List of cemeteries in London

Tombs at Brompton Cemetery, one of seven large cemeteries established in London in the 1830s and 1840s

There are a number of cemeteries in Greater London. Among them are the Magnificent Seven, seven large Victorian-era cemeteries. There are also a number of crematoria. A number of cemeteries have listed buildings or structures, or has been placed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage. Others have secured Green Heritage Site accreditation or may be on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

'The Magnificent Seven'

The Magnificent Seven cemeteries were the first commercial cemeteries constructed around the outskirts of London. They are all of special historical value and are on the English Heritage lists.

Name	Date opened	London Borough	Postal area	Closed	Remarks	"Friends"
Abney Park Cemetery	1840	London Borough of Hackney	N16	Yes	It became the main burial place of English nonconformists when Bunhill Fields closed	Yes
Brompton Cemetery	1840	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	SW10	Yes	Owned and maintained by the Royal Park Service	Yes
Highgate Cemetery	1839 (East) 1854 (West)	London Borough of Camden, Haringey and Islington	N6		Divided into East and West cemeteries	Yes
Kensal Green Cemetery	1833	London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	W10		Also known as the General Cemetery of All Souls. The oldest of the Magnificent Seven and still in operation.	Yes
Nunhead Cemetery	1840	London Borough of Southwark	SE15	Yes	Also known as "Cemetery of all Saints"	Yes
Tower Hamlets Cemetery	1841	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	E3	Yes	Also known as Bow Cemetery. Closed in 1966	Yes
West Norwood Cemetery	1837	London Borough of Lambeth	SE27	CF	Originally known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. The first cemetery in the world to use the Gothic style.	Yes

Abbreviations used in the column closed

C = Still used for cremations

F = Burial in family plots is still possible

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General cemeteries

Name	Date opened	Location	Postal area	Closed	Notes	Website
Barnes Cemetery	1854	London Borough of Richmond	SW13	Yes	Also known as Barnes Common Cemetery	-
Beckenham Cemetery	1877	London Borough of Bromley	BR3	Yes	Also known as Elmers End or Crystal Palace District Cemetery	-
Bell's Hill Burial Ground	1895	London Borough of Barnet	EN5	Yes	Also known as Chipping Barnet Cemetery	-
Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries	1858	London Borough of Lewisham	SE4	No^!	Originally Deptford and Ladywell cemeteries. Examples of the first wave of Victorian municipal cemeteries.	Yes
Brookwood Cemetery	1852	Brookwood, Woking, Surrey	GU24	No	The London Necropolis	Yes
Bunhill Fields	1665	London Borough of Islington	EC1	Yes	Closed in 1854.	-
Camberwell New Cemetery	1927	London Borough of Southwark	SE22	No		Yes
Camberwell Old Cemetery	1855	London Borough of Southwark	SE22	No		Yes
Charlton Cemetery	1855	Royal Borough of Greenwich	SE7	No		-
City of London Cemetery	1856	London Borough of Newham	E12	No^!		-
East Finchley Cemetery	1854	London Borough of Barnet	N2	No^!	Also known as St Marylebone Cemetery. Space is available but limited	-
East London Cemetery	1872	London Borough of Newham	E13	No		-
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery	1895	London Borough of Barnet	NW11	Yes	Also known as Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery	-
Great Northern Cemetery	1861	London Borough of Enfield	N11	No	Now known as New Southgate Cemetery	Yes
Grove Park Cemetery	1935	London Borough of Lewisham	SE12	No	Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest.	-
Gunnersbury Cemetery	1929	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	W3	No	Also known as Kensington Cemetery	Yes
Hampstead Cemetery	1876	London Borough of Camden	NW6	Yes	Cremated remains can still be buried	Yes
Hanwell Cemetery	1854	London Borough of Ealing	W7	No	Also known as (City of) Westminster Cemetery (not to be confused with the Kensington Hanwell Cemetery).	-
Hither Green Cemetery	1873	London Borough of Lewisham	SE6	No	Originally began as Lee Cemetery which closed for burial 1878 the remainder of the cemetery is still open for burials	Yes
Isleworth Cemetery	1879	London Borough of Hounslow	TW7	Yes		-
Kemnal Park Cemetery & Memorial Gardens	2013	London Borough of Bromley	BR7	No		Yes
Kensington Hanwell Cemetery	1855	London Borough of Ealing	W7	Yes	Also known as the Old Kensington Cemetery (not to be confused with the City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell).	Yes
Lambeth Cemetery	1854	London Borough of Wandsworth	SW17	Yes		-
Margravine Cemetery	1869	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	W6	Yes	Formerly known as Hammersmith Cemetery; Hammersmith Old Cemetery; Margravine Road Cemetery	Yes
Mitcham Road Cemetery	1897	London Borough of Croydon	CR0	No	Formerly Croydon Cemetery	Yes
Paddington Old Cemetery	1855	London Borough of Brent	NW6	No		Yes
Putney Old Burial Ground	1763	London Borough of Wandsworth	SW15	Yes	Upper Richmond Road. Closed 1854.	-
Putney Vale Cemetery	1891	London Borough of Wandsworth	SW15	No		-
Queen's Road Cemetery	1861	London Borough of Croydon	CR0	No		Yes
Richmond Cemetery	1839	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	TW10	No	Next to East Sheen Cemetery	Yes
St Mary's Cemetery	1860	London Borough of Wandsworth	SW11	Yes	Formerly Battersea St Mary's Cemetery; Battersea Rise Cemetery	Yes
St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery	1858	London Borough of Brent	NW10	No	Next to Kensal Green Cemetery and the West London Crematorium	-
St Pancras and Islington Cemetery	1854	London Borough of Barnet	N2	No	Also known as the Islington and St Pancras Cemetery	-
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery	1861	London Borough of Waltham Forest	E11	No		-
Southgate Cemetery	1880	London Borough of Enfield	N14	No		-
Teddington Cemetery	1879	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	TW11	No	Typical Victorian cemetery. Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest.	Yes
Trent Park Cemetery	1960	London Borough of Islington	EN4	No		Yes
West Ham Jewish Cemetery	1857	London Borough of Newham	E15	Yes		-
Willesden Jewish Cemetery	1873	London Borough of Brent	NW10	Yes	F	-

No^! = Cemetery is approaching capacity

Other burial grounds

Name	Notes
Huguenot Burial Ground	Now a public park and no longer regarded as a cemetery. Part of the Huguenot history of Wandsworth.
Moravian Burial Ground	Not a traditional cemetery.
Royal Burial Ground	Located at Frogmore, not considered a "regular" cemetery (and strictly speaking not in London).
Royal Hospital Chelsea Burial Ground	Part of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Many monuments for Chelsea pensioners.
Royal Hospital Greenwich Cemetery	Part of the Royal Naval Hospital; in 1847 East Greenwich Pleasaunce was opened as the Hospital's graveyard, with remains being disinterred from the original Hospital graveyard in 1875 to allow for railway construction. The graveyard is now a public park.
St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle	As a Royal Peculiar it is not considered a "regular" cemetery (and strictly speaking is not in London).
St Paul's Cathedral	Burials and memorials are not considered a "regular" cemetery.
Westminster Abbey	As a Royal Peculiar it is not considered a "regular" cemetery.

Crematoria

Name	Date opened	London Borough	Postal area	Location	Remarks
Beckenham Crematorium	1956	tbc		Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery	Also known as Elmer's End Crematorium & Cemetery.
City of London Crematorium: New	1971			City of London Cemetery and Crematorium
City of London Crematorium: Old	1904			City of London Cemetery and Crematorium	Superseded 1971. Now only used as a chapel
Croydon Crematorium	1937	London Borough of Croydon	CR0	Mitcham Road Cemetery
Golders Green Crematorium	1902	London Borough of Barnet	NW11	Own grounds
Honor Oak Crematorium	1939	London Borough of Southwark	SE23	Camberwell New Cemetery
West Norwood Crematorium	1915	London Borough of Lambeth	SE27	West Norwood Cemetery

Former cemeteries

Many of these cemeteries were former graveyards and carry the name of the church they belonged to.

Name of the cemetery	Period in service	Location	Postal area	Remains moved to	M*	Remarks
Cross Bones Graveyard	????-1853	Redcross Way	SE1		M	Also known as the Halloween Graveyard
Enon Chapel	1823-1842	St. Clement's Lane	WC2	West Norwood Cemetery	?	Later renamed Clare Market Chapel
St Benet Gracechurch	1181-1868	Gracechurch Street	EC3M	City of London Cemetery and Crematorium	M	Also known as Grass Church

M*, if a memorial or something similar was erected to commemorate the former burial ground or cemetery

? = Unknown

D = Disappeared

M = Memorial in the relocation site

P = Memorial plaque near or on the former site

External links

London Cemeteries on the TimeTravelBritain website, written by Catherine Richards and photographs by Sue Bailey
Paul Talling's website, showing the dereliction of cemeteries in London
Jewish Cemeteries in London on the IAJGS website
Silent Cities Cemetery photography by Jeane Trend-Hill, showing the cemeteries of London

Cemeteries in London

Cemeteries	Beckenham Bell's Hill Burial Ground Brockley and Ladywell Brookwood Bunhill Fields Charlton City of London Croydon East Finchley East London Golders Green Jewish Great Northern Gunnersbury Hampstead Hanwell (Kensington's) Hanwell (Westminster's) Hither Green Isleworth Lambeth New Southgate Paddington Putney Vale Queen's Road Richmond St Mary's Roman Catholic St Pancras and Islington Southgate Trent Park West Ham Jewish Willesden Jewish

The Magnificent Seven	Abney Park Brompton Highgate East and West Kensal Green Nunhead Tower Hamlets West Norwood

Former cemeteries	All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Lombard Street All Hallows Staining Cross Bones East Greenwich Pleasaunce Enon Chapel Holy Trinity the Less Holy Trinity, Minories Quaker Gardens St Alban, Wood Street St Alphage London Wall St Andrew St Antholin St Botolph's Aldgate St Dionis Backchurch St Matthew Friday Street St Helen's Bishopsgate St James Duke's Place St John the Evangelist St John Zachary St Katherine St Leonard, Eastcheap St Martin Outwich St Martin Pomary St Martin Vintry St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Colechurch St Mary Magdalen St Mary Somerset St Mary Woolchurch Haw St Mary Woolnoth St Michael Queenhithe St Michael, Cornhill St Mildred, Poultry St Olave St Peter le Poer St Peter, Paul's Wharf St Sepulchre

Crematoria	City of London Croydon Golders Green West London West Norwood

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