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Members are invited to publicise events on these pages.  Events organised by non members but having appeal to cemetery conservation and heritage supporters will be considered at the discretion of the Secretary. We do not accept commercial advertising.

Weather, health and safety concerns and other issues may cause events etc to be postponed or cancelled and you are advised to contact the local group to confirm any detail nearer to the event. Please note that any guidance on health and safety should be followed and in some cases the ground may be wet, muddy and/or uneven and stout footwear and suitable clothing is essential for outdoor events such as walks. Many cemeteries were laid out in Victorian times and access may be restricted in parts for safety reasons. The closeness in the grave plots, vandalism and undergrowth may make access difficult for persons with mobility or sight problems. Cemetery managers and voluntary groups of Friends may in some cases be able to advise if there are any local facilities to assist disabled visitors such as an individual to guide a visitor [and their escort or helper] but this is best arranged prior to the proposed visit. Some cemeteries ban dogs, others may permit dogs on a lead and if you propose to take a dog please check first with either the cemetery manager or the local friends group. 


Friends of Brompton Cemetery

Volunteers from the Friends of Brompton Cemetery lead public guided tours of the cemetery on Sunday afternoons, and offer private tours by arrangement during the week. The Friends' noticeboards, near the Old Brompton Road and Fulham Road entrances, display current information about tours, events and other items of interest to Friends and other visitors to the cemetery.
 

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Private tours


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by arrangement



June 30

 
 

Open Day 2013

SUNDAY, 21 July 2013
11:00 until 17:00

The Friends of Brompton Cemetery's annual summer Open Day offers a variety of introductory and themed tours, plus a rare opportunity to visit the cemetery's catacombs, as well as many free attractions, with exhibitions in the Chapel, a display of birds of prey, and stalls selling refreshments, crafts, souvenirs and publications from groups including other Friends of London's Magnificent Seven historic cemeteries.

CEMETERY TOURS: Guided tours of the cemetery at 11.30, 12.45, 13.45, 14.30, 15.15, 16.00, each lasting about 70 minutes; suggested donation £5 per tour.

CATACOMB TOURS: Guided tours of one section of the catacombs at half-hour intervals between 11.00 and 17.00, each lasting about 25 minutes; suggested donation £3 per tour.

Thur 22nd Aug - 6.30 for 7pm

ANNUAL DR DEATH LECTURE

The World's Strangest Deaths

Hear how the mighty & the humble have

suffered the most bizarre, embarrassing &

amusing deaths at the hands of fickle fate

Illustrated lecture in Chapel

by Robert Stephenson

£8 to include wine & snacks beforehand
 

Sat 21st & Sun 22nd Sept

OPEN CITY WEEKEND

Chapel will be open 1 - 5pm

Refreshments available

Tours at 2pm both days

020 7351 1689

 






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A winter scene at Cleethorpes Cemetery
image courtesy Roy Saxby
 Image courtesy Ryde Social History Group
Ryde Social History Group
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Friends of Arnos Vale 
 


 
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