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Cemeteries and Closed Churchyards

Thorpe Road Cemetery

Melton Borough Council provides burial facilities at its award-winning Thorpe Road Cemetery on the east side of Melton Mowbray next to the A607 road to Grantham. To see the location of Thorpe Road Cemetery on a map, please click here.

For more information regarding Thorpe Road Cemetery, please click on one of the links below:

Cemetery Chapel

Thorpe Road cemetery offers a picturesque stone chapel for burial services of all denominations. There is an organ, a tape recorder and a CD player in the chapel. There is also a wheelchair if required. The chapel is not large, but can seat 50 with comfort.

Cemetery Superintendent

The Cemetery has a resident Superintendent on site. There is an office at the lodge for enquiries, with toilets for able and disabled persons at the side of the lodge.

Parking

Cars are allowed into the Cemetery during opening times. Parking is not restricted but there is limited capacity.

Grave Types

Three types of grave are offered:

treble grave for 3 persons (3m deep for first interment);
double grave for 2 persons (2.3m deep for first interment);
single grave (1.5m deep)

Interments

Either a single, double or treble grave may be chosen. There is a separate area of the cemetery for the internment of children. A casket of cremated remains may either be buried in an existing grave, in a special plot provided, or in an underground vault in the Garden of Remembrance.

Buying a Grave

At Thorpe Road Cemetery in Melton Mowbray, we offer several types of grave. The exclusive right of burial is sold for 100 years. These are known as 'purchased graves'. Grave spaces can be purchased as a way of reserving space in the Council's cemetery. People wishing to make their own arrangements should contact the Superintendent. If you would like to view the cemetery to identify a particular place we are pleased to arrange this. To contact the Cemetery Superintendent please call 01664 562 223.

Cremated Remains

Cremated remains burials are 0.6m deep in a cremation plot. These have room for 8 interments if required for a family plot. Cremated burial vaults for 2 persons include stone and first inscription. We are able to offer Scattering of Ashes in a garden of remembrance (with an option of a bronze plaque), and Scattering of Ashes in a secondary garden with the option of a Vase Block and first inscription. Burials of ashes in existing burial plots are 0.6m deep.

Grave Dressing

All graves are dressed with grass matting putlogs and lowering webbings during on-site ceremonies.

Ordering a Memorial

Memorials in cemeteries are permitted subject to meeting reasonable conditions. A funeral director should be able to advise on this. A funeral director or Stonemason will need to submit an Application for a memorial to Melton Borough Council with detailed specifications to ensure that the design, materials, inscription and size comply with the Cemetery Regulations. If they comply then a permit will be issued to the stonemason concerned. Application forms are available from the Council Offices.

Cremation

Melton Borough Council has no crematorium facility. The two nearest crematoria can be found in Loughborough and Grantham:

Loughborough Crematorium

Leicester Road

Loughborough

LE11 2AF

Tel: (01509) 214 797

Map of Loughborough Crematorium

Grantham Crematorium

Harrowby Road

Grantham

NG31 9DT

Tel: (01476) 569 083

Map of Grantham Crematorium;

Book of Remembrance

There are two Books of Remembrance each covering a period of six months and they provide an alternative form of memorial. The Chapel may be visited and the Book of Remembrance viewed on Fridays between 12 and 1pm or alternatively at any other time by prior consultation with the Cemetery Superintendent.

Monuments

On the lawned sections, a monument may only be erected at the head of the grave. Regretfully, kerbs and other monuments will not be allowed: this is in order to continue the high standards of appearance at the cemetery and keep maintenance costs down. Please contact your local stonemason for advice on the choice of monuments.

Garden of Remembrance and Wall of Remembrance

The Garden of Remembrance is available for the scattering of Cremated Remains. The Wall of Remembrance is also available for the display of bronze memorial plaques, with individually chosen inscriptions, which may be purchased solely through the Council. Vase blocks are also available around the Memorial Garden. Please do not erect or place any other type of memorial within this area, with the exception of flower vases, as it causes inconvenience and distress to others who also have suffered the loss of a loved one.

Flowers and Wreaths

Flowers and wreaths which have deteriorated may be removed and disposed of at the discretion of the Cemetery Superintendent. Christmas wreaths may be removed the following March. Other wreaths may be removed during the course of the grass mowing season where they are likely to impede Cemetery maintenance work.

Cemetery Opening Times

Thorpe Road cemetery is open daily from 9am until dusk.

Charges

Details of charges for cemetery services are set out in the tables below.

The under mentioned fees and charges are effective from 1st April, 2011 until 31st March 2012.

Internment Charges

Item	Cost	VAT
Purchase Grave	£550.00	Exempt
Purchase Grave - child (1-14)	£169.00	Exempt
Purchase Grave - under 1 year	£1.00	Exempt
Purchase - cremated remains plot	£223.00	Exempt
First Interment	£350.00	Exempt
Subsequent Interments	£300.00	Exempt
Child's Grave internment (1-14)	£110.00	Exempt
Interment of Stillborn and under 1 year	£1.00	Exempt
Grave Digging more than 2.3m	Actual Cost	Exempt
Saturday Interment (Extra Charge)	£142.00	Exempt
Interment of Cremated Remains	£88.00	Exempt
Interment of Cremated Remains (child)	£54.00	Exempt
Scattering of Cremated Remains	£54.00	Exempt
Scattering of Cremated remains (child)	£44.00	Exempt
Double the charges specified above shall be paid for the interment of a person who is not a resident within the town of Melton Mowbray, in accordance with the regulations relating to the Cemetery.
Registration Fee	£28.00	Outside Scope

Charges for Placing Monuments on Graves (including first inscription)

Item	Cost	VAT
Headstone and Base	£98.00	Plus VAT
Kerbs (ordinary)	£142.00	Plus VAT
Kerbs (Child's grave)	£82.00	Plus VAT
Body stone, obelisk, etc	£142.00	Plus VAT
Scroll or book up to 350mm (14 inches)	£71.00	Plus VAT
Vase, small cuboid tablet or drop plinth	£44.00	Plus VAT
Wooden Cross	£44.00	Plus VAT
Removal/Additional Inscription	£82.00	Plus VAT

Memorial Garden

Item	Cost	VAT
Purchase of Sanctum 2 Cremation Vaults	£491.00	Plus VAT
Purchase of Granite Vase Block	£272.00	Plus VAT
Replacement Plaque (Sanctum 2)	£103.00	Plus VAT
Replacement Plaque (Vase Block)	£98.00	Plus VAT
Pictorial/Relief (sanctum 2 and Vase Block)	£93.00	Plus VAT

Garden of Remembrance

Item	Cost	VAT
Plaque	£120.00	Plus VAT
Book of Memory - 2 line inscription	£76.00	Plus VAT
Additional line of inscription in Book of Memory	£71.00	Plus VAT
Installation of Memorial Bench (Installation Only)	£150.00	Plus VAT
Search of Cemetery Records	£20 per hour

Late Funeral Charges (extra)

Late charges are applied to any funeral which takes place after 1pm.

Item	Cost
Monday to Thursday 1.00 pm	£35.00
Monday to Thursday 1.30 pm	£46.00
Monday to Thursday 2.00 pm	£57.00
Monday to Thursday 2.30 pm	£71.00
Monday to Thursday 3.00 pm	£88.00
Monday to Thursday 3.30 pm	£102.00
Monday to Thursday 4.00 pm	£120.00
Friday 1.00 pm	£56.00
Friday 1.30 pm	£68.00
Friday 2.00 pm	£80.00
Friday 2.30 pm	£95.00
Friday 3.00 pm	£110.00
Friday 3.30 pm	£124.00
Friday 4.00 pm	£143.00

All payments should be made by sending a cheque made payable to Melton Borough Council to Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, LEICS, LE13 1GH.

Cemetery Bylaws

To view the current Cemetery Bylaws, please click here.

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