Cemetery services
Borough cemeteries
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea owns and manages 2 cemeteries at Gunnersbury and Hanwell:
- Gunnersbury Cemetery
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Founded in 1929, Gunnersbury Cemetery is situated adjacent to Gunnersbury Park and occupies approximately 8.9 hectares of land.
The main office covering both of the borough's cemeteries is located here. There are toilet facilities and car parking spaces for 45 cars. The cemetery also contains a chapel which has an induction loop fitted, an electric piano organ and a selection of suitable CD music for services. A Garden of Remembrance affords the interment of cremated remains.
The cemetery entrance drive is lined with displays of colourful flower tubs and floral bedding arrangements, including flowering shrubs such as camellias and roses along the side walls.
Address and contact details
- 143 Gunnersbury Avenue Acton W3 8LE
- telephone: 020 8992 2924
- email: [email protected]
- Hanwell Cemetery
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Founded in 1855, Hanwell Cemetery is approximately 7.7 hectares in size and generously planted with coniferous and deciduous trees, including holly and yew, which also line the entrance drive.
Address and contact details
- Hanwell Cemetery 31 Uxbridge Road
- telephone: 020 8992 2924
- email: [email protected]
Cemetery services
The Cemeteries Division aims to provide a sensitive and a caring service to users of the cemeteries, including:
- administration and organisation of burial arrangements
- attendance at interments
- ensuring compliance with the associated legal requirements and Burial Codes of Practice
A 'maintained grave' service is also available for seasonal planting and maintenance of graves and covers:
- the sale of grave spaces for future use
- the issue of permits for the erection of monuments
- the transfer of grave ownership and grave spaces
Cemetery Office
All enquiries should be made via telephone, 020 8992 2924, or email [email protected]. The office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. The office is closed on weekends and Bank Holidays.
Visiting cemetery grounds
Our cemeteries remain open to the public. Please continue to respect the personal space of others within the cemetery grounds.
Cemetery opening hours
The cemeteries' grounds are open to visitors from 9am daily. Closing times vary according to season:
| Opening hours | Mondays to Saturdays | Sundays (and Bank Holidays) |
| January, November and December | 9am - 4.30pm | 9am - 4.30pm |
| February, March and October | 9am - 5.30pm | 9am - 5.30pm |
| April, May and September | 9am - 7pm | 9am - 6pm |
| June, July and August | 9am - 8pm | 9am - 7pm |
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day: 9am to 4.30pm.
Fees and charges
- Interment Fees
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Public Grave (Gunnersbury Cemetery only)
Includes cost of shared headstone
Resident Non-resident Still-born/infants to 30 days 240.00 240.00 Child up to 12 years 1098.00 2196.00 Person exceeding 13 years 2195.00 4392.00 Private Grave (Gunnersbury / Hanwell cemeteries)
Residents Non-resident Still-born/infants to 30 days 240.00 480.00 Child up to 12 years 1098.00 2196.00 Person exceeding 13 years 2195.00 4392.00 Coffin longer than 6'9" and/or wider than 29" 2748.00 5494.00 Casket ( any size) 2748.00 5494.00 Ashes Grave
Resident Non-resident Single interment 436.00 873.00 Double interment 654.00 1308.00 Triple interment 873.00 1744.00 The Children’s Funeral Fund for England (CFF) is a scheme to provide funding for the fees charged for the burial of a child under the age of 18 or stillborn after 24 weeks of pregnancy. A claim will be made for any burials of this nature, that we undertake.
- Private grave space prices - Gunnersbury cemetery
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Standard grave 7'x3'
Pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 3494.00 10193.00 For 2 interments 3316.00 9672.00 For 3 interments 3132.00 9135.00 Non-pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 2618.00 7638.00 For 2 interment 2486.00 7251.00 For 3 interment 2348.00 6852.00 Small grave 6'6"x2'6"
Pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 2564.00 7476.00 For 2 interment 2427.00 7079.00 For 3 interment 2290.00 6680.00 Non-pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 1705.00 4973.00 For 2 interment 1648.00 4808.00 For 3 interment 1557.00 4540.00 Ashes grave 3'x2'
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment (maximum 4 caskets) 740.00 2159.00
- Private grave space prices - Hanwell cemetery
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Small grave 6'6" x 2'6"
Pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 1308.00 3816.00 For 2 interments 1244.00 3625.00 For 3 interments 1173.00 3420.00 Non-pathside
Resident Non-resident For 1 interment 1047.00 3054.00 For 2 interments 999.00 2917.00 For 3 interments 940.00 2742.00
- Memorial permits
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Gunnersbury and Hanwell cemeteries
Resident Non-resident Garden of remembrance 130.00 262.00 Small / Standard grave 272.00 543.00 Large / Double grave 391.00 780.00 Additions / Alterations to existing masonry 132.00 Additional inscriptions 74.00 150.00 Renovations / Lift and level F.O.C Inspection of staking of weak memorials 29.00 Inspection of bonding of weak crosses 98.00 Memorial bench plus annual maintenance (excluding inscription) 1,180.00
- Removal and replacement of memorials
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Small / Standard Large Double Headstone only 2'6" - 3'6" 404.00 537.00 N/A Full memorial 2'6" - 3'6" 801.00 1071.00 2158.00
- Grave maintenance service
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Service Small Standard Large / Double Garden of remembrance Planting twice per annum 282.00 313.00 438.00 144.00 Washing of memorial (6 times per annum) 104.00 104.00 159.00 54.00
- Miscellaneous fees
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Registering change of ownership 118.00 Replacement deed of grant 68.00 Life and re-level of memorial 111.00 Turfing 122.00 Intervening grave strips (must own botbh adjoining plots) 640.00 Searches of burial register
Per year searched 37.00 Certified copy of entry 26.00 Exhumations
Resident Non-resident Coffins 4479.00 8958.00 Ashes 451.00 903.00 Chapel fees
Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm (per hour) *Electric piano/organ available 119.00
Children's Funeral Fund
For fees relating to the burial of children aged under 18 years, the local authority will claim fees from the Children’s Funeral Fund.
For more information on the Children’s Funeral Fund, please visit the GOV.UK website.
Exhumations
From time to time people from abroad make requests for the remains of friends or family buried in Britain to be exhumed and taken back to their native home. In order to protect the health of the grave workers and surrounding population, the Council's Environmental Health service must be notified of such cases and our agreement sought on the health precautions to be taken.