Highgate Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery split into East and West sections on a wooded Highgate hillside, the burial place of Karl Marx and numerous other notable Victorians, known for its overgrown monuments and catacombs.
- Landmark
- Price: £ · Budget
Did you know
Since 2020 the atmospheric West Cemetery, with its Egyptian Avenue and Circle of Lebanon vaults, can be explored independently rather than only on a guided tour as had been required for years before, though its steep, uneven paths still make it less accessible than the flatter East side.
Local tip
Buy tickets online in advance since only card payment is accepted at the gate, and if you only have time for one side, the East Cemetery holds Marx's grave and is easier walking than the hillier West side.
Finding it
- Address
- Highgate, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, N6 6PJ
- Nearest station
- Archway (Tube), 927 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- The FlaskA Grade II-listed pub on Highgate West Hill with a tavern recorded on the site since at least 1663, its name taken from the water flasks once sold there to collect spring water from Highgate and Hampstead Heath.
- Waterlow ParkA hillside park in Highgate with three spring-fed ponds, Lauderdale House (a house dating to around 1580, now a cafe and arts venue) and wide views over the City skyline.
- Parliament HillThe best-known viewpoint on Hampstead Heath, a favourite spot for kite flying with a wide, unbroken view of the City skyline.
- Parliament Hill LidoA Grade II-listed 1938 outdoor lido on the edge of Hampstead Heath by Gospel Oak, unheated all year round.