Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell

what else to say about a cemetery, its clean and within easy access.

10/10 Lovely soft soil, comes up a treat, would die again.

Such a beautiful place you will get away from the town in this place and you can rest in peace as they say ! can't still imagine why people take care of dead people that much and the living people no one cares for !

A sombre yet serene and peaceful location with a typically aestheticly pleasing stone chapel at the heart.

Amazing place, have you seen Boris?

Very pretty and peacefully tranquil cemetery with some interesting statues and headstones to zoological explorers and psychologists of the victorian era. And a number of commonwealth War graves from both World Wars.
Opened in 1855 as part of St Mary Abbots in North Kensington when their own burial grounds were considered too full and became a health hazard.
To it's Eastern boundary with West Ealing, it still retains it's original boundary stones.
It's grand arched entrance with lodge and central Chapel in Revival Gothic style by architect Thomas Allom are aesthetically pleasing.
Mahoosive cedar trees mark it's perimeter boundary. With oaks, box, pine and yew trees within.

Good place for a walk.

I attended a funeral here for the first time. I noticed how some graves were decorated in a very cute way. It looked well kept and we only found our plot because there were people singing around the grave. I think I heard someone say that over the road was all booked. I either didn't know or had forgotten that there were plots over the road, as I had lived in LBE for a long time, previously. My experience there was very pleasant & uplifting, mainly because of the Gospel songs sung around the grave while their loved one was being buried. This was my first West Indian funeral experience. 😍