| West Norwood Cemetery | |
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.jpg) Gothic inner gates to the cemetery, designed by Sir William Tite | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1837 |
| Location | Norwood Road, West Norwood, London, SE27 9JU |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°25′59″N 0°05′55″W / 51.4330°N 0.0986°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Lambeth London Borough Council |
| Size | 16 hectares (40 acres) |
| No. of graves | 42,000+ |
| No. of interments | around 200,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | West Norwood Cemetery |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Designated | 1 October 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1000851 |
| Official name | West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Designated | 1 October 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1000851 |
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and ecological interest.
Its grounds are a mixture of historic monumental cemetery and modern lawn cemetery, but it also has catacombs, cremation plots and a columbarium for cinerary ashes. The cemetery's crematorium still operates, but all the conventional and cremated remains burial plots have been allocated and hence it is closed to new burials pending further agreement under current burial legislation.