Local authority funeral prices

Funeral costs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Funeral Cost Index covers 32 funeral directors in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 26 published CMA Standardised Price Lists (81% coverage). The median direct cremation across the council area costs £1,670; the median attended funeral director's charges run £2,768. The median unattended burial — the funeral director’s own charge, before the council’s interment fee — is £1,691 across 14 published price lists. Providers are assigned to the local authority using their postcode’s official administrative district code, not a radius around a town centre.

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Source

Council-area figures are calculated by matching funeral directors to official local authority districts, then summarising captured CMA Standardised Price Lists.

Freshness

Last data check: 16 September 2026. Based on 26 captured price lists from 32 indexed funeral directors in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

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Median direct cremation
£1,670

20 published prices

Median attended funeral
£2,768

26 published prices

Funeral directors indexed
32
Published-price coverage
81%

Updated 16 September 2026

Provider price range entries

Captured published prices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

These are not recommendations or quality rankings. They are provider-level published prices captured from local funeral directors’ own price lists for each service, shown to support cost filtering.

Direct cremation

£995

Head and Wheble Funeral Directors and Monumental Masons

Range entry from 20 captured local prices. Source checked 16 September 2026.

Attended funeral

£1,795

Head and Wheble Funeral Directors and Monumental Masons

Range entry from 26 captured local prices. Source checked 16 September 2026.

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Funeral directors with published prices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

ProviderDirect cremationAttended funeralSource date
Head & Wheble Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons£995£1,79511 September 2026
Head and Wheble Funeral Directors and Monumental Masons£995£1,79511 September 2026
A H Griffin£1,240£3,2657 May 2026
Co-op Funeralcare£1,240£3,2655 May 2026
Co-op Funeralcare£1,240£3,2655 May 2026
Co-op Funeralcare£1,240£3,2655 May 2026
Highcliffe Funeral Care£1,240£3,2655 May 2026
J J Allen£1,240£3,2655 May 2026
Miller Bros & F P Butler Ltd£1,350£2,69511 September 2026
Deric Scott Funeral Directors£1,595£4,16311 September 2026
Highcliffe Funeral Directors£1,745£2,79511 September 2026
Moodys Funeral Directors£1,745£2,7952 May 2026
Poole Funeral Directors£1,745£2,69511 September 2026
Yeatmans Funeral Directors£1,745£2,6952 May 2026
George Scott & Son (Funeral Directors) Ltd incorporating Harry Tomes Ltd£1,885£2,64511 September 2026
W Smith & Sons£1,885£2,64511 September 2026
A V Ridout Funeral Service£2,050£3,54511 September 2026
Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors£2,050£3,54511 September 2026
Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors£2,050£3,54511 September 2026
Wilton Funeral Services£2,050£3,54511 September 2026
Alan Rice and Tapper Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,74011 September 2026
Colin Hayley and Tapper Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,74011 September 2026
Ives and Shand Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,69211 September 2026
Tapper Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,74011 September 2026
Tapper Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,74011 September 2026
Tapper Funeral ServiceNot enough data£2,74011 September 2026

Crematoria serving Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Crematoria near the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, with the operator-set cremation fee where captured. This fee is a third-party disbursement paid to the crematorium operator, separate from the funeral director’s charges above.

How this page is calculated

Funeral directors are matched to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole using their postcode’s official local authority district code, then prices are taken from the latest captured CMA Standardised Price List for each provider. Medians are only shown where there are at least three valid prices for that service.

These figures usually cover funeral director charges. Third-party costs such as crematorium fees, burial plots, celebrants and cemetery charges may vary locally.

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