West Norwood Cemetery

West Norwood Cemetery
Gothic inner gates to the cemetery, designed by Sir William Tite
Details
Established	1837
Location	Norwood Road, West Norwood, London, SE27 9JU
Country	England
Coordinates	51°25′59″N 0°05′55″W / 51.4330°N 0.0986°W / 51.4330; -0.0986
Type	Public
Owned by	Lambeth London Borough Council
Size	16 hectares (40 acres)
No. of graves	42,000+
No. of interments	around 200,000
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	West Norwood Cemetery
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Designated	1 October 1987
Reference no.	1000851
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Official name	West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Designated	1 October 1987
Reference no.	1000851

West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and ecological interest.

Its grounds are a mixture of historic monumental cemetery and modern lawn cemetery, but it also has catacombs, cremation plots and a columbarium for cinerary ashes. The cemetery's crematorium still operates, but all the conventional and cremated remains burial plots have been allocated and hence it is closed to new burials pending further agreement under current burial legislation.