Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Visited April 2011
The cemetery in Tower Hamlets is one of the original 'Magnificent Seven' garden cemeteries. Opened for burials in 1841, it closed in 1966 and is now managed as a nature reserve. The burials here are not as impressive as those in the other garden cemeteries - being in the East End of London, the burials here are of a poorer segment of society. You won't find many famous incumbents, instead there are sailors, trade unionists and stars of the music hall.
The cemetery is now managed for nature, and has a wonderfully overgrown feel to it. Although the main paths are used as a thoroughfair for cyclists, wander down any other path and you'll be in a wilderness. Visit in spring for a lovely display of flowers, especially bluebells, and you might find yourself face to face with a fox cub if you're lucky (I did, not sure which of us got more of a fright!). You'll be glad you visited!
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