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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, London, E3 4PX
Telephone: Kenneth Greenway (Cemetery Park Liaison Officer) 07904 186 981
Email: thcemeterypark@yahoo.co.uk
Please click here to find out about all the weekly, monthly and one off events that take place in the park.
If you're interested in finding if you have family buried here in the cemetery park (1841 to 1966), then please click this link.
We're the only woodland in Tower Hamlets, click here to find out how we are enhancing the structure and biodiversity of the woods.
The cemetery is located in the heart of East London with good transport links.
The main gate is situated in Southern Grove, E3, with the Soanes Centre just inside.
The nearest underground station is Mile End on the Central, District, and Hammersmith and City lines.
Local bus routes are: D6, D7, 25, 277, 339 and 425.
Please note that the Soanes Centre is run by SETPOINT London East, and not the Friends.
The main gates are unlocked at 8:00am and locked again at dusk/9:00pm (whichever is soonest depending on season).
The kissing gates at all other points remain open at all times.
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park was set up in 1990. It is a Charity (no. 1107136). It has a constitution whose main objectives are to encourage greater use of this inner urban green space as a sanctuary for people and a place of biodiversity. Every year the Friends organise public events to encourage people to enjoy the park: Open Day, International Dawn Chorus Day, Open House Day, Armistice Day service and the launch of community projects. Throughout the year there are opportunities to get involved with the biodiversity work through nature conservation activities. In partnership with the East London History Society, the Friends organise sessions for recording the memorials themselves and research family history inquiries associated with the stones. There are all sorts of ways of getting involved or just showing your support, by becoming a member.
Until our website is ready, you may be interested in reading about the park on Wikipedia.