Warriston Cemetery is a cemetery in Edinburgh. It lies in Warriston, one of the northern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built by the then newly-formed Edinburgh Cemetery Company, and occupies around 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land on a slightly sloping site. It contains many tens of thousands of graves, including notable Victorian and Edwardian figures, the most eminent being the physician Sir James Young Simpson.
It is located on the north side of the Water of Leith, and has an impressive landscape; partly planned, partly unplanned due to recent neglect. It lies in the Inverleith Conservation Area and is also a designated Local Nature Conservation Site.[1] The cemetery is protected as a Category A listed building.[2]
In July 2013 the Friends of Warriston Cemetery was inaugurated to reveal the heritage and to encourage appropriate biodiversity.
The address of the cemetery is 40C Warriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 5NE.
- ^ Edinburgh City Local Plan, Jan 2010
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Warriston Road, Warriston Cemetery, with all monuments, catacombs, bridge, boundary walls, gates and gatepiers (Category A Listed Building) (LB27937)". Retrieved 18 March 2019.