The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

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                                                                    Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

                                                                   The green heart of the Borough.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (known locally as Bow Cemetery) is a closed, historic Cemetery located in London's East End. The nearest tube station is Mile End (see maps and travel).

The Cemetery opened in 1841 by an Act of Parliament and is one of London's Magnificent Seven Cemeteries. The Cemetery closed to burials in 1966. It became Tower Hamlets first Local Nature Reserve in 2001.  Near-by land was added in the mid-nineties, known as "Scrapyard Meadow" and Ackroyd Drive Green Link. Today it is 33 acres of "managed" mature, broadleaved woodland and meadow. It is also a educational resource to 7000+ school children every academic year who use the Park as an outdoor classroom.

The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park was set up in 1990. We have a Constitution whose main objectives are to encourage greater use of this inner urban green space as a sanctuary for people, a place of biodiversity, while protecting and preserving the historic content.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH). The 'Friends' manage the Cemetery Park via a Service Level Agreement  with LBTH Parks.  We are responsible for the daily maintenance and litter duties for the Park, much of this work is carried out by volunteers through our practical conservation events.

If you'd like to help us in what we do, you can show us your support by subscribing to become a member of the 'Friends'.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 9th September 2010, at 7pm.

followed by a talk by Michael Rowan, Director of Mile End Park.

"Bringing the Countryside to the East End- winning hearts and minds in the cause of ecology"

As you will know the Friends have always tried to maintain and improve the biodiversity in our urban nature reserve. This year the Friends have become UK partners in the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010. We will advertise their logo with any events we run that we feel are relevant to biodiversity. LOOK OUT for our Autumn Bioblitz on the 12th September.

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You can donate directly to our account via CAF Bank (follow this Donate link) or via the Big Give.

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Maps and Travel

The Cemetery Park 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 on the right.
The nearest Underground station is Mile End on the Central, District, and Hammersmith and City lines. You can also travel to Bow Road on the District and Hammersmith and City Line

DLR to Bow Church
Local bus routes are: D6, D7,D8, 25, 205, 277, 323, 339 and 425.
 

Click here to see a map of the local area.

Please note that the Soanes Centre is run by SETPOINT London East.

Opening Times

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.

You can keep in touch with the Friends & follow the Park by getting involved with these community websites...

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