Biddulph Town Burial Ground/ Woodhouse Burial Ground
Biddulph Town Burial Ground is situated at the rear of St Lawrence’s Churchyard, north of the town centre on the A527.
Woodhouse Burial Ground is sited off Woodhouse Lane (at the rear of the bowling green on Congleton Road).
There is footpath access between the two sites through the woodland Garden of Tranquility, which is maintained by the Rotary Club of Biddulph. The closed churchyard and current active burial grounds are maintained by the Town Council.
The Registrar can be contacted on 01782 297845 or email: biddulph@staffordshire.gov.uk
Please see below the fees for 2019/20; there are no increases from 2018/19 fees.
| BIDDULPH TOWN AND WOODHOUSE BURIAL GROUND FEES | |
| 2019/20 fees | |
| New grave interment fee | |
| Biddulph resident | £800 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £1,600 |
| Other Areas | £2,400 |
| Re-opening | £400 |
| Interment of cremated remains in an existing grave | |
| Biddulph Resident | £140 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £280 |
| Other Areas | £420 |
| Interment of cremated remains in Garden of Remembrance | |
| Biddulph resident | £120 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £240 |
| Other Areas | £500 |
| Re-opening fee – Garden of Remembrance | £60 |
| Half grave space – cremated remains | |
| Biddulph resident | £450 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £900 |
| Other Areas | £1,400 |
| Re-opening fee | £250 |
| Memorial Fee | £180 |
| Half size | £90 |
| Additional Inscription | £50 |
| Garden of Remembrance | |
| Stones | £60 |
| Vases | £60 |
| Together | £110 |
| Admin/search fee | |
| first 15 minutes free of charge | |
| £30 per half hour | |
| Late paperwork fee | £100 per interment |
| (if not received prior to interment) | |
| Oversized Coffins | Not permitted |
| (Larger than 6’6″x26″x16″) | |
| Babies and children (foetus, stillborn or child whose age did not exceed 18 years at time of death) | |
| Biddulph residents/ parents only | |
| Interment in existing grave | Free of charge |
| Interment in children’s grave (half sized) | Free of charge |
| Interment in full grave | Free of charge |
| Cremated remains- Garden of Remembrance, children’s grave or existing grave | Free of charge |