Royal Burial Ground
The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British royal family. Consecrated on 23 October 1928 by the Bishop of Oxford, it is adjacent to the Royal Mausoleum, which was built in 1862 to house the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery used by the British Royal Family, surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore Estate
- Also known as: “Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Windsor Castle and Royal Mausoleum.
Windsor Castle
Photo: Nauticashades, CC BY 2.5.
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history. Windsor Castle is situated 3,800 feet north of Royal Burial Ground.
Royal Mausoleum
Building
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Mausoleum is a mausoleum for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. It is located on the Frogmore estate within the Home Park at Windsor in Berkshire, England.
Saint George’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. Saint George’s Chapel is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Royal Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor and Eton and Windsor.
Windsor and Eton
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Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the South East of England, separated by the River Thames and joined by Windsor Bridge. Windsor is an ancient town most famous for its castle, construction of which began in 1075, and which is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
Windsor
Town
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Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British monarch.
Sumptermead Ait
Locality
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Sumptermead Ait is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Old Windsor Lock, near Datchet, Berkshire. The island is a thin wooded strip separated by a narrow channel on the Datchet side.
Royal Burial Ground
- Categories: tourist attraction and burial
- Location: Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47392° or 51° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.59861° or 0° 35′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C3XFCF2+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1450462736OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q6677705
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Royal Burial Ground” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արքայական գերեզմանատուն”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўская пахавальня ў Фрагморы”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўская пахавальня ў Фрогмары”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўская пахавальня”
- Catalan: “cementiri reial de Frogmore”
- Chinese: “浮若閣摩爾皇家墓園”
- Chinese: “皇家墓园 (福摩)”
- Chinese: “皇家墓园”
- Chinese: “皇家墓園 (福摩)”
- Chinese: “福摩皇家陵園”
- Czech: “Královské pohřebiště ve Frogmore”
- French: “cimetière royal de Frogmore”
- French: “Cimetière royal de Frogmore”
- French: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Galician: “Cemiterio Real de Frogmore”
- Greek: “Βασιλικό Κοιμητήριο του Φρόγκμορ”
- Greek: “Βασιλικό Νεκροταφείο”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות המלכותי, פרוגמור”
- Hungarian: “Frogmore Királyi Mauzóleum, Windsor”
- Indonesian: “Tanah Pemakaman Kerajaan, Frogmore”
- Indonesian: “Tanah Pemakaman Kerajaan”
- Italian: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Japanese: “フロッグモア王室墓地”
- Japanese: “王室墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frogmore kongelige gravlund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Real de Frogmore”
- Russian: “Королевская усыпальница во Фрогморе”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cladh Rìoghail”
- Slovenian: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Spanish: “Cementerio real (Reino Unido)”
- Spanish: “Cementerio Real de Frogmore”
- Spanish: “Cementerio real”
- Spanish: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Swedish: “Royal Burial Ground”
- Ukrainian: “Королівська усипальниця у Фрогморі”
- Welsh: “Mynwent y Brenin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Frogmore Cottage and Frogmore House.
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