About Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Description
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is the most urban woodland in London.
Historically it's one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and was closed to burials in 1966, that same year being re-designated as a Park by Act of Parliament. It is now a designated Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.
Ackroyd Drive Green Link is one of a several green space additions, along with Scrapyard Meadow on our southern boundary included under the Cemetery Park's Local Nature Reserve status. It runs between Bow Common Lane and Burdett Road E3 and it is a series of 4 green compartments divided by an allotment site. Each compartment has it's own unique character and the Friends aim to manage the Green Link as windows to the main Cemetery Park. We aim to exhibit in a smaller space all the wonderful things that can be seen in the Cemetery Park.
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park were set up 1990 and have the day to day care and management of the site and undertake all the work across its 3 broad themes of wildlife, people and education. The practical nature conservation projects involve over 3000 volunteers every year.
Whilst it is a place of remembrance and local history, the existing monuments now stand romantically amongst mature broadleaved woodland and wildflower meadows. The hard work of volunteers under the guidance of the Friends has made this inner City nature reserve home to a number of rare and endangered species of plants and animals. The Park boasts 60 + bird species, 27 butterfly species (making the site the richest for butterflies in urban London), along with UK rare bumblebees, flies, spiders and beetles. It is also home to an over subscribed education service that works with 8500 school children every year using the Park as the classroom as part of National Curriculum linked environmental workshops. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a vibrant place filled with life and a hub of activity and fun!
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This looks interesting. Check it out. We're playing host to the afternoon part of the event.
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Free event!
In October 2017, the first Big Clean Up event was launched – a series of activities when council officers, volunteers, partners, councillors and staff went out into the borough to tidy areas up. Almost 7,000 tonnes of litter and detritus was collected!
Nature and Us is joining The Big Clean Up when it comes to Swedenborg Gardens on Monday 8th October 2018. Come help us tidy up Swedenborg Gardens from 2:30pm-3:30pm!
... Everything you need in terms of equipment is supplied and the Clean and Green team will be there to support you. Make sure you wear suitable clothing and footwear.
Event starts where Swedenborg Gardens meets the entrance to Strangers Rest Mission Evangelical Church, E1W 2BP.
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FREE Bat Walk here on the 29th September. Register below!
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FREE guided bat walk - suitable for everyone.
Come join the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park at their ‘Nature and Us’ Guided Bat Walk event. Use a bat detector to listen to the sounds of these wonderful mammals as they hunt for their prey. Lead by Ken, known by some as Batman!
Event starts promptly at 5:15pm from the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park.
Being one of London's Magnificent Seven Cemeteries we get many visitors who come to see us as part of paying a call to all Seven of London's Victorian Cemeteries. Mortuary Gem is one such visitor and she followed up her visit with this lovely blog piece. One of our regular canine visitors gets an extra special mention. Thanks, Mortuary Gem!
https://mortuarygem.com/…/09/09/tower-h amlets-cemetery-park/
FREE guided bat crafts and walk - suitable for everyone.
Please find us in Swedenborg Gardens for bat craft activities from 4:30pm-5:50pm. Then join Ken (Batman some may say) from 5:50pm and use a bat detector to listen to the sounds of these wonderful flying mammals as they hunt for their insect prey. You are welcome to attend just the craft session, the bat walk, or both! Please note that the bat walk starts promptly at 5:50pm from the Wellclose Square end of Swedenborg Gardens.
Also, come to discover more about our new and exciting community-nature project, 'Nature and Us', funded by Tower Hamlets Council, at this special launch event. The project allows members of the community, whether they be an individual, a family, a school or a group organisation, to enjoy nature in their local area.
FREE event - session starts promptly at the time stated and at the Harford Street and Bale Road corner of Shandy Park
From Shandy Park to Mile End Park, join 'Nature and Us' and explore seasonal wild foods and herbal remedies. Learn how to identify edible plants and discuss numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history.
During the walk we’ll collect handfuls of wild plants to turn into a wild mighty green smoothie at the end of the tour.
FREE event - session starts promptly at the time stated and at the Wellclose Square end of Swedenborg Gardens.
Join 'Nature and Us' to explore seasonal wild foods and herbal remedies in Swedenborg Gardens. Learn how to identify edible plants and discuss numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history.
During the walk we’ll collect handfuls of wild plants to turn into a wild mighty green smoothie at the end of the tour.
Free drop-in bulb planting event.
Get your hands dirty and help plant bulbs and wildflowers in Swedenborg Gardens. We are seeking to transform sections of the park into places full of spring bulbs and wildflowers for everybody and nature to enjoy!
Everybody is welcome - whether it’s just yourself or your family, friends, neighbours, or group organisation.
This month we have our best ever show of a little known autumn bulb, Sternbergia lutea. They're growing in very shallow soil (about 2cm) on a grave top. This plant is native to the Mediterranean and needs a thorough drying out in summer, which very shallow soil provides. The dark green leaves sprout at flowering time and grow throughout autumn and winter, when there is usually moisture in the soil. They die down in spring. Although they look very like crocuses, they are more closely related to Narcissi. #wowee!
This morning we has loadsa fun at Bow Beasties, our monthly wildlife club for families. We planted loadsa of daffodils and crocuses ready for spring time. Find out more here: https://www.fothcp.org/wildlife-club Join us for the next one on the 27th October from 10:30am for pumpkin carving. Don't forget to bring your own pumpkin!
Free drop-in bulb planting event.
Get your hands dirty and help plant bulbs and wildflowers in Shandy Park. We are seeking to transform the section of the park, between the sport’s cage and Bale Road, into a place full of spring bulbs and wildflowers for everybody and nature to enjoy!
Everybody is welcome - whether it’s just yourself or your family, friends, neighbours, or group organisation.
Come and connect with nature in the cemetery park this autumn through mindful meanderings and peaceful games. For more information, click on the event or buy your ticket here:
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Join us for our annual summer fair. They'll be stalls, crafts, art and cakes. FREE!
You would not think that you are in the middle of the city! A lovely retreat with plenty of wildlife to see.
Went for Obscura Day 2016! It was a beautiful park, and the volunteer that led the tour was funny, approachable, and full of weird fun facts about all the plants that grow there. It's a beautiful park that feels secluded even though it's right in east London
This is one of Londons best kept secrets. It is an oasis of calm in a mad city. It has something for everyone young or old. History, wildlife, nature, entertainment, community,, freedom, peace,architecture,walks,education and maybe a few ghosts x go visit you will love it. I do.
This is an awesome place - any time of the year. My favourite place in London and only minutes away from my home. Love it!
Such a lovely place and right next to the city . Always changing and throwing up surprises. Great place for all ages . 😊
One of my favourite places in the city. Great for an adventure with the dog.
My first ever visit today, for the “Halloween is for bats” event. I found the cemetery absolutely beautiful. So peaceful, stunningly beautiful and a haven for wildlife. We will definitely be back.
My children and I had a great time in the butterfly walk yesterday, all the staff were amazing, we enjoyed it immensely and we learnt so much thank you
I have visited the cemetery many times over the years. It is a fascinating place, and one which continues to engage the community. There are so many activities which offer new insights into nature and our management of nature. The posts on Facebook feature wonderful and engaging photographs which give the reader a genuine sense of the animal and plant life teeming within the cemetery.
I have been going to the cemetery for almost 20 yrs.You are in the middle of the big smoke yet standing thete in amongst the woods and old gravestones you feel you could be out in the countryside. Thete are bee's being hived there and wildlife that you just wont see elsewhere as the protection of it being a cemo means its a lasting area for rate flora amd fauna. Favourite plave for me!���
I had a great day with everyone clearing the woods of nettles, brambles and ivy. We had a fire and lunch. The woods were still and relaxing, with the sounds of the school drifting in.Later we got the AGM invites into envelopes ready for sending. Looking forward to coming back when I can!
Had a great time with my team on a volunteering day. The location is beautiful, staff knowledgeable and friendly, and we got to do a variety of gardening (and biodiversity) tasks. Fully recommend.
Beautiful, peaceful walk around the cemetery taking in the wild flowers and wildlife...a little oasis of greenery just 5 minutes walk from Mile End station.
Beautiful space. I had a really good time volunteering here this afternoon. The surroundings were so stunning, time just flew by. I'll definitely visit again soon.
Beautiful piece of history in the middle of gipsy land. We go there for walk and running too. U live in east London? Pay a visit!
Amazing nature preserve which which started as a cemetery. Wonderful paths and ability to walk dogs and enjoy both nature and the history of the area.
A very interesting tour thanks to sheldon and sam.i have lived in london all my life and did not know this place existed until a few months ago. Would like to revisit spring /summer.
A fairly peaceful haven of woods, ponds and wild flowers with good paths. Even in late September there are some wild flowers there, lots of cyclamen and a few, scabious, mallow, mullein, white and red campion, cuckhold's pintles seed heads and various daisies, mints and umbelliferae. It's a right nice place for a stroll or just to sit with a sandwich and a flask of tea to hear the birds singing, away from some of the traffic noise and pollution. A little gem of a place.
A beautiful place it's hard to believe that your in the middle of mile end I wish I had had more time to explore the graves such a calming place to be
You would not think that you are in the middle of the city! A lovely retreat with plenty of wildlife to see.
Went for Obscura Day 2016! It was a beautiful park, and the volunteer that led the tour was funny, approachable, and full of weird fun facts about all the plants that grow there. It's a beautiful park that feels secluded even though it's right in east London
This is one of Londons best kept secrets. It is an oasis of calm in a mad city. It has something for everyone young or old. History, wildlife, nature, entertainment, community,, freedom, peace,architecture,walks,education and maybe a few ghosts x go visit you will love it. I do.
This is an awesome place - any time of the year. My favourite place in London and only minutes away from my home. Love it!
Such a lovely place and right next to the city . Always changing and throwing up surprises. Great place for all ages . 😊
One of my favourite places in the city. Great for an adventure with the dog.
My first ever visit today, for the “Halloween is for bats” event. I found the cemetery absolutely beautiful. So peaceful, stunningly beautiful and a haven for wildlife. We will definitely be back.
My children and I had a great time in the butterfly walk yesterday, all the staff were amazing, we enjoyed it immensely and we learnt so much thank you
I have visited the cemetery many times over the years. It is a fascinating place, and one which continues to engage the community. There are so many activities which offer new insights into nature and our management of nature. The posts on Facebook feature wonderful and engaging photographs which give the reader a genuine sense of the animal and plant life teeming within the cemetery.
I have been going to the cemetery for almost 20 yrs.You are in the middle of the big smoke yet standing thete in amongst the woods and old gravestones you feel you could be out in the countryside. Thete are bee's being hived there and wildlife that you just wont see elsewhere as the protection of it being a cemo means its a lasting area for rate flora amd fauna. Favourite plave for me!���
I had a great day with everyone clearing the woods of nettles, brambles and ivy. We had a fire and lunch. The woods were still and relaxing, with the sounds of the school drifting in.Later we got the AGM invites into envelopes ready for sending. Looking forward to coming back when I can!
Had a great time with my team on a volunteering day. The location is beautiful, staff knowledgeable and friendly, and we got to do a variety of gardening (and biodiversity) tasks. Fully recommend.
Beautiful, peaceful walk around the cemetery taking in the wild flowers and wildlife...a little oasis of greenery just 5 minutes walk from Mile End station.
Beautiful space. I had a really good time volunteering here this afternoon. The surroundings were so stunning, time just flew by. I'll definitely visit again soon.
Beautiful piece of history in the middle of gipsy land. We go there for walk and running too. U live in east London? Pay a visit!
Amazing nature preserve which which started as a cemetery. Wonderful paths and ability to walk dogs and enjoy both nature and the history of the area.
A very interesting tour thanks to sheldon and sam.i have lived in london all my life and did not know this place existed until a few months ago. Would like to revisit spring /summer.
A fairly peaceful haven of woods, ponds and wild flowers with good paths. Even in late September there are some wild flowers there, lots of cyclamen and a few, scabious, mallow, mullein, white and red campion, cuckhold's pintles seed heads and various daisies, mints and umbelliferae. It's a right nice place for a stroll or just to sit with a sandwich and a flask of tea to hear the birds singing, away from some of the traffic noise and pollution. A little gem of a place.
A beautiful place it's hard to believe that your in the middle of mile end I wish I had had more time to explore the graves such a calming place to be