National Federation of Cemetery Friends

LONDON

Tower Hamlets E3   Southern Grove Mile End
                  Friends of Tower Hamlets Park Cemetery


    website  http://www.towerhamletscemetery.org/

  The disused cemetery of 29 acres is now the largest area of woodland in East London. The cemetery was one of the first of seven to appear around London in the 1830/40's opening as the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery in 1841. It was closed for burials in 1963 and eventually passed into the ownership of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Soanes Centre, an environmental education centre is based there. The Friends were formed in 1990 and work mainly on the environmental side in close co-operation with the East London History Society who handle genealogical and historical research matters.