Introduction
The cemetery is laid out with tarmac roadways and curving paths, the graves set in grass, and numerous conifers such as cypress planted throughout and along edges of paths and roadways.
Location, Area, Boundaries, Landform and Setting
Although now located in Richmond, Borough Cemetery serves the people of Hounslow and is the borough's largest cemetery. It has a modest brick lodge at the entrance, which has brick gate piers and iron gates. The cemetery is laid out with tarmac roadways and curving paths, the graves set in grass, and numerous conifers such as cypress planted throughout and along edges of paths and roadways.
The fence between the cemetery and adjacent Heathfields Recreation Ground is thickly planted with cypress, with shrubbery on the cemetery side, and an avenue of trees on the recreation ground side, which is marked Coronation Avenue. An intermittent line of cypresses is along the end boundary fence to open land. A number of the tombs exhibit a similar design of miniature formal gardens, with entrances and winding paths, possibly the work of a local mason.
A 2011 audit of London Burial Provision reported that Borough Cemetery had 8.9 ha of reserved burial land. However, more recent documents indicate that it has 1.2 ha of reserved burial land.
Borough Cemetery is currently owned and operated by Hounslow Council.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
All cemeteries in the borough are open to the public.
Cemetery grounds are open every day of the year and cemeteries gates are kept open 24 hours a day. For more information visit the information about Cemeteries and Chapels in Hounslow on the Borough of Hounslow website.Directions
Rail: Whitton. Bus: 110, R62.
Owners
London Borough of Hounslow
- Features & Designations
Features
- Path
- Description: tarmac roadways and curving paths
- Lodge
- Description: a modest brick lodge at the entrance
- Gate Piers
- Description: gate piers
- Gates
- Description: iron gates
- Plantation
- Description: with shrubbery on the cemetery side
- Avenue
- Description: Coronation Avenue
- Recreation ground
- Description: Heathfields Recreation Ground
- Key Information
Type
Funerary Site
Purpose
Sacred / Ritual / Funerary
Principal Building
Religious Ritual And Funerary
Survival
Extant
Hectares
4.05
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Hounslow Borough Council. Retrieved (12 March 2019) Hounslow's Cemetery Strategy 2019–2029 (Draft)
- Rugg, J., Pleace, N., Greater London Authority. Retrieved (2 January 2019) An Audit of London Burial Provision
- London Borough of Hounslow (1 January 2019) "Borough Cemetery". Cemeteries
Contributors
London Parks and Gardens Trust