Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries

Victorian spaces of architectural, natural and historical intrigue

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Death & Disasters

Brompton Cemetery

A garden cemetery where artists, scientists and a Suffragette lay in peace

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Death & Disasters

Nunhead Cemetery

This Victorian necropolis now teems with wildlife

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Death & Disasters

Tower Hamlets Cemetery

Known locally as Bow Cemetery and the last of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries to be built

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Death & Disasters

West Norwood Cemetery

One of south London’s Magnificent Seven – with a touch of ancient Greece

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Death & Disasters

City of London Cemetery & Crematorium

This Newham cemetery is one of the country’s biggest

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Death & Disasters

Highgate Cemetery

London’s most famous graveyard, where the tomb of Karl Marx attracts fans, critics and the curious

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Death & Disasters

Kensal Green Cemetery

How a prince made this graveyard a desirable resting place for the Victorian dead

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Death & Disasters

Abney Park Cemetery

The only Magnificent Seven cemetery that doubles as a tree garden