Abney Park Cemetery
Abney Park Cemetery
4.5
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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David C
London, UK14 contributions
Jun 2022
This afternoon I enjoyed Sam Perrin's excellent highlights tour of Abney Park Cemetery. Sam's approachable style was also informative as she gave us a good look around the cemetery itself, showing us developments past and present.
Of course there were also the stories of some of the 'residents'. Sam drew us some excellent pen portraits of these characters, as well as setting them in their contexts. Using pictures, quotes and comparisons, she brought us the stories of characters such as Margaret Graham, a pioneer of flight, and Frank Bostock, the humane circus owner.
The Cemetery itself is beautiful, and clearly popular with the community. Many dogs and children - with accompanying adults - came through. It deserves to be visited often, to explore its nature and its stonework. But it needs financial support, so please also consider whether you can spare anything to keep this wonderful place going.
Of course there were also the stories of some of the 'residents'. Sam drew us some excellent pen portraits of these characters, as well as setting them in their contexts. Using pictures, quotes and comparisons, she brought us the stories of characters such as Margaret Graham, a pioneer of flight, and Frank Bostock, the humane circus owner.
The Cemetery itself is beautiful, and clearly popular with the community. Many dogs and children - with accompanying adults - came through. It deserves to be visited often, to explore its nature and its stonework. But it needs financial support, so please also consider whether you can spare anything to keep this wonderful place going.
Written June 5, 2022
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What a lovely review, thank you so much David. Please do come back for our other tours and events, we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Written July 4, 2022
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Shaka479
Leamington Spa, UK46 contributions
Jan 2020
Had a lovely walk on a crispy January winters day. It was serene, peaceful and gave us a chance to see some lovely stones. It's so quiet, you'd never say its in the heart of Stoke Newington! Will go back in the summer again.
Written January 19, 2020
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Sharon H
26 contributions
Jul 2018 • Solo
Loved this cemetery, very sentimental! Found an old tin from my dads office and found an old piece of paper with a grave stone number .. tracked it down and found their plot in Abney! I cried and now visit cemetery every year with flowers! My uncle George died being hit by trolly his getting stocking for my auntie Rosie (his sister) young boy and the older gentleman was my grandad, never met him. He died of a heart attack in an old back street Islington cafe aged 47!! I’m now 53 his granddaughter Sharon Higgon. I donate money every year to keep theirs and everyone’s else memories going! 🙏💕
Written July 3, 2018
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therustykey
London, UK6 contributions
May 2015 • Solo
Very disappointed to find out that this beautiful place is actually a dangerous and unsafe area. Lots of homeless, weird and dangerous people. The Trust might want to take measures to improve the safety of such a precious site. Wouldn't recommend to go in there alone.
Written May 26, 2015
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VivaMiVida
London, UK203 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
And when I say scary I don't means because it's a graveyard. It's a fascinating place with wonderful gothic architecture and a derelict church at the centre. I would not recommend going in alone as there are plenty of drunks in the bushes. I hope they can make it a safer place for the community to enjoy soon as it's really an asset to Stokie.
Written August 3, 2015
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Colin P
Chelmsford, UK229 contributions
Apr 2015 • Family
I have a lot of relatives buried at Abney Park, including my Father, it is really sad that it is so overgrown, especially as there are so many graves that have family mourners still visiting, like my Fathers I really appreciate the work that the Abney Park trust undertake, including the undergrowth clearance if you want it for a fee, but struggling to a grave only 3 lines back from the path is very difficult.
Unfortunately my Mother is now refusing to come to the Cemetery to visit my Fathers grave, due to the amount of men having sex openly with each other! For Gods sake it's a Cemetery, what enters these men's minds to do this in such a place, have some respect, and go somewhere else! I personally would love to see the Police in here arresting these people, it's disgusting especially when I had my young daughter with me....
Unfortunately my Mother is now refusing to come to the Cemetery to visit my Fathers grave, due to the amount of men having sex openly with each other! For Gods sake it's a Cemetery, what enters these men's minds to do this in such a place, have some respect, and go somewhere else! I personally would love to see the Police in here arresting these people, it's disgusting especially when I had my young daughter with me....
Written April 19, 2015
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Figarogir1
Shoeburyness, UK333 contributions
Jan 2015 • Family
When my teenager suggested we travel over an hour to go for a walk around a graveyard I have to admit I was reluctant but this is no ordinary cemetery! It isn't easy to find but once you enter the gates you are inside an overgrown nature reserve full of interesting gravestones in various states of disrepair. It was set up as a non denominational cemetery and arboretum and is maintained in order to encourage wildlife and plants. We all took our cameras and spent 2 hours walking slowly around taking "gothic" photos and reading about the lives of those buried there.
It was a great afternoon out for all of us to spend time together without spending a fortune. We then went and got lunch in one of them many lovely independent cafes on Church Street.
We visited on a Sunday so parking was available in the side roads but these are for permit holders only during the week and on Saturdays and parking may then be a problem.
It was a great afternoon out for all of us to spend time together without spending a fortune. We then went and got lunch in one of them many lovely independent cafes on Church Street.
We visited on a Sunday so parking was available in the side roads but these are for permit holders only during the week and on Saturdays and parking may then be a problem.
Written January 4, 2015
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Rachel R
London, UK401 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
Took the dog for a walk here with my partner and my brother. Beautiful gothic graveyard with a stunning church in the middle (the spire of which has been lovingly replaced after a fire some years ago). The sound of traffic disappears and you really feel as though you’re in countryside. A great place to walk around for an hour and restore some calm back into your life. Henry Booth is buried here.
Written October 23, 2018
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Angela C
London, UK547 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
It might seem rather strange to be recommending a trip to a cemetery, but Abney Park is classed as one of the ' Magnificent Seven' garden cemeteries in London. It is definitely worth a visit if you are in the Stoke Newington area, because it is a lovely 31 acres of mature trees and woodland.
It was laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr Isaac Watts and combined an arboretum with a cemetery. There are about 2,500 trees and shrubs arranged around the perimeter alphabetically from A ( Acer) to Z ( Zanthoxylum).
Every turn reveals a different landscape!
Burials only continued here until 2000 and the park was placed on the Heritage at Risk Register in 2009. The central chapel is now disused but there is a visitor 's centre.
William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, are buries here close to Church Street.
The cemetery is open to the public for free from about 8am until 8pm in the summer.
The easiest way to get here from central London is on the 73 bus.
It was laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr Isaac Watts and combined an arboretum with a cemetery. There are about 2,500 trees and shrubs arranged around the perimeter alphabetically from A ( Acer) to Z ( Zanthoxylum).
Every turn reveals a different landscape!
Burials only continued here until 2000 and the park was placed on the Heritage at Risk Register in 2009. The central chapel is now disused but there is a visitor 's centre.
William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, are buries here close to Church Street.
The cemetery is open to the public for free from about 8am until 8pm in the summer.
The easiest way to get here from central London is on the 73 bus.
Written July 1, 2018
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Colin P
Chelmsford, UK229 contributions
Nov 2016 • Family
Sorry I am not a dog walker or pleasure visitor to Abney Park, I am a relative of someone who is buried here, and I am disgusted at the state and ongoing neglect of this Cemetery by the so called 'Trust', on my last visit in November I was shocked to find that a tree had fallen across a number of headstones, including my Fathers, to my disgust no one had made any attempt to remove the broken tree, therefore I was forced to get some tools and try and remove the tree so that my Daughters and I had to spend a number of hours removing the obstacle to get to the headstone which is now damaged, we were forced to dump the large amount of wood, and part of the trunk on the internal road, in particularly opposite William Booths grave near where my Father is laid to rest, near to Stoke Newington Church Street.
What I do not understand is that whilst I understand the nature reserve bit about the Trust, what I believe is that the Trust take no care of those areas where recent graves are, my Father was buried in 1963, but near to my Fathers grave there are graves from the 1980's and 1990's which are becoming increasingly overgrown with brambles and other aggressive plants, leaving relatives to fight this growth unsuccessfully, and these graves are clearly still being visited, I think it's a disgrace that the once grand Abney Park is allowed to decay in such a manner. This is my second review.
What I do not understand is that whilst I understand the nature reserve bit about the Trust, what I believe is that the Trust take no care of those areas where recent graves are, my Father was buried in 1963, but near to my Fathers grave there are graves from the 1980's and 1990's which are becoming increasingly overgrown with brambles and other aggressive plants, leaving relatives to fight this growth unsuccessfully, and these graves are clearly still being visited, I think it's a disgrace that the once grand Abney Park is allowed to decay in such a manner. This is my second review.
Written January 18, 2017
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Colin P
Chelmsford, UK229 contributions
Does anyone know if the Police are patrolling Abney Park now? as I visited recently to see my Dads grave and noticed the men having sex openly and reported this to a Policeman in a car in Church Street, but suspect the Police haven't been near or by?
You need to contact the council, Abney Park etc directly.
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