Scotter Parish Council is the burial authority for Scotter Cemetery, Scotton Road, Scotter.
It is a lawn-style, non-denominational, cemetery for burials and the interment of ashes. It is open for visits during all daylight hours. The Parish Council works hard to ensure that the cemetery and its surroundings are well maintained and that dignity and calm are preserved at all times.
Grave plots may be purchased at the time of burial. It is also possible to pre-purchase plots at this cemetery. Cemetery services may be booked through local funeral directors or, for the pre-purchase of plots only, directly with the Clerk.
Records of Burials
Requests for information on burial records and any other such enquiries should be made to the Clerk by e-mail.
Memorials
Memorials are a lasting symbol of remembrance. The Parish Council is able to offer advice to ensure that all memorials meet cemetery regulations. These regulations are in place because the Council (as owner and occupier of the site) has a duty under health and safety legislation to do all that is reasonably practical to protect the health and safety of anyone who enters the cemetery.
Further details on all of the above, including the Council’s fees and charges, can be found in the Council’s cemetery policy.
Fees
1 Fees and Payments
The fees set out below apply where the person to be interred or in respect of whom the right is granted is a resident of Scotter Parish. In all other cases, the fees will be doubled unless there is sufficient grounds for consideration to be given for a residents fee to be applied. The fees set out below are applicable from 20th June 2022 and will remain in place until further notice is given. It must be noted that the fees exclude the cost of digging of the grave and this is to be arranged through a funeral director.
1.1 Interments
1. For the interment in any grave of:
a) Children under 18 and a resident at the time of death. No charge
b) Children under 18 and a non resident at the time of death. Full charges apply
c) The body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 18 years. £350.00
2. For the interment of cremated remains in
a) a new (unused) cremation plot. £200.00
b) an existing full sized grave or existing cremation grave. £150.00
Please Note : If the interment is in a new grave and the bereaved family wish to reserve that grave for a future burial and/or place a memorial upon it, it is also necessary to purchase an exclusive right to burial in that grave, as per 1.2 below.
1.2 Exclusive rights of burial in earthen graves
1. For the exclusive rights of burial in a new graves for one interment or suitable for two interments for a period of 50 years. Maximum 2 burials per space. £200.00
2. For the exclusive rights of burial of a cremated remains grave for a period of 50 years. Maximum 2 burials per space. £150.00
1.3 Monuments and Inscriptions
For the purchase of a Permit to erect or place on a grave :
a) a headstone not exceeding 92cm in height. £120.00
b) a vase or tablet not exceeding 30cm in height by 30cm in width £90.00
The fees indicated in 1.3 include the first inscription. For each inscription thereafter, a fee of £55 is payable for a headstone not exceeding 92cm in height or vase/tablet not exceeding 30cm in height by 30cm in width.
ScotterCemetery Gate Opening Hours
Monday-Friday
Open at 7.30am -
Close at 7.30pm or dusk - whichever is first.
Saturday and Sunday
Open at 8.00am -
close at 7.30pm or dusk - whichever is first.