Last updated August 2026 · based on 4,242 published attended-funeral prices and 4,040 direct-cremation prices from funeral directors' own CMA Standardised Price Lists.
The attended-funeral figure is an estimated all-in: the funeral director's own charges plus a typical crematorium fee. Direct cremation already includes the cremation fee. Burial plots, doctors' or minister's fees and a wake are extra.
Funeral prices vary widely across the UK, and between firms in the same town. The table below shows the median published price for each county area we cover. Click an area to compare every funeral director there side by side.
| Area | Priced FDs | Attended (median) | Attended range | Direct cremation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 574 | £3,944 | £1,767–£5,600 | £1,550 |
| Greater Manchester | 191 | £3,510 | £1,725–£4,445 | £1,450 |
| West Yorkshire | 188 | £3,550 | £1,970–£6,250 | £1,450 |
| West Midlands | 166 | £3,380 | £1,400–£4,891 | £1,500 |
| Kent | 158 | £3,726 | £2,058–£6,234 | £1,545 |
| Cheshire | 155 | £3,215 | £1,613–£4,216 | £1,445 |
| South Yorkshire | 148 | £3,465 | £1,950–£4,456 | £1,545 |
| Tyne and Wear | 136 | £3,234 | £2,073–£4,642 | £1,499 |
| Devon | 126 | £3,365 | £1,594–£4,290 | £1,518 |
| Essex | 114 | £3,385 | £1,950–£4,440 | £1,545 |
| Lancashire | 112 | £3,241 | £2,610–£5,192 | £1,495 |
| Hampshire | 111 | £3,605 | £2,110–£4,955 | £1,500 |
| Glasgow | 98 | £2,635 | £1,950–£4,640 | £1,445 |
| Surrey | 83 | £4,244 | £1,880–£4,905 | £1,645 |
| Northern Ireland | 78 | £2,932 | £1,928–£4,317 | £1,944 |
| Hertfordshire | 71 | £3,752 | £2,694–£4,775 | £1,595 |
| Berkshire | 68 | £3,965 | £2,410–£4,665 | £1,565 |
| Cardiff | 67 | £2,954 | £1,910–£4,647 | £1,445 |
| East Sussex | 67 | £3,712 | £2,215–£4,884 | £1,595 |
| Cambridgeshire | 66 | £3,308 | £1,950–£4,385 | £1,545 |
| Somerset | 65 | £3,546 | £2,405–£5,805 | £1,538 |
| Bristol | 63 | £3,620 | £1,950–£4,525 | £1,522 |
| North Yorkshire | 63 | £3,135 | £2,045–£4,273 | £1,450 |
| County Durham | 62 | £3,544 | £2,405–£4,880 | £1,500 |
| Merseyside | 59 | £3,485 | £1,950–£4,056 | £1,445 |
| Edinburgh | 58 | £3,742 | £1,950–£4,642 | £1,545 |
| Swansea | 57 | £3,104 | £1,917–£4,099 | £1,445 |
| Buckinghamshire | 56 | £3,716 | £1,950–£4,869 | £1,495 |
| Norfolk | 56 | £3,635 | £2,780–£5,469 | £1,450 |
| Nottinghamshire | 54 | £2,914 | £1,770–£4,310 | £1,495 |
| Dorset | 50 | £3,460 | £1,950–£5,193 | £1,685 |
| Northamptonshire | 50 | £3,645 | £1,549–£5,646 | £1,530 |
| Suffolk | 47 | £3,335 | £1,950–£4,840 | £1,596 |
| Derbyshire | 45 | £3,570 | £2,620–£4,743 | £1,545 |
| Wiltshire | 44 | £3,732 | £1,950–£5,675 | £1,565 |
| North Wales | 43 | £2,985 | £2,125–£4,432 | £1,495 |
| Ayrshire | 42 | £3,426 | £2,340–£4,855 | £1,445 |
| Cleveland | 41 | £3,356 | £2,400–£4,055 | £1,445 |
| Gloucestershire | 36 | £3,932 | £3,136–£4,649 | £1,768 |
| Warwickshire | 36 | £3,735 | £2,955–£5,155 | £1,790 |
| Staffordshire | 35 | £3,055 | £2,197–£4,065 | £1,445 |
| Leicestershire | 32 | £3,700 | £1,950–£4,741 | £1,545 |
| Cornwall | 31 | £3,369 | £2,825–£3,845 | £1,480 |
| Lanarkshire | 31 | £3,461 | £2,039–£4,200 | £1,445 |
| Newport | 30 | £3,362 | £1,950–£4,145 | £1,445 |
| Fife | 29 | £3,570 | £2,400–£4,642 | £1,475 |
| Oxfordshire | 29 | £3,715 | £1,295–£4,610 | £1,695 |
| East Yorkshire | 28 | £3,370 | £2,257–£4,242 | £1,595 |
| Shropshire | 28 | £3,072 | £1,950–£4,326 | £1,560 |
| Lincolnshire | 24 | £3,535 | £2,080–£3,660 | £1,495 |
| Renfrewshire | 23 | £2,905 | £2,390–£4,201 | £1,445 |
| Aberdeenshire | 21 | £3,525 | £2,400–£4,136 | £1,545 |
| Dundee | 21 | £3,404 | £2,400–£4,642 | £1,475 |
| Cumbria | 20 | £3,032 | £2,077–£3,930 | £1,545 |
| Worcestershire | 19 | £3,508 | £1,950–£4,410 | £1,545 |
| Stirling | 18 | £3,400 | £2,240–£3,990 | £1,445 |
| Bedfordshire | 15 | £3,355 | £2,700–£4,775 | £1,445 |
| Herefordshire | 15 | £3,708 | £2,620–£4,949 | £1,550 |
| Inverness | 15 | £3,998 | £2,913–£4,951 | £1,950 |
| Perthshire | 15 | £3,680 | £2,245–£4,443 | £1,725 |
| Scottish Borders | 12 | £4,136 | £2,620–£4,642 | £1,750 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8 | £3,594 | £3,045–£3,874 | £1,565 |
| Powys | 4 | £3,263 | £3,215–£3,623 | £1,500 |
| Shetland | 1 | — | — | — |
| Caithness | 0 | — | — | — |
| Western Isles | 0 | — | — | — |
“—” means we don't yet hold enough verified prices in that area to publish a reliable median (our threshold is four). We add more as funeral directors' lists are processed.
Since 2021, every UK funeral director must publish a Standardised Price List in a common format set by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Here's how that becomes the figures above:
A traditional attended funeral typically costs around £2,500–£3,000 in the funeral director's own charges, before third-party fees such as the cremation or burial. A direct (unattended) cremation is far cheaper, usually £1,200–£1,800, with the cremation fee already included. Prices vary widely between firms in the same town, so comparing published price lists is worth it.
Funeral directors set their own charges, and there's no standard price. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive director in a single area is often more than £1,000 for the same service, which is exactly why comparing published CMA price lists side by side pays off.
Our attended-funeral figure is an estimated all-in cost: the funeral director's own charges plus a typical crematorium cremation fee. Direct-cremation prices already include the cremation fee. Other third-party costs (burial plots, doctors' or minister's fees, a wake) are extra and vary locally.
Yes, considerably. A direct cremation has no service or mourners present, so it avoids many of the costs of an attended funeral: typically £1,200–£1,800 versus £2,500–£3,000+ for the director's charges on an attended funeral.
Every figure on this page is the median of real, published prices taken from funeral directors' own CMA Standardised Price Lists. We extract them automatically at no cost, run automated error checks before publishing, and only show an area average where we hold at least four verified prices.