Highgate Cemetery with Lunch

Wednesday 18th June 2025

When London's churchyards filled up, just as a young Queen Victoria came to the throne, a scheme was launched to build The Magnificent Seven - huge, modern cemeteries in a ring around the City. As soon as it opened in 1839 Highgate Cemetery in the Northern hills became THE place to be buried if you were rich or famous. Highgate would become one of the greatest cemeteries in the world full of eccentric funerary architecture. In the heart of the grounds the Egyptian Avenue leads to the Circle of Lebanon created by earth being excavated around an ancient Cedar of Lebanon.

The cemetery fell into ruin for many years until in the 1970s The Friends of Highgate Cemetery was formed to buy the freehold - the tours are run to raise money to look after it. Nature has gradually taken over and this remarkable site is now also an important wild-life reserve. Come and enjoy a two course fish & chip lunch with coffee before meeting London's famous dead in this Victorian Valhalla.

You'll be taken on a guided tour of the grand Victorian funerary architecture and notable graves in the West Cemetery and have free time to explore the East Cemetery where you'll find other notable graves including Karl Marx.

Please note there are two flights of stairs on the normal route. If you have access requirements, please let us know in advance. The walk from the cemetery to the restaurant is uphill. Although it is not steep, we feel that anyone with mobility issues should be advised.

Price Includes:

• Executive Coach Travel
• Two course fish & chip lunch at Kennedy's
• Guided tour of the West Cemetery

Adult: £73 ~ Senior £72 ~ Child: £69

Pick Up Route: S5M