Attended funeral in Dorset
Compare attended funeral costs in Dorset using published CMA Standardised Price Lists. Captured local prices range from £1,795 to £3,545, with a median of £3,040 across 45 funeral directors with published prices within 22 miles. The lowest published price captured locally is £1,795 at Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons (21.0 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £3,545 at Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors (20.6 mi, captured 16 September 2026). A traditional funeral with mourners present and a service at the crematorium — an attended cremation. The published price covers the funeral director's charges only.
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Price summary
Based on 45 published price lists within 22 miles of Dorset.
- Median price
- £3,040
- Captured range
- £1,795-£3,545
- Most recent capture
- 5 Oct 2026
n=45 priced providers
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Source
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Freshness
Most recent price list captured 5 October 2026. Based on 45 published attended funeral prices within 22 miles of Dorset.
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Published attended funeral prices
Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons
1a Oxford Road Lansdowne Mews, Bournemouth, Dorset · BH8 8EY
Independent
£1,795
Attended funeral
21.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Head and Wheble Funeral Directors and Monumental Masons
1a Oxford Road, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET · BH8 8EY
Independent or unknown
£1,795
Attended funeral
21.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,248
Attended funeral
18.3 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,645
Attended funeral
20.4 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Lesley Shand Funeral Service
28 East Street, BLANDFORD FORUM, DORSET · DT11 7DR
Independent or unknown
£2,692
Attended funeral
10.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,692
Attended funeral
11.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,692
Attended funeral
14.1 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,692
Attended funeral
17.4 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,692
Attended funeral
19.3 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,692
Attended funeral
20.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,695
Attended funeral
18.0 mi
Captured 2 May 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,740
Attended funeral
15.3 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,740
Attended funeral
16.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Alan Rice and Tapper Funeral Service
987 Wimborne Road, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET · BH9 2BS
Independent or unknown
£2,740
Attended funeral
20.6 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,750
Attended funeral
21.8 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,795
Attended funeral
18.0 mi
Captured 5 Oct 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,830
Attended funeral
10.7 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,895
Attended funeral
16.0 mi
Captured 2 May 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,995
Attended funeral
15.9 mi
Captured 5 Oct 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,995
Attended funeral
20.1 mi
Captured 5 Oct 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£2,995
Attended funeral
20.2 mi
Captured 5 Oct 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£3,040
Attended funeral
10.7 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£3,040
Attended funeral
15.8 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£3,040
Attended funeral
17.7 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£3,040
Attended funeral
17.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
What’s included in the attended funeral price?
Funeral director's charges only — the hearse, professional fees, care of the deceased, and a coffin. The crematorium's cremation fee, doctors' fees, and clergy or celebrant fees are paid separately as disbursements.
Frequently asked questions
How much is an attended funeral in Dorset?
The median attended funeral price in Dorset is £3,040, based on 45 published CMA Standardised Price Lists from funeral directors within 22 miles. Prices range from £1,795 to £3,545. The lowest published price captured locally is £1,795 at Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons (21.0 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £3,545 at Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors (20.6 mi, captured 16 September 2026). The nearest crematorium with a captured fee is Weymouth Crematorium, about 11.1 miles away, where the standard attended cremation fee is £999 (captured May 2026 from the operator's published fee list), a separate charge from the funeral director's. Every funeral director price is taken from the funeral director's own published CMA Standardised Price List, captured by Funeral Cost Index (most recent capture 5 October 2026).
What does the published attended funeral price include?
Funeral director's charges only — the hearse, professional fees, care of the deceased, and a coffin. The crematorium's cremation fee, doctors' fees, and clergy or celebrant fees are paid separately as disbursements. Each funeral director's CMA Standardised Price List sets out exactly what its own attended funeral price covers, in the same fixed format, so the figures for Dorset compare like for like.
What can push an attended funeral price above the quoted figure in Dorset?
The £3,040 median attended funeral price for Dorset is the funeral director's published charge for the standard service. Costs commonly added on top are out-of-hours or non-hospital collection, collection from outside the funeral director's normal radius, an oversized coffin, removal of a pacemaker or other implant before cremation, hand delivery or tracked postage of the ashes, and any doctor's or registrar's fees not already bundled. The crematorium or burial authority fee, and a minister or celebrant, are separate third-party charges on an attended funeral. Each provider's own CMA Standardised Price List sets out its additional-cost options in a fixed format, which is what makes these comparable between funeral directors.
Other funeral costs in Dorset
Prices sourced from each provider’s published CMA Standardised Price List, where available. Always verify directly with the funeral director before making decisions.