Prices (May 2025)

(This is also known as the ‘Crematorium Standard Fee Attended Service’ by CMA description.) NB: this package can be adapted to a funeral with burial however the variation of fees at burial authorities and the likely need of funeral vehicles etc mean that the price quoted above will be different. The following package provides for bereaved families to host a funeral in one of our Ceremony Halls taking full advantage of its setting and without feeling any sense of rushing due to a crematorium ‘conveyor-belt’, while making sensible savings that do not demean the funeral service. The ‘Standard Package’ assumes that we will decide upon the day and time of the funeral.

• Funeral service held in one of our Ceremony Halls with all supporting rooms and facilities, including the AV equipment. (At Harbour View we may use any one of our Ceremony Halls, at our discretion and for our own convenience, but it is most likely to be Harbour Lodge.)

• Our selected Funeral Celebrant to work with the deceased’s family to compose a funeral service and to deliver it on the day of the funeral. (Our client may request his/her own Funeral Celebrant/Minister but the fee payable to this person will be charged in addition.)

• All funeral home services necessary for such a funeral including collection and care of the deceased and provision of a simple coffin (most likely oak foil finish with brassed plastic handles and fittings).

• Cremation at Harbour View including fee to the Medical Referee.

• We have a minimum of 90 minutes separation between funerals, which permits a far more relaxed funeral service. (This time includes the time to gather as well as the duration of the funeral ceremony. Over running the agreed allotted time may incur an additional charge.)

• Attendance of up to 30 mourners with limited car parking provision

• Timing of the funeral will be between Monday and Saturday at a time we propose (likely to be early AM).

• The fee of £3443 is reduced by £50 to £3393 when the funeral is in the Christchurch Ceremony Hall or the New Milton Ceremony Hall.

• Simple biodegradable urn (cardboard) for the cremated remains

Some items that are not included:

• Refreshments options for hosting a wake on site (available at additional cost).

• Any form of traditional funeral cortege or transport for the mourners (the deceased, in his/her coffin is placed in the ceremony hall prior to any mourners arriving.)

• Chapel of Rest visiting prior to the day of the funeral or dressing/treatment of the deceased.

• Any higher level of professional services on our part

• Flexibility to choose the date and timing of the funeral service

• AV: the use of the equipment is included in the package however our time spent preparing the provision and/or the charges made by our media provider are not.

(This is also known as the ‘Crematorium Unattended Service’ by CMA description)

The unattended cremation, sometimes referred to as ‘direct cremation’, is a service provided when there is to be no service at the crematorium or mourners in attendance. In keeping with this all arrangements are at the simplest possible level. The cremated remains will be available afterwards for burial or scattering, subject to the client’s instructions.

Unattended Cremation

Items that are included:

• Collection of the deceased from a local address (during normal working hours) and taking to Harbour View for cremation at the earliest opportunity.

• The cremation itself including fee payable to the Medical Referee.

• Provision of a cremation shell (not a traditional coffin).

Some items that are not included:

• Chapel of Rest visiting

• Any professional services on our part

It is not possible to give an accurate date/time of when the cremation will happen (see immediately below.) NB: Clients may select chapel visiting from the Additional Services price list to establish an opportunity ‘to say goodbye’ that can be booked at a specific date/time, immediately before cremation.

The following package provides similarly to the Standard Package but for occasions when the funeral service is being held away from one of our own locations such as a church, crematorium (that is not Harbour View) or cemetery (that is not Harbour View) and as a consequence requires facilities such as a traditional hearse and bearers. This package may also be selected by clients that would like a funeral at one of our locations but with the tradition of a funeral cortege, perhaps leaving from the family home.

• Funeral service held at a local crematorium, cemetery or similar location with hearse, up to four coffin bearers and supervising funeral director in attendance.

• All funeral home services necessary for such a funeral including collection (during normal working hours) and care of the deceased and provision of a simple coffin (most likely oak foil finish with brassed plastic handles and fittings)

• Typical time allowance of 30 or 45 minutes separation between funerals, but dependent upon location selected.

• Capacity for mourners and car parking depends upon location.

• Timing of the funeral will be between Monday and Friday at a time we propose (likely to be early AM).

Some items that are not included:

• Fees payable to cremation or burial authority (charges vary greatly – see separate notes on this matter within the ‘Full Pricelist and Additional Information’ PDF)

• Fee payable to a minister or celebrant to officiate at the funeral service.

• If the funeral service is to be held in a church prior to attending a separate location for committal and burial/cremation, we make an additional charge to reflect the additional time involved.

• Chapel of Rest visiting prior to the day of the funeral.

• Any higher level of professional services on our part.

• Flexibility to choose the date and timing of the funeral service.

• Saturday, Sunday or evening funeral ceremony.

• AV provision.