Cemetery
The Council is the burial authority for the town cemetery and also has responsibility for St. Mary’s closed churchyard.
Fees
Cemetery fees including Grave digging fees
Grave digging is undertaken by new contractors as of September 1st 2025.
Cemetery Forms
1. Request for Grave Digging Form – Full Burial is to be completed by the undertaker or funeral director to provide the Town Council/Grave digger with the information needed to prepare a grave for a full burial. This form must be received by the Town Council office before a Full Burial interment date can be confirmed.
2. Request for Grave Digging Form – Cremated Remains is to be completed by the undertaker or funeral director to provide the Town Council/Grave digger with the information needed to prepare a grave for Cremated Remains. This form must be received by the Town Council office before a Cremated Remains interment date can be confirmed.
3. Notice of Interment Form is used to formally notify the Town Council that a burial/ashes (interment) is going to take place. it keeps the Town Council Cemetery records accurate, confirms the burial arrangements, and ensures the interment is properly authorised and recorded.
4. Application for erection of a Memorial or Tablet is to be completed by a Stonemason, it is used to request permission from the Town Council to install a headstone, memorial, tablet, or other approved memorial on a grave. The application allows the Town Council to check that the proposed memorial complies with its rules, safety requirements, and permitted specifications before approval is given.
5. Additional Inscription Form is to be completed by a Stonemason, it is used to request permission to add further wording or details to an existing memorial or headstone in a cemetery. The Town Council uses the form to ensure the proposed inscription is approved and complies with cemetery regulations before the work is carried out.
6.Purchase of Exclusive Right of Burial Form is used to formally record the purchase of the right to use a specific grave space in a cemetery. (Usually when a new or reserved plot is being purchased)
7. Exclusive Right of Burial Indemnity Form Please complete this form if the Exclusive Right of Burial holder is deceased and the Right needs to be transferred to the Next of Kin. This form is used to confirm who has the legal authority to use or reopen a particular grave when the original burial rights holder is no longer able to give permission. By signing the form, the person confirms that they are entitled to the burial rights and agrees to protect the cemetery authority from claims or liability if someone later disputes that entitlement. The Town Council also indicates that an Indemnity Form may be required where there is no current Exclusive Right of Burial.
Any use of Watton Cemetery must be arranged through a funeral director and memorials can only be erected by an accepted stone mason.
The Town Council endeavours to create a pleasant environment for all users of the Cemetery and it is hoped the area is respected by those who visit.
The Town Council regularly inspects the Cemetery but please help to keep the area a pleasant place by reporting any concerns you might have regarding the Cemetery to the Town Council Office.
Cemetery Rules and Regulations
A PDF copy of the cemetery rules can be downloaded by clicking the link below
Watton Cemetery Rules and Regulations – reviewed 26th March 2019 and amended 11th February 2020
In addition to real fresh flowers only silk artificial flowers will be allowed on graves.
Review
Watton Town Council Cemetery Review undertaken February 2017 and March 2019
Adornment removal