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 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 acres[1] | Graves (interments) | Closed | Remarks | "Friends" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 | 32.5 | (200,000) | Yes | It became the main burial place of English nonconformists when Bunhill Fields closed | Yes | |||
| 1840 | 38 | 35,000+ (205,000) | No | Yes | ||||
| 1839 (East) 1854 (West) | 38 | 53,000+ (170,000) | No | Divided into East and West cemeteries | Yes | |||
| 1833 | 70 | 65,000+ (250,000) | No | Also known as the General Cemetery of All Souls. The oldest of the Magnificent Seven and still in operation. | Yes | |||
| 1840 | 49 | (270,000) | Yes | Also known as "Cemetery of all Saints" | Yes | |||
| 1841 | 33 | (350,000) | Yes | Also known as Bow Cemetery. Closed in 1966 | Yes | |||
| 1837 | 39.5 | 42,000+ (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
See main article: Jewish cemeteries in the London area. 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.
| Name | Date opened | Location | Postal area | Area acres | Closed | Notes | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1858 | 30 | No | Next to Kensal Green Cemetery and the West London Crematorium | Yes | |||
| 1861 | No | – | |||||
| Name | Date opened | Location | Postal area | Area acres | Closed | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Cemetery | 1895 | London Borough of Ealing | W3 | 6.5 or 14.6 | Yes | |||
| Barking Cemetery | 1886 | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | IG11 | 17 | No | Also known as Rippleside Cemetery | ||
| 1854 | 16.5 | Yes | Also known as Barnes Common Cemetery | – | ||||
| 1876 | 42 | No | Also known as Elmers End or Crystal Palace District Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| 1895 | Yes | Also known as Chipping Barnet Cemetery | – | |||||
| 1942 | No | Operated by Hounslow Borough Council | – | |||||
| 1858 | SE4 | 21.5 + 15.5 | No | Originally Deptford and Ladywell cemeteries. Examples of the first wave of Victorian municipal cemeteries. | Yes | |||
| Bromley Hill Cemetery | 1907 | London Borough of Bromley | BR1 | 6.4 | ||||
| 1665 | Yes | Closed in 1854. | Yes | |||||
| 1927 | 80 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1855 | 44 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1855 | SE7 | 8 | No | Yes | ||||
| Chingford Mount Cemetery | 1884 | London Borough of Waltham Forest | E4 | 41.5 | No | |||
| 1856 | 200 | No | Yes | |||||
| 2017 | No | The newest cemetery in London. | - | |||||
| 1854 | N2 | 40 | No | Also known as St Marylebone Cemetery. Space is available but limited | Yes | |||
| 1872 | 30 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1906 | 16.5 | No | Adjacent to Richmond Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| Edmonton Cemetery | 1886 | London Borough of Enfield | N9 | 30.3 | ||||
| Fulham Cemetery | 1865 | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | SW6 | 13 | Also known as Fulham Old Cemetery | |||
| 1856 | 22.5 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1935 | No | Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest. | Yes | |||||
| 1929 | No | Also known as Kensington Cemetery | Yes | |||||
| 1876 | 25 | Yes | Cremated remains can still be buried | Yes | ||||
| 1879 | 2.3 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1854 | 23 | No | Also known as (City of) Westminster Cemetery (not to be confused with the Kensington Hanwell Cemetery). | Yes | ||||
| Hendon Park Cemetery and Crematorium | 1899 | London Borough of Barnet | NW7 | 42 | No | Crematorium opened 1922 | ||
| Hertford Road Cemetery | 1880 | London Borough of Enfield | EN3 | 11 | ||||
| 1873 | 10.8 | No | Originally began as Lee Cemetery which closed for burial 1878 the remainder of the cemetery is still open for burials | Yes | ||||
| 1879 | Yes | – | ||||||
| 2013 | No | Yes | ||||||
| 1855 | 17 | Yes | Also known as the Old Kensington Cemetery (not to be confused with the City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell). | Yes | ||||
| 1854 | London Borough of Wandsworth (location); London Borough of Lambeth (owner) | 41 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Lavender Hill Cemetery | 1872 | London Borough of Enfield | EN2 | 28 | ||||
| London Road Cemetery | 1877 | London Borough of Bromley | BR1 | 4.8 | ||||
| Manor Park Cemetery | 1874 | London Borough of Newham | E7 | 45 | No | |||
| 1869 | 16.5 | Yes | Formerly known as Hammersmith Cemetery; Hammersmith Old Cemetery; Margravine Road Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| Mill Hill Cemetery | 1936 | London Borough of Barnet | NW7 | 26 | No | Formerly known as Paddington New Cemetery | Yes | |
| 1897 | 27 | No | Formerly Croydon Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| Morden Cemetery | 1891 | London Borough of Merton | SM4 | 125 | No | |||
| 1926 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location); London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (owner) | 31 | No | Also known as Hammersmith New Cemetery | Yes | |||
| 1861 | 84 | No | Formerly known as Great Northern London Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| 1909 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location); London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (owner) | 31 | No | Also known as Fulham New Cemetery | Yes | |||
| 1915 | 23 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1855 | 25 | No | Yes | |||||
| Plumstead Cemetery | 1890 | Royal Borough of Greenwich | SE2 | 32.6 | ||||
| 1763 | Yes | Upper Richmond Road. Closed 1854. | Yes | |||||
| 1891 | 58 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1861 | 24 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1839 | 13.1 | No | Next to East Sheen Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| 1860 | 8 | Yes | Formerly Battersea St Mary's Cemetery; Battersea Rise Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| 1854 | 99.5 + 77 | No | Also known as the Islington and St Pancras Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| South Ealing Cemetery | 1861 | London Borough of Ealing | W5 | 27 | Yes | Formerly Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery. Closed to new burials | ||
| 1880 | No | – | ||||||
| Strayfield Cemetery | 2013 | London Borough of Enfield | EN2 | 12 | Adjacent to Lavender Hill Cemetery | |||
| 1894 | London Borough of Wandsworth (location); London Borough of Lambeth (owner) | 23.3 | Yes | Also known as Garratt Lane Cemetery | Yes | |||
| 1879 | No | Typical Victorian cemetery. Listed by English Heritage as a landscape of special historic interest. | Yes | |||||
| Tottenham Cemetery | 1858 | London Borough of Haringey | N17 | 56 | No | |||
| 1960 | No | Yes | ||||||
| Twickenham Cemetery | 1868 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | TW2 | 8 | No | |||
| 1902 | 2 | No | Yes | |||||
| 1790 | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| 1878 | 34.2 | No | Magdalen Road. Also known as Magdalen Cemetery | Yes | ||||
| West Ham Cemetery | 1857 | London Borough of Newham | E15 | 20 | Yes | |||
| 1857 | 10 | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 1891 | 26.8 | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Wimbledon Cemetery | 1876 | London Borough of Merton | SW19 | 20.5 | No | Also known as Gap Road Cemetery | ||
| 1856 | 34.2 | No | First ('Old') cemetery opened in 1856; new cemetery opened in 1885 | Yes |
No! = Cemetery is approaching capacity
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Now a public park and no longer regarded as a cemetery. Part of the Huguenot history of Wandsworth. | |
| Not a traditional cemetery. | |
| Royal Hospital Chelsea Burial Ground | Part of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Many monuments for Chelsea pensioners. |
| 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. | |
| Burials and memorials are not considered a "regular" cemetery. | |
| As a Royal Peculiar it is not considered a "regular" cemetery. | |
| Name | Date opened | London Borough | Postal area | Location | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckenham Crematorium | 1956 | Postal area --> | Also known as Elmer's End Crematorium & Cemetery | |||
| City of London Crematorium: New | 1971 | London Borough of Newham (location); City of London Corporation (owner) | Postal area --> | |||
| City of London Crematorium: Old | 1904 | London Borough of Newham (location); City of London Corporation (owner) | Superseded 1971. Now only used as a chapel | |||
| Croydon Crematorium | 1937 | |||||
| Enfield Crematorium | 1938 | London Borough of Enfield | EN1 | London Borough of Enfield | ||
| 1902 | Own grounds | |||||
| Honor Oak Crematorium | 1939 | |||||
| Hendon Park Crematorium | 1922 | London Borough of Barnet | NW7 | Hendon Park Cemetery and Crematorium | ||
| 1939 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location) | Kew | It is Grade II listed, and was the first crematorium in England to be established under its own Act of Parliament.[2] 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 | |||||
Many of these cemeteries were former graveyards and carry the name of the church they belonged to.
| Name of the cemetery | Period in service | Location | Postal area | Remains moved to | M* | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ????–1853 | Redcross Way | M | Also known as the Halloween Graveyard | |||
| 1823–1842 | St. Clement's Lane | D | Later renamed Clare Market Chapel | |||
| 1181–1868 | M | Also known as Grass Church | ||||
| St James' Gardens[3] | 1788–1853 | D | Grave of Captain Matthew Flinders discovered.[4] | |||
? = Unknown
D = Disappeared
M = Memorial in the relocation site
P = Memorial plaque near or on the former site