Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in , England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: place of burial in north London, England, UK
  • Also known as: Highgate Cemetery East” and “Highgate Cemetery West

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waterlow Park and Lauderdale House.

Park
is a 26-acre park in the southeast of Highgate Village, in . It was given to the public by Sir Sydney Waterlow, as "a garden for the gardenless" in 1889. It is located to the west of Swain's Lane. is situated 610 feet east of Highgate Cemetery.

is an historic house, now run as an arts and education centre, based in , in north , . is situated 970 feet east of Highgate Cemetery.

Park
is a garden square and village green in , London. Located close to Highgate High Street and it is today in the . is situated 810 feet northwest of Highgate Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highgate and Holly Lodge Estate.

Suburb
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
is a suburban area of north in the , and . The area is at the north-eastern corner of , 4.5 miles north-northwest of .

Neighborhood
The is a housing estate in , .

Neighborhood
The , also known as Highgate New Town, is a housing estate in the , North London, . It was designed in a modernist style by Peter Tábori and Ken Adie for Camden Council's Architects Department.

Highgate Cemetery

Latitude
51.56863° or 51° 34′ 7″ north
Longitude
-0.14754° or 0° 8′ 51″ west
Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)
Open location code
9C3XHV92+FX
Geo­Names ID
10174599
Wiki­data ID
Q533697
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Highgate Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Highgate-begraafplaas
  • Arabic: مقبرة هايغيت
  • Armenian: Հայգեյթ գերեզմանատուն
  • Azerbaijani: Haygeyt qəbiristanlığı
  • Azerbaijani: Hayqet qəbiristanlığı
  • Belarusian: Гайгейцкія могілкі
  • Belarusian: Хайгейцкія могілкі
  • Bengali: হাইগেট কবরস্থান পশ্চিম
  • Bengali: হাইগেট কবরস্থান পূর্ব
  • Bengali: হাইগেট কবরস্থান
  • Breton: bered Highgate
  • Breton: Bered Highgate
  • Catalan: Cementiri de Highgate
  • Catalan: Highgate Cemetery
  • Chinese: Highgate Bōng-á-po͘
  • Chinese: 海格特公墓
  • Chinese: 海格特墓園
  • Chinese: 海格特墓地
  • Czech: Highgate Cemetery
  • Czech: hřbitov Highgate
  • Czech: Hřbitov Highgate
  • Danish: Highgate Cemetery
  • Dutch: Highgate Cemetery
  • Esperanto: Tombejo Highgate
  • Estonian: Highgate’i kalmistu
  • Finnish: Highgaten hautausmaa
  • French: cimetière de Highgate
  • French: Cimetière de Highgate
  • French: Highgate Cemetery
  • Galician: cemiterio de Highgate
  • Georgian: ჰაიგეიტის სასაფლაო
  • German: Highgate Cemetery
  • Greek: Κοιμητήριο Χάιγκεϊτ
  • Hebrew: בית הקברות הייגייט
  • Hungarian: Highgate Cemetery
  • Hungarian: Highgate temető
  • Indonesian: Pemakaman Highgate
  • Irish: Reilig Highgate
  • Italian: cimitero di Highgate
  • Italian: Cimitero di Highgate
  • Japanese: ハイゲイト墓地
  • Korean: 하이게이트 묘지
  • Latvian: Haigeitas kapsēta
  • Lithuanian: Haigeito kapinės
  • Luxembourgish: Highgate Cemetery
  • Macedonian: Хајгејтски гробишта
  • Malay: Perkuburan Highgate
  • Malayalam: ഹൈഗേറ്റ് സെമിത്തേരി
  • Mazanderani: های‌گیت قورستونی
  • Min Nan Chinese: Highgate Bōng-á-po͘
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Highgate gravlund
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Highgate gravlund
  • Norwegian: Highgate gravlund
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cementèri de Highgate
  • Persian: گورستان هایگیت
  • Polish: Highgate Cemetery
  • Portuguese: Cemitério de Highgate
  • Romanian: Cimitirul Highgate
  • Russian: Хайгейтское кладбище
  • Scots: Highgate Cemetery
  • Scottish Gaelic: cladh Highgate
  • Slovenian: Highgate Cemetery
  • Slovenian: pokopališče Highgate
  • Spanish: Cementerio de Highgate
  • Swedish: Highgate Cemetery
  • Tagalog: Highgate Cemetery
  • Tatar: Һайгейт зираты
  • Telugu: హైగేట్ సెమెట్రీ
  • Turkish: Highgate Mezarlığı
  • Ukrainian: Гайгейтський цвинтар
  • Ukrainian: Гайґейтський цвинтар
  • Urdu: ہائیگیٹ قبرستان
  • Vietnamese: Nghĩa trang Highgate
  • Welsh: Mynwent Highgate, Llundain
  • Yiddish: הייגעט צווינטער
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