West Norwood Cemetery, London

Name: West Norwood Cemetery
Address: Norwood Rd, London, SE27 9JU, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 8670 5456

#550 among attractions in London

Gothic Revival architecture, Cemetery

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Facts and practical information

West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and ecological interest. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1837 (187 years ago)Graves: 42 thous.Coordinates: 51°25'58"N, 0°5'53"W

Address

Norwood RdLambeth (West Norwood)London SE27 9JU United Kingdom

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+44 20 8670 5456

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Day trips

West Norwood Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Brockwell Park, Streatham Common, Norwood Grove.

1.1 miNE
Museum, Art museum, Georgian architecture
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
27 min walk • Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London, which opened to the public in 1817. It was designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane using an innovative and influential method of illumination. Dulwich is the oldest public art gallery in England and was made an independent charitable trust in 1994.
1.3 miN
Park
Brockwell Park, London
33 min walk • Brockwell Park is a 50.8 hectare park located south of Brixton, in Herne Hill and Tulse Hill in south London. It is bordered by the roads Brixton Water Lane, Norwood Road, Tulse Hill and Dulwich Road.
1.2 miSW
Park
Streatham Common, London
32 min walk • Streatham Common is a large open space on the southern edge of Streatham in the London Borough of Lambeth. The shallow sloping lower half of the common is mostly mowed grass, and the upper half is mostly woodland with some small areas of gorse scrub and acid grassland.
1.2 miSW
Park
Norwood Grove, London
30 min walk • Norwood Grove is an ornamental urban park in the northern extent of the London Borough of Croydon, by whom it is managed, although the most westerly part lies within the London Borough of Lambeth.
1.2 miNE
Park
Dulwich Park, London
32 min walk • Dulwich Park is a 30.85-hectare public park in Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark, south London, England. The park was created by the Metropolitan Board of Works from former farmland and meadows.
0.8 miNE
Park
Belair Park, London
21 min walk • Belair Park is a park located in the West Dulwich part of the London Borough of Southwark, southeast London, England. The park grounds once belonged to Belair House, a country villa built in Adam style that is now a Grade II listed building.
1.1 miSE
Park
Dulwich Upper Wood, London
28 min walk • Dulwich Upper Wood is a 2.4 hectare local nature reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Crystal Palace in the London Borough of Southwark. It is owned by Southwark Council and managed by the Trust for Urban Ecology.
1.1 miNE
Park
College of God's Gift, London
28 min walk • The College of God's Gift, often referred to as the Old College, was a historic charity founded in 1619 by the Elizabethan actor and businessman Edward Alleyn who endowed it with the ancient Manor of Dulwich in south London. In 1857 it was renamed as Alleyn's College of God's Gift.
0.8 miN
Botanical garden
South London Botanical Institute, London
21 min walk • The South London Botanical Institute is an institution for the popularization of botany. It was founded in 1910 by Allan Octavian Hume, a former civil servant for the British Raj in India.
1.3 miSE
Hill
Norwood Ridge, London
32 min walk • The Norwood Ridge is a 10-square-mile rectangular upland which occupies the geographical centre of south London, centred 5 miles south of London Bridge.
1.3 miNE
Neighbourhood
London Borough of Southwark, London
35 min walk • The London Borough of Southwark in south London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets.