Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

About

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a forest in london. Established 1841. (Cemetery and nature reserve in London.) According to Wikipedia: "Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a public park, historic deconsecrated cemetery and local nature reserve in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London. It is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' London cemeteries of the Victorian era, built because parish churchyards had become overcrowded. The cemetery opened in 1841 and was formally named the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, although it was commonly known as Bow Cemetery. It closed in 1966 after 350,000 burials. Purchased by the Greater London Council, with the intention of clearing it for a public park, it passed to Tower Hamlets Council in 1986. The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park were formed in 1990 to protect its landscape, historic monuments and biodiversity for the benefit of the public."

Coordinates

51.5230, -0.0273

Established

1841

Official site

fothcp.org

Sources

• osm: w191082121 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)