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Alex Black Funeral Care — Maryhill

Maryhill, Glasgow G20 0BY A family-run independent firm (NAFD), with a head office in Drumchapel (G15) and further branches in Knightswood and Possilpark.

Alex Black Funeral Care is a family-run, NAFD independent on Maryhill Road, with its head office in Drumchapel and branches in Knightswood and Possilpark. It publishes an attended funeral at £1,410 (funeral director’s charge), an unattended cremation at £1,365 (including the cremation fee) and an unattended burial at £1,035 (funeral director’s charge only). Its website also lists local crematorium fees (for example Glasgow £660, Daldowie and The Linn £685) and Glasgow City Council cemetery fees (new lair £1,481, interment £1,103) as separate third-party charges.

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Prices last verified: September 2026

What Alex Black Funeral Care publishes

The figures below are from Alex Black Funeral Care’s own published prices. Third-party fees, such as cremation, cemetery and officiant fees, are extra unless a figure explicitly says they are included.

Unattended (direct) cremation

A private cremation with no service and no mourners present.

£1,365

Alex Black’s unattended cremation. The firm states this figure includes the cremation fee — the local crematorium fees it lists separately should not be added to it.

Includes

  • The funeral director’s fees and the crematorium fee, in one figure
  • Collection and care of the person who has died
  • All necessary legal and administrative arrangements
  • A simple, dignified coffin
  • Cremation without a service; ashes returned to the family

Attended Funeral

Alex Black’s Attended Funeral.

£1,410

Alex Black’s published attended-funeral charge. It includes a veneered-wood coffin priced “from £400” — not a fixed price for every funeral. The cremation fee (from £660 locally) or burial fee (from £1,103) is added on top.

Includes

  • Legal and administrative arrangements (£750)
  • Collection and transport into their care, within 20 miles (£80)
  • Care of the person before the funeral, at their head office (no charge)
  • A veneered-wood coffin with a raised lid (from £400)
  • Viewing by appointment, if requested (no charge)
  • Hearse to the cemetery or crematorium, within 20 miles (£180)

Traditional funeral with burial

A fuller funeral with burial. Alex Black does not publish a fixed price for this.

By quote

Alex Black does not publish a fixed traditional-burial price. Its attended funeral is £1,410 (funeral director’s charges); a burial adds the interment fee (Glasgow City Council interment £1,103) plus a new lair where needed (Glasgow City Council new lair £1,481), and any 7-seater Mercedes limousine (£180).

A burial built from Alex Black’s published prices would involve

  • The attended-funeral services above (funeral director’s charges £1,410)
  • The interment fee, charged by the cemetery (Glasgow City Council £1,103)
  • The cost of a new lair where required (Glasgow City Council £1,481)
  • A 7-seater Mercedes limousine (£180) or other options

Other options this firm publishes

Unattended direct burial

An unattended private burial. The price is the funeral director’s charge only.

£1,035

Alex Black’s unattended burial — the funeral director’s charge only. The interment fee (from £1,103) and a new lair (from £1,481) are additional.

Not included

  • The lair / grave cost (Glasgow City Council new lair £1,481)
  • The interment (burial) fee (from £1,103)

Includes

  • All legal and administrative arrangements
  • Collection and transport into their care, within 20 miles
  • Care of the person before the burial, and a suitable coffin
  • Conveyance to the cemetery

Contact

Address
1927 Maryhill Road, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 0BY
Phone
0141 946 1234
Website
www.alexblackfuneralcare.co.uk
Hours
Telephone usually answered 24 hours. Office visits by appointment.

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Prices on this page are from Alex Black Funeral Care — Maryhill’s the firm’s own website published pricing (source), verified September 2026. They may have changed since. Cremation, cemetery and officiant fees are set by third parties and added on top. Always confirm the current total with the funeral director. To correct this listing, contact us.