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Municipal Cemeteries

Access to all the Council’s five Municipal Cemeteries is permitted during normal opening hours.

Burial/Cemetery charges are increasing from 1 April 2023.

The Council's Municipal Cemeteries are:

Monkshill Cemetery, Newry
Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor
Warrenpoint Cemetery
Struell Cemetery, Downpatrick
Lough Inch Cemetery, Ballynahinch.

The Facilities Management and Maintenance Section of the Council is responsible for the Council's Municipal Cemeteries.

The Council manages five municipal cemeteries, located at:

  • Kilbroney Road, Rostrevor
  • Lough Inch, Ballynahnich
  • Monkshill, Newry
  • Struell, Downpatrick
  • Upper Dromore Road, Warrenpoint

For information about the Cemeteries or burials please contact us on:  0330 137 4005.

For Rules & Regulations for the Control of Public Cemeteries within Newry, Moure & Down District Council click here.

Charges for Burials/Purchase of graves 2022/2023

Type of Facility/Activity

Details

Charges (£)

2023/24

Private Grave

Resident

£290

Non-Resident

£575

First Opening

Resident

£240

Non-Resident

£687

Second Opening

Resident

£240

Non-Resident

£690

Burial of Cremated Remains/Burials

Resident

£60

Under Headstones

Non-Resident

£115

Transfer Burial Rights

Resident

£45

Non-Resident

£110

Duplicate Grant Per Plot

Resident

£45

Non-Resident

£110

Exhumations

Resident

£460

Non-Resident

£460

Additional charge for burials after 3.00pm

Resident

£60

week days

Non-Resident

£60

Search fees (Deeds not produced)

Resident

£0

Non-Resident

£0

Approval for Erection of Headstone

Resident

£60

Non-Resident

£60

Burials of Under 18’s

 

£0