2902,21212,525342.00383.00383.00
St Helens2,1202,025230.00246.00246.00
Southport1,8671,852265.00300.00300.00
Thornton (Crosby)1,5621,477265.00300.00300.00
NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth1,9411,832265.00365.00390.00
King’s Lynn2,0271,915319.00360.00371.00
Norwich (Earlham Road)1,4911,5927,677295.00331.00331.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)2,3932,338343.00364.00364.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering2,4452,361320.00330.00330.00
Northampton1,9161,8404,201360.00380.00380.00
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth1,5321,6321,632178.50196.50196.50
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (3)
Bramcote2,6002,776280.00300.00300.00
Mansfield3,1082,7497,662223.00256.50283.50
Nottingham2,5822,137**230.00**260.00**260.00
OXFORDSHIRE (2)
Banbury728685350.00396.50396.50
Oxford2,7902,7293,414360.00380.00380.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury1,9341,898273.50314.00314.00
Telford9589872,885295.00321.50321.50
SOMERSET (2)
Taunton2,4192,233355.00399.00399.00
Yeovil1,6571,6213,854300.00330.00347.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (4)
Bretby1,3601,395308.00334.00334.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme1,6121,420351.00396.00396.00
Stafford1,6201,5556,381320.00345.00345.00
Stoke-on-Trent1,9712,011**320.00335.00335.00
SUFFOLK (2)
Bury St. Edmunds1,8671,851375.00395.00395.00
Ipswich2,4592,4164,267334.00361.65372.45
SURREY (3)
Guildford1,7461,632310.00350.00385.00
Leatherhead2,5112,3605,616365.00387.00387.00
Woking1,6771,624360.00411.50436.50
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)1,3761,302252.00270.00270.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)2,0651,809**245.00**260.00**288.00
Eastbourne2,8452,7517,284320.00335.00335.00
Hastings1,4741,422272.00297.00297.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester2,2882,427360.00385.00385.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)3,3143,1648,755365.00387.00387.00
Worthing3,3553,164363.00382.00399.00
TYNE & WEAR (7)
Birtley588535209.00307.60307.60
Gateshead1,3791,236209.00307.60307.60
Newcastle-upon-Tyne3,0512,952348.50360.00360.00
South Shields1,5521,49310,518250.00295.00295.00
Sunderland2,5462,440300.50340.00340.00
Tynemouth1,1171,070287.00346.50346.50
Whitley Bay792792287.00346.50346.50
WARWICKSHIRE (3)
Leamington Spa1,8431,931280.00340.00375.00
Nuneaton1,8831,9304,511360.00380.00380.00
Coleshill (Woodlands)534650340.00370.00370.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)2,3131,830358.00378.00378.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)1,1721,152336.00355.00355.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)2,1551,666358.00378.00378.00
Birmingham (Yardley)1,5481,454358.00378.00378.00
Coventry2,8712,705347.00357.00357.00
Dudley1,7291,61921,555325.00360.00360.00
Rowley Regis998957346.00383.00383.00
Solihull2,1182,004340.00370.00370.00
Stourbridge1,8481,766325.00360.00360.00
Walsall1,9112,007300.00321.00381.00
West Bromwich1,9761,820346.00383.00383.00
Wolverhampton2,6222,575320.00335.00335.00
WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury1,5781,732315.00335.00335.00
Swindon1,9081,9145,179345.00359.00359.00
West Wiltshire1,5691,533345.00365.00365.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (2)
Redditch1,1971,287294.00330.00355.00
Worcester2,0201,9963,283295.00318.00346.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (2)
East Riding1,1461,116305.00340.00340.00
Haltemprice1,3061,3152,431305.00310.00310.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate1,4271,459356.00380.00400.00
Scarborough1,1711,118375.00400.50400.50
Skipton9949245,519290.00350.00378.00
York2,1422,018440.00481.50500.50
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley1,8591,861316.00335.00335.00
Doncaster2,5242,639**340.00385.00385.00
Rotherham1,9591,907326.00364.00364.00
Sheffield (City Road)1,6101,49111,255315.00335.00335.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)1,5091,507325.00345.00345.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)1,9691,850315.00335.00335.00
YORKSHIRE WEST (11)
Bradford1,1671,217279.00325.00325.00
Dewsbury Moor1,3861,401320.00350.00350.00
Halifax1,6841,661321.00351.50351.50
Huddersfield1,8171,738320.00350.00350.00
Keighley458511279.00325.00325.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)1,4391,43416,238352.50398.50398.50
Leeds (Lawnswood)2,1842,126352.50398.50398.50
Pontefract1,7481,776325.00366.50366.60
Rawdon1,9691,875352.50398.50398.50
Shipley1,3151,307279.00325.00325.00
Wakefield1,1331,192325.00366.50366.50
SCOTLAND (24)
Aberdeen2,4902,413372.00390.00390.00
Ayr1,6081,548313.00330.00330.00
Cardross557547325.00335.00335.00
Clydebank1,7971,627331.00348.00348.00
Dumfries (Roucan Loch)
opened March 200500396.50421.50
Dundee1,7291,577395.00420.00420.00
Dunfermline798819284.00310.00310.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)2,9432,693381.00393.00393.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)819801380.00410.00410.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)2,2932,235380.00410.00410.00
Falkirk2,3192,239220.00227.00260.00
Friockheim64475034,399400.00420.00420.00
Glasgow (Craigton)1,0481,003295.00310.00310.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)4,3054,025246.00253.00253.00
Glasgow (The Linn)2,6262,513246.00253.00253.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)1,7231,660295.00305.00305.00
Greenock1,0421,028320.30330.00347.00
Holytown opened August 20040265300.00300.00
Inverness669696**352.00**364.00**393.00
Irvine1,1101,134300.00320.00320.00
Kirkcaldy1,7751,782284.00310.00310.00
Moray370384410.00435.00477.00
Paisley1,5301,516330.00350.00400.00
Perth1,1441,144360.00378.00392.18
WALES (13)
Aberdare1,3061,195225.00255.00255.00
Aberystwyth538561330.00345.00345.00
Bangor9891,004190.50253.50253.50
Bridgend1,7721,761246.00270.90270.90
Cardiff2,6402,482303.00315.00315.00
Colwyn Bay1,8971,809250.00301.00301.00
Gwent2,6912,73720,323238.00254.50254.50
Llanelli910939265.00322.00322.00
Margam1,4011,378235.00255.00255.00
Narberth1,3351,252216.00284.00323.00
Pontypridd1,4531,429197.00218.50218.50
Swansea2,2652,172210.00275.00275.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)1,6751,604272.00307.00307.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey332313138.00138.00138.00
Jersey489501814196.00216.00216.00
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast2,3122,3452,345145.00152.00187.00
TOTALS442,538424,956424,956
2004 average cremation fee£297.25
2005 average cremation fee£336.02
2004 average total crematorium charge £298.34
2005 average total crematorium charge £342.45
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