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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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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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