Hither Green Cemetery
Hither Green Cemetery, opened as Lee Cemetery in 1873, is a large cemetery located on the east side of Verdant Lane in southeast London, England. The cemetery is situated between Catford, Hither Green, Downham, Grove Park and Lee, west of the railway line connecting Grove Park and Hither Green stations, and close to Grove Park Sidings and Grove Park Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: burial ground in southeast London, England
- Also known as: “Hither Green Cemetery and Crematorium”, “Lee Cemetery”, and “Verdant Lane Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Northbrook Park and St Mark.
Northbrook Park
Park
Northbrook Park is a public park located on Baring Road south of Lee Green and north of Grove Park in the London Borough of Lewisham, southeast London, England. Northbrook Park is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Hither Green Cemetery.
St Mark
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mark is a church, which is situated 2,100 feet west of Hither Green Cemetery.
St Luke’s Church
Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke’s Church is situated 2,200 feet south of Hither Green Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Excalibur Estate and Grove Park.
Excalibur Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Excalibur Estate was a post-war 1940s housing estate of 189 prefabricated houses in Catford, South London. The estate contained the last sizeable collection of post-war prefabricated houses in the United Kingdom.
Grove Park
Town
Grove Park is a district of South East London, England within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is located north east of Bromley and south east of Lewisham.
Downham
Suburb
Downham is a district of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Lewisham. Downham is located south of Lewisham and borders north London Borough of Bromley.
Hither Green Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43693° or 51° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
0.01041° or 0° 0′ 38″ eastOpen location code
9F32C2P6+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 4414651OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q12060297
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hither Green Cemetery”. Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.