Introduction
The cemetery is entered through imposing gates, with brick piers and a substantial lodge; within the cemetery is good planting of horse chestnuts, poplars, cedar. Many of the plots have railed enclosures with extravagant metalwork and fine marble and granite is plentiful.A well-maintained cemetery with plants and paths, it is compared to Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris by Hugh Meller. South of the chapels the planting is minimal to offset a sea of gravestones, while off Tower Road the gates are vandalised and barricaded.
Sources consulted:
Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); C Webb revised ed of P Wolfston 'Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria', Society of Genealogists, 1994; Willesden Past and Present, 4th Edition.
For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BRE037
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Mon-Thurs & Sun: 9am-5pm Summer, 9am-4pm Winter. Friday: 9am-4pm Summer, 9am-3pm Winter
Directions
Tube: Dollis Hill (Jubilee). Bus: 260, 266, 297, 226.
Owners
United Synagogue Burial Society
- Key Information
Type
Funerary Site
Purpose
Sacred / Ritual / Funerary
Principal Building
Religious Ritual And Funerary
Survival
Extant
Hectares
9.3
Open to the public
Yes
- References
Contributors
London Parks and Gardens Trust