# List of cemeteries in London

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 acres | Graves (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 | 38 | 35,000+ (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 | 38 | 53,000+ (170,000) | No | Divided into East and West cemeteries | Yes |
| Kensal Green Cemetery | 1833 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | W10 | 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 |
| 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 | 39.5 | 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

### Gallery

* Abney Park Cemetery Main Gate
* Brompton Cemetery Main Gate
* Highgate Cemetery Main Gate
* Nunhead Cemetery Main Gate
* West Norwood Cemetery Main Gate

## 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | | | |
| 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 | SE7 | 8 | No | | Yes |
| Chingford Mount Cemetery | 1884 | London Borough of Waltham Forest | E4 | 41.5 | No | | |
| 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 | N2 | 40 | 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 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 | |
| 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). | 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 | | | |
| 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 | | 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 | | |
| 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 Cemetery | 1936 | London Borough of Barnet | NW7 | 26 | No | Formerly known as Paddington New Cemetery | Yes |
| Mitcham Road Cemetery | 1897 | London Borough of Croydon | CR0 | 27 | No | Formerly Croydon Cemetery | Yes |
| Morden Cemetery | 1891 | London Borough of Merton | SM4 | 125 | No | | |
| 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 Cemetery | 1890 | Royal Borough of Greenwich | SE2 | 32.6 | | | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Yes |
| South Ealing Cemetery | 1861 | London Borough of Ealing | W5 | 27 | Yes | Formerly Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery. Closed to new burials | |
| Southgate Cemetery | 1880 | London Borough of Enfield | N14 | | No | | – |
| Strayfield Cemetery | 2013 | London Borough of Enfield | EN2 | 12 | | Adjacent 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 Cemetery | 1858 | London Borough of Haringey | N17 | 56 | No | | |
| Trent Park Cemetery | 1960 | London Borough of Islington | EN4 | | No | | Yes |
| Twickenham Cemetery | 1868 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | TW2 | 8 | No | | |
| 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 | Yes |
| West Ham Cemetery | 1857 | London Borough of Newham | E15 | 20 | Yes | | |
| 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 Cemetery | 1876 | London Borough of Merton | SW19 | 20.5 | No | Also 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 Crematorium | 1938 | London Borough of Enfield | EN1 | London 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 Crematorium | 1922 | London Borough of Barnet | NW7 | Hendon Park Cemetery and Crematorium | |
| Mortlake Crematorium | 1939 | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (location) | TW9 | Kew | It 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.
| Name of the cemetery | Period in service | Location | Postal area | Remains moved to | M* | Remarks |
| Cross Bones Graveyard | ????–1853 | Redcross Way | SE1 | | M | Also known as the Halloween Graveyard |
| Enon Chapel | 1823–1842 | St. Clement's Lane | WC2 | West Norwood Cemetery | D | Later renamed Clare Market Chapel |
| St Benet Gracechurch | 1181–1868 | Gracechurch Street | EC3M | City of London Cemetery and Crematorium | M | Also known as Grass Church |
| St James' Gardens | 1788–1853 | Euston Station | NW1 2RT | Excavated remains have been moved to multiple locations | D | Grave of Captain Matthew Flinders discovered. |
M*, if a memorial or something similar was erected to commemorate the former burial ground or cemetery
    ? = Unknown
    D = Disappeared
    M = Memorial in the relocation site
    P = Memorial plaque near or on the former site