Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
A 19th-century burial ground that has reverted to woodland, with tilting Victorian monuments among the trees. It is a 33-acre local nature reserve close to Mile End.
- Hidden gem
- Price: Free
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Did you know
It opened in September 1841 as one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and closed to burials in 1966 after about 350,000 burials.
Local tip
Free to enter. The main gate on Southern Grove is locked at dusk, so visit in daylight and check locally. The park has held a Green Flag Award since 2012.
Finding it
- Address
- Southern Grove, Bow, London E3 4PX
- Nearest station
- Bow Road (Tube), 457 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Ragged School MuseumA canalside museum in Dr Barnardo's former free school in Mile End, where you can sit in a recreated Victorian classroom and learn East End childhood history.
- Roman Road MarketA market of over 150 years in Bow, with stalls selling clothes, homeware, flowers, fruit and veg and hot food, alongside long-established family-run shops on Roman Road.
- The Palm TreeA Grade II-listed 1930s pub standing alone in Mile End Park near the Regent's Canal after wartime bombing and later demolition cleared the streets around it, with a cash-only bar and regular live jazz.
- Mile End ParkA 32-hectare linear park beside the Regent's Canal, with a green bridge over Mile End Road, an ecology park with a lake and a climbing wall, and sports and arts areas.