West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in West Norwood in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “South Metropolitan Cemetery” and “West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Norwood railway station and South London Theatre.
West Norwood railway station
Railway station
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West Norwood railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in West Norwood, South London. It is 7 miles 2 chains measured from London Victoria. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern, and it lies in London fare zone 3. West Norwood railway station is situated 710 feet south of West Norwood Cemetery.
South London Theatre
Theater building
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The South London Theatre is a community theatre housed in a Grade II listed former fire station, in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. South London Theatre is situated 540 feet south of West Norwood Cemetery.
St Luke’s Church, West Norwood
Church
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St Luke's Church in West Norwood is an Anglican church that worships in a Grade II* listed building. It stands on a prominent triangular site at the south end of Norwood Road, where the highway forks to become Knights Hill and Norwood High Street. St Luke’s Church, West Norwood is situated 470 feet southwest of West Norwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Norwood and West Dulwich.
West Norwood
Suburb
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West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surrounded by hillsides on its east, west and south sides.
West Dulwich
Quarter
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West Dulwich is a neighbourhood in South London on the southern boundary of Brockwell Park, which straddles the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark.
Tulse Hill
Suburb
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Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London that sits on Brockwell Park. It is approximately five miles from Charing Cross and is bordered by Brixton, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Streatham and West Norwood.
West Norwood Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Norwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة نوروود الغربية”
- Armenian: “Վեստ Նորվուդի գերեզմանատուն”
- Azerbaijani: “Vest Norvud qəbiristanlığı”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Уэст Норвуд”
- Catalan: “Cementiri de West Norwood”
- Catalan: “Cementiri Metropolità del Sud”
- Chinese: “西諾活墳場”
- Czech: “hřbitov ve West Norwoodu”
- Danish: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Dutch: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière de West Norwood”
- French: “Cimetière de West Norwood”
- German: “Friedhof West Norwood”
- German: “South Metropolitan Cemetery”
- German: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Greek: “Κοιμητήριο του Γουέστ Νόργουντ”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות וסט נורווד”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ノーウッド墓地”
- Japanese: “ウエスト・ノーウッド墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cementèri West Norwood”
- Polish: “Cmentarz West Norwood”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério de West Norwood”
- Portuguese: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Russian: “кладбище Вест Норвуд”
- Slovenian: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Spanish: “cementerio de West Norwood”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de West Norwood”
- Spanish: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Swedish: “West Norwood Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Норвудський цвинтар”
- Welsh: “Mynwent West Norwood, Llundain”
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