West Norwood Cemetery

West Norwood Cemetery
Gothic inner gates to the cemetery, designed by Sir William Tite
Map
Details
Established1837
Location
Norwood Road, West Norwood, London, SE27 9JU
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°25′59″N 0°05′55″W / 51.4330°N 0.0986°W / 51.4330; -0.0986
TypePublic
Owned byLambeth London Borough Council
Size16 hectares (40 acres)
No. of graves42,000+
No. of intermentsaround 200,000
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveWest Norwood Cemetery
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameWest Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Designated1 October 1987
Reference no.1000851
Official nameWest Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Designated1 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.