Welcome to the Friends of Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery, consecrated by the Bishop of London in June 1840, is one of Britain’s oldest and most distinguished garden cemeteries. The cemetery is Grade I Listed on the Historic England Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, and all of the cemetery buildings are Grade II* Listed.
The 39-acre (16 hectare) site lies between Old Brompton and Fulham Roads, on the western border of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, then a distant suburb and now a populous and diverse community in the heart of London.
The Friends of Brompton Cemetery work to preserve this remarkable site as a model of an historic cemetery with an active role in modern society. We help to restore and maintain the cemetery’s buildings, monuments and landscape, and encourage their full use by those sympathetic to the importance, beauty, heritage and fragility of this significant cemetery. We offer visitors Sunday afternoon guided tours, group tours at any convenient time in the week, and a varied programme of events and activities.
Information Centre
The glass fronted Information Centre at North Lodge is a first point of call when you visit this serene garden cemetery. Our visitors come from all parts of the world and our well trained volunteers will welcome you to this unique garden cemetery. We offer a high standard of specialist literature, guidebooks, Top 100 graves, plus details of our regular and specialist tours. The most frequently asked questions concern those buried at Brompton, and locating the graves of ancestors is part of our regular service. We have an excellent on site website in addition to old burial records. If you have the time you can watch a continuous film showing the public and more hidden parts of the cemetery, revealing the abundance of greenery and wild life that has existed undisturbed for decades within the heart of the city. If you visit Brompton Cemetery please do pay us a visit in the Information Centre and learn more about the design, development and dedication that has enabled this civil cemetery to take its place as an historic site.
Brompton Cemetery covers 39 acres (16 hectares) within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in West London. The walled site has gates and lodges on Old Brompton Road to the north, and Fulham Road to the south. The tracks of the District Line run to the west, and Finborough and Ifield Roads to the east.
It is managed by The Royal Parks, a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
The Cemetery opens at 07.00 daily. Between October and February the Cemetery closes at 16.00, moving in steps to 20.00 in the summer. A list of opening and closing times is available at the bottom of our events page.
Parking is available on-site for grave grant holders only.
The nearest London Underground & Overground station is West Brompton (District Line, Wimbledon branch, and London Overground), to the west on Old Brompton Road: turn right on leaving the station, and the North Gate and Lodges are within two minutes’ walk.
Earl’s Court Station (Piccadilly and District Lines) is within ten minutes’ walk to the north: turn left out of the Warwick Road entrance and walk south along Warwick Road to Old Brompton Road.
Buses To The Cemetery Entrance
Old Brompton Road: 74, 430. Fulham Road: 14, 211, 414. Other nearby buses: 190, 328, C1, C3
GUIDED TOURS of the Cemetery will be available throughout 2024. Please check our Tours & Walks page for dates.
The Sunday tours start at 2.00pm at the North Lodge Information Centre. A £10 donation is suggested to help us with our work in the Cemetery. We are a registered charity.
We also welcome visits for GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS at any convenient time during the week. For Group tours we seek a donation of £12 per person with a minimum donation of £120. If interested please apply to events@brompton-cemetery.org.uk.
We are arranging other guided tours, events and activities to take place during the year, including our popular catacomb tours. Please check our events and tours & walks pages for updates.
The Friends of Brompton Cemetery
North Lodge East Wing
Old Brompton Road
London SW5 9JE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3876 4278