Watchet Cemetery & Burial Authority
Watchet Town Council is the Burial Authority and the Asset Management Committee is delegated to manage and maintain the site.
Watchet Cemetery, located on Brendon Road, near St Decuman’s Church, was opened in 1992. The cemetery has a range of facilities including a weather-proof waiting area and toilet, provision of water for flowers, and a peaceful Memorial Garden to remember those with strong links to the community who are not buried in the Watchet Cemetery. If you wish to discuss the purchase of a plot at the Cemetery or require further information or advice on Cemetery regulations, please contact the office.
St Decuman’s Church & The Closed Churchyard
The administration of the closed churchyard remains under the remit of the Parochial Church Council (PCC).
Section 215 of the Local Government Act 1972 provides for notice to be given by the PCC to a local authority (Parish, Town, or District) to effectively transfer liability for maintenance, but this can only given when the churchyard is closed. In 1989, the churchyard at St Decuman’s was closed and the liability for maintenance passed to Watchet Town Council, who continues to maintain the area to a high standard through the Council’s ground staff.
Church Warden
Janet Bremner 01984632118
Price List
Main Cemetery
- Purchase of Exclusive Rights at any time £173.00
- 75 year term extension of Exclusive Rights £125.00
(can only be requested when the Exclusive Right term is within 10 years of expiry, up to the original expiry date)
- Interment of Stillborn or child under one month No Charge
- Interment of Child under 1 year £40.00
- Interment of Child 1 -17 years £60.00
- Interment of Person 18 years + (single depth) £102.00
- Interment of Person 18 years + (double depth) £158.00
Garden Of Rest
- Purchase of Exclusive Rights at any time £52.00
- 75 year term extension of Exclusive Rights £37.00
(can only be requested when the Exclusive Right term is within 10 years of expiry, up to the original expiry date)
- Burial of Ashes (to single depth) £59.00
- Burial of Ashes (to double depth – first burial) £91.00
- Scattering of Ashes £36.00
Other Fees
- Head Stone placing – Main Cemetery & Garden of Rest (see policy) £87.00
- To add an inscription after the first £36.00
- To plant commemorative tree with ashes in root area £52.00
- To place a commemorative plaque (placed with commemorative tree) £30.00
- To place a commemorative plaque (placed with commemorative tree) £30.00
- Certified extract of register £25.00
- Search Register £25.00
- To place a memorial in the Watchet Memorial Garden £35.00
- To lay a cement base for a memorial bench £50.00
