Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Visited May 2012
Kensal Green cemetery in north London is one of the original 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries, and it's my personal favourite. There are a huge number of Egyptian style monuments in this cemeteries, as well as memorials for people as diverse as Royalty (a son of George III is here), tightrope walkers (Charles Blondin) and engineers (Isambard Kingdom Brunel).
Opened in 1833, this cemetery was the first of the Magnificent Seven to open, and is still run by the General Cemetery Company under the original Act of Parliament that set it up almost 200 years ago.
There are wonderfully wild parts of the cemetery, and some which are much more neat (in particular near the crematorium - this area is still in use today). Some parts, such as the Anglican chapel, are shut for restoration work in 2015, but there are still regular tours run by the Friends, and very few people wandering round - visit this place, and I hope you love it as much as I do!
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