Rake Lane Cemetery

Rake Lane Cemetery, also called Wallasey Cemetery, is a cemetery in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It was opened in 1883 and notably contains a large number of monuments and graves connected with early 20th-century maritime disasters, including the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: municipal cemetery in Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside UK
Also known as: “Wallasey Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Thomas the Apostle church, Liscard and Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church.

St Thomas the Apostle church, Liscard

Church

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St Thomas the Apostle church, Liscard is situated 1,900 feet south of Rake Lane Cemetery.

Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church

Church

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Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church is a redundant church in Manor Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Historic Chapels Trust. Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Rake Lane Cemetery.

New Brighton railway station

Railway station

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New Brighton railway station serves the suburb of New Brighton in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. It is situated at the end of the New Brighton branch of the Wirral Line 8.25 miles west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network. New Brighton railway station is situated 3,900 feet north of Rake Lane Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallasey and Liscard.

Wallasey

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Wallasey is on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside and includes the seaside resort of New Brighton and the district areas of Liscard, Poulton, Egremont and Seacombe.

Liscard

Suburb

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Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre.