Brief Description
The cemetery has no chapel but there is an interesting lodge decorated with burnt brick fragments. The planting is not profuse but includes Cedars and Araucaria as well as yew, and a hawthorn walk.
Visitor Facilities
9am - 6pm (summer: April-September); 9am-4pm (winter: October-March)Detailed Description
Sidcup Cemetery opened in 1912, designed around a straight axial drive to a turning circle. The cemetery has no chapel but there is an interesting lodge decorated with burnt brick fragments. The planting is not profuse but includes Cedars and Araucaria as well as yew, and a hawthorn walk. The turning circle has three paths leading off asymmetrically, and across the north-east angle of the site there is a line of pollard limes. There are gardens of remembrance, and a new section of the cemetery was opened in Spring 2003.Sources consulted:
C Webb revised ed. of P Wolfston 'Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria', Society of Genealogists, 1994
For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BEX052
- Access & Directions
Access Contact Details
9am - 6pm (summer: April-September); 9am-4pm (winter: October-March)Directions
Rail: Albany Park c.100m to east. Bus: 269, B14*.
- History
Period
- Early 20th Century
- References
Contributors
London Parks and Gardens Trust