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Funeral cost calculator
Estimate a UK funeral from real published prices. A direct cremation has a UK median all-in price of £1,545; an attended cremation funeral a median funeral director’s charge of £2,895 before third-party fees. Choose a service and your area for an itemised estimate from the live medians.
Estimated total
around £4,195
Based on the UK median · figures as of 20 June 2026
| Funeral director's charges (attended funeral) | £2,895 |
| Cremation fee (paid to the crematorium)typical estimate | £1,000 |
| Minister or celebranttypical estimate | £300 |
| Estimated total | £4,195 |
This is a guide, not a quote. Funeral director figures are medians from captured CMA Standardised Price Lists; burial fees are medians from local-authority fee schedules. The cremation fee and celebrant are typical estimates, not from our dataset, and third-party fees vary. Always confirm the current price with the funeral director, crematorium or cemetery.
How the calculator works
Every funeral director figure is a median of the prices funeral directors publish on their CMA Standardised Price List, captured by Funeral Cost Index. When you pick an area, the calculator uses that area’s median; otherwise it uses the UK median across 363 council areas. Cemetery burial fees are national medians from local-authority fee schedules.
What’s included — and what isn’t
A direct cremation figure is all-in: it already includes the cremation fee. An attended cremation combines the funeral director’s own charges with the crematorium’s cremation fee and a celebrant. An attended burial combines the funeral director’s charges with the new-grave (Exclusive Right of Burial) and interment fees and a celebrant. None of the estimates include flowers, catering, an order of service, a headstone or memorials, which are extra. See funeral disbursements for the third-party fees in detail.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a funeral cost in the UK?
A direct cremation has a UK median all-in price of £1,545. A fully attended cremation funeral combines the funeral director’s median charge of £2,895 with the cremation fee and a celebrant, for roughly £3,500–£4,500. An attended burial adds cemetery fees and typically runs £4,500–£6,500. Figures are live medians from published CMA Standardised Price Lists.
Is this an estimate or a quote?
It is a guide, not a quote. Funeral director figures are medians of captured price lists; the cremation fee and celebrant are typical estimates that vary. Always confirm the current price with the provider before deciding.
Where do the prices come from?
Funeral director prices are captured from each provider’s published CMA Standardised Price List; cemetery burial fees come from local-authority and operator fee schedules. Browse funeral costs by area or search by postcode to see the underlying published prices.
See the real published prices
The calculator gives a median-based estimate. For the actual prices funeral directors publish near you, search by postcode or browse your area.