Here for you every step of the way
Our funerals are available to everyone, churchgoers or not. You can have a service in the church or we are happy to lead a funeral service for you at a Crematorium or Cemetery.
We consider it a huge privilege to be with you at a difficult time. Please contact us for more information including ways you can remember your loved ones.
We want to help
We always begin by arranging to see you. We shape what we offer around your needs. We want to give thanks for the person you have lost and to base the service around them.
The service itself
We make every funeral personal to your loved one. Although every funeral is an important occasion, we make it as relaxed and helpful as possible. Every person is unique, and we work with you to make the funeral reflect your loved one’s life and character through music, readings and tributes.
Our message at funerals is always one of hope. Although there is sadness because someone you know and love has died, in every Church of England funeral there will also be a message of hope in life with God after death.
Afterwards
If you have lost a special person, your bereavement will take time.
Every year, on the first Sunday of November at 4.30pm, we welcome people who have been bereaved at any time for a simple service followed by refreshments. This year it is Sun 1st November 2026 at 4.30pm. You are welcome to attend this service for as many years as you wish, there is no limit.
Usually, St Alphege is also open on Fridays and Saturdays from 2 – 4pm for you to come in, be still and pray. You can have the name of your loved one written in our memory book that is on display in the church throughout the year. You may wish to donate money for flowers in memory of someone on a particular date (except during Lent). There is a small prayer garden behind the church that is usually open for quiet contemplation. The church family is happy to pray for you and include you in social events or services, as many of them understand what it is to be bereaved.
Funeral fees
| Statutory Fees | |
| Funeral service in church, crematorium or cemetery |
£244.00 |
| Burial in cemetery or cremation immediately before or after service in church |
£37.00 |
| District Church Council Fees (where applicable) | |
| Verger* |
£48.00 |
| Organ* (with or without church organist) |
£104.00 |
| Choir* |
£99.00 |
| PA operator where recorded music is played* |
£21.00 |
| 6 bells ringing, open or half-muffled (if ringers available)* |
£99.00 |
| Single bell tolling before service* |
£18.00 |
| Heating (October – April)* |
£75.00 |
| Minister’s Travel Fee (outside of parish) |
£25.00 |
| * Church only |
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