Oxford has been revealed as one of the most expensive places to die in the UK according to a new study.

The city is an expensive place to live for residents with house prices rising rapidly in recent years but it has now also been revealed to be an costly place to pass away as well.

Bereavement is unavoidably one of the hardest things we will go through in our lifetime, often made more stressful when it comes to planning and paying for a final send-off.

Here in the UK, the average cost of a basic funeral is around £3,740, with the average price rising by 4.7 per cent year on year.

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With this in mind, Shepherd’s Friendly has analysed 40 UK cities to reveal the cities with the most and least expensive funeral director fees for direct burials and direct cremations.

To do this, they looked at the cost of these basic funeral services at five different funeral parlours, before calculating an average.

Oxford has been named the ninth most expensive city for a direct cremation, with funeral director fees costing an average of £1,584.

Data shows, Liverpool is the most affordable city for a direct cremation with an average price of £977 which is nearly £900 less than the most expensive city, Belfast.

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Oxford's skyline.Oxford's skyline. (Image: Newsquest)

According to research, Brighton is the most expensive for a direct burial funeral, where fees cost an average of £1,667.

This is followed by Edinburgh at £1,621 and London at £1,528 in second and third place.

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