Our Funeral Prices

View our transparent funeral prices below.

Standardised Price List

All funeral directors are legally required to publish this Price List for a standardised set of products and services. This is to help you think through your options and make choices, and to let you compare prices between different funeral directors (because prices can vary).

Our Pricing

ATTENDED FUNERAL (funeral director’s charges only)

– This is a funeral where family and friends have a ceremony, event or service for the deceased person at the same time as they attend their burial or cremation.

£2100

– Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements

£795

– Collecting and transporting the deceased person from the place of death (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) into the funeral director’s care

£325

– Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s Blyth or Bedlington premises

£185

– Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from veneered oak

£420

– Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer)

0.00

– At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 20 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle

£375

UNATTENDED FUNERAL

– This is a funeral where family and friends may choose to have a ceremony, event or service for the deceased person, but they do not attend the burial or cremation itself.

Burial (funeral director’s charges only)

£1650

Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) 2

£1500

FEES YOU MUST PAY

– For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.[1]

£1187

– In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is:

For a new grave, you will also need to pay for the plot; for an existing grave with a memorial in place, you may need to pay a removal/replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charge a number of other fees.

£1187

– For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.[1]

£940

– In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:

£940

Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and/or cultural requirements that you have with the funeral director.

ADDITIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

This funeral director may be able to supply a range of optional, additional products and services, or to arrange (on your behalf) for a third party to supply them. Examples include:

– Additional mileage (price per mile)

£2

– Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer)

£135

Collection and delivery of ashes

FREE

– Embalming

Prices on request

– Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.)

Prices on request

– Services supplied outside of normal office hours

Prices on request

The funeral director can give you a full list of what they can supply. They are likely to charge for these additional products and services, so you may choose to take care of some arrangements without their involvement, or you can use a different supplier.

LOCAL CREMATORIUM FEES

– Blyth Crematorium

Attended and unattended service: £920.00

– Whitley Bay Crematorium

Attended service: £854.00

Attended 20 minutes service 9am only: £645.00

Unattended service 8:30am only: £570.00

– Tynemouth Crematorium

Attended service: £854.00

Attended 20 minutes service 9am only: £645.00

Unattended service 8:30am only: £570.00

– West Road Crematorium

Attended and unattended service: £939.00

Attended 20 minutes service 9am only: £767.00

– Northumberland Woodland Burial and Crematorium

Unattended service: £420.00

Attended 45 minutes service: £895.00

*Prices correct at July 2023

[1] This fee (which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave.

[2] In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well. This is the charge for two doctors to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation.

At Kevin Foster Funeral Services we’re proud to partner with Golden Charter, one of the UK’s leading funeral plan providers*. With a Golden Charter funeral plan you can nominate us as your preferred funeral director. When the time comes, we will take care of your wishes with the utmost care, respect and provide a very personal service.

This means your Golden Charter funeral plan offers the best of both worlds – the reassurance of a leading plan provider and our personal care and service when it matters most. Rest assured a plan from Golden Charter is available to all UK residents regardless of age or state of health.

Would you like to know more information about how a Golden Charter funeral plan could work for you? Golden Charter can provide you will all of the information you need to make an informed decision for you and your family, so get in touch today!

Call Golden Charter on 0800 090 2495 and nominate Kevin Foster Funeral Services as your preferred funeral director. Alternatively, call Kevin Foster Funeral Services on 01670 828899 and leave your details and they will pass on to Golden Charter who will make contact with you directly.

*Based on a Golden Charter analysis and independent research of the funeral plan market size as at December 2024.

Kevin Foster Funeral Services is an introduced appointed representative of Golden Charter Limited trading as Golden Charter Funeral Plans which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN:965279).

Registered in England No. 02511598. Registered Office: Golden Charter Ltd, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS.

Get Your Plan

Contact us to find out more about our Independent Way Funeral Plan.

Kevin Foster Funeral Services are always available to listen to you and make sure your wishes and needs are carried out. Whatever your budget we, at Kevin Foster Funeral Services will advise you of your options every step of the way, with no hidden extra costs.

We are available 24/7 and can be contacted anytime. Whether it’s a call to discuss a bereavement, discuss the process, or allay your anxieties we are available to take your call. Call us to discuss your needs with our helpful, sensitive staff at our Blyth office 01670 364 573 or our Bedlington office 01670 828 899 or leave us a message below and we will get straight back to you.