Golders Green Crematorium

Golders Green Crematorium
Golders Green Crematorium
	The Bedford Chapel at Golders Green Crematorium
Details
Established	1902
Location	62 Hoop Lane, London, NW11 7NL
Country	England
Coordinates	51°34′38″N 000°11′37″W / 51.57722°N 0.19361°W
Type	Public
Owned by	London Cremation Company
Size	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Website	London Cremation Company website
Find a Grave	658441

Golders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain.^[1]^[2] The land for the crematorium was purchased in 1900, costing £6,000 (the equivalent of £136,000 in 2021), and the crematorium was opened in 1902 by Sir Henry Thompson.^[2]

Golders Green Crematorium, as it is usually called, is in Hoop Lane, off Finchley Road, Golders Green, London NW11, ten minutes' walk from Golders Green Underground station. It is directly opposite the Golders Green Jewish Cemetery. (Golders Green is an area with a large Jewish population.) The crematorium is secular, accepts all faiths and non-believers; clients may arrange their own type of service or remembrance event and choose whatever music they wish.^[1]^[3]^[4]

The crematorium gardens are listed at Grade I in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Golders green Crematorium : informs about crematoria and cremation in Great Britain / United Kingdom and Europe". Crematorium.eu. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England (9 January 2002). "Golders Green Crematorium, Barnet (1001575)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ "Famous names whose final stop was Golders Green crematorium". The Independent. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ Cortazzi, Hugh (2013). Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits. Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-1136641404. Retrieved 1 December 2018 – via Google Books.

[cremeu-1] "Golders green Crematorium : informs about crematoria and cremation in Great Britain / United Kingdom and Europe". Crematorium.eu. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[garden-2] Historic England (9 January 2002). "Golders Green Crematorium, Barnet (1001575)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[3] "Famous names whose final stop was Golders Green crematorium". The Independent. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

[4] Cortazzi, Hugh (2013). Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits. Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-1136641404. Retrieved 1 December 2018 – via Google Books.

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