There are a number of cemeteries in Greater London. Among them are the Magnificent Seven, seven large Victorian-era cemeteries. There are also a number of crematoria. A number of cemeteries have listed buildings or structures, or have been placed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage. Others have secured Green Heritage Site accreditation or may be on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

"The Magnificent Seven" The Magnificent Seven cemeteries were the first commercial cemeteries constructed around the outskirts of London. They are all of special historical value and are on the English Heritage lists.

Name Date opened London Borough Postal area Area acresGraves (interments) Closed Remarks "Friends" Abney Park Cemetery 1840 London Borough of Hackney N16 32.5(200,000) Yes It became the main burial place of English nonconformists when Bunhill Fields closed Yes Brompton Cemetery 1840 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea SW10 3835,000+ (205,000) No Owned and maintained by The Royal Parks Yes Highgate Cemetery 1839 (East)1854 (West) London Borough of Camden, Haringey and Islington N6 3853,000+ (170,000) No Divided into East and West cemeteries Yes Kensal Green Cemetery 1833 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea W10 7065,000+ (250,000) No Also known as the General Cemetery of All Souls. The oldest of the Magnificent Seven and still in operation. Yes Nunhead Cemetery 1840 London Borough of Southwark SE15 49(270,000) Yes Also known as "Cemetery of all Saints" Yes Tower Hamlets Cemetery 1841 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E3 33(350,000) Yes Also known as Bow Cemetery. Closed in 1966 Yes West Norwood Cemetery 1837 London Borough of Lambeth SE27 39.542,000+ (200,000) CF Originally known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. The first cemetery in the world designed in the Gothic Revival style Yes Abbreviations used in the column closed C = Still used for cremations F = Burial in family plots is still possible

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Jewish cemeteries

There are many Jewish cemeteries in London; they are not included here but some of them are listed at Jewish cemeteries in the London area.

Roman Catholic cemeteries Name Date opened Location Postal area Area acres Closed Notes Website St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery 1858 London Borough of Brent NW10 30 No Next to Kensal Green Cemetery and the West London Crematorium Yes St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery 1861 London Borough of Waltham Forest E11 No –

General cemeteries Name Date opened Location Postal area Area acres Closed Notes WebsiteActon Cemetery1895London Borough of EalingW36.5 or 14.6YesBarking Cemetery1886London Borough of Barking and DagenhamIG1117NoUsually known as Rippleside Cemeteryhttps://www.lbbd.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-nationality/deaths/burials-memorials-and-cemeteries/cemetery-locations Barnes Cemetery 1854 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames SW13 16.5 Yes Also known as Barnes Common Cemetery – Beckenham Cemetery 1876 London Borough of Bromley BR3 42 No Also known as Elmers End or Crystal Palace District Cemetery Yes Bell's Hill Burial Ground 1895 London Borough of Barnet EN5 Yes Also known as Chipping Barnet Cemetery – Borough Cemetery 1942 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW2 No Operated by Hounslow Borough Council – Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries 1858 London Borough of Lewisham SE421.5 + 15.5 No! Originally Deptford and Ladywell cemeteries. Examples of the first wave of Victorian municipal cemeteries. Yes Bromley Hill Cemetery1907London Borough of BromleyBR16.4 Bunhill Fields 1665 London Borough of Islington EC1 Yes Closed in 1854. Yes Camberwell New Cemetery 1927 London Borough of Southwark SE23 80 No Yes Camberwell Old Cemetery 1855 London Borough of Southwark SE22 44 No Yes Charlton Cemetery 1855 Royal Borough of Greenwich SE78 No YesChingford Mount Cemetery1884London Borough of Waltham ForestE441.5No City of London Cemetery 1856 London Borough of Newham E12 200 No! Yes Eastern London Cemetery 2017 London Borough of Havering RM13 No The newest cemetery in London. - East Finchley Cemetery 1854 London Borough of Barnet N240 No! Also known as St Marylebone Cemetery. Space is available but limited Yes East London Cemetery 1872 London Borough of Newham E13 30 No Yes East Sheen Cemetery 1906 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW10 16.5 No Adjacent to Richmond Cemetery Yes Edmonton Cemetery1886London Borough of EnfieldN930.3Fulham Cemetery1865London Borough of Hammersmith and FulhamSW613Also known as Fulham Old Cemetery Greenwich Cemetery 1856 Royal Borough of Greenwich SE9 22.5 No Yes Grove Park Cemetery 1935 London Borough of Lewisham SE12 No Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest. Yes Gunnersbury Cemetery 1929 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea W3 No Also known as Kensington Cemetery Yes Hampstead Cemetery 1876 London Borough of Camden NW6 25 Yes Cremated remains can still be buried Yes Hampton Cemetery 1879 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW12 2.3 No Yes Hanwell Cemetery 1854 London Borough of Ealing W7 23 No Also known as (City of) Westminster Cemetery (not to be confused with the Kensington Hanwell Cemetery). YesHendon Park Cemetery and Crematorium1899London Borough of BarnetNW742NoCrematorium opened 1922Hertford Road Cemetery1880London Borough of EnfieldEN311 Hither Green Cemetery 1873 London Borough of Lewisham SE6 10.8 No Originally began as Lee Cemetery which closed for burial 1878 the remainder of the cemetery is still open for burials Yes Isleworth Cemetery 1879 London Borough of Hounslow TW7 Yes – Kemnal Park Cemetery & Memorial Gardens 2013 London Borough of Bromley BR7 No Yes Kensington Hanwell Cemetery 1855 London Borough of Ealing W7 17 Yes Also known as the Old Kensington Cemetery (not to be confused with the City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell). Yes Lambeth Cemetery 1854 London Borough of Wandsworth (location); London Borough of Lambeth (owner) SW17 41 Yes YesLavender Hill Cemetery1872London Borough of EnfieldEN228London Road Cemetery1877London Borough of BromleyBR14.8Manor Park Cemetery1874London Borough of NewhamE745No Margravine Cemetery 1869 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham W6 16.5 Yes Formerly known as Hammersmith Cemetery; Hammersmith Old Cemetery; Margravine Road Cemetery Yes Mill Hill Cemetery1936London Borough of BarnetNW726NoFormerly known as Paddington New CemeteryYes Mitcham Road Cemetery 1897 London Borough of Croydon CR0 27 No Formerly Croydon Cemetery YesMorden Cemetery1891London Borough of MertonSM4125No Mortlake Cemetery 1926 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location); London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (owner) TW9 31 No Also known as Hammersmith New Cemetery Yes New Southgate Cemetery 1861 London Borough of Enfield N11 84 No Formerly known as Great Northern London Cemetery Yes North Sheen Cemetery 1909 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location); London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (owner) TW9 31 No Also known as Fulham New Cemetery Yes Northwood Cemetery 1915 London Borough of Hillingdon HA6 23 No Yes Paddington Old Cemetery 1855 London Borough of Brent NW6 25 No Yes Plumstead Cemetery1890Royal Borough of GreenwichSE232.6 Putney Old Burial Ground 1763 London Borough of Wandsworth SW15 Yes Upper Richmond Road. Closed 1854. Yes Putney Vale Cemetery 1891 London Borough of Wandsworth SW15 58 No Yes Queen's Road Cemetery 1861 London Borough of Croydon CR0 24 No Yes Richmond Cemetery 1839 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW10 13.1 No Next to East Sheen Cemetery Yes Romford Cemetery 1871 London Borough of Havering RM7 25 No Yes St Mary's Cemetery 1860 London Borough of Wandsworth SW11 8 Yes Formerly Battersea St Mary's Cemetery; Battersea Rise Cemetery Yes St Pancras and Islington Cemetery 1854 London Borough of Barnet N2 99.5 + 77 No Also known as the Islington and St Pancras Cemetery YesSouth Ealing Cemetery1861London Borough of EalingW527YesFormerly Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery. Closed to new burials Southgate Cemetery 1880 London Borough of Enfield N14 No – Strayfield Cemetery2013London Borough of EnfieldEN212Adjacent to Lavender Hill Cemetery Streatham Cemetery 1894 London Borough of Wandsworth (location); London Borough of Lambeth (owner) SW17 23.3 Yes Also known as Garratt Lane Cemetery Yes Teddington Cemetery 1879 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW11 No Typical Victorian cemetery. Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest. Yes Tottenham Cemetery1858London Borough of HaringeyN1756No Trent Park Cemetery 1960 London Borough of Enfield EN4 No Yes Twickenham Cemetery1868London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesTW28No Upminster Cemetery 1902 London Borough of Havering RM14 2 No Yes Vineyard Passage Burial Ground 1790 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames TW10 Yes Yes Wandsworth Cemetery 1878 London Borough of Wandsworth SW18 34.2 No Magdalen Road. Also known as Magdalen Cemetery YesWest Ham Cemetery1857London Borough of NewhamE1520Yes West Ham Jewish Cemetery 1857 London Borough of Newham E15 10 Yes Yes Willesden New Cemetery 1891 London Borough of Brent NW10 26.8 Yes Yes Wimbledon Cemetery1876London Borough of MertonSW1920.5NoAlso known as Gap Road Cemetery Woolwich cemetery 1856 Royal Borough of Greenwich SE18 34.2 No First ('Old') cemetery opened in 1856; new cemetery opened in 1885 Yes

No! = Cemetery is approaching capacity

Other burial grounds Name Notes Huguenot Burial Ground Now a public park and no longer regarded as a cemetery. Part of the Huguenot history of Wandsworth. Moravian Burial Ground Not a traditional cemetery. Royal Hospital Chelsea Burial Ground Part of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Many monuments for Chelsea pensioners. Royal Hospital Greenwich Cemetery Part of the Royal Naval Hospital; in 1847 East Greenwich Pleasaunce was opened as the hospital's graveyard, with remains being disinterred from the original Hospital graveyard in 1875 to allow for railway construction. The graveyard is now a public park. St Paul's Cathedral Burials and memorials are not considered a "regular" cemetery. Westminster Abbey As a Royal Peculiar it is not considered a "regular" cemetery.

Crematoria Name Date opened London Borough Postal area Location Remarks Beckenham Crematorium 1956 London Borough of Bromley Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery Also known as Elmer's End Crematorium & Cemetery City of London Crematorium: New 1971 London Borough of Newham (location); City of London Corporation (owner) City of London Cemetery and Crematorium City of London Crematorium: Old 1904 London Borough of Newham (location); City of London Corporation (owner) City of London Cemetery and Crematorium Superseded 1971. Now only used as a chapel Croydon Crematorium 1937 London Borough of Croydon CR0 Mitcham Road Cemetery Enfield Crematorium1938London Borough of EnfieldEN1London Borough of Enfield Golders Green Crematorium 1902 London Borough of Barnet NW11 London Borough of Barnet Own grounds Honor Oak Crematorium 1939 London Borough of Southwark SE23 Camberwell New Cemetery Hendon Park Crematorium1922London Borough of BarnetNW7Hendon Park Cemetery and CrematoriumMortlake Crematorium 1939 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location) TW9 KewIt is Grade II listed, and was the first crematorium in England to be established under its own Act of Parliament. The crematorium serves the London Borough of Ealing, the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, the London Borough of Hounslow and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. West Norwood Crematorium 1915 London Borough of Lambeth SE27 West Norwood Cemetery

Former cemeteries Many of these cemeteries were former graveyards and carry the name of the church they belonged to.