Local authority funeral prices
Funeral costs in Forest of Dean
Funeral Cost Index covers 9 funeral directors in Forest of Dean, with 8 published CMA Standardised Price Lists (89% coverage). The median direct cremation across the council area costs £1,790; the median attended funeral director's charges run £2,860. 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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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: 7 May 2026. Based on 8 captured price lists from 9 indexed funeral directors in Forest of Dean.
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- Median direct cremation
- £1,790
- Median attended funeral
- £2,860
- Funeral directors indexed
- 9
- Published-price coverage
- 89%
7 published prices
8 published prices
Updated 7 May 2026
Provider price range entries
Captured published prices in Forest of Dean
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
£1,240
Central England Co-operativeRange entry from 7 captured local prices. Source checked 7 May 2026.
Attended funeral
£2,565
Philip Blatchly and SonRange entry from 8 captured local prices. Source checked 5 May 2026.
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Submit a correctionFuneral directors with published prices in Forest of Dean
| Provider | Direct cremation | Attended funeral | Source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central England Co-operative | £1,240 | £3,265 | 7 May 2026 |
| Ernest Heal & Sons | £1,790 | £2,860 | 1 May 2026 |
| Ernest Heal & Sons t/a Collier & Brain Funeral Directors | £1,790 | £2,860 | 1 May 2026 |
| Ernest Heal & Sons t/a Gordon Blake Funeral Director | £1,790 | £2,860 | 1 May 2026 |
| Ernest Heal & Sons t/a Gordon Blake Funeral Director 1 | £1,790 | £2,860 | 1 May 2026 |
| Ernest Heal and Sons | £1,790 | £2,860 | 1 May 2026 |
| Philip Blatchly and Son | £2,210 | £2,565 | 5 May 2026 |
| Smiths Funeral Service | Not enough data | £2,695 | 30 April 2026 |
How this page is calculated
Funeral directors are matched to Forest of Dean 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.