Direct Cremation in Lancashire: Compare Local Prices

Compare direct cremation in Lancashire using published CMA Standardised Price Lists. Captured local prices range from £990 to £2,845, with a median of £1,545 across 169 funeral directors with published prices. The lowest published price captured locally is £990 at HAFS (Lancs) Ltd t/a Helen Ashmore Funeral Service (15.9 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £2,845 at Blackburn Funeral Services (8.5 mi, captured 16 September 2026).

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Price summary

Based on 169 published price lists within 22 miles of Lancashire.

Median price
£1,545

n=169 priced providers

Captured range
£990-£2,845
Most recent capture
5 Oct 2026

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Source

Service pages compare the same published CMA price-list line across nearby funeral directors. Price is only one factor and should be checked with the provider directly.

Freshness

Most recent price list captured 5 October 2026. Based on 169 published direct cremation prices within 22 miles of Lancashire.

Accountability

We do not arrange funerals, sell paid rankings, or accept commission for placement. Corrections are reviewed against the provider’s public price list.

Primary sources

CMA Order · CMA checklist · Corrections · Dataset

Prices can change and packages differ. Always confirm the current price, what is included, availability, and any third-party costs directly with the funeral director before deciding.

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Published direct cremation prices

  • HAFS (Lancs) Ltd t/a Helen Ashmore Funeral Service

    7 Bispham Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire · FY5 1DG

    Independent

    £990

    Direct cremation

    15.9 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Hope Funeral Care

    5 Church Street, Southport, Merseyside · PR9 0QS

    Independent or unknown

    £995

    Direct cremation

    14.4 mi

    Captured 5 May 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Carl Hogg & Susan Fields Funeral Service Ltd

    Colliery Cottage 49 Heath Street, Golbourne, Cheshire · WA3 3BS

    Independent

    £1,050

    Direct cremation

    20.2 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • F W Marsh - Rainford

    177 Ormskirk Road Rainford, St Helens, Merseyside · WA11 8HR

    Independent

    £1,075

    Direct cremation

    18.1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • F W Marsh - Wigan

    55 Main Street Billinge, Wigan, St Helens, Merseyside · WN5 7HA

    Independent

    £1,075

    Direct cremation

    18.2 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • F W Marsh Ltd

    100 Parr Stocks Road Parr, St Helens, Merseyside · WA9 1NZ

    Independent

    £1,075

    Direct cremation

    21.6 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • F W Marsh - Newton Le Willows

    1 Queen Street, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside · WA12 9AS

    Independent

    £1,075

    Direct cremation

    21.7 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Northern Cremations Ltd t/a NC Funeral Directors - Preston

    11 Langcliffe Road, Preston, Lancashire · PR2 6UE

    Independent

    £1,195

    Direct cremation

    2.0 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Northern Cremations Ltd t/a NC Funeral Directors

    40 Highfield Road, Blackpool, Lancashire · FY4 2JA

    Independent

    £1,195

    Direct cremation

    14.1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Northern Cremations Ltd t/a NC Funeral Directors - Bispham

    164 Ashfield Road Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire · FY2 0BX

    Independent

    £1,195

    Direct cremation

    14.9 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Northern Cremations Ltd t/a NC Funeral Directors - Cleveleys

    7 Kings Road, Cleveleys, Lancashire · FY5 1BY

    Independent

    £1,195

    Direct cremation

    16.1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Northern Cremations Ltd t/a NC Funeral Directors - Fleetwood

    9-13 Lord Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire · FY7 6EL

    Independent

    £1,195

    Direct cremation

    16.7 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Clifford Ward Funeral Directors

    Mount Pleasant Corporation Street, Preston, Lancashire · PR1 2UQ

    Independent

    £1,200

    Direct cremation

    <1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Bate & Holland Funeral Services Ltd - Wigan

    51 Wigan Road Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire · WN4 9ST

    Independent

    £1,200

    Direct cremation

    19.2 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Bate & Holland Funeral Services Ltd

    2 Prescot Road, St Helens, Merseyside · WA10 3UB

    Independent

    £1,200

    Direct cremation

    21.8 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • McKenna Funerals

    54 - 56 Meadow Street, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE · PR1 1TR

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    <1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Brown Funerals

    54 Woodplumpton Road, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE · PR2 2LQ

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    1.3 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Co-op Funeralcare

    179 Station Road, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE · PR5 6LA

    Co-op Funeralcare

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    2.9 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Bretherton McKenna Funeralcare

    17 Dunkirk Lane, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE · PR25 1TU

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    5.1 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Co-op Funeralcare

    45-47 Pall Mall, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE · PR7 3LT

    Co-op Funeralcare

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    8.4 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Co-op Funeralcare

    10-14 Mincing Lane, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE · BB2 2EB

    Co-op Funeralcare

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    9.0 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Waring McKenna Funeral Directors

    45 Grimshaw Park, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE · BB2 3AG

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    9.3 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • L Stewart Dimond and Son Ltd

    2 Bridge Street, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE · PR3 1YB

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    9.8 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Co-op Funeralcare

    234 Duckworth Street, DARWEN, LANCASHIRE · BB3 1PX

    Co-op Funeralcare

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    10.6 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

  • Cooksons Tyrer

    2 Smithy Walk, ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE · L40 5UU

    Independent or unknown

    £1,240

    Direct cremation

    12.4 mi

    Captured 16 Sept 2026

    Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.

What’s included in the direct cremation price?

The CMA Order requires the published direct cremation price to include the cremation fee, a simple coffin, transport, and the return of ashes.

Direct cremation, sometimes called cremation only or a no-service funeral, usually includes collection of the deceased, care before cremation, a simple coffin, transport to the crematorium, the cremation fee and return of ashes. It does not usually include a funeral service, procession, limousine, viewing or celebrant.

Captured direct cremation prices in Lancashire run from £990 to £2,845 across 169 published price lists captured by Funeral Cost Index up to 5 October 2026. The gap comes from funeral directors using different crematoria, collection areas, staffing models and service levels. Always check the source price list and ask the provider what is included before making a decision.

Frequently asked questions

How much is a direct cremation in Lancashire?

The median direct cremation price in Lancashire is £1,545, based on 169 published CMA Standardised Price Lists from funeral directors within 22 miles. Prices range from £990 to £2,845. The lowest published price captured locally is £990 at HAFS (Lancs) Ltd t/a Helen Ashmore Funeral Service (15.9 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £2,845 at Blackburn Funeral Services (8.5 mi, captured 16 September 2026). The nearest crematorium with a captured fee is Preston Crematorium, about 3.2 miles away, where the standard attended cremation fee is £994 (captured May 2026 from Co-op Funeralcare's published crematoria price list (secondary source)), 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 direct cremation price include?

The CMA Order requires the published direct cremation price to include the cremation fee, a simple coffin, transport, and the return of ashes. Each funeral director's CMA Standardised Price List sets out exactly what its own direct cremation price covers, in the same fixed format, so the figures for Lancashire compare like for like.

What can push a direct cremation price above the quoted figure in Lancashire?

The £1,545 median direct cremation price for Lancashire 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. A direct cremation price must already include the cremation fee under the CMA Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021, so that is not an extra. 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.

Is direct cremation the same as cremation only in Lancashire?

Yes. Searches for cremation only, simple cremation, unattended cremation and direct cremation usually refer to the same basic product: cremation without mourners present and without a funeral service. Providers may sell separate simple attended options, so always check what is included.

Other funeral costs in Lancashire

Prices sourced from each provider’s published CMA Standardised Price List, where available. Always verify directly with the funeral director before making decisions.

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