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Wandsworth Cemetery (also known as Magdalen Road Cemetery, Earlsfield Cemetery)

Introduction

Wandsworth Cemetery is on sloping ground alongside Magdalen Road. The layout features a gridiron pattern of paths meeting in a series of ronds-points around which the older monuments are erected, many of them having solid plinths topped by urns, obelisks or crosses.

Wandsworth Cemetery is on sloping ground alongside Magdalen Road, and was set up by the Wandsworth Burial Board in 1878. It was later enlarged in 1898The layout features a gridiron pattern of paths meeting in a series of ronds-points around which the older monuments are erected, many of them having solid plinths topped by urns, obelisks or crosses. The newer section of the cemetery is on raised land beyond a line of horse chestnut trees along the west of the cemetery. The main entrance has a lodge and driveway leading to the chapels, with two garden areas to the south of the drive, enclosed partly by hedging and stone wall. There are a number of war memorials set in formal planting.

Sources consulted:

Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008)

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=WND066

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Access contact details

Nov-Feb: Mon-Sat 8am-4pm/Sun 10am-4pm; Mar/Oct: closure at 5pm; April/Sept: closure at 6pm; May - August closure at 7pm. Christmas Day 10am-1pm

Directions

Rail: Earlsfield. Bus: 44, 77, 220, 270, 280

Owners

LB Wandsworth

Other Websites

Features & Designations

Designations

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: Entrance gates
  • Grade: II

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: Entrance gates
  • Grade: II

  • Tree Preservation Order

  • Tree Preservation Order

Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Survival

Extant

Hectares

13.4

Open to the public

Yes

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust