Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery (East) (c. 2010)
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Established1839; 185 years ago (1839)
Location
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°34′01″N 0°08′49″W / 51.567°N 0.147°W / 51.567; -0.147
Owned byFriends of Highgate Cemetery Trust
Size15 hectares (37 acres)
No. of graves53,000+
No. of interments170,000
Websitewww.highgatecemetery.org
Find a GraveEast, West

Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary.[1] There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides.[2] Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as well as for its de facto status as a nature reserve. The Cemetery is designated Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]

  1. ^ "Now More Than Ever, London Needs a 'Death Pyramid'". Bloomberg News. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2023. Why the city should revive a 19th-century plan for an uptown necropolis, population 5 million.
  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Highgate Cemetery. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Highgate Cemetery (1000810)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2017.