London: Brompton Cemetery (Attractions)
London: Brompton Cemetery (Attractions)
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Nearest Stations: Earl’s Court and Fulham Broadway (Underground), and West Brompton (Overground)
Address: Fulham Road, London, SW10 9UG
Entry price: Free
Typical opening hours: Opens daily at 8:00. Closing times vary seasonally from 16:00 in winter to 20:00 in summer.
Phone: 0207 352 1201
Brompton Cemetery has seen its popularity and visitor numbers soar in recent years – now over 700,000 people visit every year.
Brompton Cemetery is one of Britain’s oldest, opened in 1840, and has over 205,000 people buried there. It is still a working cemetery to this day.
Notable graves include those of Emmeline Pankhurst (suffragette), William Claude Kirby (first chairman of Chelsea F.C.) and Henry Cole (founded the Victoria & Albert Museum), any others.
Fun Fact: It is said that Beatrix Potter was inspired by some of the names on the tombstones here for her stories – there is even a Peter Rabbett buried here.
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