Kensal Green Cemetery 2017

Kensal Green Cemetery

Visited May 2017

Kensal Green cemetery in North West London is one of the Victorian 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries, and possibly one with the most impressive monuments (sorry, Highgate!). It's not as overgrown as some, and there are parts which are still in use and well tended as lawn cemetery areas. The cemetery also contains the West London Crematorium, which is still active, and there are areas set aside for the Gardens of Remembrance.

Among the trees and beyond the Anglican chapel are the best mausoleums and the burials of the great and the good, including Royalty and circus performers not far from each other... It's free to visit, covers over 70 acres, and is close to the underground (Bakerloo line), so no reasons for not visiting!

West Norwood, October 2019

West Norwood Cemetery, London

Visited October 2019

A final visit of the year to West Norwood Cemetery in South-East London, this time on a bright, crisp autumn day when the Greek section in particular was looking lovely. Some parts of the cemetery, just back from the path, have recently had the undergrowth and ivy cut back, and I saw some memorials, complete with winged cherub heads, which I hadn't seen before. 

West Norwood Cemetery, August 2019

West Norwood Cemetery

Visited August 2019

Another visit to one of my favourite of the Magnificent Seven, this time as the colours of autumn were starting to come through on an overcast late August day.

West Norwood Cemetery 2017

West Norwood Cemetery, London

Visited July 2017

Another set of images from West Norwood Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven London cemeteries, and the easiest to get to from where I live. Hence the substantial number of photos/visits to this one! On a sunny, hot summer's day it was looking particularly splendid, with lots of shady spots to get out of the sun.

Highgate East, London, 2018

Highgate East Cemetery

Visited October 2018

The Eastern side of Highgate Cemetery in north London is not as overgrown as the West Cemetery. Although there's an entry charge to it (or included in the cost of a west cemetery tour), once in you can wander freely around, following the map of important burials if you wish.

This side of the cemetery, in use since 1860, contains Victorian burials, and modern ones as it's still in use for burials and memorial plots. It's probably most famous as being where Karl Marx is interred - you can see both his original burial plot and current one as you go round. Don't come here looking for solitude, it's quite the tourist destination now, but if you go off the main paths, and in particular away from the corner where Marx is buried, it's not too bad. Some of the memorials are quite splendid, although nothing as huge as the mausoleums of the West cemetery!