Love Lane Cemetery is a lawned cemetery managed by Wem Town Council. It is located off Love Lane Wem SY4 5QP and shares a small car park with Love Lane allotments
CEMETERY CHARGES
1. The Fees and Payments below apply where the person to be interred was, a resident of Wem Urban Parish or was a resident of Wem Urban Parish immediately prior to entering a hospital, hospice, nursing home or other care arrangement outside of Wem Urban Parish. The fees for the burial of persons who do not qualify as residents will be doubled.
2.The Council has declared its intention to maintain the Burial Ground as a LAWN CEMETERY to facilitate maintenance and to keep down costs. For this reason the erection of headstones on full graves (not exceeding 3’ 6” in height) will be allowed and one small moveable ornamental vase (not exceeding 8” high, 8” deep, 8” wide on a base no larger than 10” square) will also be permitted, but rails, kerbs, slabs, gravel and other adornments will not be allowed. Similarly, after the subsidence period has elapsed no mounding of soil on the graves will be permitted. There are separate regulations for the interment of cremated remains in the cremated remains section.
3.Persons wishing to erect headstones on graves should first consult the Clerk of the Council regarding the Council’s conditions regulating the erection of monuments and the Council’s written approval must be obtained before proceeding.
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Plot Purchase and Interment Fees |
2025-26 |
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Children* |
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A child under the age of 1 month at death |
£20 |
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Plot purchase underage of 18 |
£640 |
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Interment Fee under age of 18 |
£130 |
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*the actual fee to the family will be £0 but the indicated costs will be recovered from the Children’s Funeral Fund |
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Purchase of plot for persons exceeding 18 years at death |
£640 |
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Interment Fee (for each interment over 18 years of age) |
£320 |
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Interment of ashes in existing grave |
£190 |
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Memorial Fee for the erection of a Headstone |
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To a height not exceeding 3 feet |
£300 |
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In excess of 3 feet but not exceeding 3ft 6inches high |
£800 |
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Additional Inscription |
£35 |
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Transfer of Exclusive Right of Burial |
£35 |
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Renewal of Exclusive Right of Burial prior to expiration |
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For a period not exceeding 25 years from the date of expiration of existing rights |
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Fees for interment of cremated remains in Cremated Remains section |
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Plot Purchase fee over 18 |
£275 |
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Plot Purchase fee under 18 |
£100 |
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Plot Purchase fee under 1 month at death |
£20 |
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Interment fee |
£190 |
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Gravedigging fee |
£60 |
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Erection of Headstone fee |
£150 |
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Up to two interments are permitted per cremated remains plot |
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Grave Digging Charges with effect from 1 April 2025 |
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Single Burial Excavation |
£320 |
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Double Burial Excavation |
£340 |
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Cremated Remains Excavation |
£60 |
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Additional Costs |
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Casket Shapes/Oversized Coffins Surcharge |
£30 |
REGULATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE OF LOVE LANE CEMETERY
The Town Council has resolved to maintain the Love Lane Cemetery as a lawned cemetery.
The Town Council has decided to maintain a lawn cemetery because it considers it the only way to ensure the grave spaces are maintained in a clean and tidy condition at a reasonable cost in the future. Love Lane Cemetery Updated Rules and Regulations 2025
Your attention is drawn to the following –
1.The general law of management of local authorities cemeteries is contained in the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977.
2.No mounding is permitted. Soon after interment grave spaces will be levelled and grass seeded. The Council’s employee will keep the grass short.
3.One headstone and one movable vase no larger than 8" high, 8" deep, 8" wide on a base no larger than 10" square will be permitted for each full grave space. No other adornment such as rails or kerbs and no gravel will be allowed. Please note there are separate dimensions interments in the cremated remains section.
4.Persons wishing to erect headstones on graves should first obtain written permission from the Town Council before proceeding. In practice your chosen stonemason usually submits an application to the Town Council for approval on your behalf.
5.Headstones may be erected on a narrow concrete base provided that such a base is sunk just below the surrounding ground so that it will not foul the Council’s grass cutting machine.
