Wardsend Cemetery
Wardsend Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery in the Owlerton district of Sheffield, England, consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1859 and closed to legal burial in 1968.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillsborough Stadium and Owlerton Stadium.
Hillsborough Stadium
Stadium
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Hillsborough Stadium is a football stadium in the area of Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. With a total capacity of 39,732, it has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club since opening in 1899. Hillsborough Stadium is situated 2,700 feet west of Wardsend Cemetery.
Owlerton Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY 3.0.
Owlerton Stadium, also known as Sheffield Stadium, is a purpose-built speedway stadium built in 1929, which hosts greyhound racing five-times a week. The track is in Owlerton near Hillsborough in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Owlerton Stadium is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Wardsend Cemetery.
Hillsborough Park
Park
Hillsborough Park is a large parkland area in Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated three miles north-west of the city centre. It is owned by Sheffield City Council and is one of the 13 designated "City Parks". Hillsborough Park is situated 2,600 feet west of Wardsend Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Owlerton and Hillsborough.
Owlerton
Neighborhood
Owlerton is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, England, 2.2 miles northwest of the city centre near the confluence of the River Don and River Loxley. Owlerton was a small rural village from the Early Middle Ages; it became part of Sheffield in the early 1900s as the city expanded.
Hillsborough
Suburb
Photo: Terry Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillsborough is a suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The centre of the district is popularly thought to be 'Hillsborough Corner' where Langsett Road, Middlewood Road, Holme Lane and Bradfield Road all meet.
Shirecliffe
Suburb
Shirecliffe is a suburb of the City of Sheffield. It lies three kilometres north of the city centre, it is now a residential neighbourhood consisting mostly of public housing.
Wardsend Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Sheffield, England
- Category: burial
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.40864° or 53° 24′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.48909° or 1° 29′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C5WCG56+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 125557210OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7969218
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In Other Languages
“Wardsend Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wardsend Cemetery”
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