2010 Cremation Facts and Figures

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  • Cremation rate in 2010 was 73.15%
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  • The busiest crematorium in 2010 was Portchester with 3,851
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  • There were 413,780 cremations in the UK in 2010 across 260 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1,591 cremations in 2010
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  • The most expensive crematorium in 2010 was Harrogate (£649) and the cheapest was Belfast (£198)
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  • The average cost of a cremation in 2010 was £545.86
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Cremation Cost & Number of Cremations in 2010

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Crematoria1st jan-31st jan 20091st jan-31st jan 2010county totalApril 2010 feeApril 2011 feetotal cost
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford1,6091,588490.00525.00565.50
Luton1,8321,7723,360545.00575.00575.00
BERKSHIRE (4)
Bracknell1,6241,621588.00609.00609.00
Reading1,6491,638500.00560.00560.00
Slough1,5361,481545.00575.00575.00
West Berkshire (Thatcham)8678735,613500.00555.00555.00
BRISTOL (3)
Bristol (Canford)1,7251,638525.00573.00573.00
Bristol (South)1,8151,818525.00573.00573.00
Westerleigh1,9762,0745,530560.00595.00640.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)3,0563,050450.00470.00504.00
Milton Keynes1,6761,6544,704457.00610.00610.00
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (3)
Cambridge2,6802,587527.00565.00565.00
March (Opened August 2010)201550.00550.00
Peterborough2,2842,2455,033505.00578.00578.00
CHESHIRE (5)
Chester1,7761,769410.00420.00420.00
Crewe1,3201,319434.00530.00550.00
Macclesfield1,5641,516477.00525.00525.00
Warrington1,8991,949418.00492.00492.00
Widnes5835357,088450.00500.00500.00
CLEVELAND (2)
Hartlepool848784509.00599.00599.00
Middlesbrough3,5213,5344,318526.00571.00571.00
CORNWALL (3)
Bodmin1,4411,380548.00595.00595.00
Camborne (Opened Dec 2010)47475.00475.00
Truro2,5492,5513,978386.00450.50458.50
CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness915966359.00359.00359.00
Carlisle1,4141,453521.00600.00600.00
Distington (Whitehaven)8629053,324591.00650.00650.00
DERBYSHIRE (2)
Chesterfield1,9162,084459.35479.35521.35
Derby2,8382,9024,986460.00510.00510.00
DEVON (5)
Barnstaple1,3421,290530.00548.50568.50
Exeter3,0143,018618.00670.00670.00
Plymouth (Efford)1,1791,118510.00660.00685.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)1,4911,549510.00660.00685.00
Torquay2,5942,5629,537575.00615.00615.00
DORSET (3)
Bournemouth3,1463,420477.00541.00541.00
Poole2,2962,035503.00598.00604.00
Weymouth1,2291,2296,684540.00570.00605.00
DURHAM (4)
Darlington1,7801,681570.50621.00621.00
Durham2,2552,276470.00480.00510.00
Mountsett1,2881,113470.00480.00480.00
Wear Valley (Opened March 2009)2713575,427535.00535.00569.00
ESSEX (9)
Basildon1,7501,892510.00545.00545.00
Braintree (Opened April 2009)353685550.00595.00595.00
Chelmsford2,2492,202504.00519.00519.00
Colchester1,3791,304485.00510.00510.00
Harlow1,5801,586500.00525.00525.00
Redbridge (Forest Park)1,2401,146500.00540.00540.00
Southend-on-Sea* 2,2872,381535.00545.00593.00
South Essex3,3793,239504.00512.00512.00
Weeley1,5801,55115,986484.50594.00594.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham1,9591,935555.00570.00570.00
Gloucester (Coney Hill)1,5401,486521.70561.50591.59
Gloucester (Forest of Dean)7907824,203535.00565.00565.00
HAMPSHIRE (5)
Adershot1,5251,568590.00650.00650.00
Basingstoke1,6581,660558.00605.00605.00
Portchester4,0873,851457.00488.00539.00
Southampton3,1422,396600.00600.00600.00
Southampton (Wessex Vale)191,07510,550525.00565.00565.00
(Opened Dec 2009)
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)
Hereford1,3741,4431,443447.00456.00456.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park2,0942,233640.00675.00675.00
West Hertfordshire2,8542,7464,979470.00484.00484.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas557557557585.00625.50625.50
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham1,3321,4131,413543.00543.00574.20
KENT (8)
Barham2,2712,227513.50570.00600.00
Charing1,2811,265513.50570.00600.00
Folkestone631628543.00590.00590.00
Maidstone1,2941,536546.50565.00600.00
Margate1,6691,491495.00560.00590.00
Medway2,8392,825470.00495.00525.00
Sittingbourne936971545.00585.00585.00
Tunbridge Wells1,9722,09713,040478.00493.50533.00
LANCASHIRE (8)
Accrington955924357.00420.00420.00
Blackburn1,2271,167480.00572.00572.00
Blackpool1,9662,014455.00480.00480.00
Burnley1,5541,426464.00533.00533.00
Chorley887973560.00605.00605.00
Lancaster & Morecambe1,7681,769573.00620.00620.00
Lytham St Annes1,2561,195440.00455.00455.00
Preston1,2971,32610,794450.00550.00550.00
LEICESTERSHIRE (2)
Leicester3,1523,186490.00613.00643.00
Loughborough1,5631,6504,836563.00610.00610.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (6)
Alford846889415.00440.00480.00
Boston1,4181,281430.00440.00440.00
Grantham1,0341,038523.00565.00565.00
Great Grimsby1,5221,559456.50500.50544.50
Lincoln1,7141,656510.00530.00530.00
Scunthorpe1,4921,3867,809522.00590.10631.10
LONDON (24)
Beckenham1,9791,899618.00670.00670.00
Croydon1,7201,776576.00606.00606.00
Eltham3,3173,264530.00555.00555.00
Enfield2,0972,051535.00565.00565.00
Golders Green1,4221,558559.00559.00559.00
Hendon1,2121,150516.00559.00559.00
Honor Oak1,1031,118446.00446.00446.00
Islington861808470.00510.00555.00
Kingston-upon-Thames787766455.00485.00485.00
Lambeth825786340.00480.00480.00
Lewisham1,7411,623475.00535.00595.00
London (City of)2,5672,504515.00550.00550.00
London (East)570558508.00530.00530.00
London (South)9131,004588.00635.00635.00
London (West)1,036991545.00545.00545.00
Manor Park390336505.00525.00525.00
Mortlake2,4922,375370.00430.00430.00
New Southgate832775535.00595.00595.00
North East Surrey1,6201,679425.00435.00435.00
Putney Vale1,0511,078455.00480.00480.00
Ruislip3,0083,020495.00520.00520.00
St Marylebone529540509.00509.00509.00
South West Middlesex2,0661,976490.00490.00565.00
West Norwood58954334,178340.00480.00480.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (14)
Altrincham1,6591,738423.50475.00475.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge)825898495.00535.00535.00
Bolton2,3342,133465.00495.00535.00
Bury843945560.00605.00605.00
Dukinfield1,9211,953474.00497.00497.00
Eccles772738471.50517.00517.00
Manchester (Blackley)9641,047475.00505.00505.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)2,0642,016475.00485.00485.00
Middleton352336440.00440.00440.00
Oldham1,5561,485460.00550.00550.00
Rochdale1,2191,206440.00440.00440.00
Salford1,016960471.50517.00517.00
Stockport2,2282,252525.00548.00548.00
Wigan1,0561,10818,815420.00450.00510.00
MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead2,9652,928531.00547.00547.00
Liverpool (Anfield)1,7221,887493.00649.00649.00
Liverpool (Springwood)2,1172,194493.00649.00649.00
St Helens2,0552,079393.50416.50416.50
Southport1,6681,682470.00501.00510.00
Thornton (Crosby)1,4861,47412,244470.00501.00510.00
NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth1,7841,862491.00491.00538.00
King’s Lynn1,9082,033510.00535.00556.00
Norwich (Earlham Road)1,5961,583578.00625.00625.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)2,4252,3017,779578.00625.00625.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering2,4662,393531.00591.00591.00
Northampton1,7251,8194,212608.00660.00671.42
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth1,4221,4171,417407.00580.00580.00
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (4)
Bramcote2,9302,685436.00449.00449.00
Mansfield2,6492,664343.50393.50429.50
Nottingham2,0382,019406.00405.00455.00
Sherwood Forest9299578,325569.00614.00653.00
OXFORDSHIRE (2)
Banbury834843520.00629.00629.00
Oxford2,3942,4183,261608.00660.00660.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury1,7351,754465.50532.80532.80
Telford1,1571,2122,966480.00535.00535.00
SOMERSET (5)
Bath1,8741,864550.00565.00565.00
Mendip (Opened March 2011)550.00550.00
Taunton2,4142,319550.00570.00570.00
Weston-super-Mare1,4961,582560.00595.00595.00
Yeovil1,6881,6597,424480.00490.00490.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (4)
Bretby1,3901,432444.00466.00503.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme1,2821,281480.00500.00500.00
Stafford1,6681,669455.00477.50477.50
Stoke-on-Trent2,0921,9196,301485.00510.00510.00
SUFFOLK (3)
Bury St Edmunds1,9881,961560.00595.00595.00
Ipswich2,3042,215515.55566.00566.00
Nacton (Opened Nov 2010)1324,308565.00605.00
SURREY (3)
Guildford1,5961,559459.00504.00544.00
Leatherhead2,2112,196618.00670.00670.00
Woking1,4811,5495,304565.00625.00625.00
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)992855410.00410.00410.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)2,0292,161365.00373.00415.00
Eastbourne2,5472,697510.00530.00530.00
Hastings1,3691,2716,984479.00517.00517.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester2,2352,206618.00670.00670.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)2,9612,966618.00670.00670.00
Worthing2,9642,9568,128516.50561.00561.00
TYNE & WEAR (7)
Birtley792488513.00564.30564.30
Gateshead8351,141513.00564.30564.30
Newcastle upon Tyne2,8072,762439.00568.00568.00
South Shields1,3711,354515.50623.00623.00
Sunderland2,3182,306476.00499.00499.00
Tynemouth9421,043410.00471.50471.50
Whitley Bay8908559,949410.00471.50471.50
WARWICKSHIRE (3)
Coleshill (Woodlands)647747475.00500.00500.00
Leamington Spa1,8171,734508.00525.00525.00
Nuneaton1,9321,9964,477613.00665.00665.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)1,9051,921458.00519.00554.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)907900530.00575.00575.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)2,0752,105458.00519.00519.00
Birmingham (Yardley)1,1781,232458.00519.00519.00
Coventry2,4542,295504.00534.00534.00
Dudley1,6081,683503.00540.00540.00
Rowley Regis856925514.00527.00527.00
Solihull1,8901,837475.00500.00500.00
Stourbridge1,7291,683503.00540.00540.00
Walsall1,7941,908532.00556.00556.00
West Bromwich1,7811,832514.00527.00527.00
Wolverhampton2,4082,24020,561522.00522.00522.00
WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury1,4911,498495.00595.00595.00
Swindon1,8841,847626.00695.00695.00
West Wiltshire1,6031,6785,023535.00575.00575.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (2)
Redditch1,2521,229450.00475.00505.00
Worcester1,9912,0213,250463.00504.00504.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (3)
East Riding1,1151,080489.50529.00529.00
Haltemprice1,3511,424458.00488.00488.00
Hull2,1152,0614,565457.00477.00477.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate1,4221,434649.00672.00698.00
Scarborough1,0471,050539.50548.50548.50
Skipton860927490.00515.00515.00
York2,0032,0925,503637.00665.00688.00
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley1,7501,811454.00510.00510.00
Doncaster2,3372,293516.00545.50545.50
Rotherham1,8811,821550.00613.50613.50
Sheffield (City Road)1,2991,277490.00521.00521.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)1,6511,676536.50561.50561.50
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)1,7591,78610,664490.00521.00521.00
YORKSHIRE (WEST) (11)
Bradford1,0831,017527.00554.00554.00
Dewsbury Moor1,2781,238520.00556.00556.00
Halifax1,6831,445499.00547.00547.00
Huddersfield1,7211,786520.00556.00556.00
Keighley458457527.00554.00554.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)1,2821,355578.50607.50607.50
Leeds (Lawnswood)2,0161,994578.50607.50607.50
Pontefract1,7351,774518.00548.00548.00
Rawdon1,7911,786578.50607.50607.50
Shipley1,2081,269527.00554.00554.00
Wakefield1,1111,13015,251518.00548.00548.00
SCOTLAND (26)
Aberdeen2,3132,390535.00546.00576.00
Ayr1,2761,269436.00507.00507.00
Cardross535569447.00464.80464.80
Clydebank1,5211,504495.00507.00507.00
Dumfries (Roucan Loch)664717520.00595.00595.00
Dundee1,5581,567648.00700.00700.00
Dunfermline831835485.00545.00545.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)3,0162,811579.00579.00579.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)762804565.00565.00565.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)1,8711,822565.00565.00565.00
Falkirk2,0691,954416.00416.00416.00
Friockheim698753648.00700.00700.00
Glasgow (Craigton)880883498.00520.00545.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)2,3922,298348.00526.00526.00
Glasgow (The Linn)1,9461,815348.00526.00526.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)1,5141,488495.00525.00525.00
Greenock9261,007397.60407.50407.50
Holytown1,2091,197473.00510.00510.00
Inverness797861422.00511.00553.00
Irvine1,2571,184528.00570.00570.00
Kirkcaldy1,8101,735485.00545.00545.00
Livingston (Opened April 2010)394565.00565.00
Moray426470608.00660.00707.00
Paisley1,4251,398450.00475.00505.00
Perth1,0991,048480.00505.00505.00
South Lanarkshire1,2801,27734,050392.45451.80451.80
WALES (13)
Aberdare1,1561,179425.00460.00460.00
Aberystwyth544585495.00535.00535.00
Bangor1,0621,065382.30384.82384.82
Bridgend1,8071,802425.00450.00468.30
Cardiff2,5782,514432.00472.00472.00
Colwyn Bay1,7151,758430.00463.00463.00
Gwent2,7072,686440.00462.00462.00
Llanelli997967480.00510.00510.00
Margam1,3671,334385.00423.00423.00
Narberth1,3091,313439.00461.50461.50
Pontypridd1,2651,278420.00462.00462.00
Swansea2,0821,909435.00455.00479.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)1,7181,65520,045455.00466.00466.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey317313471.00482.00519.00
Jersey535559872535.00546.00546.00
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast2,4692,7322,732198.00198.00272.00
TOTALS413,870413,780
2010 average cremation fee£496.83
2011 average cremation fee£538.28
2010 average total crematorium charge£505.62
2011 average total crematorium charge£545.86
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