Witton Cemetery

Witton Cemetery
Chapel near the highest point
Details
Established	1863 (1863)
Location	Birmingham
Country	England
Coordinates	52°31′30″N 1°52′43″W / 52.5249°N 1.8787°W / 52.5249; -1.8787
Owned by	Birmingham City Council
Website	www.birmingham.gov.uk/witton-cemetery
Find a Grave	Witton Cemetery

Witton Cemetery (grid reference SP082921), which opened in Witton in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Birmingham, England. Covering an area of 103 acres (0.42 km²), it once had three chapels; however, two of these were demolished in 1980. The cemetery would perform up to 20 burials a day; however, it was declared "full to capacity" in December 2013, allowing burials only in existing family plots, or of babies or cremated remains.^[1] Extra capacity was therefore provided at the nearby New Hall Cemetery.^[1] The cemetery office was opened in 1999.